Its photos are solid too, particularly if you take the time to edit the color balance a little in Photoshop. Panned motion is smoother than the other non-GoPros, and this is the only cheap action cam tested with any mode beyond 4K/30p. But after reviewing dozens of clips we prefer it to an overly softened look. In indoor lighting, the camera will produce a noisier image than some rivals. No action camera will perform well here, but the Apeman holds up better than any other cheap action cam weвЂ™ve seen. It was one of only two cheap GoPro rivals able to have a reasonable stab at shooting a road lit only by street light. The camera holds up better than almost all its rivals at night. At its best, the A100 renders video with detail not that far off a GoPro Hero 8 Black, albeit without that charming GoPro color profile. It produces the sharpest-looking 4K footage, alongside the Kaiser Baas V50 (see below). This Apeman A100 came out joint-top in several of our image quality tests. How did we test them? We looked at their image quality during the day and night, pushed their image stabilization to the limit, mocked up some vlogs to see what their microphones sound like, and played around to see if each would work as a Zoom-friendly webcam. We gathered together a group of the most popular budget action cams around and tested them side-by-side to bring you this definitive guide to biggest bargains around right now.

Luckily, as our testing has revealed, that's far from the case. With a lot of reviews on Amazon and YouTube looking suspiciously like paid promotion, you might assume that all cheap action cams are pretty terrible.

The downside of this explosion of choice is that it can be tricky to decide which one's right for you.

But that's all changed now, and thanks to the likes of Akaso, DJI, Apeman and Kaiser Baas there are now a range of pretty compelling options at pretty much every price point. A few years ago, GoPros were the default choice for almost anyone looking for an action camera to capture anything from extreme sports to commutes.

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