Just recently, GoPro and other leading brands in action and sports camera made their releases and announcements for each newest action camera entries for this year. Nikon, surprisingly, is treading a territory it never stepped on before with the KeyMission 170. How will it fare?

A recent post courtesy of Trusted Reviews indicated that Nikon is dead serious about joining the action camera wars with its newest entry in the category, the KeyMission 170. The online news site was able to get their hands on the camera and share what consumers need to learn before the official release.

The KeyMission 170 sports a 170-degree wide angle lens accompanied with a pretty decent 8.3 megapixel sensor. Like most action cameras, especially from GoPro, the KeyMission 170 can also produce 4K resolution videos. There's no telling what the frame rate will be yet, but consumers will learn more about it in the future.

The camera is also waterproof up to 10m, which is not bad for it class being in the midrange category. One of the main selling point of the KeyMission 170 is the brand itself, especially those who have used Nikon cameras, DSLRs and other optical devices. The brand is well-trusted globally and getting the KeyMission 170 can't be that hard to justify over a GoPro Hero.

The KeyMission 170 is also shockproof, making it very durable as it could withstand force up to 2m

The interface and the controls has a very minimalistic nature, making it a breeze to navigate. It only has 4 buttons to use behind the camera along with the small screen, but it gets the job done.

There's no sample footage as of yet, but consumers can expect some to surface online in a few days to help consumers and fans of the brand decide if the camera is worth a shot in place of the household name we all know as GoPro.

The camera will be released on November 8, 2016 and prices start at £329.99 on Amazon.UK

Stay tuned for reviews and news on the Nikon KeyMission 170.