Action Camera Comparison Chart

Brand Xiaomi Hawkeye Hawkeye Hawkeye FuriBee MGCOOL Elephone Elephone RunCam ishare Quelima Quelima
Model Yi Action camera HD Firefly 8S Firefly 7S Firefly Q6 FuriBee Q6 Explorer Pro 4K REXSO Explorer X ELE explorer ‘4K’ RunCam Split [FPV camera] ishare S800 R3 WiFi Quelima SQ11
Price band mid very high mid/high mid low low low mid mid mid/low very cheap very cheap
App Yi Action Firefly Cam Firefly Cam no app or wifi XDV MGCOOL Explorer Pro ELE-Explorer X ELEcam RunCam ishare cam Sports DV no app or wifi
max resolution 2K 4K 2160P 4K* 4K* 4K* 4K* 2.7K HD 1080P HD 1080P HD 1080P 720P, 30fps
Filetype/codec mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 mp4 h264 avi h264 avi h264
FOV (degrees) 155 90 90 120 170 170 170 170 167 152 120 120
max fps at HD 60 120 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 30 30
max fps at 2K – 2.7K 30 (2K) 60 (2.5K) 30 (2.5K) 30 (2.5K) 30 30 (2.7K) 30 (2.7K) n/a n/a n/a
max fps at 4K(2160P) n/a 30 24 24 30 30 30 15 n/a n/a n/a
max resolution for time-lapse HD max video res max video res max video res max video res max video res max video res max video res n/a n/a n/a
min time-lapse 0.5 sec 1.0 sec 0.5 sec 0.5 sec 0.5 sec 0.5 sec 0.5 sec n/a n/a n/a
App shows realtime view while recording timelapse no no no no app or wifi yes yes n/a no app or wifi
Chipset Ambarella A7LS Ambarella A12S75 Novatek 96660* Novatek 96660* Allwinner V3* Allwinner V3* Allwinner V3* Allwinner V3* iCatch SPCA6350A Sunplus 6350 Generalplus 2248 Generalplus 1248
CMOS Sensor Sony IMX206 Sony IMX117 Sony IMX078 Sony IMX078 Sony IMX179 Sony IMX179 Sony IMX179 Omnivision OV4689 Omnivision OV4689 not specified Galaxygore GC1024 not specified
Sensor size 7.77 mm (1/2.3″) 7.81 mm (1/2.3″) 7.77 mm (1/2.3″) 7.77 mm (1/2.3″) 5.68 mm (1/3.2″) 5.68 mm (1/3.2″) 5.68 mm (1/3.2″) 6.0mm
(1/3″)		 6.0mm
(1/3″)		 small 1/3.6″ very small
Sensor resolution 16 MP 12 MP 12 MP 12 MP 8 MP 8 MP 8 MP 4MP 4MP 2MP
preview screen no 2″ 2″ no 2″ 2″ 2″ 2″ no 2″ detachable no no
touchscreen no no no no no no no no no no no no
screen working with wifi on n/a yes no no wifi no no no n/a n/a n/a
full camera features  in app yes yes no no app or wifi yes yes yes yes yes yes no app or wifi
lens release from fixed focus hard very easy very easy unknown very easy very difficult very difficult – whole camera needs dismantling to access glue around lens very difficult lens not glued very difficult – whole camera needs dismantling to access lens very difficult – lens very small and camera needs fully dismantling
notes – camera Has fishey correction. Randomly stops recording. gets very hot – battery expanded while charging. Different form factor to other action cameras. HDMI out not working. can’t turn off “click” sounds on camera not really 4K – interpolated and only records at 15fps no battery as FPV camera designed to be powered from drone battery Non-removable battery Has IR LEDs for night vision Has IR LEDs for night vision. Marketed as 1080P but only native 720p
notes – app iOS app – if quit app while camera is recording can’t reconnect to camera through app. OK on Android app. App does not support timelapse, and only allows recording at HD (not 2.5K or 4K) no app or wifi If quit app while recording recording stops (if started via app) app very good Low lag. no app or wifi

* Novatek 96660, Sunplus 6350 and Allwinner V3 chips are “not capable of real 4K resolution”. http://elproducente.com/native-real-vs-fake-4k-resolution-how-to-check/

HD = 1080P = 1920 x 1080
2K (Yi) = 2304 x 1296
2.5K = 2432 x 1366
2.7K = 2688 x 1520
4K = 2160p = 3840 × 2160