Are you an adventurer? A blogger? Or an influencer? When it comes to create a content, medias: pictures and clips are essential to put together with your piece — even a photograph lone in your instagram feed. Mountain climbing, exploring the city late at night, riding your bike along the car-packed streets of Pansodan Township, or maybe even filming your entire trip throughout the Golden Land; an action camera comes in handy when you decide to capture all the wonderful moments you can enjoy and maybe even reminisce later. We’ve come up with best action cameras that are available in Myanmar to level up your “gram” feed.

GoPro

A quintessential piece of equipment for every budding action v-logger, GoPro debuted its flagship HERO series in September 2004. And as it hits global, the cameras have been getting better and better. Every HERO is waterproof down to maximum 33ft (10m), the latest model HERO 7 Black has 4K at 60fps, 8x SloMo, and great accessibility. You can easily buy the extra accessories at nearby camera stores in Yangon. Indulge yourself!

Price starts from $199 – $399.

DJI

DJI Osmo Action 3.

A rival to GoPro, the DJI Osmo Action Camera is also one of the best in the market. With its patented RockSteady Stabilization and Dual Screen feature, you can take it anywhere your heart longs to be. Osmo Pocket was designed the DJI appeal to modern technology. The candy bar-sized device was made to be as convenient as your smartphone, wallet, and other daily essentials to offer everything you need for shake-free footage in any situation in 1/2.3-inch sensor, 80° FOV, and f/2.0 aperture, 4K/60fps video at 100 Mbps, slow motion and photos at 12 MP with a pixel size of 1.55 μm.

Price starts from $349.

Hoco

hoco.

HOCO makes everything from Bluetooth peripherals to phone charger cords. Could there be a device that will aid your frugal aesthetics? The answer is Yes. The HOCO D3 4K Sport Action Camera is an absolute bargain. However, at its price point, you’re lucky that you get 10fps with the 4K resolution–it does go up to 30fps if you lower it to 1080p.

Price starts from 90,000 Kyats.

Mi

Xiaomi Action Cam.

A step up in both price and quality is the simple-named Mi Action Camera 4K. It has 30fps frame rate at 4K and 60fps at 1080p–it also has a touchscreen. Mi, is also a big player in the smartphone market so you can expect great support from any Mi devices you currently have or will get in the future. A great camera nevertheless.

Price starts from $172.

Eken

Eken Cam.

Just when you thought there wasn’t anymore cheap, the EKEN H9R Action Camera with its too-good-to-be-true price point features: which includes 4K support at 30fps and 1080p at 60fps plus 2 batteries. However, if you’re going to actually use it, you might want to consider buying an SD card.

Price starts from $55.90.

Here is a list of all the places you can procure most of the equipment mentioned above:

ROYAL DIGITAL CAMERA
34th Street, Kyauktada Township, Yangon
01 391 615

IMAGE CAMERA & ACCESSORIES ONLINE STORE
No.3, 3rd Floor, Zeya Thiri Kyaung Lane, Yeiktha Street, Waizayantar Housing, Thingangyun Township, Yangon
09 253 636 699

MYANMA A-HLA
Anawrahta Road, Between 39th & 40th Street, Pansodan, Yangon
09 782 938607

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Min Pyae Sone is an undergraduate student writing about Myanmar art and culture. He was a former Editorial Assistant at Myanmore.

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