Go Pro explained in "laymans" terms .... """PLEASE""""

Joe N Mel

I got the Hero2 Motorsports Edition
This one is High Definition capable, does time lapse shots & etc
You can run it in low def and when you edit you can even go as low as mobile phone quality.
It seems to do a few things that the Original and the 960 won't do and it wasn't much dearer.

The Hero2 range has the same camera only the included mounts differ. Motorsports suits us 4wd'ers, the housing is still waterproof.

Since I got it I have added the bike seat mount kit (attach to quad bike), Skeleton housing (for 4wd windscreen mounting so I can charge from lighter), and the grab bag of mount bits (great for getting the camera pointing where you want).
I am watching for the WiFi back to be available, sounds interesting.

The Motorsport edition gives you the roll bar mount that fits perfectly on a bull bar tube. I put a wrist strap off an old torch on to my GoPro case then loop that around bull bar or quad rack, then if a mount breaks on the corrugations the camera is held by the strap.

They are great to use and you will spent hours editing video!!! I have a Mac so it's a bit easier and then post direct to Facebook or similar.

Try sticking one to the dog's collar for an interesting outlook on your world. They have a wide angle view that is not over the top. I had ours aimed at us shooting over the car bonnet and the targets 50M away and near 90degrees to the right are clear and sharp, you can see the bursts as the bullets hit the bottles.

Just get one you won't regret it

Hi Joe. Same as Grumpy, I bought the Hero2 Motorsports Edition and have found it takes some fantastic photography. I also bought the extra battery and charger which are good when you don't have access to power redily. I have found it a bit awkward to mount on the inside of a vehicle windscreen because of the mount configuration so the "skeleton" thing Grumpy talks about may be the answer to that. I am also yet to learn how to put a timelapse film into a watchable sequence but that may be just me being technoligy backwards. They can definately be mounted into a variety of places. Cheers,Bob.

Ours just arrived yesterday - for upcoming trip to Cape York - we got the motorsport kit (the camera is the same in all the kits, just the mounts differ) which came with waterproof housing, assortment of adhesive mounts, the suction mount, cables etc. We also got an extra battery, and a rollbar mount to put it on the roofrack. I haven't tested it out yet - love the idea of putting it on the dog, and the tip of putting a strap of some sort as an extra safety is a great idea.


We got it from Camerastore.com.au who are in south australia - ordered Wednesday, arrived Thursday (we are in central west NSW)



Its tiny and light, and I think we will use it heaps - now just need to learn all the editing etc.

I also recently got the motorsports addition. The other accessories I got were a spare battery & the LCD back. The standard camera has no viewfinder, so you just have to guestimate where you are aiming. I set up the camera position & then turn off the LCD screen to save battery power. You can also use it to play back the video you have shot, without the need to connect it to a computer.

hey many thanks for the replys all, will get back to all soon as the weekend is turning out to be a tab busy, sooo want one now eh .... and ta "Grumpy" will talk soon.
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If you aren't completely set on the GoPro then also check out the contour. I recently got one myself and am really impressed by it, and as a bit of an extra it also has a GPSr built in as well so that you can track the location as you watch through the video.

If you go down this path though, I wouldn't get the car charger from them though as all it is is a 12v USB charger that you can get for a couple of $ from most car electronics places, etc.

Quality of the video is great though and you can also have two pre-configured settings on the camera and switch between them on the fly. It's a nice easy camera to operate as well. One button on the back to turn on, and then just slide the top piece forward to start recording.
There are plenty of mounting options for them, and like the GoPro the window mount is super strong and didn't budge at all in the 3 weeks I've had it mounted and that included a lot of corrugated dirt roads through the NT!

I have just been scanning youtube looking at some of the videos from the Gopro. Excellent but I wonder if they have been "enhanced" is given the photoshop treatment.

With this in mind it would be very helpful if someone here from exploroz would tell us where we could find one of theirs. One that hasn't had the "treatment". Edited and spliced is fine but to enhance the colour etc no thanks. I want to get an idea what mine would look like if I purchased one. All I can do is edit, add text or sound. So if anyone can give me a link it would be great.

I am not a member so I will respond with an email address if so desired.

It's a bunch of money to spend without knowing safely what you get.

Thanks

Thanks Dru.

I have a cheap one from China at the moment. But I am sure that we can do better. Only paid around $80 for it.

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Mmmm, I can embed a video on a post as well! Things you find out. Here is my bad attempt at showing what a GoPro HD can do. All I used to edit was Apple's iMovie, only snips and fades etc, no enhancements.

So I didn't have to create a blog. First is our GoPro HD camera stuck on the outside of the car screen with the lens about 500mm from my daughter. The range mound in the RH distance is 50meters away. Both extremities are clear and sharp.

Second is a quad bike outing with the GoPro HD mounted on my quads front rack. Again depth of view and clarity is amazing, especially from such a small camera.