Activeon DX

Action Camcorders

A action camcorder from Activeon with a MicroSD memory-card slot, and no image stabilizer.

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Overall Score

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Current Range of Tested Action Camcorders

What goes into the Overall Score?

Picture quality

/ 5

Ease of use

/ 5

Audio quality

/ 5

Display quality

/ 5

Versatility

/ 5

Still camera

/ 5

Color

/ 5

Battery life, WiFi off (min.)

/ 5

Detailed Test Results

VIDEO. The ACTIVEON DX takes good video, at a quality like nearly all Action camcorders. Pictures were a bit soft, which means it will be difficult to make out tiny details and very subtle patterns in the image. In low-light situations, the video was good: quite viewable but not as bright or clear as the better models at 50 frames per second (fps), progressive-scan (p). It has an above-normal frame-rate mode 1280x720 at 120p fps.

AUDIO. It captures fair audio in mono, better than most.

PHOTO QUALITY. In Photo mode it captures at best 12-megapixel stills with merely fair quality.

LENS. The lens has a fixed focal length; it has no zoom capability.

IMAGE STABILIZER. This model lacks image stabilizer, so your images may look shaky.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. It survived our repeated-drop test. It survived being dunked in 3 feet of water for 30 minutes when used with its waterproof enclosure and much lighter than the average action camcorder.

About

The ACTIVEON DX is a 12-megapixel camcorder with no optical zoom has a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 36mm (fixed). It lacks an LCD. The camcorder has a maximum aperture of f/2.4.

The ACTIVEON DX stores video and photos on MicroSD and MicroSDHC memory cards and has no internal storage. It captures 2K HD video at a resolution as high as 1920x1280 at 50 frames per second and 12-megapixel resolution stills as JPG files.

The ACTIVEON DX measures 2.5 inches wide by 1.7 inches high by 2 inches in length, and weighs 0.2 pounds.

Features & Specs

Features

Built-in light

Specs

Weight (lbs.)

0.2

LCD size (in.)

Connections

Largeness

Compact

HDMI output

Yes

Microphone input

Remote control

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Activeon DX

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