With Go-pro, everyone is a professional...

[Dieselman]

or maybe not...

Will Go-pro ruin reality and film making?

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[st4]

Fine for home users but the quality is no where near what I'd want if I took video making seriously. Its like a compact camera, decent, but it will never match a full frame DSLR wiuth decent glass with a pro behind the camera....

I am toying with one as it may make my driving tour blogs/threads a bit more fun.

 

[bolide]

Will a new hammer ruin blacksmithing or carpentry?

Nick Froome

 

[Dieselman]

Will a new hammer ruin blacksmithing or carpentry?

It seems to make everyone think they are a master craftsman.

 

[BTB 500]

Fine for home users but the quality is no where near what I'd want if I took video making seriously. Its like a compact camera, decent, but it will never match a full frame DSLR wiuth decent glass with a pro behind the camera....

GoPros have been used by pros for specialist applications for years, the quality from the latest version (Hero3 Black) is outstanding. Not many DSLRs shoot 4096x2160

http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero3-black-edition#specs

 

[st4]

GoPros have been used by pros for specialist applications for years, the quality from the latest version (Hero3 Black) is outstanding. Not many DSLRs shoot 4096x2160

http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero3-black-edition#specs

Watch the video, its ok, but but IMHO broadcast quality. Good for home users but for big production etc

With DSLRs its not neccesarily the size of the image that counts but the quality of what is captured. Consider dynamic range, ISO performance and low light performance.

Particularly with the go pro there were so issues in the film with movement and dynamic range with large blown sections of sky.

 

[Gkinghorn]

In general though these look great but they are expensive at £350+ I believe. But what's not to like .. A man can't have enough gadgets lol

 

[st4]

In general though these look great but they are expensive at £350+ I believe. But what's not to like .. A man can't have enough gadgets lol

I've toyed with the idea. Place it in the bumper or something and charge down glencoe. Would make a nice vid

 

[Wagon]

I went Drift HD for my cam , lens rotates so can be fitted at any angle , came with multiple googads to fit it to stuff , has a remote and has a built in screen , much better value than the GoPro too..
http://driftinnovation.com/
Mines the old version ....not the ghost
Some incar at 720p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF69KcFCRtA&sns=em

 

[renault12ts]

Watch the video, its ok, but but IMHO broadcast quality. Good for home users but for big production etc

With DSLRs its not neccesarily the size of the image that counts but the quality of what is captured. Consider dynamic range, ISO performance and low light performance.

Particularly with the go pro there were so issues in the film with movement and dynamic range with large blown sections of sky.

It may not be broadcast quality...but it's very good for £350. Would you hazard a guess as to the cost of a broadcast quality camera.

 

[jaymanek]

GoPros have been used by pros for specialist applications for years, the quality from the latest version (Hero3 Black) is outstanding. Not many DSLRs shoot 4096x2160

http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero3-black-edition#specs

amazing bit of kit... I use mine for loafing about the alps with but serious movie makers use Go Pro's.,. and that was before the new 3 came out... this new one is simply amazing quality... so much so that my poor laptop cant handle the video quality.

 

[st4]

It may not be broadcast quality...but it's very good for £350. Would you hazard a guess as to the cost of a broadcast quality camera.

I'm not saying it isn't and agree for £350 its great in the same way a £350 point and shoot bridge camera is great, but its not going to replace professional gear anytime soon thats all I meant.

 

[verytalldave]

My first video camera (VHS-C) was £1200 and as now as redundant as a box Brownie. I doubt if I could even give it away.

 

[BTB 500]

I'm not saying it isn't and agree for £350 its great in the same way a £350 point and shoot bridge camera is great, but its not going to replace professional gear anytime soon thats all I meant.

It *is* professional gear for many applications where size & weight rule out a bigger camera. The footage produced is excellent quality (good enough for broadcast), but obviously it has a fixed wideangle lens so it's never going to replace normal video camera systems.

 

[219]

Fine for home users but the quality is no where near what I'd want if I took video making seriously. Its like a compact camera, decent, but it will never match a full frame DSLR wiuth decent glass with a pro behind the camera....

I am toying with one as it may make my driving tour blogs/threads a bit more fun.

I was first introduced to them a number of years ago by a friend in the BBC who had been using them for broadcast .

Point of view cameras are really useful for getting shots that would be unobtainable with anything else .

We just got a Hero 3 at work for exactly this purpose

 

[219]

It may not be broadcast quality...but it's very good for £350. Would you hazard a guess as to the cost of a broadcast quality camera.

Broadcast kit can now be a lot more affordable than it used to be ; having said that , we spent circa £50K on a Sony XDCAM without going anywhere near the top of the range .

However , it is when you get into film kit that prices become scary .

 

[Dieselman]

Broadcast kit can now be a lot more affordable than it used to be ; having said that , we spent circa £50K on a Sony XDCAM without going anywhere near the top of the range .

However , it is when you get into film kit that prices become scary .

A few car crashes would soon pay for that.

 

[BTB 500]

'Stripdown' report on the Hero3 ... quite interesting

GoPro Hero3 Teardown - iFixit