Product Review: DBPower 4K Action Camera

Alice Bonasio
Tech Trends
Published in
3 min readOct 20, 2017

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This rough and ready camera has a ton of features to help you share those adventurous moments.

I am always excited to receive new cameras in the post and today DBPower have sent me their latest 12MP 4K Action Camera to test, so I’m a happy bunny.

Not that I am planning to jump off some cliffs, soar around like an overactive eagle, or start leaping across random canyons in a high-powered motorcycle at some point… But when you’ve got such a new toy, even popping down to Tesco for your chicken Kievs is an excuse to start capturing moments for posterity.

The DBPower 4K Sport Action Camera is a tidy piece of kit and boasts an incredible selection of features and accessories including WIFI for quick social sharing and remote linking to apps, a 170 Degree Wide-Angle lens, a 2 inch screen (not touch) and a very handy little remote control.

The auto iris quickly adapts to the lighting as you walk in and out of shade Click To Tweet

It records onto all the modern microSD cards (up to 32GB) at 4K 25fps & 2.7K 30fps. I am happy to report that the picture is not bad and the auto iris works very well indeed, quickly adapting to the lighting as you walk in and out of shade. The image is very crisp at 12MP and the colours are good. All in all, this is a camera that’s easily a match for the…

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Alice Bonasio
Tech Trends

Technology writer for FastCo, Quartz, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Wired + more. Consultant specializing in VR #MixedReality and Strategic Communications