GoPro - Digital Video System
Friday September 26th, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Posted by: Brian Mullin
GoPro had their Hero video camera on display at the back of the Interbike show. It was quite the interactive and audio visual display back there with their staff modeling the different versions of the camera and on screen footage showing the camera in action.
The Hero camera system is a 5 megapixel sensor that can shoot 56 minutes of video and 5MP of photos using a 2GB SD card (not included). It is self contained in a small waterproof polycarbonate housing and weighs a mere 4.7 ounces. It uses 2 AAA batteries and comes with 16MB of internal storage.
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September 27th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
walked by this booth and what did I see but my local trails being blasted on two huge flat screens. granted they were only two squares of six (i think it was six) but it was freaking awesome to see pac-town trails at interbike.
only thing, the riders in the video really need to hit ender to the wall ride, two of the coolest features there, yet they were passed by in for the video.
the vid was good quality though, totally want one of these little things
September 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
My buddy andrew and I have used these cams on our local trails. they are ok for the price, but can sometimes be kind of strobey. Also, on rocky descents, there is A LOT of giggle in the frame. i’d say that they are probably better for \smooth\ sports like snowboarding, where there’s less vibration.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Got one at Interbike and used for first time on saturday , works awesome and want another to mount to seatpost
September 30th, 2008 at 5:40 am
I ordered this cam after seeing it at the Montreal bike show and, be warned, THIS IS A TOY, not a decent camera. It has no image stabilization and the image quality is very low. It is acceptable for amateurs and novices but if you actually want to take some decent footage you’ll have to look elsewhere.
September 30th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Joshua and Kevin — what’s being reviewed here is our new wide angle Helmet HERO WIDE camera. It has a 170 degree wide angle lens and every single component of the camera us updated. There is barely a single internal part of the new camera that is the same as the original Helmet HERO you guys are using. Improved is image stability, low light performance, color saturation, clarity, and of course…it’s now wide angle. You can see sample footage (a ton of it) here: http://vimeo.com/user619797/videos
We’re launching our new site at http://www.goprocamera.com soon so for now the only videos are at the link above. We start shipping the new wide angles on OCT 15. Thanks all!