Runcam Thumb HD review

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Published 2022-08-29
It's not the best HD recording camera in the world for your RC plane or drone... but it's only $50 at the time this review was made so how could you not buy one? I mean... it's so cheap that it's almost disposable!

Stay tuned for the review of the Thumb 4K if you might want something a little more expensive with higher resolution.

All Comments (21)
  • @BMSWEB
    Great flying Bruce and review. I've had so many people ask me my thoughts on this camera and we've never tried one. So good there is a great review on it. Also loved the last song 😍
  • @daredad6481
    Thank you Bruce you are a true asset to the community
  • @MCsCreations
    Fantastic flying and review, Bruce! πŸ˜ƒ Looking forward to see your review of the Pro version! Stay safe there with your family! πŸ––πŸ˜Š
  • @daisyduck8593
    It's really cool that there is a 10 g action cam. You hardly don't lose any freestyle performance and you can still record relatively good video with analogue FPV.
  • @wezm
    Great honest review Bruce. Curious what you used to do the lens distortion correction?
  • @FATSNAIL-FPV
    Great and honest review as always! What software and settings did you use for getting rid of the floppy left and right in the recording you mentioned? Maybe the settings you used?
  • @RCDUDEFPV
    Great T shirt and video, Thymbs up !
  • @thecmac
    Thanks Bruce - I like the price of the thumb, too! - like others, I am also curious to know what you used for your 'quick n dirty' colour grading.
  • @lasersbee
    Nice Review Bruce... Mine is in the mail coming to Canada as we speak...
  • @olgoz1
    πŸ˜‚ "I don't use gyroflow, I fly so smooth . . " Thanks for the great video, my Thumb 4k is in the post !
  • @ibfisher
    Thanks Bruce. I believe there is a niche for this cam being cheap and dirty. Perhaps fitted to a racing quad for crazy, fast flying. Cheers!
  • @OZSCQUADS
    nice. been trying to get the best video out of my thumb also. do you have any videos on color grading? or what you do to make your videos look better?
  • The back fell off? You should tow it outside the environment.
  • @DerbJd
    The jello is purely down to the shutter speed Vs frame rate Vs prop speed. ND allows slower shutter speed selections which dodges the issue.
  • @bert2192
    cool.... thanks for the review..... i just bought it... to build my quad too..
  • @DutchRC
    enjoyed the video Bruce :) thanks for sharing! the camera I enjoyed a little less but for that price it does do pretty good :)
  • @DigitalCruzer
    THIS IS A GREAT REVIEW, little late, lol, BUT A+. I would like to add that i had mine on my shadow fiend and ended up in the top of a very tall old oak tree, i could hear it till the battery died, but couldnt see it. i checked for it every week or so, then one really windy day 5 weeks later i found it on the ground, it all still works perfectly, even the 4s tattu battery after jump starting it. the point it, i live in NE Ohio and it rained hard several days during that time. the screw heads where all rusty on the quad and it was covered with bird poo, but every thing survived just dandy. since then , i had a bad crash and broke a arm (frame unavailable) and ripped off my tpu mount. the lens the nv filter was destroyed but that said camera was fine. wish they would put a capacitor circuit in that completes the video file automatedly though on power loss. my sadow fiend has jhemcu 600mw, led beeper, and 3d printed mods, i love it with this cam, got the thumb pro preordered, arrived doa after waiting over a month last week. still waiting to find out if runcam is sending a replacement....