Top Fishing Video Cameras
Looking to take engaging videos of your fishing adventures but don’t know which video camera to choose? With the wide range of quality and high-definition cameras available out there for angles, it is pretty easy to understand why you haven’t been able to choose a fishing video camera for yourself yet.
To make cool fish video clips, like the ones you watch on TV and on the internet, the GoPro camera is one of your best options, although there are various other good options available too, offering different features to fishermen.
Most quality video cameras you will across comes with impressive specs, such as high 1,080-pixel-resolution video, waterproof protection, 10+ megapixel sensors for photos, live viewing models and WI-FI capability. Storage on most cameras is also big (ranging from high-capacity SD card to cloud storage).
Additionally, manufacturers offer differentiated and specialized engineering versatility within their products to best fit their user’s needs. Take a look at these top fishing cameras find out which makes the best choice for you.
GoPro Hero4 Silver and Black Editions
These cameras took HD video to a whole new level. The Silver edition features a built-in touch display and has capabilities of shooting 2.7K30, and the Black edition is capable of 4K30, 2.7 K50 and 1080p 120 videos. According to experts, 4K is considered ultra HD, making a the Black edition a truly professional camera.
In addition to resolution, GoPro Hero4 Silver features HiLight Tags, which allow fishermen to mark key footage for editing; QuickCapture, to power on the camera and start recording with a push of the button; Protune, to help make photos pop in the editing phase and Night Lapse, to capture the ultralow-light image.
This camera sensor performs pretty well and its features will allow you flexibility and adjustability when shooting even photos.
Garmin VIRB Elite
While common shooting speeds usually comprise 30 and 60 frames per second, the Garmin VIRB Elite offers faster frame rates to 120 and even 240. The higher the frame rate, the slower fish video clips can be played while keeping fluidity.
This feature can be pretty cool for anglers since it allows fisherman to track the route the boat took before hooking up.
Shimano Sport Cam
Some manufacturers like Shimano included in their cameras the ability to use a phone app to keep control over a video cam remotely. The Shimano Sports Cam app is available for smartphones with Android 4.2 and above, or iOS 6.0 and above.
Once anglers learn all the operations, they definitely enjoy the simplicity and viewing capability through their smartphone with this app feature.
In addition, the Shimano’s cam shoots 1080p at 30 fps and 720p at 120 fps. Just so you know, 30 fps (frames per second) is what’s used for TV. Shimano sure wanted to give anglers the ability to be the ‘star’ of their own TV fishing show.