Thinking of getting one from Academy with my gift cards...I am looking at either the Hero3+ Silver or Hero3+ Black...pros/cons mainly going to use for fishing, but also hunting at times.
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Thinking of getting one from Academy with my gift cards...I am looking at either the Hero3+ Silver or Hero3+ Black...pros/cons mainly going to use for fishing, but also hunting at times.
The silver will work fine for what you want. The issue is you'll need to acquire the various mounts for where you'll be filming. A floaty back door would probably be a good idea, just in case the camera went overboard it would float. The cameras come with a clear waterproof housing so that's not an issue. You'll need to pick up a class 10 SD memory card. The lower class cards don't write quick enough for video equipment. I'd recommend at least a 16GB card.
I got one for Christmas, hadn't even tried to figure it out yet, been too busy hunting.Going to start messing with it next week.
The basic features of them aren't hard to figure out. The hardest thing is aiming them to what you want filmed.
This guy has lots of Hero camera videos...
http://m.youtube.com/user/micbergsma
Rickie
Thanks for the info...going to go with the Silver.
What about battery life?
By time you get all the cool accessories its as much as the camera. lol
Battery life is 2-4 hours of recording time, depending on which settings are selected and if you're using any accessories such as the LCD backpack or remote.
Get the app for your phone. Makes a world of difference. You can use it as a viewfinder to see what's going on and all the camera controls are there. You will toss yhe wifi remote. Also a skeleton case and a microphone. Sound sucks using stock case. Also can hook up and run it off charger if close to a 110. Extra batteries and Extra cards off amazon. Mike too. All the mounts and extras will soon add up.
Skeleton case isn't waterproof right? Gomer is right, get your memory cards off of Amazon, a lot less expensive.
he sure seems to have a thing with dogs nosesQuote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
Everyone seems to get 2 to 3 times more battery life out of theirs, than I get out of mine. I don't use mine often cause the battery dies so fast. I hate batteries that die quickly and because of that I've lost some interest in it. And even with other devices that I buy a second battery for, they all never last for me. So I guess I'm shying away from buying another battery for it. I thought about going Android, but stayed with iPhone cause that's the only battery powered device that has any life to it, at least for me. And I absolutely refuse to even think about an electric car! I'd never make it out of the driveway! My notebook PC batteries have always been the same way. Always have to be plugged in, they are worthless.
Other than that, the GoPro is cool cause it utilizes wide angle. A shaky hand is not as noticeable with a Wide angle lens. That and it's relatively high resolution is it's secret. Personally I think it's form factor is crude.
I was gonna get one, but having second thoughts. It seems great for everything but Deer hunting. Seen some videos of a people shooting deer with bow at 40 yards and you can barely see the deer. Looked like they were 100 yards.
Slab there website says you should get 1-2.5 hrs outa the battery. What are you seeing?
I was thinking of getting one to replace my old digital 8 camcorder. Is that practical? Would these things be ok for filming kids sports and family get tog ethers? How much HD footage can you get on these things with the 16, 32, or bigger cards?
I have a silver with the wifi remote. Love it! Battery life is about 2 hours but I keep it plugged into a power source on mu console so I don't ever have a dead battery. With the remote I can start it when a rod bends down and stop it after I unhook the fish, no dead footage, only action shots. This makes editing a lot easier. I pic out the frames with the big fish, merge them together and make a longer video. I'm working on a "big fish" video right now. Need a few more trips and about 20 more 2lb fish and its gonna be a heck of a video for my website. I have caught 17 2lb fish on my gopro In the past 2 weeks a d they all look great. I give it 5 stars!
I set up mine Infront of the Xmas tree and got my little boys facial expression and reaction when he saw what Santa brought. It's HD quality, a great memory we can watch back 20 years from now.Quote:
Originally Posted by CRoberts
Slab, are you one of those guys that kills wrist watch batteries as well?
Notebook PC batteries are notorious for dying quickly. That's a big reason I switched to Macs.
TheGoPro cameras are better for close filming than longer distances. You've got to have a decent zoom to have a deer fill the frame of a picture even if it's in bow range.
I've not used it in a while, but it would seem like I'd only get 20 minutes of filming out of it, and 20 minutes of standby. I remember fishing with it and having to turn it off cause of constant low battery. I need a perm power source like SYG, that would work. And I do have the remote backpack thingy, it's has it's own battery that dies, and the controller for the remote dies too. Batteries hate me!Quote:
Originally Posted by BAMA S
The wide angle lens would be great for family get togethers, but not sport shots where zooming in would be better. You can turn off the wide angle and have it be normal, but that's not zoom. Not sure if it does zoom in there somewhere. There might be a setting. But no button to zoom in and out. Eventually I'm sure they'll come out with a camera that does it all, wide to zoom, HD, all weather sports video camera whose case is not an afterthought. And when you have the waterproof case on, you get almost no audio, btw. But it is good for it's purpose. Takes great wide angle still pictures too.
Yeah, I might have to go Mac cause of that reason. I love the iPad for that reason alone. I almost never have to charge it.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgriHawg
Wrist Watch? Whats that. My phone tells time!
I repeat. Get the smartphone app.
Maybe I used an early version of the app, but it was slow, and locked up often. The view was seconds old. I was turned off of it real quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd
how else can you view what it is videoing other than the bac pac which requires you to look at the back of the camera? I set mine up away from my location and can look at my phone to see what is in the shot. nio need to walk over and look at the back of the camera. also all the settings are larger than in the camera. easier to read with old eyes. Battery lasts longer that wifi . I love the app.