buying a gopro
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Swampy83
Active Member
Hey Bilby
Constituting a good buy is just getting one, they are awesome.. Even though mine is the original not the hereo 2. I have upgraded the firm ware to suit some new acc I have now.
Acc I have are
The Extra battery bacpac (doubles the time)
Big sd card 32 gb
Lcd Screen for on the spot playback
Floaty back door so it wont sink
Chest harness
Roll bar mounts
Handle bar mounts
I am now getting the full remote control pack as well so you can operate from up to 50ft or metres away , and you can also live stream your footage. You can also buy extra mounting brackets for mud gaurds, helmets. You will never leave home with out. dont get me wrong I dont work for them in any way or anything just love the lil thing. great for under water and are good for 60 mtrs down. ( shit I sound like a salesman)
It was prezzy so not sure of the cost or where from but my extra bits were approx couple hundred from Launch I think. Theres a dealer near you in Gerringong I am pretty sure of. Any way hope my 2 cents worth sheds a lil light
Cheers
Fox
Constituting a good buy is just getting one, they are awesome.. Even though mine is the original not the hereo 2. I have upgraded the firm ware to suit some new acc I have now.
Acc I have are
The Extra battery bacpac (doubles the time)
Big sd card 32 gb
Lcd Screen for on the spot playback
Floaty back door so it wont sink
Chest harness
Roll bar mounts
Handle bar mounts
I am now getting the full remote control pack as well so you can operate from up to 50ft or metres away , and you can also live stream your footage. You can also buy extra mounting brackets for mud gaurds, helmets. You will never leave home with out. dont get me wrong I dont work for them in any way or anything just love the lil thing. great for under water and are good for 60 mtrs down. ( shit I sound like a salesman)
It was prezzy so not sure of the cost or where from but my extra bits were approx couple hundred from Launch I think. Theres a dealer near you in Gerringong I am pretty sure of. Any way hope my 2 cents worth sheds a lil light
Cheers
Fox
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WillisRanger
New Member
Do u have one of the 3D printer, they are so cool lol, seen a doco on them , awesome for that type of stuff
Ford PK Ranger Wildtrak: 2 inch tough dog lift kit, 265/75-16 MTZ's, XROX front bar and rocksliders, Kaymar rear bar, rear arb air locker, 3 inch custom exhaust, snorkel, 4x hella 1000 spotties up front, uhf and an air freshener
Ford PK Ranger Wildtrak: 2 inch tough dog lift kit, 265/75-16 MTZ's, XROX front bar and rocksliders, Kaymar rear bar, rear arb air locker, 3 inch custom exhaust, snorkel, 4x hella 1000 spotties up front, uhf and an air freshener
Swampy83
Active Member
Hey Su
What are the alternatives, always keen to look at others but they would have to be good to go pass the go pro
Cheers
Fox
Bobster
Member
I purchased a Go Pro2 motor sport Xmas time and it's been fantastic, todate the wife used it when she swam with seals at Baird bay and also feeding dolphins at Tin Can bay. I've used it mounted on the dash when 4wd in the Flinders Ranges and recently on Fraser Isl and other areas. We've also mounted it on front of our kayak and got some great footage of dolphins playing only metres away.
There's no vibration in the footage, completly waterproof and easy to use.
There's no vibration in the footage, completly waterproof and easy to use.
cookie64
4x4 Earth Contributer
Got mine from Digital Camera Warehouse Digital Camera Warehouse Australia - Discount digital cameras shipped Australia wide - Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
included everything I needed - bought the 32g SD Cards elsewhere - make sure they're fast though mine are class 10.
cheers
Colin
included everything I needed - bought the 32g SD Cards elsewhere - make sure they're fast though mine are class 10.
cheers
Colin
Davidman
4x4 Earth Contributer
You can download a shareware program called < Leawo AVI Converter > which does as it says, converts them into AVI format.
You can then use something as simple as Windows Live Movie Maker (comes with Windows) to edit / add music etc.
Another one I use is < DVD Movie Factory > You can search for it, from memory, think it was shareware too.
Quite often, instead of saving at full HD (1080p), I will save them maybe in 720p HD or 480p HQ. Depends what you want to do with them, if it's just for upload to Youtube, lesser quality is fine. If it's for replay on the big TV, keep it at full HD quality.
Swaggie
Moderator
Whenever you do Video work on your computer turn off your Internet Security/Anti-virus and your internet...They run in the background and can interfere with the converting process..Although computers are quicker now i do it anyway....Just a suggestion..
Hi all
I have just got a Gopro 3 I tryed to upgrade the firmware, the camera "bricked" my son managed to get it to work but it "froze"
I returned it to the store and they swapped it for another unit
That one did not make it to the upgrade stage as it locked on the one menu screen and would not go to the next screen
Now I am on my 3rd replacment gopro I am reluctant to upgrade firmware
Has anyone had simular problems and be able to give advice
I would like to be able to use the wifi option as at my age it's hard to read the screen without glasses
linking it to my android tab would be a big help
I have just got a Gopro 3 I tryed to upgrade the firmware, the camera "bricked" my son managed to get it to work but it "froze"
I returned it to the store and they swapped it for another unit
That one did not make it to the upgrade stage as it locked on the one menu screen and would not go to the next screen
Now I am on my 3rd replacment gopro I am reluctant to upgrade firmware
Has anyone had simular problems and be able to give advice
I would like to be able to use the wifi option as at my age it's hard to read the screen without glasses
linking it to my android tab would be a big help
dno67
Well-Known Member
I recently purchased a Hero HD2 with the Wifi backpack from here.
http://www.peninsulacamera.com.au/
After reading heaps of horror stories on the firmware upgrade I asked if they could do it
in store for me so I could see how to do it, no problems at all. All done in front of me
while I waited, also got a great deal. Quite happy to recommend there service.
http://www.peninsulacamera.com.au/
After reading heaps of horror stories on the firmware upgrade I asked if they could do it
in store for me so I could see how to do it, no problems at all. All done in front of me
while I waited, also got a great deal. Quite happy to recommend there service.
I got mine from JB HI .FI the last swap over I asked if they could do the upgrade their reply was
We have limited internet in store however, I will take it home and do the upgrade if unsuccessful we will send it back to gopro
I then get a phone call gopro will replace the camera
OK the store has done their best, but I am still left with a camera the that still needs a firmware upgrade
On my next days off I will try a manual firmware upgrade, fingers crossed that will work
dno67
Well-Known Member
Thank you for that I am atwork at the moment but will troll the forum for a fix on my days off
Phil