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Yiko V16 review

A Wi-Fi electronic eyepiece with its own two-inch screen and battery, clamping over eyepieces from 38 to 73 mm, recording 2K video to a card of up to 256 GB.

The bottom line The most self-contained camera here, and the one whose own listing cannot agree on how long it runs.

Everything on board

A two-inch screen, a 2000 mAh battery, a card slot, a Wi-Fi hotspot and USB-C charging from a power bank. No laptop, no phone, no mains. For showing somebody the Moon on a hillside, that combination is exactly right.

The battery figure, twice

A hundred and fifty minutes in the title. Two hundred and thirty in the third bullet. The capacity — 2000 mAh — is stated consistently, and the running time is not. Both numbers appear above.

Megapixels and interpolation

Four megapixels of sensor, sixteen megapixels of still image. The second is the first enlarged by software. The 2K video figure is the one that follows from the hardware, and it is the figure to judge it by.

The clamp, and what it costs

Thirty-eight to seventy-three millimetres of eyepiece body. That range fits large astronomical eyepieces and spotting scope oculars. As with every clamp-on camera, what it records has already passed through an eyepiece — the convenience and the optical cost arrive together.

Availability

German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 66 € to 76 € on the day of the survey.

British Amazon catalogue holds a record for it that nobody is selling.

American Amazon store gave no result whatever, so the buy button there opens a search rather than an empty page.

Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it publishes, and what it withholds

Strengths

  • A built-in battery and screen make it usable with nothing else at all
  • Its own Wi-Fi hotspot works far from any network
  • Time-lapse and timer recording are both built in

Compromises

  • The listing gives two different battery lives for the same product
  • A 16 MP still from a 4 MP sensor is interpolation, not resolution
  • Clamping over an eyepiece means shooting through an extra optical stage

Specifications

Camera typeClamps over the eyepiece — it does not replace it
Sensor4 MP CMOS
Pixel size16 MP claimed from a 4 MP sensor — an interpolated figure
Frame rate2K
Region-of-interest captureNot published by the maker.
InterfaceIts own Wi-Fi hotspot; no internet connection needed
CoolingNot published by the maker.
Filter threadNot published by the maker.
Eyepiece fitting38 to 73 mm, as the maker states them
Software supportCard to 256 GB, not supplied
Amazon referenceB0GHWTY1RK (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN0757137826583

What observers ask about this one

How long does a charge run?

The title says 150 minutes; the third bullet says 230 minutes. Both come from the same listing and this page prints both. The 2000 mAh capacity is stated consistently.

Is the 16 MP figure real?

The sensor is described as 4 MP. A 16 MP still from it is produced by interpolation — the image is enlarged, not resolved further. The video figure, 2K, is the one consistent with the sensor.