RunCam 2 vs Foxeer Legend 1

January 3, 2016

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Battle of the best quadcopter cameras – RunCam 2 vs Foxeer Legend 1

Yesterday it was a cold but nice sunny day so I thought it would be time for the first flight of 2016 :)

I have planed this side by side camera test for a while but only now I found the right time and also had the mood to do it.

I prepared my X380 quadcopter for this test. Firstly I wanted to install both cameras on the same 2 axis gimbal but the gimbal calibration was not a success. I applied B plan so I leaved aside the brushless gimbal and used a simple camera mount with 4 vibration reduction damping balls. Finally, the cameras where installed one above the other, note side by side.

While the Foxeer Legend 1 is equipped with a 166° wide-angle lens, the RunCam2 has 120° lens, so the field of view for these two cameras are a bit different.

These two small cameras are very popular because there are extremely lightweight (about 50 g ) and allows 60 fps at FULL HD video resolution (1080p). Both cameras came with FPV cables and they can be easily used on a racing quadcopters as first person view camera.

RunCam 2 vs Foxeer Legend 1 – Video file properties

Both cameras where set to default factory settings and 1080p@60fps video resolution.

RunCam 2 HD test video file

Video length: 15:26;
File size: 3,640,717,117 bytes;
Codec: H264 – MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1);
Resolution: 1920×1080;
Frame rate: 60 fps;
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV;
Content bitrate: 28000-33000 kb/s;
Audio: Stereo, 44100 HZ, 16 bit.

Foxeer Legend 1 test video file

Video length: 15:37;
File size: 3,438,955,325 bytes;
Codec: H264 – MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (avc1);
Resolution: 1920 x 1080;
Frame rate: 59.94 fps;
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV full scale;
Content bitrate: 25000-35000 kb/s;
Audio: Stereo, 48000 HZ.

RunCam 2 vs Foxeer Legend 1 – Sample photos

The sample images are snapshots from the videos (made with VLC player) and are in PNG format without being resized or post processed.