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shane mk5:
I have been lookin at the go pro camcorder just wanted to see if anyone has used these before and what are they like i wanted something that i could use when i go snowboarding on my bike and that a can attatch to my car, if anyone has any other recommendations let me know

Cheers
Shane

AndyED30:
Hi Shane, I've been using these little cams for about 1.5 years now and they're great. I skydive a lot and use them for that mainly but snowboarding, mountain biking and mounted on car it works great too.

They've now got the GoPro HD Hero2 which is the new improved version. They will work 50 meters underwater too if you really need to film down there  :signLOL:

GoPros are tough wearing too, easy to download and you can get free updates from the GoPro site too.

You can set for various different types of resolution, 720, 960, 1080 etc. It will take stills in bursts or video.

Can't recommend them enough mate.

Andy.

ShaunP:
I second Andy's comments on the GoPro.

Ive had a HD Hero for eight months now.  It looks very basic but the quality is actually very good.

I use it alot for karting, easily mounted on your helmet or on the nassau panel.  The 960 resolution works best as it gives you a squarer picture, capturing more of the track ahead as well as the steering wheel, pedals etc.  Sound is surprisingly good too, even using the wet casing. 

I've also used the waterproof wrist strap/housing as well.  Its very easy to use (and definitely waterproof to 20+ metres).  Only comment I'd make is that you need the (optional, £70) lcd display when you film underwater as its easy to focus on the wrong spot. 

Cheers

Shaun
 

Tamiyoman:
My best mate just bought one of these for a snowboarding trip we going on next week, he decided as we dont stop enough to take pics he can attach to his helmet and film instead and take stills from that  :happy2:

Was looking at getting one myself but baulked at the price of £230 for something I would only use once or twice per year.

jedi-knight83:
Ive had one for a couple of years now. For skiing and snowboarding I find you get a much more interesting video if you have it on a pole held out in front of you and pointing back towards you. Ive got hours of fairly dull footage where its on my helmet pointing down the slope but when your in the shot it suddenly changes the dynamic of the video.

This is one I threw together yesterday of me learning to Ski last week in Sestriere.

Ive got the gen1 go pro and only the hero960 version but I got it from the states for about £140 so it wasnt too bad.
The gen2 has a better sensor and lens

NOTE... the first couple of clips are from a phone not a go pro.

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Re the video name... I've boarded for 10 years but my mates always take the piss and say I secretly love skiing... made 'I love Skiing' stickers for my helmet and board lol

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