Aldi action cam - Thursday 15th

Davenaylor · Crazy Courier Joined: 30 Jun 2012 Karma :

I noticed this in the back of their last leaflet and as it's within a week I had a look online today (cool story)

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/thursday-15th-may/product-detail/ps/p/action-camcorder-ac-500-touch/

Anyone know much about the product? No brand name unfortunately. Looks like a good price just not sure on quality.

Thanks.

stonesie · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Karma :

A swift Google spat this out,
AC-500 Touch Maginon: https://youtu.be/vv19jnZH-7Y

Looks ok picture wise on the phone but the sound is crap.

maph3rs · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 31 Jul 2013 Karma :

Ooooh, for £50 sounds worth a punt doesn't it?
May have to get one..

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Baffler186 · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 May 2013 Karma :

I've been looking to get one of these but didn't want to fork out for a GoPro or anything. Can anyone suggest if these mounts/fixings look good? My main concern would not be about video/sound quality but whether the cheaper outfits would fall off Confused

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Bubblin77 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Karma :

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Tamsin · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Mar 2014 Karma :

it looks identical to the one I bought on Amazon for £35 with a 32gb card....

Bubblin77 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Karma :

Looks good that. Nice shout!

Bubblin77 where from? eBay?

Amazon, it was listed and fulfilled by Amazon, was £43 (not £40 as i originally said, sorry) delivered, I'll try and find the seller, although I did run the risk of a random colour, lucky a white one was sent through, also go a micro SD card from curry's (16gb) for 9.99,

Just back from a rideout and quality is great, when stopped I can see detail in the tarmac, I have noticed in low light some lights have a little bloom around them, but captures detail and movement very well.
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AndyCam · L Plate Warrior Joined: 10 May 2014 Karma :

I signed up here just to share this with you all, I saw it in another forum, they were posting about the Aldi camera so no credit to me really:

Looks like exactly the same thing for about 1/2 the price:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231080215184

Example of it in use, again noting to do with me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IwNYu8OxI

Post here if you find any difference please, as I want one.

maph3rs · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 31 Jul 2013 Karma :

Wonder if the sound quality is better than the you tune video above?

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I used one of the old ACT2k action cams to record my racing years ago.
They were dirt cheap and could work well with a bit of fiddling. When buying a memory card, write speed (eg 133x) is very important. I improved the sound by taping a piece of foam over the microphone hole to lower wind noise. The quality was pretty good but there was a slight lag from dark to bright sunshine, like leaving the wooded area at Cadwell whilst it adjusted.
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MG · Traffic Copper Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Karma :

Have a look at the SJ4000, much the same as the SJ1000 but uses the same mounts as the gopro
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Bubblin77 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Karma :

maph3rs · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 31 Jul 2013 Karma :

Im gonna go for the sj1000. I have a go pro at the moment but no sound board. So not desperate. Thanks Guys Smile

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AndyCam · L Plate Warrior Joined: 10 May 2014 Karma :

This weeks Aldi 'catalog' is out, the camera looks identical physically and in specs to the eBay camera, except for the logo printed on the front of the case, although I notice this on the eBay item: Video Resolution: 720P60 = 1280 x 720, VGA =640 x 480 .. 720P60? 60 frames a second and not 30?. It could be the same case with totally different internals, always a shot in the dark, especially with items that start life in china. I bet there are some real gems out there waiting to be found.

For a really sweet camera google the Novo GoPro Hero 3 modded camera, not for sale though Sad

Good luck everyone, hope you all get what you want. Doubt I'll post again as I'm too fat, too old and too crippled to ride a bike now Sad

, I want the camera for my quadcopter.

AndyCam · L Plate Warrior Joined: 10 May 2014 Karma :

Just noticed, eBay one says SD card, Aldi one says Micro SD card, so maybe different internals?
I contacted the seller on eBay to confirm which card size, will report back here.
Don't forget you need a class C6 fast card for these sort of cameras, or sound and picture quality will drop as data gets lost when trying to write to a slow card.

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AndyCam · L Plate Warrior Joined: 10 May 2014 Karma :

Then lets hope these 30fps cameras don't write twice and are 15fps !!!