http://www.wsj.com/articles/gopro-sh...87558?mod=e2fb
Well, besides the fact it's still wide angle.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/gopro-sh...87558?mod=e2fb
Well, besides the fact it's still wide angle.
... You can reduce the angle...
By how much though? I've been avoiding action cams because they typically don't go below 90 degrees without third party lenses which typically aren't built for paintball hits.
I was all excited about the Hero4 Session untill I read that it doesn't have removable batteries. I am still on the hunt for something tiny and sleek like the Contour but with a removable battery.
I have been leaning towards the new Garmin VIBR XE myself... seems like a good alternative.
I hate how GoPro and apparently that Garmin VIBR XE state their FoV as abstract description instead of actual degree.. it doesn't really tell anything and makes comparison that much harder.
I hate how GoPro threatens to sue people for negative reviews.
If the replay XD had wifi and a nice tight FOV (ie adjustable down to 45 or something) I'd be all over it... but alas.
Right now the only way to get the features I want in an action camera is to speed endless moneys on a blackmagic micro... and that can't take hits :(
Prime X has wifi (at least for iOS/android app). Adjustability stops to 70 degrees though. I guess you could get to that by external lensesQuote:
Originally Posted by vijil
http://www.replayxd.com/product/prime-x/
a nice cheap alternative to the session is the Polaroid cube + (has wifi and better camera) only $150! Looks like gopro copied the original cube with the session anyway!
http://www.polaroid.com/products/cub...-action-camera
Would be nicer to have some more mounts available for it though
Better camera may well be subjective, but the Cube+ has crazy aliasing in low light. We tried one as a smaller GoPro alternative, seeing as the project we were working on at the time was a web delivery with only a 720p master, but the Cube+ gave us such bad results on set we ditched it really early. In bright sunlight, the Cube+ will be as good as the Hero 4 Session I think, but having not tested, I can't say for sure.
I'm very interested how the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera (BMMCC - they need a better naming system) will turn out. The fact that it has a global shutter excites me a bit, but I have yet to find a good MFT lens that I'd be willing to put in a crash cam situation. Anyone have any recommendations?
Been using a Cube since before their release last fall. Will agree in low light is does not meet any GoPro standards but seriously was impressed with the Underwater ability of the Cube going directly against the GOPro. It deals with underwater light much better than the GoPro.Quote:
Originally Posted by deaallen
I will try to do a mash up of paintball videos from the CUBE and also throw together a underwater video so folks can see.
Here is a pump practice from CFP last season before Cup. http://youtu.be/AF1Hj_46M7A
A short clip from Simon's booth at Cup http://youtu.be/Alp6LGyaQdM