This Fall I bought 2 more action-cams. I bought the SJCAM SJ5000Plus specifically to try out the Ambarella chipset with the Panasonic sensor, and the Gitup Git2 with the 4.35mm rectilinear lens. According to SJCAM's Website, the SJ5000Plus is a discontinued product, so I am not expecting that my suggestion will be followed for this product. However, I would also suggest similar changes for the SJCAM M20 and also the Gitup Git2 products which I also have, so I am posting this in this area first, but will probably follow it up with similar notes in the other areas.
When the SJCAM SJ5000Plus came out it was said to have a Zoom function. Someone showed my a previous SJCAM product and it had a zoom function controlled by the up and down buttons on the side. I think that if you pushed the up button it zoomed towards Telephoto and if you pushed the down button it zoomed towards wide angle. This was a good idea.
What I would like on the SJCAM SJ5000Plus and M20 is a similar function based on the up and down buttons. But it does not have to be a "smooth zoom" function. I just want it to select the next narrower field of view each time you press "up" and the next wider view each time you press "down", until you get to the end of possible changes. That way I can press up once to get a narrower view (if there is one) or press it twice to get much narrower, or down once or twice with the opposite results. This is actually better for my needs than a "smooth zoom" function because it is a precise change for each button press. Being able to do this repetitively can be very effective. An example where this kind of function would be good is in the second part of this video:
"20160826 AKA Crescendo - MEGARock Toronto CNE 2016 Sampler"
This video was done with a normal video camcorder with an optical zoom, but in this case, simple changes jumping wider or narrower would be very effective.
When the SJCAM SJ5000Plus came out it was said to have a Zoom function. Someone showed my a previous SJCAM product and it had a zoom function controlled by the up and down buttons on the side. I think that if you pushed the up button it zoomed towards Telephoto and if you pushed the down button it zoomed towards wide angle. This was a good idea.
What I would like on the SJCAM SJ5000Plus and M20 is a similar function based on the up and down buttons. But it does not have to be a "smooth zoom" function. I just want it to select the next narrower field of view each time you press "up" and the next wider view each time you press "down", until you get to the end of possible changes. That way I can press up once to get a narrower view (if there is one) or press it twice to get much narrower, or down once or twice with the opposite results. This is actually better for my needs than a "smooth zoom" function because it is a precise change for each button press. Being able to do this repetitively can be very effective. An example where this kind of function would be good is in the second part of this video:
"20160826 AKA Crescendo - MEGARock Toronto CNE 2016 Sampler"
This video was done with a normal video camcorder with an optical zoom, but in this case, simple changes jumping wider or narrower would be very effective.