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Until 2006, shoot­ing action sports was very dif­fer­ent. Bulky cam­corders were not water­proof and strong enough. If you want­ed to shoot POV video, then it took a lot of effort to make mounts or pen­dants. Now you can eas­i­ly attach an action cam­era to almost any acces­so­ry, record your adven­tures in 4K video with built-in sta­bi­liza­tion and share them imme­di­ate­ly on social net­works.

In addi­tion to video, action cam­eras are equipped with many pho­to and time-lapse modes, real-time stream­ing and GPS func­tions. Thus, they have every­thing you need to cap­ture the inter­est­ing moments of life. There are many fac­tors to con­sid­er when choos­ing the right action cam­era. Con­sid­er the best options avail­able on the Russ­ian mar­ket in 2022.

Top 7 Best KP Version Action Cameras

1. GoPro Hero 7 Black

GoPro has tra­di­tion­al­ly been syn­ony­mous with action cam­eras, and the new Hero 7 Black is their most pow­er­ful cam­era ever. It is at the fore­front of mod­ern action cam­era capa­bil­i­ties.

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The main fea­ture of the Hero 7 Black is Hyper­smooth. Pre­vi­ous GoPros have had image sta­bi­liza­tion, but the Hero 7 Black is the first GoPro that works well enough to smooth out any shak­ing. Not only that, Hyper­smooth is avail­able even when record­ing 4K video at 60 frames per sec­ond.

The Hero 7 also boasts Time­Warp sta­bi­liza­tion, 12MP HDR pho­tos, and live stream­ing capa­bil­i­ty. The cam­era is con­trolled by a high-qual­i­ty touch screen that sup­ports ges­tures for quick nav­i­ga­tion through modes and set­tings.

Main characteristics

Video qual­i­ty	4k/60fps, 1080p/240fps, 720p/240fps
Pho­to qual­i­ty	12 MP
Image sta­bi­liza­tion	elec­tron­ic
Water­proof	10 m
Bat­tery Life	up to 3 hours
Dimen­sions	62.3mm x 44.9mm x 33mm
The weight	116 g

Pros and cons

Fan­tas­tic 4K qual­i­ty, hyper­Smooth

High price

2. GoPro Hero 7 Silver

For most users, the amount of pro­fes­sion­al fea­tures of the Hero 7 Black will be overkill, and that’s where the GoPro Hero 7 Sil­ver comes in handy.

Lack­ing fea­tures like Hyper­smooth, Pro­Tune, and the myr­i­ad record­ing modes found on high­er-end mod­els, the Hero 7 still deliv­ers beau­ti­ful sta­bi­lized 4K footage at 30fps and wide dynam­ic range (WDR) pho­tos.

Hero 7 Sil­ver offers the same rugged water­proof design and intu­itive touch inter­face as the flag­ship GoPro. The clas­sic front sta­tus screen has been ditched, with a rear touch screen instead, and a flash­ing LED to let you know when record­ing is in progress.

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3. GoPro Hero 7 White

The entry-lev­el GoPro Hero 7 White is for those look­ing for a cheap, reli­able cam­era to share their vaca­tion shots and out­door adven­tures with.

The Hero 7 does­n’t have 4K, only shoot­ing in Full­HD at 1440p/60fps or 1080p/60fps. Sta­bi­liza­tion is car­ried out by the same elec­tron­ic sys­tem as the Hero 7 Sil­ver. With the GoPro smart­phone app, video clips can be shared direct­ly to social net­works such as Insta­gram.

The Hero 7 White has the same water resis­tance, same great touch­screen, and soft-touch fin­ish as oth­er more expen­sive Hero 7 mod­els. It’s this rugged design that sep­a­rates the Hero 7 White from oth­er bud­get options avail­able on the mar­ket.

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4. DJI Osmo Action

DJI is a big play­er in the drone mar­ket, but they are now gain­ing momen­tum in the action cam­era niche as well, vying for the top spot with their flag­ship Osmo Action.

The rugged body fea­tures a unique front-fac­ing col­or screen that makes it easy to frame when set­ting up shots, tak­ing self­ies or vlog­ging. This is com­ple­ment­ed by a video mode that fea­tures auto­mat­ic face detec­tion for expo­sure meter­ing, mak­ing the Osmo an attrac­tive option for fre­quent VLOG shoot­ers.

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Osmo Action can cap­ture crisp, col­or­ful HDR footage at up to 4K/60fps, and DJI’s pro­pri­etary Rock­Steady sta­bi­liza­tion tech­nol­o­gy does a great job of smooth­ing out vibra­tions. The adap­tive rear touch screen makes it easy to nav­i­gate through set­tings or play videos.

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5. Sony FDR-X3000R

The Sony FDR-X3000R has a cus­tom shape for an action cam­era, but this allowed the com­pa­ny to bring Opti­cal Steady Shot tech­nol­o­gy to the world of action cam­eras.

Opti­cal Steady Shot coun­ter­acts cam­era shake with a gim­bal mech­a­nism that moves the entire lens and sen­sor to sta­bi­lize footage. This means full slow-motion sta­bi­liza­tion at 4K or 240fps is unaf­fect­ed by dif­fi­cult or low light, unlike elec­tron­ic sta­bi­liza­tion.

While the cam­era is only IPX4 splash and dust resis­tant, Sony offers an option­al hous­ing that offers water resis­tance up to 60 meters.

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6. DJI Osmo Pocket

While the DJI Osmo Pock­et does­n’t offer a rugged body, if you’re look­ing for a cam­era to just record events rather than being part of them, Osmo Pock­et is the best option.

It’s built around a three-axis mechan­i­cal gim­bal that can put any elec­tron­ic sta­bi­liza­tion to shame and pro­duce smooth, pro­fes­sion­al-look­ing footage. The gim­bal has addi­tion­al par­ty modes in the form of Active­Track, which fol­lows the select­ed sub­ject to keep it in the frame, and Motion­lapse to cre­ate the per­fect pan­ning inter­vals.

Unsur­pris­ing­ly, this spin­ning gim­bal mech­a­nism isn’t very strong and isn’t designed to be strapped to a hel­met and rolled down a moun­tain in the rain. How­ev­er, if you’re look­ing for a pock­et cam­era that can take pro­fes­sion­al vlog­ging shots, then the Osmo Pock­et is a decent choice.

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7 GoPro Fusion

Shoot­ing in 360-degrees is all about cre­at­ing immer­sive VR con­tent, and GoPro Fusion’s over­cap­ture and sta­bi­liza­tion fea­tures will do just that.

When record­ing a full 360-degree video, you can take it into post-pro­duc­tion with the GoPro app to get the per­fect shot. Gone are the days of bad fram­ing and missed moments behind the cam­era. The footage is auto­mat­i­cal­ly sta­bi­lized in post-pro­duc­tion using the Fusion Stu­dio appli­ca­tion and pro­duces unri­valed footage.

GoPro isn’t alone in the 360-degree cam­era mar­ket, but Fusion has man­aged to com­bine a host of use­ful fea­tures, addi­tion­al sen­sors, and voice con­trol into the GoPro’s clas­sic rugged water­proof design, mak­ing it appeal­ing to active sports enthu­si­asts and cre­ative con­tent pro­duc­ers.

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How to choose an action camera

The most impor­tant fac­tor when buy­ing a new action cam­era is what you plan to use it for. While most cam­eras can record high-qual­i­ty video and take pho­tos, it’s impor­tant to con­sid­er what oth­er fea­tures you pri­or­i­tize. The mul­ti­tude of options for video, pho­to, slow motion, as well as sta­bi­liza­tion, water resis­tance and build qual­i­ty make this deci­sion quite dif­fi­cult.

Almost all action cam­eras are capa­ble of shoot­ing in Full HD, and mod­ern mod­els can record 4K. If you want to cre­ate slow motion, look for cam­eras with high frames per sec­ond (FPS): 240 fps will allow you to slow down shoot­ing by 8 times, and bud­get cam­eras at least 2 times.

With the rise of vlog­ging, mod­ern cam­eras offer advanced fea­tures to achieve the high­est qual­i­ty. Bet­ter qual­i­ty optics, sta­bi­liza­tion and sound make a huge dif­fer­ence to video as well as blog post­ing. Spe­cial modes such as GoPro Pro­tune or DJI D‑LOG cap­ture more data and pro­vide more flex­i­bil­i­ty for post-pro­duc­tion edit­ing.

There have been some sig­nif­i­cant improve­ments in sta­bi­liza­tion recent­ly as cam­era mak­ers try to make con­tent shot in bumpy con­di­tions more enjoy­able to watch. Opti­cal sta­bi­liza­tion pro­vides the best results, but elec­tron­ic sta­bi­liza­tion, such as GoPro’s HyProS­mooth, can effec­tive­ly elim­i­nate shak­ing. Even bud­get cam­eras have the ben­e­fit of image sta­bi­liza­tion, although you can’t expect pic­ture qual­i­ty to match the top mod­els.

The touch screen is the most pop­u­lar con­trol method and makes fram­ing, menu nav­i­ga­tion and video play­back eas­i­er. How­ev­er, touch screens are use­less in wet envi­ron­ments or when using gloves, so it’s impor­tant to make sure that the desired shoot­ing modes are avail­able using the but­tons.

Most cam­era man­u­fac­tur­ers offer smart­phone apps that allow you to remote­ly con­trol your cam­era, play videos, and upload them to social net­works. Some apps have edit­ing fea­tures to merge clips and add music before down­load­ing.

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