ROLLEI ACTION CAM 100:

THE NEW UNDERWATER ACTION CAM

COMPARISON WITH MIDLAND XTC 200

A brand new HD underwater action cam produced in Germany has recently broke into the market and it is called Rollei ActionCam 100. 

Available in tre colours (black, red and yellow) it appears to be a good one for our sport as its weight (75gr without battery) and even its size are really minimum, only 90mm x 41mm x 36mm! It is also provided with a 120° wideangle, a very important feature that all spearos do know very well as the smallest it is the best shooting you get. Furthermore it has an HD resolution lens (1280x720pixel) able to film at 30fps or to take pictures through a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor.

This action cam has a very light and simple design and all its functions are controlled by only 3 buttons located on top of it. The first is an on/off one, the second is the rec button (and also the one to take pictures), the third one controls the two lighting systems. Yes, this videocamera is also equipped with a 4 leds set producing a 1lux cold light and a 4 infrared leds set to shoot in the dark. It can save data on a SDHC card up to 32giga in AVI format (or jpg for pictures) and it is provided with a lithium battery pack that the Rollei ensures to last up to three hours,however according to the opinions of the spearos who have used it, it appears that the battery lifetime is not suitable with the standard spearfishing time.

Another aspect to bear in mind is that the Rollei sells this product ensuring that it is waterproof up to 20mt but unfortunately in several audio video products websites and also in some spearfishing blogs it is described as waterproof up to 30mt. Among the accessories provided with the cam further to the AV cable and the usb one to download the files there are some attachments to mount it on helmets and bikes that can be easily converted to our scopes. According to the opinions of the spearos who have tested the cam, it seems very difficult that the recent successful union of midland xtc200 and spearos could be broken, by the way it cannot be denied that it has several nice features. You can find below some videos recorded with both cams and a comparative table of both technical features.