Garmin VIRB

Garmin has become a major player in the action camera market.  The Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 is more proof of their commitment to this market. The Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 delivers an impressive an ultra HD 4K footage at 30 frames per second and an HD 1080p image at a pretty amazing 120 frames per second.  Going back a year or two ago, 1080p at 30 frames per second was the best you could get. The Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 incorporates features that you would expect from Garmin.  Namely GPS capabilities.  What can you do with these capabilities?  You have access to connectivity to Garmin devices to capture … Read more

The Garmin VIRB XE and Garmin VIRB X is the company’s answer to the GoPro Hero line of action cameras.  They compare favorably, and as you will see, even share a similar mount pattern. The Garmin VIRB XE action camera is another one of those model names that I can’t figure out.  Kind of like Nuvi.  What does the word mean?  I could think of a thousand words better than this.  Fortunately the VIRB XE is a good camera worthy of consideration.  The VIRB XE shoots high-definition wide-angle footage with 12 megapixel photos at up to 30 frames per second.  This is … Read more

As their customers began to abandon traditional GPS devices for smartphone applications such as Waze, Garmin developed other product lines.  One of those lines is cameras.  The past several years has seen several successful product lines in the dash cam and action camera space.  Entering the high-end of action cameras, the Garmin VIRB 360 is a waterproof model that provides 360 video with up to 4K resolution at 30 frames per second with in-camera stitching. The Garmin VIRB 360 comes with a variety of mounting options in the box.  Some of these options come in quite handy.  Most notable is … Read more