GoPro announced its
1080p HD Hero Wide helmet cam earlier this year, back when people were jumping off of high things and speeding around other things whilst wearing helmets. Now the summer adventure season is drawing to a close, the winter one is starting to develop, and the company has released a series of high-def, high-adrenaline clips to show what that camera can do -- most filmed when the days were still long and the sun still high. Sadly the videos are not embeddable, but click on that read link for your morning dose of speed. The company has also released a good bit of information about the cam, that it's 30fps at the full 1080p or an optional 60fps mode at 720p. 720p footage is recorded at a particularly wide 170 degrees, while 1080p footage is slightly less wide (though still rather broad) 127. Also, the company promises that the microphone will actually be usable at speed, a rarity in this sort of device. It's all slated to ship this fall, and we look forward to putting one through its paces then.
posted Sep 29th 2009 8:51AM
Umm, 40% of the picture is helmet. Doesn't seem like a wise use of wide-screen format.
As a kart racer that actually uses one, this camera is awesome. For the price it beats anything else on the market. Actually, its video quality is so well received that the FIA-CIK (european and kind of world governance over all motorsports) mandated all karts have one on their nose cones to watch for excessive pushing during races.
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This looks pretty damn good for ~$300, which is the camera and one mounting system. If above had actually looked at the link - there are regular and wide lens options.
Is it wrong for me to wish that Felipe Massa had one of these in Hungary?
I can tell you all for sure this camera is the best of the best. There isn't anything like it out there especially that small, that good and at that price!
I got the chance to see all this plus additional footage at the Interbike convention last week. I was also fortunate enough to win a camera! Now I have to wait until November for it to ship, oooh the anticipation is killing me!
I'm stoked because up to this point I've been using a Flip camera. The Flip is okay but the GoPro HD Hero is in an entirely different universe!
Here is a video from Interbike last week with CEO and founder Nicholas Woodman showing the public the NEW GoPro HD Hero for the first time! The video was recorded with a Flip camera so excuse the quality.
Link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cPlpP-A_28
Have a great day everyone!
Echo Roberson
Women's Cycling Magazine
Co-Founder and Art Director