XIAOMI YI Action Camera : REVIEW + SAMPLE FOOTAGE
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Xiaomi, best known for their range of smartphones, have broken into the action camera market with the Xiaomi Yi - and its caused quite a stir! Hitting the budget camera market, could the Yi be one of the better budget cameras out there?
Lets take a look!
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very satisfied with this camera. the update is an improvement. it is possible tot film in 2K with 30 FR/s. although when you want to shoot your extreme sport activity with very high framerates and you want also more manual handling then i would consider a GP.4. Night timelapsess and long nightshots are also not possible. Otherwise this is a very good deal.
you should do a review of eken H3. I own one of them and is very good for 80$. Pleace do the review
+iftibashir
Thanks for another great review Ifti. I have a Xiaomi Battery Backup unit which is great and guess what, the instructions that came with it were in Chinese and no copies of the manual in English were available either on their site or anywhere. Not good marketing in my view. The problem with the App that you experienced would be a deal breaker if I was in the market to buy one (I'm more than happy with my 2 SJCAM 4000's). I like the idea that they don't include mounts with the camera as it should keep the basic price down. Ashame that a very good product is let down by its supporting App.
Cheers Kym
+Kym Moulds - Maybe I received a dud unit. Not sure. But either way Im just being honest in the review, as the app performance was very frustrating for me! Otherwise it was a very good performer! With the reliance on the app to change settings etc, its an important part of the entire solution and lets an otherwise good product down :o(
Does it have an image stabilizer?
Do you know if anyone offers an adapter mount that would allow this camera to attach to other gopro mounts, sort of like an upside down tripod mount?
+MrGrunthunter's Adventures - Google search "1/4" gopro adapter". Its a tripod bolt at the top which fits onto the camera, and a GoPro mount beneath for attachment to GoPro mounts and accessories ;o)
+iftibashir WOW! Thank You ifitbashir,
I didn't know anything like this was available. Don't know why I couldn't find them before. Interestingly there is quite a variety of them ranging from ~$1 to ~$40 and with different attachment configurations. I was actually looking for one that would go directly from a 'buckle' to a 1/4-20 screw thread but I'm sure I can make one of those work. Now to decide if it's better to have the two prong or 3 prong GoPro adapter since there are different models to choose from .... and much different qualities for sure, from all plastic to machined metal. Since all I want to do is mount my ZOOM H1 recorder microphone to one so I can clamp it near me when I'm narrating my videos I don't necessarily need something extremely rugged :-)
Thanks again for the reply and pointing me in a productive direction.
can you use an external mic?
+navythomas8 - not by default I'm afraid - although there seem to be 'hacks' to use external mics, but this requires opening up the camera and soldering a 3.5mm jack directly onto the camera's circuitry.....!
it has LCD 3rd party, two models for LCD for Xiaomi yi -Gearbest -Dealsextreme.
Xiaomi yi is better than Gopro Silver . i've been compering the two action camera. all i can say the yi has a better capture than gopro Silver.
In the USA they'll have to ditch the name...." my Mobius half the size can do all of that. and has huge support."
I couldn't find app on play store. I downloaded from apk. It had a horrible experience connection gets cut frequently eventually I returned the camera. Don't buy this camera unless you comes with an play store or apple ios