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    New tiny gopro, way better for Paintball.

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/gopro-sh...87558?mod=e2fb

    Well, besides the fact it's still wide angle.
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    ... You can reduce the angle...
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    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.

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    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.

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    I have been leaning towards the new Garmin VIBR XE myself... seems like a good alternative.
    If there is another group of people outside of paintballers who will jump on a bandwagon faster than the speed of light - I have yet to meet them.

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    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.

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    I hate how GoPro threatens to sue people for negative reviews.

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by vijil View Post
    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 lenses

    http://www.replayxd.com/product/prime-x/

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    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

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