Gadgetory

this is the Garmin VirB ultra 30 and it's a sports camera competing against the very famous GoPro series of cameras and to do that the verb does pack a few tricks up its sleeve but before we get into those let's take a look at the camera and some of its specifications immediately after taking it out of its box I notice it feels very durable well built and definitely up to par with its main competitors I also like the red and black color scheme and that the camera is so small and light which obviously makes it great for mounting on for example a helmet or on a chest strap along the top you'll find your speaker a left button for navigating the menu which also acts as a power button when held in and next to that is a right button which also acts as a Wi-Fi and a blur the big round button to your right is of course the shutter button for taking pictures and the sturdy switch on the side of it is for taking videos on the right side you'll find the switch for opening up the battery and micro SD card compartment which is located at the bottom of the camera on the other side there's the charging and USB connectivity port and also a mini HDMI ports on the front you have two LED lights blinking green when the camera is turned on and not doing anything and blinking red when it's filming racing through the menu of the verb is very easy it's also responsive and the UI is quite intuitive when the camera is in it's 40 meter water resistant case the Afra mentioned left and right buttons do the job just fine but the touch function still work just not as good now swiping from the left gives you access to some quick tools regarding resolution frame rates and what mode you're in such as slow motion and time-lapse swiping from the top gives you access to enable Wi-Fi Bluetooth connect a compatible Garmin watch as a controller and also connect sensors such as a heart rate sensor to show your current heart rate in the video recordings which is very cool and lastly swiping from the bottom gives you the main menu where you can change the settings more in detail now the price is 400 dollars it can shoot video at 4k and at FPS at the maximum but if you favor frame rate over resolution it can also shoot that 2.7 K at 60fps and also 1080p at a whopping 96 frames per second which is great for slo-mo now at the full 4k resolution deciding to enable stabilization is grayed out so if you want to stabilize your shots you're gonna have to record at 1080p or 1440p however I did not find filming at 4k to have a lot of stabilization issues anyway because the camera's lens is so wide and therefore you will not notice bumps and shaking as much as you would on a camera with a more standard focal length the thing that really sets the Garmin VirB cameras apart from the GoPros is the gene metrics feature which uses the cameras inbuilt GPS and various different sensors to determine things like speed distance and altitude it can also show you a map of where you've been and a really cool thing with this is that if you download the app or program on your computer you can add that data as an overlay on the video showing your viewers exactly what's going on as it's happening in the video if you connect the camera to your phone you can also even livestream this video feed to YouTube which is very cool now with everything said let's take a look at the compilation of some clips I took with the verb 30 it was snowing outside so I didn't want to go out and run and kill my lungs but I took a few video shots to show you guys and the actual quality of the verb 30 so without delaying this video anymore let's roll the footage and amount peace