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I Wish I Was Excited About The GoPro Camera Craze

Posted by Manfred Dickgiesser on March 22, 2013 at 1:00pm

I Wish I Was Excited About The GoPro Camera Craze

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I was about to by a GoPro, but I’m not so sure about it anymore, after reading this.....

Not to a few hundred people, not to a few thousand people, and in no way should you be selling hundreds of thousands of cameras around the world with a critical firmware or software bug that arbitrarily limits the number of photos you can take with it. But GoPro did exactly that.

But according to the latest reviews on Amazon, it doesn’t look like I’m alone at all.

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  • Manfred Dickgiesser March 29, 2013 at 12:47pm

    Olivier

    Thanks, I think I get one and will test it; you can’t go much wrong with $160 down.

    I’ll mount it on my T-Rex600, and he won’t feel the extra 60grammes.

  • Neil Ohnemus March 29, 2013 at 11:05am

    I took my go-pro to the track with me and in 8 hours I got 40 minutes of video, due to the camera shutting off then saying then saying the battery was dead (Which was full each time). So out of 8 sessions I got 2 videos.

    Strangely it seems to work fine when mounted on my quad.

  • Olivier Dufayt March 29, 2013 at 9:29am

    Hi Manfred,

    I think it's agood product...  slightly heavier than the GoPro but the screen is a cool feature.

    It's water resistance is good, I tested it under 1m of water and no problem...

    I also like the zoom, even if it's a digital one. 

    I posted a video under my profile. The quality has been reduced by the deshaking filter from Youtube but it's still ok.

  • Manfred Dickgiesser March 28, 2013 at 10:17pm

    Hi Olivier

    Thanks for the links... I think not a bad alternative....

  • Manfred Dickgiesser March 28, 2013 at 10:14pm

    Just read the comments....

    This is only one example, but mostly everywhere the same.....

    http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-CHDHN-301-HERO3-Silver-Edition/product-...

  • Bill Patterson March 28, 2013 at 3:00pm

    That's very interesting. How much range does that have?

  • John March 28, 2013 at 2:19pm
    I have the gopro hero 3 silver and can use the wifi to frame and snap pictures from my phone as my quad is in a position hold hover. Can then go into vid recording mode and start recording video without having to land and switch shooting options.
  • alberto March 27, 2013 at 12:28pm

    i have gopro3 black edition...and i haven't problem it's super and work fine...i love go pro....

  • Olivier Dufayt March 27, 2013 at 9:10am

    Another cheap (and quite good) alternative... I have one and the quality is really good for the price !

    3692589235?profile=originalImage quality is very good! It goes up to 1080p at 30 fps, and 720p at 60 fps.

    for the price you have a nice setup, with LCD screen and digital zoom... and 3 tons of accesories !!

    You can buy it for 129 $ at chinavasion.

    http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Digital_Cameras-Camcorde...

    You will find a very detailed review here:

    http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2012/7/15/xdreme-camera-review.html

  • Bill Patterson March 26, 2013 at 3:35pm

    Mmm.... 1080p and CCD? Not some CMOS junk?

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