which camera for climbing

[ben-jammin]

But that then also throws a gopro2 into the mix, which if it's considerably better, might be worth waiting and saving the extra for the better product??

 

Cripes.

[Ian Flatters]

But that then also throws a gopro2 into the mix, which if it's considerably better, might be worth waiting and saving the extra for the better product??

 

Cripes.

 

If you were planning on buying a gopro then buy the new one, it should be the same price as the old gopro was. But if you want to save a few quid then buy the old one its still really good.

[ben-jammin]

Ok, but I've still got the Contour series in mind as well and like the deft initially I like it's more ergonomic and streamlined design, think I need to wait for the gopro2 to come out and then do a compare and contrast.

 

With the go pro, mounted on top of the helmet does it get hung up / caught up in stuff whilst your climbing, this would put me off as whilst your wearing a camera, I don't want to feel like I'm wearing a camera if that makes sense??

[Ian Flatters]

Ok, but I've still got the Contour series in mind as well and like the deft initially I like it's more ergonomic and streamlined design, think I need to wait for the gopro2 to come out and then do a compare and contrast.

 

With the go pro, mounted on top of the helmet does it get hung up / caught up in stuff whilst your climbing, this would put me off as whilst your wearing a camera, I don't want to feel like I'm wearing a camera if that makes sense??

 

Its all down to personal preference when deciding which camera to use mine was based on them giving me one. Personally for tree work the hd hero is great, there is a slim chance i will buy the hero2 because the quality for me is great. Although i did take a trip to hunstanton on the weekend to have a ganders at the new one. If you filming stuff like kite surfing where theres a lot of refection glare than this is a better investment. As for the 11mp upgrade its not massively noticeable unless blased on a huge HDTV. So hence why i'll save a couple of quid and stick with the Gopro hd.

[ben-jammin]

I have some snowboarding in mind as well so yeah white balance and glare is something I'm taking into consideration and I've noticed on a few videos on here that the white balance doesn't always work out and the contour does state the auto white balance thing as a selling point.

 

But you say gopro2 has this sorted out?

[Ian Flatters]

I have some snowboarding in mind as well so yeah white balance and glare is something I'm taking into consideration and I've noticed on a few videos on here that the white balance doesn't always work out and the contour does state the auto white balance thing as a selling point.

 

But you say gopro2 has this sorted out?

 

Yep. although they all fail if you set the camera up towards the sky in winter. Not enough reflected light on stems so everything looks black.

[ben-jammin]

Ben, just to show the full power of the gopro heres the 2011 highlights all edited on a iMac with final cut pro x best watched in youtube hd (if you have an hd computer screen if not 360 or 420) [ame]

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One helluvah video, the cliff drop @ 8.28 I remember seein in another film a while back and thinking, 'that guy just screwed up his route and didn't mean to do that, now he's dead' some people really do live it turned up to 11.

[ben-jammin]

Didn't seem to do too badly on the ski and snow section for white balance though, or is that filter work do you think?

[Ian Flatters]

Didn't seem to do too badly on the ski and snow section for white balance though, or is that filter work do you think?

 

It is how it is the promos are not enhanced. If i get 5 minutes i'll stick a picture up of my Gopro which you'll see isn't standard as it has interchangeable lens covers.

[Paul Smith]

Cool!