Saturday, April 02, 2011

GoPro

Test shot from my new GoPro Hero HD. It's a fun little camera, if you take it out of the rain-proof case, it's so small you could hold it in your mouth.


There's no screen, but it's so wide-angly that you pretty much get everything in front of it, so that's no matter. It's a lotta fun to use, takes the pressure off all those technical consideration. Last time I had that was with disposable cameras in the nineties. And this one makes much better quality pics.

Without the case, it looks like a little, anonymous, unfinished box of plastic, you hardly think "camera" when you see it. When the box is on, though, it looks very hardcore, like an underwater camera (which I don't think it is, it's just splash-proof).

And then of course it can take HD video at 60 frames per second and be mounted on helmets and such.

9 comments:

  1. Why would you take it out of its box and put it in your mouth? That's what babies (and dogs. . . ) do

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  2. It can be used without the box if you don't need mount and protection.

    And I was just struggling for an image to say how little it is... half a pack of cigarettes, but thicker, sounds so clumsy...

    :-)

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  3. You're an expert in holding things in your mouth.

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  4. I only open my mouth to change feet (and feed)

    Wotza cigarette? Do they still make those things?

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  5. It's something the pubescent teen girls around these parts put in their mouths and lit on fire.

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  6. Do you still like your GoPro? I finally broke down and went to talk to them, they have some neat ideas, and seem like a cool crew to work with.

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  7. It's amazing for some purposes, but the interface is tiny and cryptic, and it has no viewscreen.

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  8. http://www.wired.com/business/2012/10/gopro-3-goes-to-11-and-shoots-in-4k/

    New GoPro Hero3!

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  9. 4K video in a camera that's *smaller*! Geeez.

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