An Inexpensive Alternative to the GoPro Action Cam

I wanted to buy action camera GoPro, but USD 500 is too expensive for me. Even 100 USD for action camera is already expensive, but an acceptable price and gradually reduced, plus periodically sellers do promotions and discounts.

But Xiaomi company went even further. And released an excellent action camera even cheaper. Camera XiaoMi Yi, I ordered on here . Price at the time of purchase, was $ 75, currently at around $ 70. 

Package is called "Camera only" :) But no, there is battery, USB cable and manual.

With battery and memory stick clear, inserted in its place and capped. On the front side there is a button "Indesit" On / Off, it also switches the operating mode of the camera. On the perimeter, it is highlighted indicator. The indicator may illuminate several colors: red (battery or villages is charging), lilac mid battery, blue battery is fully charged. Switching on and off and mode switching is accompanied by sound signalami.Knopka on the top side of the "Start / Stop" or "Shutter", the beginning of a photo or video, the end of the video recording. Other functions are not. Next to it is the camera mode indicator. If it is not lit - the camera in photo mode, lit in red - camera is in video mode, flashing red - is video. This indicator is duplicated on the rear and bottom side. Pressing buttons duplicated audio signal.
At the end of the WiFi module is the power button. Next to it also has a light, it lights up in blue during the module.

The bottom side is provided with a standard mount for photographic equipment, a threaded hole. Suitable for photo / video tripods, and does not require additional adapters. Very comfortably! It took a fixture on the window of the car, ordered in a pleasing online store and the next day I have it.

All other camera features are available through the app on your smartphone. Although they are not many. It is possible that over time will expand functionality. In the meantime, the application allows you to customize video and camera mode, the quality of recording, adjust the operation of the camera, a visual display of the image from the image sensor. In the screenshot below you can see how the application works in Photo mode.

The main part of the screen occupies an area of the preview camera matrix underneath specified resolution which will be shot. At the bottom of the camera control buttons, and at the bottom status line reflects the phone's battery charge level and on the level of the camera and the WiFi signal.