USDashCamera
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
SJCAM sent me the SJ6 Legend camera for an honest review. The cam has been out for a bit but I will list my pros and cons at least if you wanna see my main points, but watch the video review down below for my more in depth review and opinion on it.
Pros:
I also have some sample clips, each was just taken in my back yard with some slow and quick panning and different resolutions and settings. It is one large .rar:
https://mega.nz/#!JIVzDSyI!vxpowk9ExOKVARvj0MlXstvbTsrjzU-jm1-0XtkdqW4
SJCAM sent me the SJ6 Legend camera for an honest review. The cam has been out for a bit but I will list my pros and cons at least if you wanna see my main points, but watch the video review down below for my more in depth review and opinion on it.
Pros:
- Cost, its around $150-160 on Amazon in the US currently, which is quite a bit more than a lot of other cheaper GoPro clones, but still a lot cheaper than a new GoPro.
- Touch screen controls, the menu is very easy to use and the touch screen worked flawlessly. It makes me never want to go back to a non touch screen action cam.
- Water proof touch back door, it comes with an optional back door for the water proof case that allows you to still use the touch, and the camera will still be waterproof down to 10ft deep.
- Build quality, over all feels nice and high quality.
- Accessories, comes with everything a beginner who would consider a more affordable option to GoPro would need. They also felt more high quality than accessories I got from other action cams around the $100 or less price range.
- 4k, poor 4k, its 2880x2160 at 24 frames per second and interpolated. Not worth using in my opinion.
- When I used 4k with medium field of view I had a single row of pixels stuck, causing a line to show up in all that footage. the line never showed up in any other field of view in 4k or other resolutions though. SJCAM said check my firmware (it was up to date) and try wide or narrow field of view. Using the different FOV did fix it but that's not really a true fix to me, its still a defect. But at the same time a defect for a resolution I wouldn't suggest using anyways. If you want 4k you should really seek a native 4k camera like the SJ7 (although I haven't used it so not sure on the quality).
- The WiFi app, I could not get it to work what so ever even after reading some trouble shooting. It just refused to connect, I even tried a few third party apps. Nothing worked. But in the end I wouldn't ever use it anyways except maybe transfer files. But when I use action cams I don't transfer files to my phone I would transfer to my laptop, or just swap memory cards. the wifi also will drain your battery quicker and for an action cam I think a longer battery life is far more important than the convenience of the wifi app.
I also have some sample clips, each was just taken in my back yard with some slow and quick panning and different resolutions and settings. It is one large .rar:
https://mega.nz/#!JIVzDSyI!vxpowk9ExOKVARvj0MlXstvbTsrjzU-jm1-0XtkdqW4