How about Hikvision fluorite s 1 sports camera v3?

Among all sports cameras, GoPro has a high reputation in overseas markets with its strong shooting experience and social media communication. Chinese people's real concern about sports cameras comes from the official listing of GoPro in China at the end of 20 14. Since then, many domestic entrepreneurial companies have begun to pay attention to this potential market and have launched their own sports cameras with GoPro as the benchmark.

Soon, the fluorite brand of Qianhai Conway released the wearable Internet sports camera S 1 and the basic package (camera+protective case) 1 159 yuan. The price of the national bank version of GoPro Hero 4 silver stand-alone machine is as high as 2998 yuan. Considering that many users don't have such a great demand to choose high-end products like GoPro, what is the difference between low-priced domestic sports cameras and GoPro? Let's compare fluorite S 1 and GoPro Hero 4 silver from many directions.

Look at the difference between internal training and external training.

The size of fluorite S 1 is basically the same as that of GoPro Hero 4 silver. The weight of GoPro Hero 4 Silver is 84g, while the weight of fluorite S 1 is 70g, so you won't feel the weight obviously when holding two devices. In terms of color matching, GoPro Hero 4 silver is very calm with black design style, while fluorite S 1 has many choices such as red, grayish green, blue, yellow and white, which is more in line with the aesthetics of young users.

The design of GoPro Hero 4 silver body retains the angular style of the previous generation Hero 3+ and Hero 3, and the layout of buttons and interfaces has not changed significantly, except that the status indicator light has moved to the left side of the black-and-white LCD screen. The biggest improvement of GoPro Hero 4 Silver is to equip it with a touch screen for the first time. The actual display effect is very delicate, supporting touch control and simple operation. GoPro Hero 4 Silver not only uses soft rubber around the fuselage, but also wraps soft rubber around the lens edge, which can better protect the filter.

The overall design of fluorite S 1 is very similar to GoPro Hero 4 Silver, with rounded corners, which is not as comfortable as GoPro Hero 4 Silver from the actual handshake, and has a strong sense of plastic. The edge of the lens is plastic, so it will slide off easily when installing the filter. It should be noted that the fluorite S 1 camera itself is not equipped with any screen that can display content.

In terms of buttons, GoPro Hero 4 Silver is equipped with three slightly raised buttons, the camera button on the top of the fuselage (confirmation function), the power button on the front of the fuselage (selection function), and the setting button on the side of the fuselage. The key stroke is short, the actual click feeling is average, but the key size is large, which is suitable for blind operation. Fluorite S 1 also has three buttons. The camera button is designed on the top of the fuselage, and the power button and WiFi connection button are on the side. Compared with GoPro Hero 4 Silver, fluorite S 1 has a longer key stroke but a smaller key size.

Unlike GoPro Hero 4 Silver, which can be operated on the screen, the fluorite S 1 camera has no screen, so an independent remote control is provided for operation. It is made of frosted material, with setting keys on the side and photo and power keys on the front. The remote controller supports IP67 protection level.

GoPro Hero 4 Silver and Fluorite S1* * * both have HDMI interface, Micro SD card slot (high-speed card of Class 10 or above is required) and power interface. Among them, the power interface of GoPro Hero 4 is Mini USB, and fluorite S 1 is a common Micro USB interface for general mobile phones.

In addition, GoPro Hero 4 Silver and fluorite S 1 cameras have added back interfaces, which can be used to expand the power supply or plug in the screen. The fly in the ointment is that although the GoPro Hero 4 silver battery cover is connected with the fuselage, the protective cover of the side expansion interface is still separated from the fuselage, so it is easy to lose. Fluorite S 1 is comprehensive in this respect, but unfortunately, battery replacement is not supported.

In the way of fixing the pan/tilt, GoPro Hero 4 Silver did not design a bolt fixing groove at the bottom of fluorite S 1. Obviously, fluorite S 1 is more convenient for users who like to take photos with selfie sticks or fixed tripods. Of course, if GoPro Hero 4 Silver is fixed with an outer frame, it can also be placed on a tripod or selfie stick, and the optional third-party accessories are very rich.

On the whole, GoPro Hero 4 Silver is slightly better than fluorite S 1 in terms of fuselage workmanship, screen experience, key layout and expansion interface, while fluorite S 1 is more beautiful in appearance design, but its strong "plastic feeling" also reduces its handshake feeling.

independent operation

Before talking about the experience of connecting a sports camera with a mobile phone, let's take a look at the functional differences between the two sports cameras as independent individuals. As mentioned just now, GoPro Hero 4 Silver is the only one in the GoPro family equipped with a back touch screen, so it is much more convenient than the previous operation of watching black and white LCD screens through combination buttons. Through the touch screen on the back, we can switch the state of the motion camera at any time, including video recording, photo taking, continuous shooting and general settings, and we can also watch the proofs during playback or directly play back the video.

Fluorite S 1 is not equipped with a screen, but it provides a remote control that GoPro Hero 4 Silver does not have. When starting fluorite S 1, you can press the red button on the remote control to start it quickly, and then the remote control will automatically pair with fluorite S 1 through Bluetooth connection. With the help of two buttons on the remote control, you can switch camera settings and take photos or record with one button. In addition, there is a metal hook on the back of the remote control, which can be tied with the armband attached to the suit for operation.

Connect the mobile phone

Motion cameras operate in a very similar way. The camera can be started by three buttons equipped on the body. In other words, the sports camera can take photos or record videos independently of the smartphone, but it can be connected to the smartphone and enter its own customized App interface. Basically, the operation mode of the motion camera can also be summarized as the following steps:

1, press the power button to start the machine;

2. Turn on the WiFi switch;

3. Connect the mobile phone to the WiFi of the sports camera;

4. Use a sports camera or mobile phone to control video recording.

At present, the App interface design of GoPro Hero 4 Silver has become increasingly mature, and the speed of pairing mobile phones with cameras is very fast. The main interface can display pictures of this machine and photos shared by netizens. The shooting interface is intuitive, and the operation buttons are concentrated at the bottom of the screen, which can quickly switch between multiple modes. At the same time, it will display information such as pixel, wide angle, WiFi, power, number of shots, etc. The measured framing delay is about 1 sec. There are many options for setting the interface, but there is no corresponding Chinese version of the operation interface at present, which is very inconvenient.

The client experience of fluorite S 1 is obviously more localized, and the Chinese operation mode is more intuitive. Similar to the layout of GoPro client, fluorite S 1 also started from the sharing of netizens. The style of the camera interface is similar to the camera interface that comes with iOS, and the operation mode is sliding mode. However, the connection of fluorite S 1 will be unstable occasionally during the operation, and the actual measurement and live demonstration will take about 2 seconds. In addition, compared with the mobile phone interconnection of GoPro Hero 4 Silver, the fluorite S 1 camera will be slower to search for WiFi when connected, and this experience needs to be strengthened. Like GoPro Hero 4 Silver, fluorite S 1 can also watch videos directly through mobile phones.

In terms of photo sharing, GoPro Hero 4 Silver and Fluorite S 1 both need to download photos or videos to their mobile phones to share. In contrast, the download stability of GoPro Hero 4 Silver is higher than that of fluorite S 1 camera, and the download speed is obviously faster than that of fluorite S 1. If you are not satisfied with the speed of operating fluorite S 1 with your mobile phone, the fluency of connecting the camera and the remote controller via Bluetooth will be improved a lot.

Proofreading experience

GoPro Hero 4 Silver allows the shooting of samples with the maximum pixel size of 1200W, supports the shooting of samples with a maximum of 30 photos per second, and can shoot high-resolution video with the maximum resolution of 15 frames per second at 4K. The maximum support is 170 degree wide angle, which is 130 degree when shooting video.

Fluorite S 1 can shoot wide-angle proofs with the maximum pixel of 1600W and 152 degrees, and supports the shooting of 30 proofs per second at the earliest. It can shoot high-resolution video with a resolution of 1080P and a resolution of 60 frames per second.

In terms of continuous shooting experience, despite the same shooting speed, fluorite S 1 takes about 8 seconds to store after shooting 30 photos per second, and GoPro Hero 4 Silver takes about 4 seconds.

By comparison, we find that the overall effect of GoPro Hero 4 silver is cooler, and the adjustment of fluorite S 1 is obviously warmer. The advantage of GoPro is that the color reproduction is more realistic outdoors, but the white balance will be inaccurate when shooting indoors. The advantage of fluorite S 1 lies in indoor shooting. The high color saturation of the camera makes the picture look more pleasing to the eye, but it also leads to the obvious blue phenomenon of the samples taken in the bright outdoor environment. In the aspect of night scene, the processing effect of the two methods for strong light is vague and not ideal.

After comparison, I think the shooting performance of these two sports cameras is somewhat unsatisfactory. Although the shooting field of vision is large, there are not enough pixels in the picture, and the imaging quality is poor, which is more obvious when shooting close-range or macro, and the distortion is too great. Its advantage lies more in wide-angle shooting. According to the actual measurement, the video is close to the wide-angle shooting of the sample.

Video experience

In terms of video, in order to ensure fairness, we choose two motion cameras to shoot in the same environment in walking and riding scenes, and the video specification is 1080P@60 frames/second.

Although it is in the same state, we found that the smoothness of GoPro Hero 4 Silver's video shot at 60 frames per second at 1080P resolution is higher than that of fluorite S 1, because the video data rate is nearly twice different. The video data rate of GoPro Hero 4 Silver is 30679kbps, and that of fluorite S 1 is 14 184kbps. Similarly, the video capacity is twice as large. In addition, it can be felt in the picture that both sports cameras have certain anti-shake effect, and the image quality performance is similar to that of the just-taken sample. The color saturation of fluorite S 1 is obviously higher than that of GoPro Hero 4 silver.

In order to reflect the definition of the two sports cameras with the highest specifications, we also shot a group of night videos. You will see that the definition of GoPro Hero 4 Silver is higher, but the anti-glare and noise control capabilities of the two cameras are relatively weak. In addition, because all the lenses are pan-focused, there is no need to worry about the phenomenon of camera focus deviation.

Endurance difference

In terms of battery life, GoPro Hero 4 Silver is equipped with 1 160mAh battery and fluorite S 1 equipped with 1480mAh battery. Because everyone's usage is different, I only tested the endurance in extreme cases. Finally, GoPro Hero 4 Silver ran out of power after shooting 1080P@60 frames/second video 1 hour for 20 minutes. And the same test, fluorite S 1 lasted for 2 hours 15 minutes.

At the same time, it is also found in the test that after shooting video for more than 20 minutes, the fever of the two sports cameras can be described as hot hands, so users should pay more attention when using it.

Comparative summary

Because of its inherent anti-shake and wide viewing angle function, sports camera is an absolute advantage in video recording, but its shortcomings are also obvious, such as slow start-up, unsuitable for snapshot, poor quality of shooting samples and so on. In addition, the experience of connecting a sports camera with a mobile phone is still lacking, and the operation is cumbersome and the sharing process is complicated.

Although both cameras focus on sports shooting, they can both feel obvious differences. GoPro Hero 4 Silver's workmanship, button feel and expandability are obviously better. With the touch screen on the back, it is much easier to operate. Compared with fluorite S 1, GoPro Hero 4 Silver has more video recording modes. If you ask about the current price difference of 1800 yuan, what is the difference? This is the answer.

But then again, not everyone is willing to buy such an expensive sports camera, so a thousand yuan product like fluorite S 1 represented by China comes in handy. Sports cameras are nothing more than meeting the biggest demand of users: allowing video recording to be completed anytime and anywhere in relatively complicated situations. Obviously, fluorite S 1 can meet the needs of ordinary users. Only how to continue to enhance the portability and shooting clarity in the future is the direction that needs to be worked hard.