Campark
Campark V40
Cheapest dual-screen camera in the catalogue, and the front display is the only reason to pick it over Campark's own X30. At $69 it does the basics: native 4K30, 20 MP stills, 10 m of bare waterproofing — which several cameras three times the price do not offer — and a 40 m case for anything deeper. Everything about the image is what the price implies, and the list of things it does not have is long: no horizon lock, no log profile, no published bitrate, no 4K slow motion. It is a camera for a pool, a first bike, or a second angle on a trip, and nothing about it pretends otherwise once you get past the packaging.
Sensor area against the rest of the catalogue
Derived from the standard optical-format table rather than copied off a spec sheet, because makers print a fraction that hides it. The table and the arithmetic.
Specifications
Features
- ●Native 4K30 and 20 MP stills
- ●Dual screens, front and rear
- ●Waterproof to 10 m bare, 40 m in the case
- ●1350 mAh batteries
- ●GoPro folding-finger mount
Strengths
- +10 m of bare waterproofing at $69, which several pricier cameras do not have
- +A front screen at a price where nothing else offers one
- +GoPro folding fingers, so nothing has to be bought twice to mount it
- +Two batteries in the box, which cameras at four times the price do not include
Drawbacks
- −4K30 only, with no slow motion above 1080p60
- −No horizon lock and basic electronic stabilisation
- −Campark publishes no weight, bitrate or sensor model
- −Image quality falls apart quickly indoors or at dusk
- −microSD support is capped well below what long recordings need
The strengths and drawbacks above are drawn from the manufacturer’s specifications and published reviews. No body of owner reports for this camera has been read, so nothing here claims to speak for its owners.
What owners say
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