Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Just to add further; while you can obviously get better and better powered mic's, there's not a lot of point going too far, as the audio recording side of the GoPro is only average. It was only really designed for a bit of background atmospherics and a few shouts and screams from the person wearing the camera as they did ever more extreme sports! Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Just been to Costco and got a a 32gb scandisk class 10 card for £25. More than eBay but atleast it's genuine eBay is packed to the gunnels with fake Sandisk (and others) cards. Which are, in honesty, often OK for basic file transfer or use in basic cameras. Not on a GoPro though at high res/frame rates. Quote
Ciprian Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Those reviews on amazon for the mic are not really good init? Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Wouldn't know, I went off the advice of a load of pro video makers, haven't read them. Hang on, I'll have a look. Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Those reviews on amazon for the mic are not really good init? Average is four stars, is that not OK? If you're expecting. Road cast quality recording of ANY mic attached to a GoPro, you may be disappointed. The response available is something like 150 - 15,000 Hz and audio encoding codecs just aren't designed for that! The same pros that recommend the AT's will also be the first to point out that if you want really high quality audio, you'll really need to do what they do and use a sepperate audio recorder, just like they do with their regular video camera footage and sync in post processing. For any one interested, the Zoom range seems to be consistently highly recommended for budget digital audio recorders. Though obviously, it'll be more costly than a mic! Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 If you want something a bit higher quality than a budget mic. the Sennheiser is apparently a good step up. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-ME-2-Microphone/dp/B004UNQ4US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343150977&sr=8-1 Quote
Terry Everall Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Summary required please for an IT numptie I want quality to be as good as Tim Nunns Blyton video Which camera do I need and what is price?including mounts etc I want remote control to start & stop but sound quality seems ok without external mount Quote
Andrew Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Summary required please for an IT numptie I want quality to be as good as Tim Nunns Blyton video Which camera do I need and what is price?including mounts etc I want remote control to start & stop but sound quality seems ok without external mount Terry, I wouldn't get too hung up on the remote control, as you can set the gopros up for single push button start and stop. Easy peasy. Agree about the mic too, the waterproof housing seems to pick up plenty of mechanical noise through the mount. Our camera is a couple of years old, it's a Gopro Hero wide I think. There are better ones about now. Did I say it was waterproof! Quote
JeffC Posted July 26, 2012 Author Posted July 26, 2012 mine came today from ebay seller just waiting on card from amazon Quote
JeffC Posted July 26, 2012 Author Posted July 26, 2012 this guy http://www.ebay.co.u...9#ht_500wt_1180 looks like he has sold 5 since i spoke to terry at 6.00 tonight he has only 3 left now. Quote
pete g Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 this is what i use and very pleased with results http://www.exeros-technologies.com/action-cameras/full-1080p-hd-camera Quote
KugaWestie Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 this guy http://www.ebay.co.u...9#ht_500wt_1180 looks like he has sold 5 since i spoke to terry at 6.00 tonight he has only 3 left now. Thanks I have a birthday coming up in just over a week and am telling everyone to give me cash............I hope he gets some more Quote
Rab (bombero) Reid Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Guys, I don't want to sound like a Doubting Thomas but if GoPro are stating that the rrp for the Hero2 Motorsports Edition is £299 and eBay sellers are flogging them at circa £200, am I missing something here?? The eBay ones are pucker non refurbished ones, I assume. I use eBay as an axample mind, as I know there are other online sellers selling around the same price. hen considering spending this kind of money, I want to make sure that I wouldn't be buying a lemon .. Quote
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