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$299.95
$299.95
new GoPro HD Hero 2
- Thread starter IH8Rice
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I will pick up 4 of them, same as I have done with every other generation of gopros. (except the 3d one....those were just plain stupid)
there wasnt a 3D specific cam. you just needed the 3D housing which cam with the cable to connect two cams...and if you have 4 of the GoPro HD's, then you could have two 3D setups.
I want. Trying to do action videos without dropping my phone has been tricky. 
looks identical to the existing one except for the new lens
Interesting. I guess w/ the wifi-back (?) on it in the first picture, it looks pretty fat.
somebody sh!t the bed this morning
I like that you can choose the FOV with these. I wonder if that's done purely in software or if they physically adjust the lens
that is one of the coolest new features on this i think
edit: one of the downsides is that the cam requires a PC with Vista or 7
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Why do I want this? I've barely used my HD! 
Hmmmm..... I wonder if that means that it would be easier to film DH races for TV/Cable broadcast. Instead of needing a high budget camera AND an operator for each one, just set up 50 go-pro cameras to trees along the course and control it all from a laptop down at the bottom.
I have a stupid question about that camera. When it says that it has a 11 mp still camera, does that mean you can use it as a still camera as well?
yep. just like their current cams as well.
I have been thinking of getting the cheesy ebay one that looks like a mini mag light for my daughter to trash. The mini camcorder I got her 4 years ago finally died and she needs something to strap to her helmet now anyway.
But this would be a cool toy for me.
But this would be a cool toy for me.
There is no WiFi BacPac attached to the camera on the first pic.
Are you effin kidding me? That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
the Hero2's files appear to be the same as their current cams, so i dont know why youd need the newer operating systems. my two XP systems both work fine for the current model
IH8Rice, I think gopro only made windows software for the webcam driver. Everything else should work as it has in the past.
As far as the wifi-on-mountain idea... I don't think you are going to be able to set these up all the way down the mountain. The range is simply not there if it is running at 2.4/5ghz. If they were smart enough to mesh these things, then the range would be barely possible... but even then there's no way you would have enough bandwidth.
I think the 50 camera thing would be cool for a bullet-time system however if it controls everything at once
As far as the wifi-on-mountain idea... I don't think you are going to be able to set these up all the way down the mountain. The range is simply not there if it is running at 2.4/5ghz. If they were smart enough to mesh these things, then the range would be barely possible... but even then there's no way you would have enough bandwidth.
I think the 50 camera thing would be cool for a bullet-time system however if it controls everything at once
the wifi wouldnt work for footage down the mountain but they do have a video output that could be used somehow
You know what you COULD do though... you could probably set up 50 of them at some sort of stadium jump area in a race and do those "Matrix" style shots where the guy freezes or goes slow-motion and the camera angle pans around them in some way.
Or for the Wifi idea of having them all along a course, maybe set them up so that you have 50 along the whole course and then in batches of 10 they all sync up to a mobile device and the mobile devices are all synced to one computer.
50 cameras, 5 phones, 1 laptop at the bottom.
Or for the Wifi idea of having them all along a course, maybe set them up so that you have 50 along the whole course and then in batches of 10 they all sync up to a mobile device and the mobile devices are all synced to one computer.
50 cameras, 5 phones, 1 laptop at the bottom.
Is that the "matrix" thing I mentioned?I think the 50 camera thing would be cool for a bullet-time system however if it controls everything at once
You could put the transmitters on the riders and then send a guy up the lift who heads back down and swaps the cards out between riders and brings them down to the editor. No good for a live event, obviously.
Yup. I've been looking to do this on the cheap (just with photos) but the camera modules I wanted to use are no longer avaliable
The gopro thing would still be prohibitively expensive, but I like to dream. 
oh noez, modern cam only likes modern os!
i forgot. everyone has Vista or 7
and everyone other "modern" cam will work with XP, so i dont think this is any different
Yeah no one even uses that crap any more why would a company make their product compatible with it?
a little off topic, is the hd hero the "best" helmet cam option in terms of picture/video quality?
the VIO is one of the best ones out there
POV.HD Digital Video Camera :: V.I.O.
or Sony's HXR-MC1 is another good option
whoa **** I had no idea...The VIO is $600.
you did say the "best"
the sony is $1700+
Yeah I did, just hadn't seen those two you mentioned. I know of the Cateye INOU, the Epic stealth cam, GoPro, and Tachyon XC...shoulda chosen a different word than "best".
Glad when I was thinking of buying one a month ago that I figured they'd be updating it soon, and waited.Glad I bought my HD a month ago...
I didn't see any mention of improving the audio quality. That is the single biggest issue with the current GoPro HD that I have.
Put some Bonnie Taylor on, bad sound=no problem.
Tyler. Wonder why my post never show up.
new front screen w/ info looks nice
