fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
GoPro Hero
- Thread starter J1888
- Start date
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Thanks for that tip, I ordered one from the website where they applied the discount automatically.
I remembered to get a memory card too!
Finally used it for the first time yesterday.
First impressions good - quality of video is very good, nice wide angled shot.
It did freeze and skip a few times over the course of my hour ride when watching it back - not sure if this is an issue with the camera, the memory card, or the media player on my laptop.
Will keep an eye on it.
All in all, good for £100.
First impressions good - quality of video is very good, nice wide angled shot.
It did freeze and skip a few times over the course of my hour ride when watching it back - not sure if this is an issue with the camera, the memory card, or the media player on my laptop.
Will keep an eye on it.
All in all, good for £100.
Ok - used for the first time in the dark tonight; as I expected, it doesn't pick up a great deal where the streets are not well lit.
Where there are lots of street lamps, you can make out everything such as cars, bikes, people etc, but the street lamps tend to make it slightly blurry IMO - the daytime resolution/image quality was good, as expected, not much use in the dark!
Where there are lots of street lamps, you can make out everything such as cars, bikes, people etc, but the street lamps tend to make it slightly blurry IMO - the daytime resolution/image quality was good, as expected, not much use in the dark!
Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Thanks for that report, I'm sorely tempted but I must admit the lack of low level light quality may be a bit of an issue.
Sorry to sidetrack slightly, but are the later models any better in low light, or is this just a feature of anything with so small an aperture?
I'd be curious to know as well, actually - I'm sure the ones that are £300+ must be better in low light, but assume they would need some sort of backlight/flash to work in the dark, no?
Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
They would need some sort of light source, I'm interested to know whether a low powered bike light or just street lighting gives enough light to capture details really. I guess it's down to the size of the pixels on the sensor, or how sensitive it is?
Apologies though, I think I might have missed the most relevant part of your post! You say that as long as there are enough streetlights etc, you can make out everything. Is that in enough detail in your opinion? (to record an incident for example)
cd365
Guru
- Location
- Coventry, uk
I'm thinking of buying the entry level GoPro Hero, I ca get it for £90 at Tredz with a 10% off voucher for liking their Facebook page.
Not sure if this Silvercrest HD Camera would be a better buy http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=18297&ar=2 it's apparently this camera re-badged http://www.waspcam.com/products/waspcam/
My primary aim was to use it for snorkeling but I will probably also use it as a bike cam; because I can.
Not sure if this Silvercrest HD Camera would be a better buy http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=18297&ar=2 it's apparently this camera re-badged http://www.waspcam.com/products/waspcam/
My primary aim was to use it for snorkeling but I will probably also use it as a bike cam; because I can.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Just seen a Rollei, similar to the GoPro on the Chain Reaction site for £107 with good reviews, saving 62% off list. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/rollei-action-camera/rp-prod126786 might be worth a look.
This is something I was going to post by way of an update.
Battery retention is pretty appalling on the GoPro Hero; what I mean by that is that when it's running/recording, it's fine, happily copes with a couple of hours filming.
But, leave it overnight (off) and by the morning it's completely gone, even if it has been charged.
So, that would be a big consideration in me buying one again...
