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There's some decent deals on go pros today and was going to get one but don't know which one is best?
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Cheers folks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Silver one will be plenty good enough, Black if you can afford it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have a 3+ black and a 4 silver. They both do what I need including stuff I do for work.
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well, im not exactly burning notes but i can still afford the black.
could anyone tell me why the black over the silver? has the black got a screen that you can watch back footage? (i wouldve thought this would be an important feature...but im a total novice with cameras and dont understand all the techno jargon so please someone give me something in plain english as to why one may be better than the other.
really appreciate any advice given as my heads totally up my back bottom following a day of reading review after review and getting nowhere.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You can buy the lcd back as an add on. (Course that may cost just as much in the end).
I just bought a session last week, like the size.
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When you buy your first go-pro everyone tells you, you don't need the LCD screen as you'll never use it then (like me) you'll buy it anyway, convinced you will....then you basically don't!
The way you use a go-pro tends to mean you aren't watching whilst recording and for play back these days you can watch on another device.
So in short, don't feel like you need the led screen, it's fine, no complaints with it, but if I didn't have it, I wouldn't get it (if that makes sense)?
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I have 3 plus silver. Was originally thinking of add on LCD screen, but I found I don't need it. I review video later on the computer and delete the rubbish stuff then. Don't use Bluetooth or the app either. Just point it the right direction and film.
Buying the required fast writing speed micro SD card is not cheap. I got a SanDisk 32 GB extreme. I transfer the video to my laptop each evening so I don't think I've ever come close to filling it. Battery runs out first. Spare battery would be useful thinking about it.
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Themasterpiece, what's the 3+ silver's quality like on grey days.....I read some comments that it is not good on low light.....am tempted by the Argos deal at the moment.
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Ok so let's say I get the silver or black.
What can the black do that the silver can't?
And next question.... What type of mounts would be recommended for a boarder?
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| Snowy123 wrote: |
| Themasterpiece, what's the 3+ silver's quality like on grey days.....I read some comments that it is not good on low light.....am tempted by the Argos deal at the moment. |
They're are out of stock already. Annoying, because I was looking to buy one myself.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Snowy123, it's good, and most of the videos I've shot are in sweden, which isn't renouned for a lot of sun in the winter.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Themasterpiece, thanks, good to hear that. Now just need to persuade hubby we should get one for our ski trip this Christmas and pray for more snow!
@mikeycharlton, I just managed to reserve one at my local store and it's showing it's still available for delivery.
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| Snowy123 wrote: |
@Themasterpiece, thanks, good to hear that. Now just need to persuade hubby we should get one for our ski trip this Christmas and pray for more snow!
@mikeycharlton, I just managed to reserve one at my local store and it's showing it's still available for delivery. |
care to tell me what your local store is?
I'm in London too.
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You know it makes sense.
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@mikeycharlton, it was showing available at both Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush stores.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Snowy123 wrote: |
| @mikeycharlton, it was showing available at both Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush stores. |
How far through the process have you gone?
It keeps telling me they are available, but once you go in further it says they're out of stock.
Done it for Wandsworth and Clapham now.
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@mikeycharlton, I think I completed the reservation but I just checked my mobile and email and haven't received a confirmation yet.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@mikeycharlton, try Halfords, it is selling at the same price with extra 10% off but without the spare battery.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Snowy123 wrote: |
| @mikeycharlton, try Halfords, it is selling at the same price with extra 10% off but without the spare battery. |
I've managed to reserve one at Halfords.
They're even cheaper at £135, (without additional battery).
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Sports Pursuit had the black today for £300.
You don`t need the lcd screen. It`ll drain the battery and you can watch on your phone via the app anyway. The dual charger is handy and come with a spare battery. Also, the 3-way stick is great and it has a mini tripod inside it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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you can rent them too fairly cheaply per day so have a look a that too. other than that there are a couple of chinese copie that you could look at hae a look at techmoan on youtube
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| Rom77 wrote: |
... What can the black do that the silver can't?
And next question.... What type of mounts would be recommended for a boarder? |
Er, 4k. If you don't know the difference, you don't need it, so another answer would be "nothing you need". If you're a bit more interested, then you'd want 4k because it's kind of fun, and also because even if your target output is tiny, if you have 4k of image then you can crop out the bits you want from the frame, which is useful in editing. Assuming you have a machine capable of editing 4k. Their website lists the two cameras side by side: just type gopro into google.
For snowboarding, most skier stuff doesn't work well, but you'll soon figure it out. Most people I see use a pole mount. The length / weight of the pole are crucial : most are too short/ too heavy.
I don't bother with spare batteries myself and never run out, but then I turn it off when there's nothing interesting to shoot as I don't want to have to edit for hours and hours.
I travel a lot so even the discounted uk prices look eye watering to me.
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Bought the Sony X1000 yesterday from Amazon.
£239
Lowest price I've seen it.
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Go for a 4K camera. The video will be better, and you'll have more ability to stabilise shaky recordings if you compress the video down to 1080p. But for me the main advantage of the newer 4K cameras is the quality of the photos you get out of them, either by frame capturing from a video file (so you have 25 frames per second to capture the perfect image) or the regular high resolution photos that the cameras are capable of. I've got a GoPro 3 Black and a GoPro 4 Black and the additional cost of the 4 is definitely worth spending.
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I just use a SJ4000 £40 ,
i wouldnt spend much as you only use it a few times , its a bit of a pain really and 99% of the footage is pure tedium unless your watching it.
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The Gopro is one of the best things I've bought. Maybe I'm a geek but I enjoy making short 5 min videos from each holiday, and i know the family enjoy watching my son ski. The 3 plus silver has been great for this. Gopro studio is free and easy to use.
Tips: Film short clips. Download and watch them each evening. Write down clip and time of good bits, generally less that 10 second segments. Watch some professional gopro videos on YouTube to see how they piece it together. Downside is you can't use favorite songs as they are copyright and YouTube or Vimeo wont allow it. Have to find free copyright music.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| hawkwind wrote: |
I just use a SJ4000 £40 ,
i wouldnt spend much as you only use it a few times , its a bit of a pain really and 99% of the footage is pure tedium unless your watching it. |
Go Pros for men are like enemas for women. God's way of telling you that you have far too much money.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| philwig wrote: |
| Rom77 wrote: |
... What can the black do that the silver can't?
And next question.... What type of mounts would be recommended for a boarder? |
Er, 4k. If you don't know the difference, you don't need it, so another answer would be "nothing you need". If you're a bit more interested, then you'd want 4k because it's kind of fun, and also because even if your target output is tiny, if you have 4k of image then you can crop out the bits you want from the frame, which is useful in editing. Assuming you have a machine capable of editing 4k. Their website lists the two cameras side by side: just type gopro into google.
For snowboarding, most skier stuff doesn't work well, but you'll soon figure it out. Most people I see use a pole mount. The length / weight of the pole are crucial : most are too short/ too heavy.
I don't bother with spare batteries myself and never run out, but then I turn it off when there's nothing interesting to shoot as I don't want to have to edit for hours and hours.
I travel a lot so even the discounted uk prices look eye watering to me. |
i dont know the difference as im not tech savvy....however i do want to have the ability to get good videos and so ill have to learn. the 4k thing deffinately sounds like a good thing.
so the pole mount....... are go pros official poles the best or could u recommend a company/brand please? cheers. i assumed the helmet mount would be useful as it would be filming wherever u were looking so you could control it....or maybe the wrist mount?
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| hawkwind wrote: |
I just use a SJ4000 £40 ,
i wouldnt spend much as you only use it a few times , its a bit of a pain really and 99% of the footage is pure tedium unless your watching it. |
me too.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Rom77 wrote: |
| philwig wrote: |
| Rom77 wrote: |
... What can the black do that the silver can't?
And next question.... What type of mounts would be recommended for a boarder? |
Er, 4k. If you don't know the difference, you don't need it, so another answer would be "nothing you need". If you're a bit more interested, then you'd want 4k because it's kind of fun, and also because even if your target output is tiny, if you have 4k of image then you can crop out the bits you want from the frame, which is useful in editing. Assuming you have a machine capable of editing 4k. Their website lists the two cameras side by side: just type gopro into google.
For snowboarding, most skier stuff doesn't work well, but you'll soon figure it out. Most people I see use a pole mount. The length / weight of the pole are crucial : most are too short/ too heavy.
I don't bother with spare batteries myself and never run out, but then I turn it off when there's nothing interesting to shoot as I don't want to have to edit for hours and hours.
I travel a lot so even the discounted uk prices look eye watering to me. |
i dont know the difference as im not tech savvy....however i do want to have the ability to get good videos and so ill have to learn. the 4k thing deffinately sounds like a good thing.
so the pole mount....... are go pros official poles the best or could u recommend a company/brand please? cheers. i assumed the helmet mount would be useful as it would be filming wherever u were looking so you could control it....or maybe the wrist mount? |
you might find this kit useful. Going to get one myself. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deyard-ZG-634-Accessories-Premium-Session/dp/B00KU70F5S?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAJWHHZSLF6Y34BUBQ&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00KU70F5S&tag=amz07b-21&ascsubtag=56575d5848308f0eb49aad02
You can get the whole lot for about the same as some retailers charge for just the head strap.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Trouble with helmet mounts are you turn and move your head a lot. I think a chest mount gives a more stable imagine. I put a mount on the end of my ski pole for filming my son. You can also face it the other way and film yourself. Figure I'm carrying the pole anyway and its less conspicuous than carrying a selfie pole.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Themasterpiece wrote: |
| Trouble with helmet mounts are you turn and move your head a lot. I think a chest mount gives a more stable imagine. I put a mount on the end of my ski pole for filming my son. You can also face it the other way and film yourself. Figure I'm carrying the pole anyway and its less conspicuous than carrying a selfie pole. |
I`m not a great skier and when i watch the footage from the chesty cam it makes me feel sick! I move my chest from side to side way too much. A helmet mount would be much better for me if i did a lot of filming.
I mainly use my gopro for photography, it really takes great quality pics.
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