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Yeah, that is the dilemma. GoPro might be expensive but you can get them cheaper. But what I dislike the most about the cheap brands is they have almost no firmware support etc. Some did copy the GoPro so they work with that ecosystem. At the moment I am still waiting so I do not expect I will...

The mediamod was way over hyped and not worth the money. I am probably going to get the GoPro 8 because of the great software and firmware support that I feel other action cameras lack. The quality of the video, hardware etc is pretty much the same as other brands but it is hard to beat the...

SawMaster, mmm I do hope they have thought about this. I can understand if a action camera does not have a option for a external microphone but it is still nice to have that option if you intend to use the camera for other things, like a dashcam. On the old mobius you could solder and remove the...

Does anyone know if there is a dongle cable you can use for the mobius maxi where you have power in to the device and also microphone input. Going to use it as a dashcam but I want better audio, on the old mobius you could replace the internal microphone if you wanted to. It would be nice if...

My only concern is that Mobius should have better quality control to fix the lens out of focus issue. Some sort of marking would make it more easy to at least get the focus close to what it should be if you need to refocus the lens. I also wish they would use locking glue or locking lacker for...

SawMaster is right. The problem here is quality control from Mobius. It should not be possible to buy the sensor as a separate unit but rather with the lens attached to it and the correct focus set from factory, they should also have locking glue for the lens or something similar to prevent...

jokiin, aha. Well that is a problem, but if you only did 1080p would it still overheat. For me it does look like Blackvue is the brand for me. Not the one I want but seems to have good support and plenty of users plus active users in the forums here.

Kind of sad that you have to mess with the camera to get more bitrate, why can they not just include more settings in the firmware and provide users with the maximum or close to maximum limit for people who want more bitrate. If the Sony x3000 can do 100Mbit so can the YI so why limit the...

Yeah I so with the Yi team would work more on the firmware, they seem to be way ahead of plenty of other action cam producers, the SJ8 that is coming out eventually seems to have a lot of problems. My main issue is why any manufacturer would not include some of the functions for dashcam use...

Yeah, I have been waiting for actioncams like gopro, sony etc so support some dashcam functionality but they do not seem to care about that, kind of sad because most of the "brand" names are more reliable because of better firmware. Without solid reliable firmware it does not matter what...

You know what. Now that I thought about it, the 1inch sensor thing is probably not a solution. The obvious solution is to have a dual camera setup, just like some smartphones have dual cameras. That way you could have one for daytime use and one for nighttime use and have the camera switch...

That could be the case. That said I am a bit disappointed the "dashcam" industry has not moved on to larger sensors, say a 1 inch sensor. The cost is not that high compare to the smaller sensors and you get much better quality with day and nighttime video. Also when we talk about cost, one...

So any ETA on this SJ8 cam, sounds like it will be out now in April but I do not know. At least I expect we will see units during the summertime. I was looking at the YI+ but the SJ8 seems like a better option. Mostly due to activity here on the forums and perhaps better support. Also any...

Kamkar1, do NOT trust MPC-HC, check with VLC if you have the same problem. I though so too with my older DSLR when I started to shoot some video, all of the .mp4 files has sound out of sync, I then checked with VLC and there was no problem. Also note I am using a older MPC-HC. Have not upgraded...

Yeah I agree, I am fine with having that special USB cable and feed the external microphone through a mini or micro USB port. And running the camera from external power source. That should be standard by now I think. The touchscreen is probably a cost issue, but yeah. I do not mind having both...

kamkar1, yes that is correct. Action cam, dash cam, vlogging cam etc. All-in-one. One of my biggest issues with smaller action cameras or compact cameras like Sony RX series, Canon GX7 etc is the missing microphone jack. You might not use it that much but it is so simple to get much better...

Well regarding dashcam use, there are often some limitations in action cameras. They are not intended for that but rather a action cam. Even though they should be able to provide loop recording and a few other things. These are just firmware issues. Regarding the overheating, complaints are...

Leo_SF, well the loop recording is good. Any action camera today should have the ability to work as a dashcam, with some limitations. I guess you could change the firmware so that when the camera detects a external charge on the USB port it could boot up the camera and start recording instead...

Yeah I would want something like this too. A sort of dongle cable, that allows you to hook up a battery bank for charging, or to run the camera with that extra power. And at the same time use a external microphone, stereo is best but mono works too. It depends on what camera it is, most of them...

Please stop your talk about ships. That should be done somewhere else. This thread is about the coming SJ8 cam. I am wondering about the features on the SJ8, perhaps sjcam_official knows ? Some action cameras have the option to use a USB microphone, FPV feeds etc. Will this camera be more or...