hey all. Bought a GS2000 after researching for several weeks trying to make sense of all the cams on the market. Wish I would have found this site while I was searching, would have saved me a lot of time!
I almost bought it from alibaba, but when it came time to pay I wasn't comfortable with the payment system they offer. I found the same cam from what I take as one of the same vendors via Ebay (ebay seller 2010ljc2012) which allowed me to pay with paypal, so I took the plunge. $130, no shipping charge. Camera shipped from China and they said it would take 15-25 days to arrive and it arrived on the 15th day. Nice. It's kinda awesome to get a package from China, with Chinese writing on it, in two weeks.
First impression, it's slightly smaller then I thought it would be. One thing about the pics online is none of them give you a perspective on the size. Sure, they list the dimensions, but I don't have a ruler handy and there's only so much you can do by holding your fingers apart and trying to guesstimate 123mm or whatever. So I was pleased the cam is quite small.
Not going to do a big review of the video quality, as that is cover on the GS1000 page and this cam matches that. Night recording shows what I see as video compression artifacts. The gradient from dark to light is not subtle, creating blocky shapes in the video playback. Day recording look pretty good.
I do however want to talk about the angle difference between 1080 and 720 recording. Why would a lower resolution show more viewing area? I do not understand. The stats say 120 degree view angle. At what resolution because the angle is very different between the highest settings. I currently record @ 720 because i think wider angle is better than the higher image quality.
Ok, so here's the cam stats, when it boots, shows iTracker logo, firmware version SMH3.34.240412A. I don't see this one on the GS1000 page and I'm willing to upload if you want it, just tell me where. It's 13.8 meg.
http://www.samoon.net - this web site calls the cam DV5F5.
The one problem I have is I set the cam to record for one minute after it loses power. But it displays 'bye bye' and just shuts right down. Why little cam, why? If I crash and power is cut, i need you to record for another minute to capture my last words!
That's all I got. Seems like a good little camera.
I almost bought it from alibaba, but when it came time to pay I wasn't comfortable with the payment system they offer. I found the same cam from what I take as one of the same vendors via Ebay (ebay seller 2010ljc2012) which allowed me to pay with paypal, so I took the plunge. $130, no shipping charge. Camera shipped from China and they said it would take 15-25 days to arrive and it arrived on the 15th day. Nice. It's kinda awesome to get a package from China, with Chinese writing on it, in two weeks.
First impression, it's slightly smaller then I thought it would be. One thing about the pics online is none of them give you a perspective on the size. Sure, they list the dimensions, but I don't have a ruler handy and there's only so much you can do by holding your fingers apart and trying to guesstimate 123mm or whatever. So I was pleased the cam is quite small.
Not going to do a big review of the video quality, as that is cover on the GS1000 page and this cam matches that. Night recording shows what I see as video compression artifacts. The gradient from dark to light is not subtle, creating blocky shapes in the video playback. Day recording look pretty good.
I do however want to talk about the angle difference between 1080 and 720 recording. Why would a lower resolution show more viewing area? I do not understand. The stats say 120 degree view angle. At what resolution because the angle is very different between the highest settings. I currently record @ 720 because i think wider angle is better than the higher image quality.
Ok, so here's the cam stats, when it boots, shows iTracker logo, firmware version SMH3.34.240412A. I don't see this one on the GS1000 page and I'm willing to upload if you want it, just tell me where. It's 13.8 meg.
http://www.samoon.net - this web site calls the cam DV5F5.
The one problem I have is I set the cam to record for one minute after it loses power. But it displays 'bye bye' and just shuts right down. Why little cam, why? If I crash and power is cut, i need you to record for another minute to capture my last words!
That's all I got. Seems like a good little camera.
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