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Category: GoPro & Other Action Cameras (Page 13 of 18)

Mount Star GoPro Mounts

Using a GoPro can mean that your camera angles are pretty much the same – from the helmet or from your boat. Sometimes the best shots are those that rely on the camera being on the bank, on a bridge or on a paddle. But at the same time you don’t want to be hauling a great pile of kit that takes ages to set up. In my boat a carry a small GoPro roll bag that contains a few bits and bobs for my GoPro while I am on the river. This includes spare cards, battery and a gorilla pod. Small tripods are super useful but you need a way of attaching your GoPro camera to them.

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Image above shows the Mount Star mount rigged up as part of a zip line wire system.

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GoPro Hero3 Drought Breaker – Flood Kayaking in the Kaimai Ranges, NZ

Ben Brown took part in the Unsponsored Q&A series a little while back. Check out his Q&A here.

GoPro Hero 3 – Freeze, Crashing Problem

I own a couple of GoPro Hero 3’s including Black and Silver editions. All have been updated with the latest firmware. I always format the card and take one photo before using auto update on the GoPro support site. Not following the instructions to the letter can lead to your GoPro not being updated correctly/fully.

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GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition White Balance

I had the GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition out again today. The weather was pretty challenging with bright sunshine, water and dark shadows. The one element that seems to have really freaked the white balance out is the colour of the Jackson Karma kayak I was paddling. I little bit of auto tuning as brought the images closer to actual conditions.

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GoPro Hero 3 – Black Edition

The following images were taken yesterday with a GoPro Hero 3 – Black edition. Micro SD card is a 64GB Sandisk. Image quality set at 12MP and spot metering was switched on. Images taken every second! Continue reading

GoPro On Sportpursuit

Sportpursuit have GoPro HD2s with a 8GB SD card for just over £190.

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Waterproof kit from Aquapac is also listed along with quite a few other pretty good deals.

Another Day Out In The Wavesport Recon 93

I had another chance to take my Wavesport Recon 93 out for a spin at the Tees Barrage International White Water Course.

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New Kit In For Test

I’m currently working my way through a number of reviews. I reckon I have around 27 or so on the go at the minute.

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Some to look forward to:

Jackson Karma
Zet Raptor
Zet Director
Giottos Vitruvian Tripod
GoPro Hero 3 White Edition
Black Rapid Sport 2 Camera Strap
Mount Star GoPro mount
Sweet Rocker 2013
Palm Torrent 2013

GoPro – The Right And Wrong

The GoPro series of cameras are superb, small robust and not too expensive. It is now so easy to knock together a short video or your paddling and share it with the world. Anyone can do it and quite alot do. That is where the problem starts. It is really easy to get a video that looks like all the other kayaking videos that end up on youtube, vimeo and Facebook early each week.

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Which Is The Best GoPro?

My Gopro Hero 3 Black edition arrived in the UK a couple of weeks ago. The form factor will be familiar to all who have seen or already own the white or silver editions.

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Looking at the different cameras (I have silver and black editions) the “3” within Hero3 is coloured to match the cameras edition. That is the Black edition 3 is black and the Silver Editions 3 is silver etc. But what really makes the white, silver and black editions different to one another is what goes on inside. Continue reading

GoPro LCD Touch Screen Bacpac – First Look

The LCD BacPac is designed to give extra functionality to the GoPro series of cameras. This includes the Black, Silver and White 3 series cameras and the Hero and Hero 2 cameras (but without the touch screen functionality).

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The LCD BacPac is a small unit that clips onto the back of a camera and is powered from the camera itself. It allows you to edit the cameras settings, frame your shots and replay video.

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Modified GoPro Leash System

I’ve been using a leash on my GoPros since I first started to use the cameras for boating. I have been well aware that if knocked off my boat or helmet that the backdoor of the GoPro will be put under a great deal of stress.

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This week I made another leash and add a half-hitch around the thumbscrew. All things being well this should help take the impact load if the leash is ever need.

More GoPro stuff can be found here.

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