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Spec guide

Action camera spec guide: what is typical

What counts as a lot, a little or typical for action cameras: medians, usual range (10th–90th percentile) and extremes of every numeric spec in the catalog.

Design & durability

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Weight	100 g	54 g – 211 g	27 g – 1,550 g	157
Width	61 mm	46 mm – 88 mm	10 mm – 160 mm	147
Height	44 mm	32 mm – 69 mm	20 mm – 170 mm	147
Depth	32 mm	25 mm – 43 mm	3 mm – 159 mm	147
Waterproof without case	10 m	5 m – 26 m	1 m – 100 m	86
Waterproof with housing	30 m	30 m – 40 m	10 m – 60 m	102
Max operating temperature	40 °C	35 °C – 45 °C	30 °C – 60 °C	65

Video

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
4K frame rate (max)	60 fps	30 fps – 120 fps	10 fps – 240 fps	185
Max frame rate (slow motion)	120 fps	30 fps – 240 fps	10 fps – 480 fps	216

Sensor & photo

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Sensor size (optical format)	0.5″	0.4″ – 1″	0.3″ – 1″	83
Photo resolution	18 MP	8 MP – 50 MP	1 MP – 120 MP	198
Aperture	f/2.3	f/1.8 – f/2.8	f/1.3 – f/3.2	107
Max field of view	170°	120° – 360°	45° – 360°	164

Screens

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Main screen size	2″	1.8″ – 2.4″	0.4″ – 3.5″	190

Audio

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Microphones	3	2 – 4	1 – 6	32

Battery

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Battery capacity	1,200 mAh	900 mAh – 2,006 mAh	280 mAh – 7,200 mAh	185
Battery life (recording)	100 min	60 min – 210 min	45 min – 540 min	132

Storage & features

Spec	Median	Typical range	Min – max	Models
Max memory card	512 GB	128 GB – 1,024 GB	64 GB – 2,048 GB	39

Typical range = from the 10th to the 90th percentile of models in the catalog. Obvious data errors are excluded.