SJCAM SJ6 PRO Great or a Flop?

[@BlueDinnie]

Got the old SJcam 9 max it was supposed to be temporary but it worked so well I never upgraded....

[@BlainsTube]

"WORTH IT OR NOT?" To hear your honest evaluations are why people come here. They might stay because of features you educate us on as well as the pure entertainment value and professionalism of your videos. Thank you for your honesty and the straight forward nature of your sponsored/non-sponsored information. "WORTH IT OR NOT?" question is just the tip of the iceberg here on your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@SoundSpeeds]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Thanks Blain N. I just like to keep it real and just give "my" opinion on an item to hopefully save a few people from making a mistake. Thanks for watching !

[@ParallelCamper]

I'm always looking at new camera releases and subscribed for that reason. You are very diplomatic in your reviews. I value your judgement. Glad that you made a definite call.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Awe, thank you. I'm always excited to see and test all the new offerings from companies

[@danvid1935]

Hey Andre! Thanks for the review from over here in Australia. Super disappointed Sjcam has gone so far backwards. I always want to see them do well as I've had a soft spot for them since my sj7 but this latest offering is sadly lacking in all areas and the dishonesty in labeling is a really huge turn off for me in terms of even liking the company itself now.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Hey DanVid ! I have a soft spot for SJCAM as they used to make some good budget cameras and ALWAYS released firmware updates for them. IMO the SJ8 Pro was their last real improvement.

[@BasicFilmmaker]

Wow! Kicking out videos lately. Awesome!

[@huevitopipihead]

Greetings from Connecticut! As usual, another honest review, thank you, Andre!

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Hey, thanks!

[@goproguy123]

Well it feels like 2017 all over again. Crazy how some of these budget companies seemed to have given up at attempting to compete to the Big Boys. You know what camera I’d go with lol 😊.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Humm, let me guess 😎

[@rockel83]

Somehow I feel it won't be the DJI 😅

[@SoundSpeeds]

Geez... Kinda surprising to see that it's not really better.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Total letdown !

[@LowDoughTech]

I'll always have a soft spot for SJcam. :) Great review as always!

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Me too especially since my 1st was the SJ4000, and it still works after all these years. Thanks for watching Patrick

[@maciejturski1976]

You just answered my question: I buy SJ5000x Elite :)

[@alexdropbox2669]

Professor, i bought SJ6 PRO last week. it works well under daylight (outdoor). but it works VERY POORLY AT NIGHT (both indoor and outdoor) with photos and movies all VERY VERY DARK (cant recognise a building). found out that was caused by its EIS TURNED ON. photos / movies become normal after turning OFF EIS. is my SJ6 PRO normal or out of order? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING FEEDBACK 😄😄😄😄

[@alexdropbox2669]

professor Andre, after repeated testing, found out that my Sj6 pro still has shaky video images in daytime like those shown in your video clip. Turnign on Gyro stabilisation makes the videos / photos very dark at night (which become much brighter with Gyro off). what a damn budget camera!

[@SANDS78]

I still use the SJ7 Star. It's not the best but it's what I got and it works.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

And the SJ7 is built like a tank !

[@SANDS78]

@@WORTHITORNOT It is! Many dirt bike wipeouts and still going strong!

[@TimHWolfe]

That one sure went backwards. I'll stick with the Black Friday GoPro 11 I just ordered. Nice review. Hope you and your family had a good Thanksgiving !!

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Yeah I saw a deal on Amazon late last night for $349 for the Hero 11, didn't last long though

[@StirfriedGerman]

Nice shenanigan video :D I think they're just squeezing the brand for the last dollar.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I think so too!

[@maxgoroofs]

Your review is the only one I could find on this action camera, and the S6 PRO disappointed me.

[@Tom_A.K.]

Hey Andre, Happy Thanksgiving! 👍

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Hey Tom ! Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well.

[@rickietatum4319]

think I'll stick with my ElectriQ 4k for now. twin screens, 4k @ 60fps and it's metal,unlike so many action cams these days. That SJ Pro in the video was shocking, especially the under performing EIS.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Never heard of it, will look around to check it out.

[@Heeyitsmika]

Hi, Do you still think sjcam/akaso is worth buying? since the price difference between them and gopro is like x4 in my country. If so, which one of each brand do you recommend? I just want them for bike rides/outings/trips

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Well SJCAM has not come out with anything really good and it appears Akaso has changed the internals of their cameras to cheaper less power components so I would honestly just get a GoPro 8 or newer as they perform much better.

[@Heeyitsmika]

@@WORTHITORNOT i guess ill just really really save up then. Im hesitant for the gopro since its expensive and I wont be using it that much but if the older akaso/sjcams dont hold up in 2023. Thank you for replying! Ive been going to your page since late 2021 to be able to decide but I couldnt justify spending all that money on the akaso/sjcam. 😂

[@SoloistaPh]

I still go to sj6 legend

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I've still got my SJ6 Legend

[@SoloistaPh]

@@WORTHITORNOT I have one that is my first action camera since I started vlogging and I still love it. Very basic with good stabilization

[@Oldgreycowboy]

Good tunes !!! Boy that stabilization sure needs worked on. Along with the resolutions. Good review Andre. Has some good features. Has to be a pass. Guess they're not all winners.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Hey there ! Yeah this camera was a disappointment, oh well

[@mescekchoppers1]

Thanks for the review, I was hoping to give SJCAM second chance and buy this camera but now im sure, FU SJSCAM.

[@befa-the-fab]

Hello, nice vids as always, I'm struggling to find an action cam suitable for my application. I'm looking to mount a camera on a paintball barrel so i need something compact, decent image quality and more important a good image stabilisation.. The sj cam c200 was perfect at first look but unfortunately got a really bad image stabilisation.. Any idea?

[@WORTHITORNOT]

The Akaso V50X has very good stabilization and image quality and it's on sale here: amzn.to/3XphA2i

[@befa-the-fab]

@@WORTHITORNOT Thanks.. I bought it

[@befa-the-fab]

@@WORTHITORNOT hello, an update on this, I received the akaso v50x today but I'm very disappointed, first the image quality is far from yours, it get decent if I turn off the EIS but really shaky indeed, if I turn the image stabilisation on the image is so noisy, it's just like an 720p camera. I don't have the gyroscope option, no possibility to choose between h264 and h265 and my phone can't read any of the v50x video.. I'm on 220921-v2.0 firmware and i don't know if it have something to do with it.. BTW i know it's absolutely not your fault and you did a great review but mine is just not the same as you.. Any ideas?

[@WORTHITORNOT]

@@befa-the-fab Might download the Akaso phone app and connect camera to app and see if there is a firmware update for it. Also use U3 speed sd cards as just a class 10 is too slow. Let me know if any of this helps

[@befa-the-fab]

I use a new sandisk extreme pro u3, in the app nothing pop when I connect the cam for any updates

[@rockel83]

I don't know what it is with these budget action cams these days... The older SJcams were pretty decent. I was even surprised to the comparison with the legend and the new pro, that the pro actually looks this bad. I was even using the SJcam M10+ myself until now. Well, on the other hand... High end camera's also seem to suffer from blurry focussing issues these days :p

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Very true, the Action 3 had horrible lens focus and really hope DJI gets it sorted out as I otherwise really like the build quality. I’ll try another Action 3 after the new year and see if the issue has been resolved.

[@rockel83]

@@WORTHITORNOT Well I think they stuck to much to the action 2 looking to the hardware. Internals seem to be pretty the same looking to the specs. The Action 2 was already a bit soft. And the focus issue of the 3 makes it actually quite bad combining those 2. It seems they only focused more on the externals and they went back to the orriginal design, which is good! I actually don't know what hit them when they came up with the Action 2 design, especially because the 1 was a darn good camera for it's time and a pretty good competetitor for Gopro. I think the design of the 2 failed massively on multiple fields, however it's recording quality conpensated with that, for it's time... I got myself a verry good Hero11 offer, last week. Even cheaper then the OA3. I'm still playing around and testing it. And I think I'm going to stick with this one. It's features are great! It's my first Gopro and I believe the externals didn't changed much since the 9 and 10. But this could actually need some updates and redesign to my opinion. Especially knowing they could have learned and looked at 2 previous models. So actually DJI and Gopro did a bit of the oposit here :) But I must admid, the design of the OA3 blows away the design of the GP11 here. That battery compartment latch on the OA3 was awsome compared to that of the GP11. I'm quite struggeling with it all the time. But you need to because the charging connector is also underneath it. The buttons however seems to work way better on the GP11. And oh man... It has tons of settings and customation options!

[@ruffustibs3740]

Absolutely junk. The 4K looks terrible and the 1080 looks like mush, stabilization is horrible and bad audio. I don’t see any strong points at all. Thanks for the video Andre

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Yeah I was disappointed

[@treasurehunters4089]

Shocking companies still try to lie about 4K in 2022, almost like they think the consumers are stupid. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your family

[@WORTHITORNOT]

We had a great Thanksgiving, hope you did too.

[@lperezph]

SJ6 Pro more expensive yet even 5000X will wipe kick its butt

[@briandolson2941]

My goodness, that thing wouldn't even get $9.99 out of my wallet Andre 😂

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Haha 😆

[@steveramsdell4812]

I don't mean to sound negative, but I watch major companies cutting costs and corners to ride what little reputation they have. From auto companies to appliances to tool makers it's the same story. I might not need the extras of a GoPro, but I don't want to pay for details that are not there.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

You're not sounding negative at all ! Being honest is a good thing and I understand times are tough for these companies too, but deliver what you promise.

[@myadventures6556]

Wow, terrible video quality, heck the old SJ4000 1080 looked better. Thanks for your honest reviews

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Exactly ! My old SJ4000 has MUCH better video quality in 1080 than this camera has in it's "4K" 😆

[@kidsonicofficial]

haha I actually prefer the SJ6 Legend.

[@SilverfoxJB]

I still use an SJ8 Legend and a C200 - Both of which I use at 1080p. This looks a shocking idea all around from SJCam. Why name it after an older model and why let into the wild a camera that is obviously going to damage the brand. The Management should hang their heads in shame.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

This was a big letdown for sure, just like the Krypton series was.

[@leftmavr]

what you pay is what you buy... this camera for 100 euros I would say is more than satisfactory.

[@dmarkzmotovlog9988]

Sir Sj16 pro Haven'T Gyro /Stabilizer?

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Did you watch the video?

[@cameraguy2128]

What happened to SJCAM ? The 2 cameras that were good was the SJ7 and SJ8 Pro. Appreciate you calling like it is. Hope your Turkey day was good.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Turkey was fantastic, just the wife and daughter this year, nice and quiet, but 1st year without my Mom with us, we all miss her so much. Hope yours was good !

[@PeteDevlinootnaboot]

Stab on the new cam is terrible and the image isn't better than the old legend 1080p either. Total waste of money and time.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I was shocked at how bad the stabilization was especially compared to the older Legend.

[@MaryYuSony]

Not a fair review, it is 4k and I look on my TV and it looks beautiful

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Is your TV 4K? or just 720 or 1080? because the video from this camera does NOT look good, but that's your opinion and you have a right to your opinion, at this moment, we'll just have to disagree 😀

[@brandonhayes3055]

Fantastic review with true honesty. Camera is junk

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I always keep my thoughts honest with these reviews. Thanks for watching

[@juandenz2008]

Solid review. SJ6 Pro is definitely disappointing, even before you mentioned the internals the image didn't look great compared to the SJ6 Legend. Also the EIS seems quite poor. I've got an Akaso V50X I bought around 3 years ago and it is still going strong. I'm kind of surprised the budget action cam market hasn't really improved much in 3 years.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I agree 100%. Maybe in 2023 there will be better offerings from these budget companies.

[@Glenrsi]

Agree with you all the way Andre. Even the older SJ6 Legend was far better. Personally i find good 1080p great. I will say 90% of my drone videos a pictures are 1080p. For my use i think it's more than good enough and it takes up so much less memory on SD card. In ending i will have to say the SJ16 is a flop. Nice review 👍

[@WORTHITORNOT]

1080p is Still alive and well and works for like you said 90% of people just fine, too bad the 1080 on this camera is junk.

[@rockel83]

That was my way of thinking too! I actually like recording in 1080p because it gives a good average on quality and size. The older camera's actually also had the benefit of higher fps on 1080p. 30 fps vs 60fps made a big difference in recordings containing "action". But I believe this benefit is a bit gone these days. Newer camera's are able to record on quite high fps on 4K too. And somehow bitrates are getting to big for 1080p recordings on these camera's, making the files drastically bigger. I understand the bigger bitrate for 4K recording. But there's no need of the same high bitrate for 1080p recording.

[@jride4179]

I think Sj6 legend is better than the Pro one

[@georgeedelston6402]

Damn this camera video really looks bad. Wish Insta would send you the X3 as I'm really thinking about splurging on one, that way I can have the best of both worlds, a 360 camera and an action camera but I would like your take on it first as I know you'll be honest about it, okay, brutally honest 💪

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I wish @insta360 would send me one, but my rep went radio silent. Maybe he's not there anymore. I'll try to borrow one and do a video of it and see how good it is.

[@droneflyingphotography6576]

This camera has only one good use, to strap onto a drone and get a nice crash video, but then the video quality on this is horrific.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

😂

[@reporteratlarge5545]

Nothing PRO about this camera. Thanks for calling it out on it's weakness

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Thanks for watching !

[@ilciclista]

The external packaging is beautiful as well as the device from an aesthetic point of view. But this action camera really sucks, sjcam should be ashamed and close its doors after this huge shit. It's not worth $99 to me, but it's worth $20. How ridiculous!

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I was really disappointed with this offering from SJCAM

[@ilciclista]

@@WORTHITORNOT But then they call it PRO, but what about PRO? nothing. A question. Better Akaso Brave 8 or DJI Osmo Action 3?

[@WORTHITORNOT]

@@ilciclista Arrrr, "If" DJI has fixed the focus issue on the Action 3 then I would say the Action 3 ! My Action 3 was terrible with the lens being out of focus. The Brave 8 has potential with a very good chipset and image sensor, I hope Akaso can tweak the firmware to get better performance out of it.

[@ilciclista]

@@WORTHITORNOT So could both be equivalent? you say. Surely with the updates both devices will improve.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

@@ilciclista If DJI fixes the lens issue with a new batch, then the Action 3 would be superior

[@CanadaRocks]

Guess sjcam doesn't care about quality anymore if they're going to release trash like this. I had the Akaso v50x and it was great for my needs, but I dropped it and the lens got scratched so I had to throw it away.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

It might be because of the chip shortage? Who knows but this camera is disappointing. The lens is VERY easy to change out on the V50X, too bad you threw it away. If something like that happens again, send me an email and I’ll walk you through it

[@nitinchauhan9835]

Sjcam is dead,they have not released any camera from last 2 years and there 10 pro is still not better than GoPro 7,they have stopped replying also to customers .

[@WORTHITORNOT]

I agree to a point, as the told me they have 3 new cameras coming out and 2 of them will have great performance. Guess we’ll see.

[@nitinchauhan9835]

@@WORTHITORNOT I asked them on all platforms about new upgrade or sj 11 pro but they told,it is not coming soon, I contacted them last month only and they replied after 3-4 month,they were good from 8 series and 10 series is quite good, don't know what happened to them, can't able to bring a new camera within 2 years, sjcam was a good option within a budget,I think they have something else in mind, GoPro is the best.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

@@nitinchauhan9835 Well that differs from what my Rep and a few emails from their engineers said. They didn’t say what the new line would be called but that they will be released early 2023.

[@nitinchauhan9835]

@@WORTHITORNOT Lets see then,hope they will bring something good.

[@madwelder8490]

Хороший голос. Супер

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Спасибо

[@renatojrcamado7838]

Can you connect sjcam remote?

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Don’t know, I don’t have the remote anymore

[@jeffwinters8152]

bad image quatily bad stablation i think if i were to pay for this should be around the 20-40 doller range my sony camcorder dose way better than is the sony HDRCX405 compairable to 4k image quaity

[@WORTHITORNOT]

LOL, exactly

[@flyingtom75]

They'd better rename the SJCAM S6 Pro to SJSCAM S6 Pro... hahahaha

[@MrJafar]

OMG ! 4K 22Mbps!!! LOL!!!

[@thefutureisnow6972]

It boggles my mind how these companies release trash like this.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

It sad sometimes

[@potxiusupfotalongkorn3237]

Nothing screams pro in its performance. Don't buy that camera, it is a total garbage of a camera. The only thing that is mediocre at best is its design and the USB type C port. Other than that, everything is garbage. Akaso action cameras from yesteryears perform way better than this.

[@WORTHITORNOT]

Yeah this camera is a hard pass in my opinion.

[@Helderhugo]

Sorry but it's awful

[@WORTHITORNOT]

In 2022 standards, I agree