With regards to the most effective motion cameras in the marketplace, it takes loads to attract consideration away from GoPro – however SJCAM thinks that the dual-lens setup and evening imaginative and prescient capabilities of its new SJ20 mannequin has sufficient about it to be a severe challenger to GoPro.

One of many two lenses (f/2.0) is particularly for daytime capturing and the opposite (f/1.3) is for evening, which SJCAM says ensures high-quality outcomes it doesn’t matter what time you are recording. Video recording goes as much as 4K, and picture seize tops out at 20 megapixels.

There is a 6-axis gyroscope in-built right here too, supposed to make sure ultra-stable footage in any state of affairs, from kayaking to biking. Clearly we won’t remark till we have reviewed the SJ20, however the demo footage definitely seems to be spectacular.

SJCAM says the battery life is round 7 hours between expenses, whilst you can prolong that by shopping for an exterior battery pack and a chargeable digicam grip. The digicam has been particularly designed with a modular interface to make attaching equipment simpler.

Video modes and twin shows

Different specs and options you will need to find out about are waterproofing as much as depths of 16 toes (that is almost 5 meters), movement detection, pre-recording and slow-motion capabilities, and steady capturing and timelapse modes.

In addition to the twin digicam lenses there are two screens: a 1.3-inch show on the entrance and a 2.29-inch touch-enabled show on the again. For those who suppose all of this sounds very promising, the digicam is out there now for $229 /  £179.

It has been just a few years since we have had a detailed take a look at an SJCAM mannequin, however our SJCAM SJ8 Professional evaluate awarded 4.5 stars to the system. There was plenty of reward for the standard of the 4K video, and the variety of capturing choices on board.

The identical star ranking was extra lately awarded in our GoPro Hero 12 Black evaluate, and that is the form of competitors that the SJ20 goes to be going up in opposition to – although it is price taking into consideration that the Hero 12 Black retails for $399.99 / £399.99 / AU$649.95.

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