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Do GoPro cameras take good quality?
I'm thinking of getting one for my riding. I'm replace my little Flip camera which has worked... ok? I'd like to get a better camera but since the GoPro's are built for getting a little beat up on, I was thinking it might work for me. I've never used one before, do they take decent quality?
Can you zoom in and out with them? I mean, sure it'd be cool to strap it onto my helmet but could I also stand in on the sides and film? Would I be better off with a normal video camera?
I just don't want to buy one and find out it doesn't have what I need or that it takes crappy quality.
1 Answer
- Little DogLv 77 years ago
Riding what?
No zoom on current GoPro cameras.
Define "decent quality". The "normal" field of view is 120 degrees. There is a fisheye effect. This is so the person using the action cam does not have to "aim it". Just point it in the general direction and a lot of the action will be captured. The other field of view option is 170 degrees so the fisheye effect is more pronounced.
When used for what they were designed for - action cams, relatively close to the subject or for picking up fast frame rate for slow motion playback, under good lighting conditions, they can capture decent video. As a general use, non-fisheye, regular camcorder, I would not suggest any action cam and would suggest a Canon HF R500... I am not aware of any "normal" camcorder that can behave well as an action cam - and I don't know of any action cam that can double as a "normal" camcorder.
