Polaroid CUBE Sports Camera. This product is divided into three colors: dazzling black, vitality blue and passion red. The price on JD.com is 799-899 yuan, and the tail is Vital Blue.
Once upon a time, the sports camera learned from the videos shared by extreme hobby players abroad, recording how many mountains, rivers and thrilling shots it has. Nowadays, sports cameras are no longer exclusive to extreme players, and ordinary consumers have begun to like to record every bit of life in ordinary sports events, playgrounds, and cycling. After all, these task scenarios are not competent by mobile phones, and each has its own strengths.
sports camera, as the name suggests, needs to be used in sports scenes. Relatively speaking, the use environment is more complex and has more professional requirements for the camera's size, material, waterproofing, operation, etc. Let’s take a look at the experience of Polaroid CUBE sports cameras in these aspects.
is worn during exercise, the smaller the size, the better. Polaroid CUBE has a cube shape, and the edges and corners are arc-treated, which looks like a big dice. I wonder if there are any accessories that can turn it into a big dice for use during parties. Judging from the data, the CUBE size is 35*35*35mm and weighs about 45.4 grams. Intuitively speaking, CUBE and an SD card are about the same height, and they are very light to buy.
There will inevitably be collisions, fall off and other situations during movement, and the material affects durability. The body of CUBE is wrapped in rubber material. Press it hard with your fingernails to feel a certain elasticity. In addition, the cube shape will have a rolling and unloading effect when it falls, which has a good anti-shock and anti-fall effect.
Summer is coming, water projects are indispensable. CUBE puts the microSD card slot, microUSB interface, and 1080P and 720P video switching switches inside the body, and is placed on the corresponding vertical aspect of the lens, and is protected with a knob plug. However, you cannot open the plug with your hands. Use a coin to plug into the vertical groove of the plug and turn it counterclockwise to open it. Such hidden switch and knob designs are helpful in waterproof performance. However, the above parts can only be anti-drip and splash. If you want to go into the water to shoot, you should still add waterproof accessories and never "run naked".
As mentioned above, CUBE hides the interface, so that only a large circular multi-function key is left outside the body, and there is a small indicator light next to it. Different functions can be enabled through different operations. For example, press the multifunction key for three seconds and hear three beeps, and the LED light flashes green, so that the power is turned on; press the multifunction key once for a short time, and the LED light flashes red once, and you will take a photo; press the multifunction key twice for a short time, and hear two beeps, and the LED light flashes red, and you will start recording video, press the video once again and stop recording, and the LED light turns green.
However, in actual operation, the sound of beeping is actually very small, and it is not heard by several households. It is recommended to just use the indicator light, and you can remove the prompt sound. Also, when you press a short button to take a photo, you will take the photo instantly from time to time, but it will take the photo 2 seconds after pressing the button. Be careful not to shake your hands. At the same time, if the LED light turns orange when in use, it means that the battery is less than 10%, and it needs to be charged in time. In actual test, full charge can be recorded for 90 minutes as the official statement.
sports cameras have to deal with various scenarios, one is its own interface, and the other is its accessories support. CUBE does not use a universal tripod jack, but instead designed a magnet with strong magnetic properties at the bottom of the fuselage, which can be adsorbed to the metal surface as needed. The tail absorbs CUBE to the roof and runs out at 70 mph for a lap. After arriving at home, CUBE still adsorbed in its original place, proving that its suction is still good.
Of course, there are still many other ways to play.For example, adsorb on the monitor and act as a work recorder; adsorb to the skateboard and enjoy the feeling of a super low viewing angle; adsorb to the bedside lamp, there are so many ways to play...
However, if you want to adapt to more scenarios, you still have to match professional accessories. Polaroid has equipped CUBE with 7 major accessories, which can cope with underwater, extremes, cycling and other scenarios. However, if you buy them all, the total price is even more expensive than CUBE sports cameras. At the same time, it may be because the CUBE interface is not normal and there are no third-party accessories in the market. The tail only found a third-party octopus pod, which can greatly expand its usage scenarios.
Important things are always put at the end. CUBE's big eyes use a 6-megapixel image sensor, 2.0 large aperture, ultra-wide-angle 124-degree viewing field, and supports up to 1080P FULL HD full HD video recording and 6-megapixel photo shooting.
In photos, 6 million pixels are really not high. From the sample, the 124-degree wide-angle fisheye effect is still quite powerful in large scenes, but it is more average in image resolution, tolerance, and color restoration, and cannot show more details.
On the video, the tail was recorded in the day, evening and night. Compared with the average performance of still photos, CUBE performed quite well in the video, with clear and smooth pictures, and the scene switching transition was natural. It seems that CUBE is more suitable for shooting videos. It can also be considered a return to the essence of a sports camera.
CUBE is the same as the products on the market that take the miniaturized sports camera route. Because it is too small, it is impossible to design a display screen and can only perform blind shots. In fact, the most regrettable thing is that CUBE does not support wireless connections such as Bluetooth, and does not have a dedicated mobile APP to use. The captured images and videos can only be appreciated when you go home and connect to a computer. Strangely, CUBE has a program that can adjust light frequency, time stamp, time and beep volume on the computer, but it is always program errors on the tail computer, but these adjustments are not very meaningful.
Overall, Polaroid CUBE is fashionable, compact and easy to use. It is a special product for young people to pursue trends. At the same time, the excessively high price of accessories has also affected its market competitiveness to a certain extent. If there are more third-party accessories and better imaging quality, they will actually have greater practical value. The latest news is that Polaroid will launch Cube+, adding Wi-Fi support, and the supporting Polaroid Cube+ app allows users to synchronize, capture, transmit and share photos through their smartphones or tablets. This is very much to look forward to.
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