Campark X20 4K 20MP WIFI Touch Screen Action Camera

Reduced on Amazon from a fantasy price of £299.99 to a more sensible £79.99 this new action camera from Campark falls into the mid-price range but for functionality and features it is decidedly high end.

The camera and accessories arrived packaged in a large and rather upmarket box which belies the low price. You get plenty of kit for your money as my unboxing video shows. A full range of accessories and mounts are included including a remote control with wrist strap. The only omission is the lack of an SD card. It is a pity about the SD card as they are cheap enough these days and would not add greatly to the cost and would allow the camera to be used straight from the box. The printed User Guide although not great is distinctly superior to those usually found, is a decent size, well printed in colour and easy to read. I attach a copy of the guide to my unboxing video. Run the video full frame and pause as needed to read it.

The camera itself, which resembles almost exactly every other action camera of this type bar the tiny secondary LCD screen on the front, is certainly better than I expected for the money. Video quality is the best I have encountered for an action cam in this price range, and a definite step up from many of the cheaper no-name GoPro clones. The 170° angle of view is great but with the barrel distortion common to all cameras of this type although there is the option to correct for this in the settings. Image stabilisation is also available and this works surprisingly well and better than I expected.There was a time when this would have been seen as a high-end camera and now standards are moving higher even in the budget market. This camera does a perfectly decent quality 4K@24fps –at 2880*2160 rather than the standard 3840×2160 -as well several other rather more useful modes including 1920×1080@60fps and 720P 120fps slow motion. The slow motion is OK and at 120fps is better than on some rival action cameras but not so good as my 240fps Nexus ..