Go pro in action

[northwind]

The microphone on the gopro is inside the dive housing, it does come with an open back, however this obviously removes the waterproofing.

The sensor on the gopro is 4:3, so still photos / timelapse are shot natively in 4:3. However for timelapse the image exposure is set in the first shot of a timelapse, which can lead to over/under exposure for the rest of the capture.

This article is useful for info on how it uses its sensor:
http://abekislevitz.com/understanding-your-new-gopro/

Protune on the gopro offers further options on the image quality.

It's a different tool to a standard video camera, both have their place.

The gopro seems to be a bit like marmite and apple. Some love it and some hate it.

 

[dylanwinter]

The microphone on the gopro is inside the dive housing, it does come with an open back, however this obviously removes the waterproofing.

The sensor on the gopro is 4:3, so still photos / timelapse are shot natively in 4:3. However for timelapse the image exposure is set in the first shot of a timelapse, which can lead to over/under exposure for the rest of the capture.

This article is useful for info on how it uses its sensor:
http://abekislevitz.com/understanding-your-new-gopro/

Protune on the gopro offers further options on the image quality.

It's a different tool to a standard video camera, both have their place.

The gopro seems to be a bit like marmite and apple. Some love it and some hate it.

other waterproof video cameras are available

Sony make one which I have never seen in action

but none seem to match up to the go pro marketing dept

calling it a hero is also the work of genius

Dylan

 

[northwind]

other waterproof video camerasd are available

but none seem to match up to the go pro marketing dept

calling it a hero is also the work of genius

Dylan

Very true..

Here's a timelapse from my hereo3...


[video]http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=SEuWnQIZuaY[/video]

 

[dylanwinter]

Very true..

Here's a timelapse from my hereo3...


[video]http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=SEuWnQIZuaY[/video]

if you click on the youtube symbol, then click on the gear wheel and watch it on the1080p you can see that it is crystal clear

which is wonderful

but those blokes need to take a slesgehammer to the crane and straighten out that gib

D

 

[northwind]

And here is the founder on qvc in 2005 selling his wrist camera

 

[Adonnante]

so you have both Peter

tell me about the difference

I have only used Xacti and the Panasonic equivalent



Can't help much, I'm a practiced incompetent when it comes to video, still photography is my main thing. We usually mount the GoPro on the back corner of the cat so that it covers the area up one side and across the main beam, the actual coverage is about 90 degrees. I have a remote attached to my wrist (currently misplaced/lost) as its to easy to forget its running without, giving two hours of boredom. Quality on HD setting is very good, totally waterproof and very robust. Interesting to watch mark roundings and spinnaker drops, I'm not as slick as I like to think. My wife uses the Xacti, which supplies the follow shots and sound. When we get it together I'm pleased with the result, but with only three of us on a 40 cat racing there are always more pressing issues, things you wish you shot were forgotten in the pressure of the race. I just use Movie Maker to process the video, its simple enough for a clown like me to handle but I still have huge problems with codec, what ever they maybe. Any advise on a simpletons guide to processing home video; book or online?

Cheers,

Peter.

 

[dylanwinter]

so you have both Peter

tell me about the difference

I have only used Xacti and the Panasonic equivalent



Can't help much, I'm a practiced incompetent when it comes to video, still photography is my main thing. We usually mount the GoPro on the back corner of the cat so that it covers the area up one side and across the main beam, the actual coverage is about 90 degrees. I have a remote attached to my wrist (currently misplaced/lost) as its to easy to forget its running without, giving two hours of boredom. Quality on HD setting is very good, totally waterproof and very robust. Interesting to watch mark roundings and spinnaker drops, I'm not as slick as I like to think. My wife uses the Xacti, which supplies the follow shots and sound. When we get it together I'm pleased with the result, but with only three of us on a 40 cat racing there are always more pressing issues, things you wish you shot were forgotten in the pressure of the race. I just use Movie Maker to process the video, its simple enough for a clown like me to handle but I still have huge problems with codec, what ever they maybe. Any advise on a simpletons guide to processing home video; book or online?

Cheers,

Peter.

for simplicity....

convert everything to flash using total video converter

just let it run in the background

edit it in flash and upload it to youtube in flash

I use adobe - mostly elements - which is pretty peasy

D

 

[Steve N]

I've had a go pro for a few years now and really like it.... here's a timelapse video that we took a couple of weekends ago that really shows the HD quality off:

 

[st599]

Flash isn't a video format, it's a container. I can think of about 20 combos of settings that would work with Flash Video.

Depends on what you edit on. Final Cut, convert to ProRes in a mov, Avid, DNxHD in a mov, most others MPEG2 I frame.

 

[dylanwinter]

Flash isn't a video format, it's a container. I can think of about 20 combos of settings that would work with Flash Video.

Depends on what you edit on. Final Cut, convert to ProRes in a mov, Avid, DNxHD in a mov, most others MPEG2 I frame.

total video converter....

has flash settings for output

youtube is very happy with it

and it seems to cock it up and produce fewer artifacts once it has been compressed to bilio by youtube

for the downloads on ktl I use MP4 from the adobe premiere at 720p which looks marvelous on a big media enabled telly

google earth renders in wmv - which premiere seems to hate

so I just convert that to flash and it works fine

D

 

[zikzik]

I have one of these: http://uk.oregonscientific.com/cat-...Action-Camera-plus-GPS-Unit.html#.UaZYQ5WeZ0U bought 2-3 years ago. The controls are very small but a remote is supplied.

Sorry no vids available at the mo

Anyone else used one ?

 

[[2574]]

other waterproof video cameras are available

Sony make one which I have never seen in action


Dylan

Dylan,

This was shot on my Sony HDR GW55 (waterproof HD Handycam) at the weekend: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dc8h1m9q5lghd2u/Boathook.wmv

Whether that will work or not I've no idea, never uploaded video before and I wouldn't want to damn Sony's reputation with a poor quality video. All badness is probably my incompetence - but maybe it will assist you video pros in evaluating the Sony offering. This is not in HD quality of course, degraded so as to get a smallish file size, no decent broadband in my village!

Rob

 

[bbg]

before you lay out for a Go Pro

watch this

They aren't like other cameras. They have their place. They are good for some things, not for others. Not really good for scenery, but great for near-field action.

I know you've seen it before, but the cockpit scenes from a fixed camera were taken with a gopro. I think they are ok (other than the housing being smudged with soap in some scenes) for those shots. Would not have been great for others.



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