Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
GoPro just took the lid off a new iOS and Android app that lets you control the HD Hero2 from your iPhone, iPad or Android device. The new app is free to download and connects via WiFi with your HD Hero2.
The GoPro App enables full camera control and live scene preview for easy shot framing on smartphones or tablets. Additionally, you get live scene-preview prior to and during video and photo capture. [Read more…]
With everybody else dropping new action cams (e.g., Sony, Contour, Polaroid, etc.), it’s high time GoPro brought something new to the market with features like smartphone connectivity and 120fps at 720p as found in the new Sony HDR-AS15.
Photo Rumors notes that a new GoPro Hero 3 is expected by year’s end (as a replacement for the Hero 2) and will be a slimmer model with the expected built-in WiFi. The new Sony action cams are looking very solid thus far, so GoPro has some serious competition to step up to now…
Videos like this are what makes GoPro and its ilk so awesome. The 4-year-old (with his dad in the lead) is tackling Hellion at Highland Mountain Bike Park in Maine for his first time and gives us a first person take on his experience. His audio commentary makes it all the better.
As a mountain biker and dad, this made me smile for the full nine minutes.
[via GoPro on Facebook]
This skydiver lost his GoPro after he jumped out of the plane. As he was climbing out of the plane, he bumped his helmet attachment on the door frame, which is what he suspects caused the GoPro case to loosen.
The camera plummeted 12,500 feet without a case and landed in the drop zone. You can catch the landing at the 2:45 mark. While on the ground, it even managed to capture their (safe) landings. You can see the camera being recovered by a friend on the ground at the 6:45 mark.
The new Sony HDR-AS10 and HDR-AS15 are new Action Cams aimed at the GoPro crowd. The compact cameras shoot 1080p HD video 30fps; however, they also have the ability to capture 720p HD video at either 30fps, 60fps or even 120fps for some great slow motion effects in a very compact package. [Read more…]
JVC has a new action cam to compete with GoPro. It’s the JVC GC-XA1 Adixxion.
It features 1080/30p and 720/60p video capture, a 1.5″ LCD and a 5x zoom. It will also capture 5MP still images and includes built-in Wi-Fi and a wireless smartphone link.
The camera should be available in August for $350. Check availability at B&H Photo.
See JVC’s teaser video below. [Read more…]
Cinetics just launched their new miniSkates for the GorillaPod SLR Zoom, which is the GorillaPod made for smaller cameras and mobile devices. The existing CineSkates are designed to work with the heavy-duty GorillaPod Focus.
Check out the demo video below. [Read more…]
GoPro announced some pretty exciting stuff for the POV market at NAB 2012. A new firmware upgrade for the GoPro HERO2 called Protune adds 24p and 35Mbps data rate to the HERO2. In partnership with Technicolor, the new Protune update adds the ability to shoot with a flat Cinestyle developed by Technicolor.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVcRLMo4Nw&w=640&h=360]More details in the press release below.
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The upcoming GoPro WiFi Bacpac ($100 retail) allows you to control up to 50 GoPro cameras at a time from up to 900′ in open air. [Read more…]
GoPro has stepped up its game again with the latest GoPro HD HERO2. The new HD HERO2 offers a number of different resolutions and frame rates for video, as well as providing 11MP still image capture, an external mic input and a whole lot more.
Check out the promo video below, which shows off some spectacular footage captured with the HD HERO2 (be sure to full-screen this one). [Read more…]