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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

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.
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?
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 !

Image 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?
MR60

Hugues March 26, 2013 at 2:19pm

@Bill, for the budget of this,Panasonic, you may as well purchase a real camcorder with much better lenses and video quality
Bill Patterson March 26, 2013 at 4:54am

This is what's on my list. 1080p, CCD (no jelly).

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Waterproof-Digital-Camera-Optical/d...
Manfred Dickgiesser March 25, 2013 at 6:03pm

Hi Hugues and Fernando

Thanks a lot; this cams might be a great alternative.

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