SJ4000 1080p Waterproof Action Cam (GoPro Alt) - €58.94 Delivered [Aliexpress.com]

mrcheez wrote: »

Got the camera today from Foxoffer. It's one of the SJCAM models with the latest OS even though I'd opted for one of the earlier (cheaper) SJ4000s. So I'm assuming it's the genuine article.

Mine arrived this morning as well after a customs bill of 23 quid

Won't get a chance to look at it 'til the weekend though.

What about a UK seller on ebay?should have it in less than a week.

Dr Nic wrote: »

DX are selling an sj5000 now. No much online about it. Wonder what thats like...

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2252280

"So just friendly warning, SJ5000s sold on DX are NOT original ones."

I think it's just larger back display and 14MP camera... but the battery looks huge. Meh I'm happy enough with this one

What is the SJCAM version? Mine just came there and its one of those I got the WiFi version.

mrcheez wrote: »

SJCAM is the branding applied to the latest cameras coming from the official manufacturer, apparently to differentiate them from fakes.

Of course there's nothing stopping the other manufacturers just sticking SJCAM across the front of theirs :rolleyes:

Happy days so, thought I got the fake faked version, so many accessories I dunno when Im gonna use half of them

Simona1986 wrote: »

So where's the best link to get one of these from, delivery time isn't important.

I got mine from geekbuying.com and got stung by customs for 30 quid. They had it marked as commercial sample too.

mrcheez wrote: »

I think the Banggood option might avoid customs, but be sure you don't select "Standard Delivery" when ordering, and instead select to go via Netherlands.
Some people are saying delivery from banggood is slow or items are still marked as "processing"

The Foxoffer method seems to be fastest (mine took 7 days) but prone to getting caught at customs. Advantage is you get a spare battery and battery charger. You will need the spare battery to future-proof the device as they may not supply batteries for that model in a few years.

Nevertheless, even if you are caught with the customs charge it works out the same price as ordering from Amazon.co.uk or other European suppliers (incl delivery) so I wouldn't be too freaked when the customs officer comes calling.

I ordered from banggood , first time through the tracked shipping which took 4 or 5 weeks and got hit by customs , second time through the Netherlands which took about 2 weeks and didn't get stopped.

I got mine from aliexpress a few days ago, managed to avoid customs. I'm finding it difficult to tell if it's a fake or not. I googled for pointers on how to tell if it is but there isn't much as a result of so many different variations of fakes which are excellent apparently. I did see the fox website where they showed the difference in photos. My plastic casing looks grand and is snug/not too big. The "water resistant" description on the packaging was spelt correctly. The only thing that i'm curious about is that when I turn it on/off, hello and goodbye pop up and not the logo as I would have expected?

I did buy it for cycling really but I do think i'd look a knob with it stuck on on helmet so in retrospect I should have bought something smaller instead. I stuck it onto my handlebars yesterday and although i've nothing to compare it to, I do think the quality of the video is as good as one can hope considering it has to absorb the vibrations sitting on the handlebars.

Get In There wrote: »

I got mine from aliexpress a few days ago, managed to avoid customs. I'm finding it difficult to tell if it's a fake or not. I googled for pointers on how to tell if it is but there isn't much as a result of so many different variations of fakes which are excellent apparently. I did see the fox website where they showed the difference in photos. My plastic casing looks grand and is snug/not too big. The "water resistant" description on the packaging was spelt correctly. The only thing that i'm curious about is that when I turn it on/off, hello and goodbye pop up and not the logo as I would have expected?

I did buy it for cycling really but I do think i'd look a knob with it stuck on on helmet so in retrospect I should have bought something smaller instead. I stuck it onto my handlebars yesterday and although i've nothing to compare it to, I do think the quality of the video is as good as one can hope considering it has to absorb the vibrations sitting on the handlebars.

If you bought it off aliexpress you can gaurantee it's a knock off.

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Mod-Snip-Abusive post

Think you need to read the thread before you post silly posts

sheesh wrote: »

select capture mode select time interval 3, 5 ,10 ,20 seconds in mine then switch out of the setup screen and switch to camera mode (view screen appears wider) and click the top button to start

Any chance you'd know if the volume can be adjusted?

http://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero/CHDHA-301-EU.html

GoPro just announced a 125euro camera. Looks likely to shake things up a bit in the helmet cam world. I think I would go for one at that price to be honest! I had been considering an SJ4000 after getting a bit caught out with a clone, but now I'll wait and see what happens with this!

Timmaay wrote: »

Interesting. However the price of some of the extras (which are all standard with the sj4000)! 39.99 for a plug has to be a mistake though!

It charges via USB, any usb plug you can buy will charge it. And all the mounts you can buy on the likes of deal extreme for peanuts will work for it. So no real worries there imo! GoPro are just gauging people on the accessories, which is why buying noname accessories is so popular.

Bawnmore wrote: »

Any idea what functionality it loses over it's big brothers? I had a read through the page but there's no indication.

No touchscreen, or high speed shooting. Still has 1080p 30, and 720p 60 so all good there. You also cannot remove it from the waterproof case....no real issue there either as far as I can see. No Wifi...but again it's not something I'd want. It appears to have everything else, and should give top quality images. All looks good to me, will have to wait until it's released to see what the quality is like.

I'd say the second hand market for GoPro hero 3 will take a massive hit.

Right, banggood have said that they cannot guarantee delivery before 10th Oct (or at any time actually) as the camera was held up in processing. Weirdly, they shipped an extra battery I bought on it's own, and that should arrive early next week.

I'm just going to either sell the camera when it arrives or send it back to them.

In the meantime, does anyone know where I can get a genuine SJ4000 (no wifi) delivered before next Friday?

I considered buying one from an Irish seller but they're looking for €150+ and I just can't justify that. (The extra €50 odd will come in handly for beers on Copacabana beach )

Any help appreciated!

plonker wrote: »

gettin confused reading all the posts so goin to try the lazy way

understand completely, I hate reading over-extended threads

Post 315 should sort you

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92362851&postcount=315

Incidentally I've now got two cameras on the bike... one at front and one at back.

Have had success prosecuting dangerous driving with my front camera (put video on DVD and gave to Gardai who followed it up) so decided to get one for the rear as too many close calls.

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Interesting. Have mine on the rear, and another on my helmet (Contour Roam2 on the helmet, and SJ4000 on the rear). Captures great footage, it'll be interesting to see what the footage will be like now coming into the darker evenings.

To be honest I might stick my front one on my helmet. Initially I didn't want to appear as one of "those cyclists", but I reckon it factors as a deterrent to some extent and probably encourages other road users to be on their best behaviour :pac:

plonker wrote: »

ya Its sad but true that you need eyes in the back of yer head on a bike these days!

Ah I wouldn't even say so. I've covered 3500kms this year so far, and haven't had much to report. All commuting cross city too. But it's a good cam for the job, the only thing for me, is that the battery life on my SD28 (clone of SJ4000) is a bit lacking. Going to see what the battery life of this cheap gopro is like and might buy myself a christmas present!

Ron DMC wrote: »

That's a better deal yeah, and certainly looks legit.

Bullet bitten.

EDIT: Strangely enough came through as €71.75 on paypal for me. Sure what's an extra quid or two when you get an AV cable and a spare battery thrown in?

Finally got a chance to piece this together... discovered there are 3 batteries, one in the camera and 2 spare in the box, did you get this as well or lucky mistake by Foxoffer?

I'll demand my money back for receiving something not as described.

Seifer wrote: »

I ordered one from the same link detailed here on September 15th. It was dispatched on September 22nd by Netherlands post and they said it could take up to 10 business days.

It still hasn't arrived.

I sent a mail to cservice@banggood.com yesterday with no reply as of yet.

Is there anything else I should be doing?

They probably won't reply via email. They will come back to you sharpish via their forum or on their Facebook page.

They will ask you to give it the full 24/5 working days for delivery, thereafter they seem happy enough to issue refund.

New gopro out at the moment, 125-129.99 in most places, it may tempt people:

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/3179488/Trail/searchtext%3EGOPRO.htm

I'm going to pick one up, as a replacement for my fake SJ4000, as the battery life is pretty horrendous!

mrcheez wrote: »

Amazon.co.uk should sort you out.

It's branded Qumox, but the reviews say it's compatible with GoPro accessories etc so you should be grand.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/QUMOX-SJ4000-Silver-Waterproof-helmetcam/dp/B00HHRFHG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412331387&sr=8-1&keywords=sj4000

Word of warning: don't go flashing the camera around Rio unless you want to be swarmed by muggers. And don't go walking under overpass bridges... the kids swarm down from the favellas and wait for you on the other side... grrr

Received this item yesterday from Amazon - cheers. Paid the guts of £100 for the camera and superspeed delivery, but I think it'll be worth it. Went through all the settings etc and am very happy with it.

Already have a buyer for the banggood camera when it (eventually) lands, so I'm not too bad.

On a side note, anyone know of a B&M shop which has decent priced vlog poles? I had one in the order from banggood which was about €10. If any more than that I might just tie the camera to a sweeping brush

Wondering if I can get shorter screws for the handle-bar attachment? I've got it on my seat post and as the seat is positioned far back for comfort my legs are hitting the screws.

These would be fairly easy to source I imagine?

EDIT: hmmm maybe this has the right idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWlI1Gbp9FU