
Pakpod is a reimagined tripod designed specifically for GoPro and smartphone shooters. It launched as a Kickstarter project yesterday and has already received over 50% of its pledge goal. [Read more…]
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By Eric Reagan

Pakpod is a reimagined tripod designed specifically for GoPro and smartphone shooters. It launched as a Kickstarter project yesterday and has already received over 50% of its pledge goal. [Read more…]
By Eric Reagan
Alongside the new GoPro HERO+ announced today, the GoPro HERO4 Session also got a price drop to $299.99 (down from $399.99).
Recall that the GoPro HERO4 Session is an ultra-compact action cam measuring as a 1.5″ cube. It captures 1080/60p video, as well as the taller frame 1920 x 1440p video at 30fps. It can also deliver 720p video at 100 fps for roughly 4x slow motion when conformed to a 24p edit timeline.
You can find the HERO4 Session here at B&H Photo.
By Eric Reagan
GoPro has announced the new HERO+ action cam as a step up from the basic, $130 GoPro HERO. The GoPro HERO+ bridges the gap between the basic HERO and the HERO+ LCD, which are identical except for the rear display. [Read more…]
By Eric Reagan
Yuneec has announced its new Typhoon G with the GB203 gimbal for GoPro HERO3, HERO3+ and HERO4 cameras. [Read more…]
By Eric Reagan
A couple minutes into this video, you see teenager Erynn Johns and her dad, Derrick Johns, get pulled out from the shore in a riptide. As they struggled to make it back to shore, a good samaritan swam out to Erynn and towed her to shore with her selfie stick. [Read more…]
By Eric Reagan
Check out this GoPro HERO4 video of surfing personality Jamie O’Brien riding a barrel on his surf board while he is literally on fire. Because surfing wasn’t cool enough already.
If you like this kind of surf video, O’Brien has a popular web series filled with crazy, surf-inspired nonsense from Red Bull called Who is JOB 5.0.
[via GoPro]
By Eric Reagan
OGIO has announced a trio of new camera bags for GoPro and other action camera shooters.
The new bags include:
The Hogo, Access and Backstage retail for $40, $90 and $200, respectively.
By Eric Reagan
Marques Brownlee has published his review of the GoPro HERO4 Session and addresses some important features and concerns about the new cube-shaped camera. You can see the review in the video above.

The HERO4 Session captures 1080/60p video, as well as the taller frame 1920 x 1440p video at 30fps. It can also deliver 720p video at 100 fps for roughly 4x slow motion when conformed to a 24p edit timeline.
By Eric Reagan
ebay (via Adorama) has the GoPro HERO4 Black for $399 (reg. $499) again. The last time this was available at this price, it sold out very quickly. Check it out while it lasts here on ebay.
By Eric Reagan
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a Jedi surrounded by Storm Troopers in hostile territory? This GoPro video from YouTuber Billywarp1 is about as close as you’re going to get. Watch a Jedi mount a GoPro on his head as he runs through some distant desert planet that has clearly been invaded by the Empire. [Read more…]