Category: action camera

Olympus offers up one of the toughest action cameras ever made with the Stylus Tough TG-Tracker

John Aldred

The Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker (we’ll just call it TG-Tracker), is the newly announced action camera from Olympus looking to take on the likes of GoPro for market supremacy. With a whole host of neat features and super rugged durability right out of the box and without the need for a protective case, it looks […]

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Sony looks to take on GoPro’s HERO+ with its new entry-level action cam

Gannon Burgett

Nikon might’ve made the most commotion in the action camera game at CES 2016, they weren’t the only major brand to release adventurous new gear. Sony has also made their presence known with a brand new entry-level action cam designed to take on GOPro’s HERO+ head on. Meet the Sony AS50, a 1080p action cam […]

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First 360° VR Videos Recorded With Nikon’s KeyMission 360 Action Camera

Liron Samuels

Nikon was on fire yesterday with the release of the D5 and D500, but some of the thunder was no doubt stolen by the unexpected pre-announcement of the KeyMission 360. The upcoming virtual-reality oriented action camera captures 360° video in 4K, above or up to 100 feet below the water surface, and seems to be […]

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Nikon Challenges GoPro With 360/VR Capture

Doug Daulton

GoPro created the action camera segment. Many others followed but, with the exception of Sony, all have met with limited success. With today’s announcement at CES, Nikon enters the fray and brings something pretty new to the table … 360 degree video. (be sure to check out the V360) Named the “Key Mission” (KM), Nikon’s first […]

YI Action Cam Launches US Edition Exclusively On Amazon

Liron Samuels

In a move that will no doubt make a lot of peoples’ holiday shopping a lot easier, YI has just announced its action camera is now available in a ‘limited release version exclusively for the United States’. The YI action cam will be sold via Amazon Exclusives, so don’t expect to find it anywhere else […]

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iOgrapher GO is a Grip and Rig for GoPro and Other Action Cams

Eric Reagan

The iOgrapher started as a way to turn the iPad into a more professional video capturing device. It worked and the company has since produced variations for several other iOS devices. It’s a relatively affordable (by iOS and video production standards) mount/grip/rig for the iPhone and iPad and now the company is launching the iOgrapher […]

Shooting a GoPro with your teeth and a quarter

Liron Samuels

When I shared the video of the GoPro falling into the rattlesnake pit yesterday, I mentioned how most of the footage we see these days from action cameras is kinda boring. 18-year-old professional kayaker Rafa Ortiz, who was described by Red Bull as ‘The Mexican kayaker who seeks the gnarliest whitewater’, is definitely not in […]

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