Go Pro cameras

Taky Cheung · June 17th, 2012, 10:15 AM

This is a Greek wedding from yesterday

Jim Merchant · June 17th, 2012, 11:00 AM

Regarding the F.O.V. choices (I apologize if anyone said this already, I just skimmed the thread).

The medium and narrow angle options merely crop the footage so there is a big price to pay in resolution. That said, on the medium setting it is a decent trade off because although you lose pixels it is before the compression (at 17Mbps), so you get less resolution but you don't have to magnify the compression artifacts by cropping during the edit.

This wedding trailer has two gopro hero 2 shots mixed with footage from HMC150, HMC40 and Canon T2i (550d).

Erick Perdomo · June 19th, 2012, 10:16 PM

Hi Art...nice video there...how many shots did you take with the GOPRO Hero 2? are all the extreme wide shots taken with the Hero 2? What did you use to shoot the main wedding? It looks so clean and lively.
I just started using a Canon XF300 for my weddings but I mix footage taken with a Canon T3i.
I'm wondering if a HERO 2 would add a new dimension/feeling to my videos..
thanks
Erick

Peter Riding · June 20th, 2012, 01:26 AM

Looks to me like the Go Pro suction Cup is identical to the Delkin ones...though of course there is only one of them...

I've now received my GoPro complete with the suction cup. It is not identical to the Delkin ones. The GoPro one has a proprietory join with which to attach the camera, no doubt specially made to withstand the pressures that this apparatus encounters. You can however attach the GoPro tripod adapter to the GoPro suction cup arm and it then has a 1/4"20 female socket and can be used in any of the usual ways n.b. stick it on a lightstand / magic arm / tabletop tripod etc.

The Delkin already has a 1/4"20 male adapter so you can use it straight into the GoPro tripod adapter.

You could modify a GoPro tripod adapter by fixing your own extra long piece of 1/4"20 into its female socket so as to change its gender from female to male.

http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/tripod-mount/

The Delkin is a longer bracket and rather more configurable than the GoPro in addition to having two suction cups - which themselves can be set at different angles such as those found on a sloping metal vehicle body. It is more configurable than its Delkin brother the Gator, which really needs a small ball and socket head for maximum wiggle room:

Fat Gecko "Gator" Clamp Camera Mount

Pete

Renton Maclachlan · June 20th, 2012, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Riding

Looks to me like the Go Pro suction Cup is identical to the Delkin ones...though of course there is only one of them...

I've now received my GoPro complete with the suction cup. It is not identical to the Delkin ones. The GoPro one has a proprietory join with which to attach the camera, no doubt specially made to withstand the pressures that this apparatus encounters...

I was referring to the actual suction cup, not any arms or the various means of attaching cameras...sorry...

Chris Harding · June 20th, 2012, 07:25 AM

For those DIY guys

You can make a brilliant suction cup device (two actually) by going to your auto spares shop and buying a "dent puller" ..Mine cost $15.00 and the two cups can hold at least 100kg!!! I have a car windshield rig using the twin cups that holds my 8lb cameras quite safely so they will hold a GoPro!!!

The GoPro one is rated for aircraft use up to 200MPH!!! That's one tough sucker!!

Chris

Evan Bourcier · June 20th, 2012, 11:44 PM

I've been debating getting one recently, seen a few go cheap on craigslist. Cool for fun shots, doing some videos for a summer camp and stuff, but also nice to leave as discrete cameras, or easy time-lapse cameras. I was wondering if they were strictly auto cameras or if you had any control over white balance-fstop-so on. Loving seeing the examples of how you guys used them! That filling the glass shot if my favorite for sure.

Renton Maclachlan · June 21st, 2012, 02:55 AM

Got mine today. Filmed a short video successfully onto 32GB SD card. Attempted to update firmware from 08-12-70 to 08-12-124. Repeatedly failed the update...saying I needed to install SD card. SD card is installed. Anyone else had this issue?

(Like 'Jeb Corliss grinding the crack' with three Go Pro's on him. Don't think I'll try that...Anyone for filming a base jumping wedding? Would be over quick. Maybe the marriage would be also...)

EDIT: Fixed by GoPro...very fast...

Steven Davis · June 21st, 2012, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Art Varga

I just started using at weddings and I can see how useful they can be, The cool thing is they'e so small you can stick them anywhere. I put one up high on a lightstand for this beach wedding and got some good safety footage. At 2:45 in the clip, I was moviing the light stand with the GoPro and saw the bride was about to throw her bouquet so I quickly hoisted the cam over head. Lucky shot but couldn't have got it without something like the GoPro.

Art
Nicole & Jon Wedding Highlights on Vimeo

Hey Art, you shot that whole thing on the GoPro?

Art Varga · June 22nd, 2012, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Davis

Hey Art, you shot that whole thing on the GoPro?

No- I had a standard fisheye going too. You can see some of the GoPro shots at 1:19, 1:45-1:55, 2:29, 2:33, 2:44

Art

Corey Graham · June 24th, 2012, 12:24 AM

Well hell . . . I just couldn't stand the pressure anymore and I bought one. At the rehearsal last night for the wedding I shot today, I simply had nowhere to place a camera in the back for a wide shot -- a tripod would have been in the way no matter where I put it, and there was nothing to clamp a magic arm to.

So I decided this morning to run to Target and get the Hero 2, then went to Best Buy for the Wifi BacPac thing with the remote. Needless to say, I had very little time to charge and set everything up, as the wedding was an hour away.

My experience was very positive, except for one big nuisance: the firmware updates. None of them have gone right. For the GoPro body itself, I had to resort to a manual upgrade, as the one through their proprietary software kept failing. Then, when I tried to update the Wifi BacPac, it simply froze mid-update. I ran out of time to mess with it, and just left the BacPac and remote at home.

I'm impressed with the results. For a tiny camera that I suction onto a wall, this is simply amazing. I don't know how well it will mix with my HMC40's, but I'll make it work.

I attached a screen grab. I love the wide angle, nearly fisheye look. With some noise reduction and levels correction, I think it will turn out pretty decent. And yes, that's my weird head in the bottom right corner with the camera.

Chris Harding · June 24th, 2012, 02:31 AM

Hi Corey

They are good aren't they... I like the fact that you have nothing to lose running a hero and a lot to gain!!

I don't shoot at the very wide angle but the middle one (I think it's 127 degrees???) Yeah I have had stuff in the shot that I never realised the very wide angle would get to but it still doesn't detract from the overall shot!

I'm shooting weddings on two HMC82's which are basically HMC40's in a shoulder mount and XLR audio and the Hero mixes in very well!! (I gave up on the new AC-130..just didn't cut it for weddings!!)

In Summer, watch out for fogging on the GoPro if you use the waterproof case!! I had a few outdoor weddings where the case fogged up so I bought a skeleton case with the open sides, and just to make sure I take off the front dome so the camera can breathe! Never had an issue in Churches but outdoors might be an issue as I run mine from way before the ceremony..then do the briidal congrats and only then get back to turn the Hero off so it sometimes runs for nearly 2 hours!!!

John Knight uses the camera inside the limo too..I haven't tried that but there are dozens of innovation uses for it!!

Chris

Renton Maclachlan · June 24th, 2012, 02:42 AM

Used mine yesterday at an outfit called Adrenaline Forest where you climb around on all sorts of scary wire bridges and heaps of flying foxes up to about 30m off the ground...used the head harness...turned out great. Didn't have it on wide screen unfortunately, and the battery ran out after about one and a half hours...will get a battery bacpac...also need some stuff on the lens to disperse droplets... it rained a bit...just great not to have to worry about water...

Then this morning filmed two of my daughters finishing a 10km fun run with it...and took stills of them together after. I like it...

George Kilroy · June 29th, 2012, 07:36 AM

Do the UK models shoot at 50p?
All the information I've seen seems to indicates they shoot at 60p. If so how do UK users find it mixes in with 50p footage?

Peter Riding · June 29th, 2012, 08:01 AM

George, one of the menu options is 1080p 25 PAL

Just download the manual from the GoPro site. There's not much to know - unlike most cams :- )

Pete

June 17th, 2012, 10:15 AM	#31
Taky Cheung Inner Circle Join Date: May 2007 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 2,114	Re: Go Pro cameras This is a Greek wedding from yesterday Wedding in 30 seconds on Vimeo __________________ LA Color Pros Blog RODE Authorized Reseller . Comer LED Camera Lights . TakyBox HTML5 Menu Generator

June 17th, 2012, 11:00 AM	#32
Jim Merchant New Boot Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gloucester, MA Posts: 10	Re: Go Pro cameras Regarding the F.O.V. choices (I apologize if anyone said this already, I just skimmed the thread). The medium and narrow angle options merely crop the footage so there is a big price to pay in resolution. That said, on the medium setting it is a decent trade off because although you lose pixels it is before the compression (at 17Mbps), so you get less resolution but you don't have to magnify the compression artifacts by cropping during the edit. This wedding trailer has two gopro hero 2 shots mixed with footage from HMC150, HMC40 and Canon T2i (550d). Kayla & Mike's Wedding Trailer on Vimeo

June 19th, 2012, 10:16 PM	#33
Erick Perdomo Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 139	Re: Go Pro cameras Hi Art...nice video there...how many shots did you take with the GOPRO Hero 2? are all the extreme wide shots taken with the Hero 2? What did you use to shoot the main wedding? It looks so clean and lively. I just started using a Canon XF300 for my weddings but I mix footage taken with a Canon T3i. I'm wondering if a HERO 2 would add a new dimension/feeling to my videos.. thanks Erick __________________ http://www.fandangovideo.com Canon C100 mark 2, Canon XF300 & XF100, Canon 90D, Sony a6400,Ronin S etc etc

June 20th, 2012, 01:26 AM	#34
Peter Riding Major Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Reading Berkshire UK Posts: 872	Re: Go Pro cameras Looks to me like the Go Pro suction Cup is identical to the Delkin ones...though of course there is only one of them... I've now received my GoPro complete with the suction cup. It is not identical to the Delkin ones. The GoPro one has a proprietory join with which to attach the camera, no doubt specially made to withstand the pressures that this apparatus encounters. You can however attach the GoPro tripod adapter to the GoPro suction cup arm and it then has a 1/4"20 female socket and can be used in any of the usual ways n.b. stick it on a lightstand / magic arm / tabletop tripod etc. The Delkin already has a 1/4"20 male adapter so you can use it straight into the GoPro tripod adapter. You could modify a GoPro tripod adapter by fixing your own extra long piece of 1/4"20 into its female socket so as to change its gender from female to male. http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/tripod-mount/ The Delkin is a longer bracket and rather more configurable than the GoPro in addition to having two suction cups - which themselves can be set at different angles such as those found on a sloping metal vehicle body. It is more configurable than its Delkin brother the Gator, which really needs a small ball and socket head for maximum wiggle room: Fat Gecko "Gator" Clamp Camera Mount Pete

June 20th, 2012, 07:25 AM	#36
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Re: Go Pro cameras For those DIY guys You can make a brilliant suction cup device (two actually) by going to your auto spares shop and buying a "dent puller" ..Mine cost $15.00 and the two cups can hold at least 100kg!!! I have a car windshield rig using the twin cups that holds my 8lb cameras quite safely so they will hold a GoPro!!! The GoPro one is rated for aircraft use up to 200MPH!!! That's one tough sucker!! Chris

June 20th, 2012, 11:44 PM	#37
Evan Bourcier Major Player Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Mashpee, MA Posts: 251	Re: Go Pro cameras I've been debating getting one recently, seen a few go cheap on craigslist. Cool for fun shots, doing some videos for a summer camp and stuff, but also nice to leave as discrete cameras, or easy time-lapse cameras. I was wondering if they were strictly auto cameras or if you had any control over white balance-fstop-so on. Loving seeing the examples of how you guys used them! That filling the glass shot if my favorite for sure. __________________ DSLR Photographer/Videographer from Massachusetts Portfolio at http://ebourcier.com

June 21st, 2012, 02:55 AM	#38
Renton Maclachlan Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,180	Re: Go Pro cameras Got mine today. Filmed a short video successfully onto 32GB SD card. Attempted to update firmware from 08-12-70 to 08-12-124. Repeatedly failed the update...saying I needed to install SD card. SD card is installed. Anyone else had this issue? (Like 'Jeb Corliss grinding the crack' with three Go Pro's on him. Don't think I'll try that...Anyone for filming a base jumping wedding? Would be over quick. Maybe the marriage would be also...) EDIT: Fixed by GoPro...very fast... Last edited by Renton Maclachlan; June 21st, 2012 at 04:19 AM.

June 24th, 2012, 12:24 AM	#41
Corey Graham Major Player Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Erie, PA Posts: 390	Re: Go Pro cameras Well hell . . . I just couldn't stand the pressure anymore and I bought one. At the rehearsal last night for the wedding I shot today, I simply had nowhere to place a camera in the back for a wide shot -- a tripod would have been in the way no matter where I put it, and there was nothing to clamp a magic arm to. So I decided this morning to run to Target and get the Hero 2, then went to Best Buy for the Wifi BacPac thing with the remote. Needless to say, I had very little time to charge and set everything up, as the wedding was an hour away. My experience was very positive, except for one big nuisance: the firmware updates. None of them have gone right. For the GoPro body itself, I had to resort to a manual upgrade, as the one through their proprietary software kept failing. Then, when I tried to update the Wifi BacPac, it simply froze mid-update. I ran out of time to mess with it, and just left the BacPac and remote at home. I'm impressed with the results. For a tiny camera that I suction onto a wall, this is simply amazing. I don't know how well it will mix with my HMC40's, but I'll make it work. I attached a screen grab. I love the wide angle, nearly fisheye look. With some noise reduction and levels correction, I think it will turn out pretty decent. And yes, that's my weird head in the bottom right corner with the camera. Attached Thumbnails __________________ http://coreygraham.me http://coreygrahamweddings.com

June 24th, 2012, 02:31 AM	#42
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Re: Go Pro cameras Hi Corey They are good aren't they... I like the fact that you have nothing to lose running a hero and a lot to gain!! I don't shoot at the very wide angle but the middle one (I think it's 127 degrees???) Yeah I have had stuff in the shot that I never realised the very wide angle would get to but it still doesn't detract from the overall shot! I'm shooting weddings on two HMC82's which are basically HMC40's in a shoulder mount and XLR audio and the Hero mixes in very well!! (I gave up on the new AC-130..just didn't cut it for weddings!!) In Summer, watch out for fogging on the GoPro if you use the waterproof case!! I had a few outdoor weddings where the case fogged up so I bought a skeleton case with the open sides, and just to make sure I take off the front dome so the camera can breathe! Never had an issue in Churches but outdoors might be an issue as I run mine from way before the ceremony..then do the briidal congrats and only then get back to turn the Hero off so it sometimes runs for nearly 2 hours!!! John Knight uses the camera inside the limo too..I haven't tried that but there are dozens of innovation uses for it!! Chris

June 24th, 2012, 02:42 AM	#43
Renton Maclachlan Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,180	Re: Go Pro cameras Used mine yesterday at an outfit called Adrenaline Forest where you climb around on all sorts of scary wire bridges and heaps of flying foxes up to about 30m off the ground...used the head harness...turned out great. Didn't have it on wide screen unfortunately, and the battery ran out after about one and a half hours...will get a battery bacpac...also need some stuff on the lens to disperse droplets... it rained a bit...just great not to have to worry about water... Then this morning filmed two of my daughters finishing a 10km fun run with it...and took stills of them together after. I like it...

June 29th, 2012, 07:36 AM	#44
George Kilroy Major Player Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Midlands UK Posts: 699	Re: Go Pro cameras Do the UK models shoot at 50p? All the information I've seen seems to indicates they shoot at 60p. If so how do UK users find it mixes in with 50p footage?

June 29th, 2012, 08:01 AM	#45
Peter Riding Major Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Reading Berkshire UK Posts: 872	Re: Go Pro cameras George, one of the menu options is 1080p 25 PAL Just download the manual from the GoPro site. There's not much to know - unlike most cams :- ) Pete