GoPro Camera

[Shaane]

Might be a daft question guys but does it matter a great deal which 'edition' i buy or anything?

I've seen surf edition and motorsports ect but not sure if they are all the same. It will be fitted to the bike obviously so just checking. Speedy replies would be great.
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[anthony_r6]

You get various mounts and such with them. Go onto ebay, type in the various models and check the contents in the listing, and see what you do and don't need.
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[Shaane]

Also looked at one of these.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380530880388?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Other option I found was on the GoPro website. Newest model with all basics for £200.
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[kiddakidda]

If your using the GoPro on your motorcycle you will need the motorsports edition.

It has a suction cup mount that will fix on your tank or some curved attachments you can stick to your helmet.
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[kiddakidda]

In terms of the current range of Cameras Specs, I believe (and I must stress that this is my understanding) that the range is as follows:

Hero 3 White = Basically the old Hero HD with Wifi, smaller case and lens change.

Hero 3 Silver = As above but Old Hero 2

Hero 3 Black Edition = New Camera with improved sensor and better low light capabilities.
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[iooi]

Techmoan has just done a review using a GoPro

linky

In it is the specs of the 3 diffrent models. Well worth a look at.
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[Villers]

I bought my HD hero 2 second hand. It was an outdoor edition. Came with a helmet strap, no good for bikes) a head strap (as previous), a chest mount (maybe), some sticky mounts and an articulated mount.

There is a motorsports edition but it depends where you want to fasten it to your bike, the only thing in there is the suction mount thats different.

The camera you mention off the website looks like the most basic hero 3. The biggest advantage this one has over the HD hero 2 is that it has the wifi built in. It appears to have less functionality though.

The mounts etc are quite expensive for what they are to buy seperately, but you can get inventive with them and make your own. Im messing about with the one I bought now but its for snowboarding!
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[Villers]

[kiddakidda]

I got the Hero 2 Motorsports myself off the Mrs for Xmas. Looked at the Hero 3 white and realised that on paper the hero 2 was a better spec for the same money

Wifi Excluded (but managed to buy the Wifi BacPac and remote from Argos for £65)

[kiddakidda]

Yeah it worked fine, felt very securely fixed. Very stable even at motorway speeds..................... and possibly beyond

[Tungtvann]

I have an original GoPro HD with suction mount and a Drift Ghose HD. The suction mount for the GoPro is very good and secure. I've tested it at high speeds with no worries and I've seen people put them on light aircraft at a couple of hundred mph. I use the GoPro fixed to the bike and the Ghost HD as a helmet cam.

[flat eric]

It really depends what you want to do or film with it. I read several reviews on the gopro 1 (which is the one i bought, just before version 2 came out) and looked at the motorsport version, but i seem to remember the motorsport version being too limited as to what you can do with it. I wanted it for skiing footage and also using on the bike.

Look on amazon and read the reviews that people have left there. They really helped me to make my decision.

I bought the lcd pack to go with it, as i wanted to see what i was filming. Not just take pot luck that i've got the camera pointing in the right direction. As i didn't want to waste hours filming rubbish.

Shop around for the extras, as i bought the camera off Amazon and the lcd and extra battery and Sd card off Ebay, As they were the cheapest from those sites. The Gopro 2 has extra active lights on it and the Gopro3 is smaller. But i'm well happy with my Gopro1.

With a 32G sd card i can record for about 4hrs non-stop. And with the spare battery, i can record for 9 hours.
Spare battery was off Ebay and cheaper than genuine one.

Once again, check the reviews off Amazon.

Have fun with it , when you get it.
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[Villers]

[Shaane]

I've found a Hero 2 Motorsport edition that comes with Suction mount and everything else apart from curved mount and it's £180. Sounds very reasonable.

The camera will be used for trackdays mainly car and bike but I might also take it snowboarding with me a few times during the year. I'm guessing a motorsport edition may not work very well on a snowboard?

I've read plenty of reveiws about all 3 cameras and I want each and every one of them but I'm just after the best all rounds which is why I've posted here.

So far the Motorsport edition I looked at is really asking me to buy it.
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[kiddakidda]

Not sure,

I set it all up yesterday and and you can use it to preview your camera position and apply settings and such like.

[stonesie]

I have been wondering about the Contour Roam2 as its a lot less bulky than a gopro and waterproof as it is without having to have it in a case all the time.


Maybe in the future.

[kiddakidda]

That's the one I have.

I've not recorded anything of note yet but for what I have recorded the quality has been excellent

[Villers]

The suction mount (official one) is around £30 so you'd be shelling that out on top of the below par 'white' edition. So if its the mount you are after then you will be £50 up on the white with a better camera. Leaves cash for a memory card etc!

I thought the gopro would be the easy solution to mounting the camera but the system ivolved has caused nothing but bother for me. Since I bought the camera Ive bought 2 poles, a suction mount, a tripod adapter, 2 extra curved mounts and started to make my own mounts. I still want an extender bar and some more jointed mounts.

I paid £140 for my HD hero 2 outdoor edition, was quite pleased with that!
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[kiddakidda]

Argos are doing the curved mount set for £10.99 at the mo. Or a brand new Motorsports Hero 2 for £199.00

[Shaane]

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[Walloper]

I bought the Hero 2 motorsport. Tuns of mounts and the suction cup could suck the chrome off a landrover tow ball.
I've had it sucked to the door glass of the work's pick up whilst hooning across the desert and the video quality is ace (Though extremly .) I was just testing the kit.
Not had any weather back home to suck it onto the bike but I'll not be worried to use the mount when I do.
I would consider a lanyard attached as Belt & Braces is never too much for this sort of shit. Too much kit to go bouncing down the road and if it skulled some cnut en route they'd not be best pleased.
The GoPro is fairly simple to use as there aren't many buttons or functions to worry about. When you get into it there are some handy options in settings to help.
But point and fire is what it can do well straight off the bat.

I just bought the LCD back and a spare battery. I now have even more cases.

The suction cup is a bit big so not easy to humph around if not sucked onto something. The camera in it's case fits in a pocket or a little bag like the one i just bought to keep all the important shit together.

The mountings are well versatile and unless you have some extreme uses planned they more or less cover just about any occasion.
Really think about sticking one one your lid though as they are not exactly unobtrusive. And they don't simply peel off.
When I mount on my lid it will be on my auld Arai as I hate the helmet and uglificating it will be just what it deserves.
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[Tungtvann]

I've successfully removed the sticky mounts from car bodywork with no marks or residue. I used an old store card to scrape it off.

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