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Offline broncos11

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« on: June 20, 2014, 11:12:02 AM »
Looking at getting my son early birthday present.
Which Gopro should I look at? White, silver black??
Should I look on fleabay for one that comes with 32G card and stuff???
Appreciate any advice. Will be used for fishing and surfing.

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2014, 11:40:04 AM »
Unless he's going to be doing higher end production stuff with it i's stick with a silver. I have the black, but never use the protune or advanced modes, as I don't have the time to do any post production.
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2014, 12:47:11 PM »
Looking at getting my son early birthday present.
Which Gopro should I look at? White, silver black??
Should I look on fleabay for one that comes with 32G card and stuff???
Appreciate any advice. Will be used for fishing and surfing.

Dave
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2014, 02:57:33 PM »
Hey mate, bought the hero 3+ black with the remote for work and then decided that it needed the video screen to make it easier to see the setup of what you are recording. I have used it for driver training videos. The remote control is good.

I would certainly buy the same for myself....

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2014, 02:59:24 PM »
The silver 3+ has wifi built in, so you can use the gopro app (apple or android) to setup and start / finish.

I've found with the remote that I have the battery life of it is garbage and it runs out before the camera does.
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2014, 03:03:00 PM »
Definitely a 3+ Silver or black .. I went for silver as it has a high enough resolution for what I want

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2014, 09:19:33 PM »
I've been happy with my hero3 white. Don't have any real need for the extra. I use it for. MTB riding and as a safety cam while commuting to work by bike. Sure the silver or black would have Ben nice, but  I couldn't justify the extra $ until I knew I was going to use it enough. White still has wifi.

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GOPRO
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2014, 04:04:51 AM »
For what it's worth I've just bought the latest Sony action cam after comparing all the different options out there.

http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod10712.htm

In my opinion the Sony produced the same, if not better quality images and comes with a wrist mounted LCD monitor for the same price as the GoPro without the optional "backpack". As far as mounting options, the camera includes both helmet and flat surface mounts. You can also screw a little RAM mount ball into the base of the camera and the options for RAM mounts are endless.

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2014, 08:04:23 AM »
GoPro is huge now - every single extreme sport has them by the hundreds. I love mine, and think the video/image quality is incredible. It will be interesting to see how Sony go - they have a long way to catch up in sales!

I notice even with the waterproof housing they are only suited to 5 metres. Also, Gopro has higher definition video. The wrist watch looks cool though - amazed at how technology is developing. I can't wait to see the cameras in 10 years!

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2014, 10:30:40 AM »
GoPro is huge now - every single extreme sport has them by the hundreds. I love mine, and think the video/image quality is incredible. It will be interesting to see how Sony go - they have a long way to catch up in sales!

I notice even with the waterproof housing they are only suited to 5 metres. Also, Gopro has higher definition video. The wrist watch looks cool though - amazed at how technology is developing. I can't wait to see the cameras in 10 years!

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yeah the technology is certainly developing all the time, i just saw this linked on another forum https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/giroptic/the-worlds-first-full-hd-360-camera
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2014, 11:08:23 AM »
But look at the price difference between the black and silver as we got the black for only a few bucks more so went with that other wise the silver is great as well
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2014, 06:53:04 PM »
yeah the technology is certainly developing all the time, i just saw this linked on another forum https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/giroptic/the-worlds-first-full-hd-360-camera

Amazing. It's obvious by the money they've raised already that these are going to be seriously popular

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2015, 09:02:20 PM »
Hey guys, I'll kick start this thread again. Where have all you guys with go pros got all your accessories from?
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2015, 09:03:04 PM »
Hey guys, I'll kick start this thread again. Where have all you guys with go pros got all your accessories from?
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« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2015, 09:04:29 PM »
EBAY :d

Yeah thought they may be the case, was just searching there and there is shed loads of people selling, I guess they are all the same as each other I suppose. 

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« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2015, 09:09:41 PM »
Yeah thought they may be the case, was just searching there and there is shed loads of people selling, I guess they are all the same as each other I suppose. 

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2015, 09:13:20 PM »
Isheep.... Your an idiot  :-*

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« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2015, 09:14:55 PM »
I got a heap of accessories  from dx.com not the quickest place on earth to get stuff from. But it has a near endless amount of accessories you can get.

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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2015, 09:15:44 PM »
Isheep.... Your an idiot  :-*

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« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2015, 09:18:10 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2015, 10:04:14 PM »
oh you didn't want that parcel in the car I take it.. ???

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2015, 10:26:45 PM »
Just be careful with the new range now guys. The GoPro range has changed dramatically and the new Hero4 black is designed purely for professionals. Hence the just under $700 price point.
However if you are just after a cheepie they now have the Hero at around $200.

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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2015, 05:36:25 AM »
Sh!t..
Sorry Olly I totally forgot.
I asked Sarah this morning what website..
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2015, 05:45:58 AM »
Just be careful with the new range now guys. The GoPro range has changed dramatically and the new Hero4 black is designed purely for professionals. Hence the just under $700 price point.
However if you are just after a cheepie they now have the Hero at around $200.

Cheers
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Thanks evo, I think we have made a desisios on a hero 4 silver. I did see that cheapie also somewhere. So that is new also? I thought it was just and early model?

Sh!t..
Sorry Olly I totally forgot.
I asked Sarah this morning what website..
We got ours off www.hurtlegear.com.au
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Re: GOPRO
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2015, 06:09:52 AM »
I recently looked for one for my daughter. Unless they are seriously into photography, i'd have a look at the base model Hero thats new. It has all of the main functions , without the price tags of the silver or black.

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