[ARCHIVED THREAD] - GoPro HD Hero (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 5/28/2012 4:26:03 PM EDT
Thinking about picking one up tomorrow, seeing what others have to say about it
http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero-naked-camera/ And will this mount 
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I have one that I suction cup onto the car for drag racing. Works like a champ and the suction cup holds just fine at over 100mph. It's easy to use and the quality of the video is excellent.
I suggest getting the add on lcd viewer for the back if you're wanting to do any kind of mount and aim kind of things. Makes it much easier to see what you're filming. |
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I have one that I suction cup onto the car for drag racing. Works like a champ and the suction cup holds just fine at over 100mph. It's easy to use and the quality of the video is excellent. I suggest getting the add on lcd viewer for the back if you're wanting to do any kind of mount and aim kind of things. Makes it much easier to see what you're filming. This is a requirement - although they are coming out with a wifi addon that lets you control your gopro with a smartphone. I also have the motorsports package, and it's a super strong mount. I suggest you buy extra batteries and an external charger - I bought this Wasabi package and it's great. I run out of battery long before I run out of sd card space. |
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I fly one on an RC plane, it produces fantastic videos.
Also, the GoPro has video/audio out, both HD and normal. I plug into the normal video out and use a transmitter on the plane to downlink the video/audio to an antenna, receiver on the ground and then the vid/aud goes into Fat Shark brand goggles that I wear. I fly the plane as if I'm in it. Downlink bandwidth is the choke point in the system. So, the downlink video isn't HD but the recorded vid is HD. One other thing, the GoPro is mounted under the plane, upside down. The GoPro has a setting that turns the vid upside down, so the image from the inverted GoPro is now upright. This setting works with both the recorded video and the vid out. Again, the recorded video quality is just fantastic. |
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I fly one on an RC plane, it produces fantastic videos. Also, the GoPro has video/audio out, both HD and normal. I plug into the normal video out and use a transmitter on the plane to downlink the video/audio to an antenna, receiver on the ground and then the vid/aud goes into Fat Shark brand goggles that I wear. I fly the plane as if I'm in it. Downlink bandwidth is the choke point in the system. So, the downlink video isn't HD but the recorded vid is HD. One other thing, the GoPro is mounted under the plane, upside down. The GoPro has a setting that turns the vid upside down, so the image from the inverted GoPro is now upright. This setting works with both the recorded video and the vid out. Again, the recorded video quality is just fantastic. got some photos of your set up |
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I fly one on an RC plane, it produces fantastic videos. Also, the GoPro has video/audio out, both HD and normal. I plug into the normal video out and use a transmitter on the plane to downlink the video/audio to an antenna, receiver on the ground and then the vid/aud goes into Fat Shark brand goggles that I wear. I fly the plane as if I'm in it. Downlink bandwidth is the choke point in the system. So, the downlink video isn't HD but the recorded vid is HD. One other thing, the GoPro is mounted under the plane, upside down. The GoPro has a setting that turns the vid upside down, so the image from the inverted GoPro is now upright. This setting works with both the recorded video and the vid out. Again, the recorded video quality is just fantastic. got some photos of your set up Specifically, what transmitter setup are you using also? |
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I fly one on an RC plane, it produces fantastic videos. Also, the GoPro has video/audio out, both HD and normal. I plug into the normal video out and use a transmitter on the plane to downlink the video/audio to an antenna, receiver on the ground and then the vid/aud goes into Fat Shark brand goggles that I wear. I fly the plane as if I'm in it. Downlink bandwidth is the choke point in the system. So, the downlink video isn't HD but the recorded vid is HD. One other thing, the GoPro is mounted under the plane, upside down. The GoPro has a setting that turns the vid upside down, so the image from the inverted GoPro is now upright. This setting works with both the recorded video and the vid out. Again, the recorded video quality is just fantastic. Sorry, no pics of the setup. The plane is a Slow Stick with a Park 480 brushless motor. The 480 produces a lot more power than is ever used or needed, so it is run at very low stress levels. The ESC is probably about 30 Amp, the battery is about 1300 mah, 3 cell lipo. I made a mount for the fuselage stick that attaches under the center of gravity, on the bottom of the stick. A GoPro foot is attached to this mount. The GoPro case is used, it attaches to the foot and hangs below it. A hole is drilled in the case for the plug that goes into the GoPro camera. The camera has a relatively unobstructed view, between the wheels and landing gear legs. I made a reinforcement, from wire, for the landing gear legs that still allows them to flex but reduces the flex. Control is by a 72 mhz Futaba, using a Corona RX, the antenna runs back along the stick fuselage. The video transmitter is mounted a few inches out, on the top surface, of the wing, the battery for it is mounted the same distance out on the other wing. Sometimes I use an Immersion RC 5.8 ghz vtx, other times a cheap Fox 1.3 ghz vtx. Both are in the ham portion of their frequency bands, a ham license is needed. Antennas: the 5.8 probably works best with clover leaf, skew planar, antennas from IBCrazy but my goggles don't work with those antennas. That's why I switched back to the 1.3 ghz system. The 1.3 vtx uses a forward facing V dipole antenna, mounted out on the wing, outboard of the vtx. This antenna works great going away and from the side too, but the signal on the return flight is supposed to be strongest. Ground antenna is a patch, trimmed for the frequency used. The patch is mounted on a camera tripod and my copilot aims it at the plane. Feed from the patch is into a cheap Fox vrx, the video and audio output then goes through wires to the FatShark goggles. Warning*********** flying through the GoPro is not a good idea. It is better to use a dedicated video camera for your downlink and just use the GoPro to record air video. Here's why: If you forget to start the GP recording, it will turn itself off in 2 or 3 minutes and your goggles or monitor go black, you can no longer see through the plane. If the GoPro battery runs down or the limit of the memory card is reached or a bad sector in the memory card is reached, then the same thing happens, you lose your vision through the plane. Copilot: he is very important, if you have to go off goggles, he has been watching the plane and will know where it is. This happened to me on the first flight, because winds aloft were different in direction and speed than those on the ground. Slow Stick, it looks fragile but it isn't. The SS flies a lot better carrying a load than it does not carrying anything. Better, the SS is very stable in pitch, it does not have the continuous rise and fall of the nose like my EZ Star does. In flight I use mostly rudder and power with the Slow Stick, elevator is used in turns a bit but not in level flight. Landing is power on, just fly it onto the ground. Takeoffs and landings are easier through the goggles than by direct vision. But, the GoPro's wide field of view does make things look farther than they are. My landing roll outs often end close to me. Speed: the Slow Stick, carring the FPV load, cruises at about 20 mph. Fast cruise for the EZ is 40 mph, the EZ can cover a lot more ground than the SS. Range: at 900 yards the 72 mhz has complete control and the cheap China 1.3 ghz system has a complete picture...as long as the ground antenna is aimed at the plane. Flying through the GoPro: because the GP has such a wide field of view it is very easy to know where you are. This is a very big deal. Image quality: The 5.8 ghz has the better image but the cheap 1.3 system has an image that is very flyable. Vision correction: FatShark sells lenses that slide into the goggles, for near sighted persons. I'm far sighted, so I just got reading glasses at Dollar Tree and cut up the lenses to fit into the goggles, it works great until you have to remove the goggles and then you need your glasses but are not wearing them. Hope this helps. |
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Thinking about picking one up tomorrow, seeing what others have to say about it http://gopro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/683x426_NakedMain.jpg http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero-naked-camera/ And will this mount http://gopro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/HelmetFrontMount-JHook-Side-683x425.jpg work with an ACH? Go Pro now makes a mount that'll take the place of your NODs. |
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Torn between the GoPro and the Contour for mainly my motorcycle. I head the Contour is a bit better at reducing the wind noise, not sure if accurate though? Have had my gopro with the open back up to 100+ mph, no real wind noise. Works well IMO. Although, if you crash, while teh camera is intact, you may loose your video footage. |
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All things considered, would a GoPro be a better choice or a Contour HD? From what I've seen, it's almost a Nikon vs Canon deal. Most folks have one or the other and are partial to the one they have. I still don't have either, but I'm leaning Go-pro, because I've seen more of what that one can do and I've had one in my hands to mess with. |
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What are y'all using to convert/edit your vids? I want to work with them in Vegas, but it won't work for shit. ? Curious, as all the info I've found says Vegas is the software to use. I'm a bit lost on this as well, I have video but am not real sure how to edit it. I followed the GoPro website and downloaded the Cineform. Now I'm supposed to use that to convert then use Windows Movie Maker? |
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I've tested it at 140 mph in Germany mounted on the windshield of a 911. I bought the belt mount, and it held the camera really well through all my thrusting. It was a bit nauseating to watch with all the back and forth motion. LOLZ! 
I have footage of 186mph on the auto bahn but it's a pain to edit the footage. I'm waiting to buy a mac since their program (I hear) is easy to use. I think I'm going to return my Hero HD to Costo and buy the Hero HD 2 since it can be operated from my Iphone. |
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Get the Hero2 instead of the older Hero.... and several large SD cards and the Wasabi batteries.
Note- if you use the waterproof back the camera has a bad tendency to fog. You have to equalize the temperature in the case/housing with the ambient temp as the camera itself gets hot during use. I used the waterproof back in Laos because of the heavy dust and I lost a good bit of footage because of this. Once I figured out what was going on I'd usually set my helmet in the sun while I ate breakfast then seal the camera in it before I climbed on the bike; even then I had some issues. A friend of mine has since glued some foam on one of his open backs (they come with various backs as you'll discover) and has had good luck with this while dual-sporting. GoPro makes some silicon absorber packs but I didn't have any with me over there. I've got the motorsports version (with mounts on several helmets) as well as the chest harness (pretty cool perspective) and the tripod mount. So far I've only cracked one mount after a biff- the camera survived just fine. I use Sony Vegas, but I'm still learning it. There are several forums that are helpful including this one. |