Best action camera for a beginner going to the ABC islands and national parks?
This sub is probably tired of noobs like me asking this question but I really need some help deciding what to buy since I want to keep this camera for several years.
As the title suggests, my wife and I are looking for an action camera to go to our cruise to the ABC islands later this month. Mostly will be recording downtown, beaches, and a lot of underwater shots and videos. Additionally, we are on a quest to visit US national parks and want to use an action camera for this sort of thing as well.
I have been looking for the past month and I can't quite decide. I have never really messed with anything regarding photos so talk about video modes, exposure, aperture, etc. You might as well be speaking Siberian to me. (I am willing to learn though).
Our budget is hopefully less than $450 but if we can spend way less then awesome! The cameras that I have been looking into are the GoPro 13 (nice deal at Costco), DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro and the 6, and maybe the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 (also nice deal at Costco).
I have been watching an absurd amount of videos about them all and some say the GoPro, others the DJI, and only one person really said that the Ace Pro 2 is better. So I am stumped. I don't want to overspend on the newest and fanciest Action 6 unless it is worth it and some videos talk about that it's not that big of a deal between the 5 and the 6 and how the 4 and 5 might even be better. Then I get into the 5 vs 13 vs AcePro 2 and some vouch for some and some vouch for others. The Action Camera matcher's top 3 were those latter 3 so I don't know where to go anymore.
I do want to occasionally shoot in low light (late at night at the cruise, cool towns at night, etc.) and the 6 looks so crisp compared to the others so I just don't know. I would love some feedback. Thank you for reading.
TLDR;
Going on vacation to the ocean and national parks, should I spend more on the action 6, or go with action 5, GoPro 13, or AcePro 2?