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Testing the GoPro 2

Posted by Matt Gunn on November 22, 2011 at 5:17pm

Ive been doing some testing with the new GoPro2 HD video camera. I bought it out of necessity after loosing my GoPro HD in flight :( But, having the HD jump ship was a blessing in disguise, because the new GP2 boasts some impressive features.

While shooting in 1080P, you can choose 3 different field of view (fov) settings: Wide at 170, medium at 127, and narrow at 90. Heres a video I made testing the different fov settings on a Skywalker foam airplane.

The Gopro2 also shoots at 120fps for some pretty impressive slow motion footage. I usually drop the frame rate down to 24fps when doing slow motion footage. Heres a video testing the WVGA-120 setting.

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JACKIE HAMMILL March 13, 2012 at 10:54am

Quik Pod is a monopod made to be used with Go Pro and lets the user take his or her own photo. Check it out on www.facebook.com/quikpod
JACKIE HAMMILL March 13, 2012 at 10:50am

Quik Pod is a monopod made to be used with Go Pro and lets the user take his or her own photo. Check it out on www.facebook.com/quikpod
Matt Gunn November 24, 2011 at 2:29pm

60 is available in two resolutions; 720p (1080x720) and wvga-60 (848x480)
Simone Chiaretta November 23, 2011 at 5:07am

It says "enable long range video remote control via the Wi-Fi" so I guess it means that can be sent everywhere there is network connection. I think Wi-Fi has a quite a wide range outdoor, enough for the range of quads I guess
Matt Gunn November 23, 2011 at 4:51am

Thanks for the wifi link Simone. Im wondering what GoPro actually means when they say "long range".

Im going to shoot them an email and see if I get a response.
tycinis November 23, 2011 at 4:23am

Great review !
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John Arne Birkeland November 23, 2011 at 4:08am

I was waiting for the V2 to replace my old GoPro HD. But sadly V2 is still only 30fps at 1080p, and that was a deal breaker for me. The only new features of worth mentioning for our usage are variable FOV and 120fps at WVGA resolution. Nice to have if you are getting your first GoPro. But if you ask me, not worth an upgrade it if you already have the original.
Simone Chiaretta November 23, 2011 at 12:55am

They are going to release a streaming over wi-fi and remote control "back" next year.

http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/wi-fi-bacpac-remote-combo/
gm November 22, 2011 at 6:41pm

There are wireless HDMI senders that use 5.8Ghz, but it's a compressed video link (HDMI has gigabits of bandwidth - you can't pack that into RF losslessly), and it would introduce a bit of latency.

Also I don't think these things would go as far as a high power analog transmitter.
Matt Gunn November 22, 2011 at 6:14pm

actually yes, but its an expensive solution

http://cube.teradek.com/

They are up around the 10k range.