**Comparing Action Cameras: A Hands-On Review**

As a tech enthusiast, I have always been fascinated by cameras that are almost identical, making comparisons a breeze. In this article, we'll take a closer look at two action cameras that share many similarities, but also have some key differences.

**Camera Design and Build Quality**

Both cameras have the same blocky shape, making them easy to fit into my favorite tech bag. They both weigh in at approximately 3 ounces, making them extremely portable and lightweight. This is a major plus for me, as I'm always on-the-go with my camera gear. One feature that sets them apart is the presence of a quarter-inch tripod mount on the bottom of each camera. This is a game-changer, as it allows me to easily attach them to a tripod or other stabilizing device, ensuring that my footage is always stable and smooth.

**Quality and Efficiency: What Matters Most**

For some, image quality is the top priority. While I agree that this is an important aspect of camera performance, I also place a strong emphasis on efficiency and workflow. This means that I'm often looking for cameras that can record high-quality footage quickly and easily, without requiring a lot of setup or configuration. In terms of quality, both cameras are surprisingly good, but the Yi Light has some advantages over its more expensive counterpart.

**The Yi Light: A Surprisingly Good Option**

Despite being significantly cheaper than the other camera, the Yi Light still delivers excellent image quality for its price range. Its 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second recording speed make it an excellent choice for action footage that won't be viewed in high detail. While it may not have some of the more advanced features offered by more expensive cameras, I'm impressed with what you get for the price.

**The Yi 4K Plus: A Worthwhile Investment**

On the other hand, the Yi 4K Plus is a much more expensive option, but offers several key advantages over the Yi Light. Its 4K resolution and 60 frames per second recording speed make it an excellent choice for those who need high-quality footage for their projects. Additionally, its electronic image stabilization system is far superior to that of the Yi Light, making it a great choice for those who plan on capturing smooth, stabilized footage.

**Low-Light Performance**

One area where both cameras struggle is in low-light conditions. This is due to their small sensor size and limited dynamic range, which can result in noisy or grainy footage in dimly lit environments. However, the Yi Light's 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second makes it a great choice for those who don't need high-quality footage in very low-light conditions.

**Stabilization: A Key Feature**

Both cameras have electronic image stabilization built-in, which automatically crops in on the image to take out shaky footage. However, while this feature is convenient and helps to smooth out footage, it can also introduce some unwanted effects, such as fisheye distortion or a "wobbling" effect that can be distracting.

**The Verdict: Is the Yi 4K Plus Worth the Extra Cost?**

Ultimately, whether or not the Yi 4K Plus is worth the extra cost depends on your specific needs and requirements. If you don't need 4K resolution or 60 frames per second recording speed, then the Yi Light may be a perfectly good choice for its price. However, if you do need these features, the Yi 4K Plus is definitely worth considering. While it's not perfect – the image stabilization system can introduce some unwanted effects – it's still an excellent camera that delivers high-quality footage with ease.

**A Final Note**

As always, I hope this review has been helpful in giving you a better understanding of what to expect from these two action cameras. Whether you choose one over the other depends on your specific needs and requirements, but both are excellent choices for anyone looking for high-quality action footage.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe new kids on the action camera block one shoots 4k 60 frames per second the other shoots 1080p 60 frames per second one cost $300 the other $100 the Yi 4k plus versus the UI is the extra $200 worth it for the 4k let's find out what's up everyone I'm the everyday dad and if I can figure it out you can figure it out this is turning into such a great week I love making action camera videos and getting a whole week to talk about them is I mean that is the best that's like the best week I can have on YouTube on Monday we found out that the Yi 4k plus is an awesome 4k capable action camera that for the price might be the strongest camera on the market today but it's time to find out if it's actually worth that extra price I've been recommending the Yi light for over a year now as the best budget action camera like the 4k plus it punches way above its price tag with a really nice 1080p image and electronic image stabilization today we're gonna find out if the Yi 4k plus is worth the $200 extra over its more budget-friendly sibling and my current wallet favorite recommendation and if you want to get either of these there will be links in the description below first up let's cover the basic specs of both cameras so we know what we're dealing with here what specs what specs you guys got in there the e 4k plus is Yi technologies top-of-the-line action camera it comes equipped with an Amborella processor and Sony sensor and like I said can record in up to 4k 60 frames per second that you like though is no sketch and comes with some heavy hitting specs itself it can record usable footage in up to 1080p 60 frames per second know it the 15 frames per second and 4k doesn't really count it also is a Sony sensor that doesn't have as good of a processor but for the price is pretty good now that we've gotten those basic specs out of the way let's see which of the pillars are holding these two pixie sized cameras first up ease of use now that this is a pretty easy comparison both have what I consider to be an essential part of good action cameras and that is a really intuitive and responsive touch screen both touch screens work really well and make it simple quick and fun to switch between not only the recording options but other internal camera settings such as you know stabilization there might be some more on that in a bit both screens are also very useful in framing up your shots and make general use so much easier just it makes it so much easier to use a camera when you can see what you're filming and change the settings straight from the touch screen the main standout in this part of the comparison though is that I expect a camera like the 4k plus to have a really usable touch screen for the price so I'm gonna give this category to the light because they could have skimp they legitimately could have skimp and just said it wasn't cost feasible to put a good touch screen on there and they didn't skimp on that at all I like when companies put their best foot forward and don't handicap their tech for bigger cameras Canon number 2 durability and the Yi train kind of derails right here easily the biggest negative about the Yi cameras in general is in the durability Department both have almost identical feeling bodies they feel like they are cheaply made out of plastic now I can understand you can only fit so much into a camera at a certain price point and for the Yi light it's not as big of a deal like I said it's a budget action camera you know don't get me wrong I wish it was sturdier but it doesn't cost that much so it's an easier pill to swallow the e4k it's a little harder to accept that from this because it's three times as much as the Yi line now like I mentioned on Monday when I searched for this camera it does seem that the standard kit comes with a waterproof case so while I still wish the body was better built at least they're trying to correct it so durability is not good on the Yi front next up number three compatibility with GoPro style mounts and accessories well thank goodness this is another easy one dang I really like checking out cameras that are almost identical it makes these comparisons so easy a time they are both the same blocky shape the same block you weight and both fit easily into my favorite tech g5 and you know for what it's worth that is what matters to me personally in all fairness though the big takeaway here is that they both have the quarter inch tripod mount on the bottom which goes a really long way to making me something that I would take with me everywhere because they will just work with all of my camera gear yes you can adapt GoPros but I just like having a built-in tripod mount number for decent image quality for some this would be number one but for me quality and efficiency of workflow is always gonna image quality I mean there's a reason why I use the cameras I use it's because I'm trying to smooth out my workflow so let's put these two cameras side-by-side now from a technical standpoint obviously the e 4k plus is the better camera it has 4k it has more recording options but again it costs almost three times as much so I would hope that it can do better than the Yi light and I mention this a lot I am still surprised at how good the image out of the Yi light is 1080p is still the dominant recording resolution for the online marketplace and most people don't have the storage space or the computer editing power to handle 4k so if you aren't going to use it the 4k plus loses out on a lot of its advantages this isn't to say that the 4k plus is bad I don't think it's bad at all but I do think that you like is still surprisingly good for the price okay and here's a quick low light slash studio test of the two cameras you can see here this is what you guys this is what you guys look like to me right now so yeah this is the exact same setup and the exact same lighting as we just saw my a 7-3 a few seconds ago so this will kind of tell you yes action cameras will struggle indoors and will struggle in low-light situations they have teeny tiny little sensors I mean that's just part of the game but some of these actually do work pretty good I'm pretty excited to see how this image quality works out this is the audio and the image quality out of the Yi light audio test one two three four audio test one two three four and this is the image quality and the audio out of the Yi 4k plus audio test one two three four audio test one two three four now I am cheating a little bit the Yi light is recording in 1080p 60 frames per second the Yi 4k plus is recording in 4k 60 frames per second because what I want you to see is can you even tell the difference if you can't tell the difference it might be because you're in a lower quality monitor you're not seeing this in 1080p or 4k or there's just not that big of a difference okay back to the video and as the last in my personal favorite let's talk about stabilization oddly enough even with the big price difference both cameras have electronic image stabilization built-in for those of you that don't obsess over camera specs on an hourly weirdos electronic image stabilization is where the camera automatically crops in on the image a bit to take the shakes out of the edges sometimes it works out fantastically like you know the GoPro Hero six black and sometimes it's pretty terrible like on the newer g1 you know sometimes there's good sometimes there's bad but that these two Feis is pretty astonishing they have oke is the 4k plus has the far better system it does do pretty well with stabilizing even walking the light does okay but and longtime viewers know what I'm about to say the EIS adds this extra weird fisheye distortion wind turned on so I generally don't turn it on and I'll just keep it in a gimbal because the the stabilization is not worth that like warping effect and I'm making faces so what right so is the e 4k plus worth the extra price maybe don't get me wrong it's a really great action camera but if you don't record in 4k and don't want 4k 60 frames per second it's probably not really worth the extra money you could get three you likes for the same price and I again I personally think 1080p 60 frames per second is the perfect recording frame rate for action you know either is a great choice but I would look into what your recording requirements are and pick the camera that meets them neither of these choices would be bad it's really on what you need thanks for watchingthe new kids on the action camera block one shoots 4k 60 frames per second the other shoots 1080p 60 frames per second one cost $300 the other $100 the Yi 4k plus versus the UI is the extra $200 worth it for the 4k let's find out what's up everyone I'm the everyday dad and if I can figure it out you can figure it out this is turning into such a great week I love making action camera videos and getting a whole week to talk about them is I mean that is the best that's like the best week I can have on YouTube on Monday we found out that the Yi 4k plus is an awesome 4k capable action camera that for the price might be the strongest camera on the market today but it's time to find out if it's actually worth that extra price I've been recommending the Yi light for over a year now as the best budget action camera like the 4k plus it punches way above its price tag with a really nice 1080p image and electronic image stabilization today we're gonna find out if the Yi 4k plus is worth the $200 extra over its more budget-friendly sibling and my current wallet favorite recommendation and if you want to get either of these there will be links in the description below first up let's cover the basic specs of both cameras so we know what we're dealing with here what specs what specs you guys got in there the e 4k plus is Yi technologies top-of-the-line action camera it comes equipped with an Amborella processor and Sony sensor and like I said can record in up to 4k 60 frames per second that you like though is no sketch and comes with some heavy hitting specs itself it can record usable footage in up to 1080p 60 frames per second know it the 15 frames per second and 4k doesn't really count it also is a Sony sensor that doesn't have as good of a processor but for the price is pretty good now that we've gotten those basic specs out of the way let's see which of the pillars are holding these two pixie sized cameras first up ease of use now that this is a pretty easy comparison both have what I consider to be an essential part of good action cameras and that is a really intuitive and responsive touch screen both touch screens work really well and make it simple quick and fun to switch between not only the recording options but other internal camera settings such as you know stabilization there might be some more on that in a bit both screens are also very useful in framing up your shots and make general use so much easier just it makes it so much easier to use a camera when you can see what you're filming and change the settings straight from the touch screen the main standout in this part of the comparison though is that I expect a camera like the 4k plus to have a really usable touch screen for the price so I'm gonna give this category to the light because they could have skimp they legitimately could have skimp and just said it wasn't cost feasible to put a good touch screen on there and they didn't skimp on that at all I like when companies put their best foot forward and don't handicap their tech for bigger cameras Canon number 2 durability and the Yi train kind of derails right here easily the biggest negative about the Yi cameras in general is in the durability Department both have almost identical feeling bodies they feel like they are cheaply made out of plastic now I can understand you can only fit so much into a camera at a certain price point and for the Yi light it's not as big of a deal like I said it's a budget action camera you know don't get me wrong I wish it was sturdier but it doesn't cost that much so it's an easier pill to swallow the e4k it's a little harder to accept that from this because it's three times as much as the Yi line now like I mentioned on Monday when I searched for this camera it does seem that the standard kit comes with a waterproof case so while I still wish the body was better built at least they're trying to correct it so durability is not good on the Yi front next up number three compatibility with GoPro style mounts and accessories well thank goodness this is another easy one dang I really like checking out cameras that are almost identical it makes these comparisons so easy a time they are both the same blocky shape the same block you weight and both fit easily into my favorite tech g5 and you know for what it's worth that is what matters to me personally in all fairness though the big takeaway here is that they both have the quarter inch tripod mount on the bottom which goes a really long way to making me something that I would take with me everywhere because they will just work with all of my camera gear yes you can adapt GoPros but I just like having a built-in tripod mount number for decent image quality for some this would be number one but for me quality and efficiency of workflow is always gonna image quality I mean there's a reason why I use the cameras I use it's because I'm trying to smooth out my workflow so let's put these two cameras side-by-side now from a technical standpoint obviously the e 4k plus is the better camera it has 4k it has more recording options but again it costs almost three times as much so I would hope that it can do better than the Yi light and I mention this a lot I am still surprised at how good the image out of the Yi light is 1080p is still the dominant recording resolution for the online marketplace and most people don't have the storage space or the computer editing power to handle 4k so if you aren't going to use it the 4k plus loses out on a lot of its advantages this isn't to say that the 4k plus is bad I don't think it's bad at all but I do think that you like is still surprisingly good for the price okay and here's a quick low light slash studio test of the two cameras you can see here this is what you guys this is what you guys look like to me right now so yeah this is the exact same setup and the exact same lighting as we just saw my a 7-3 a few seconds ago so this will kind of tell you yes action cameras will struggle indoors and will struggle in low-light situations they have teeny tiny little sensors I mean that's just part of the game but some of these actually do work pretty good I'm pretty excited to see how this image quality works out this is the audio and the image quality out of the Yi light audio test one two three four audio test one two three four and this is the image quality and the audio out of the Yi 4k plus audio test one two three four audio test one two three four now I am cheating a little bit the Yi light is recording in 1080p 60 frames per second the Yi 4k plus is recording in 4k 60 frames per second because what I want you to see is can you even tell the difference if you can't tell the difference it might be because you're in a lower quality monitor you're not seeing this in 1080p or 4k or there's just not that big of a difference okay back to the video and as the last in my personal favorite let's talk about stabilization oddly enough even with the big price difference both cameras have electronic image stabilization built-in for those of you that don't obsess over camera specs on an hourly weirdos electronic image stabilization is where the camera automatically crops in on the image a bit to take the shakes out of the edges sometimes it works out fantastically like you know the GoPro Hero six black and sometimes it's pretty terrible like on the newer g1 you know sometimes there's good sometimes there's bad but that these two Feis is pretty astonishing they have oke is the 4k plus has the far better system it does do pretty well with stabilizing even walking the light does okay but and longtime viewers know what I'm about to say the EIS adds this extra weird fisheye distortion wind turned on so I generally don't turn it on and I'll just keep it in a gimbal because the the stabilization is not worth that like warping effect and I'm making faces so what right so is the e 4k plus worth the extra price maybe don't get me wrong it's a really great action camera but if you don't record in 4k and don't want 4k 60 frames per second it's probably not really worth the extra money you could get three you likes for the same price and I again I personally think 1080p 60 frames per second is the perfect recording frame rate for action you know either is a great choice but I would look into what your recording requirements are and pick the camera that meets them neither of these choices would be bad it's really on what you need thanks for watching\n"