Contour camera vs. Go proHD2, which to buy?
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I have the gopro and love it!! Only used it fishing a couple of times, but got great underwater footage. For snorkeling they just came out with a dive housing which will make underwater filming even better. Also the new wifi backpack is great to use as a remote unit. Get the gopro you will not be sorry.
I’ve shot with a GoPro Hero and Hero2 a number of times. A client of mine has an army of small POV cameras consisting of GoPro and RePlay camera models.
The GoPro with the “backpack” viewfinder is great because you can actually frame up your shot. You have the option between different field of views (very wide and super wide basically). You can easily take photos with it, do time lapse or shoot video. You can have multiple batteries to keep the camera running over the course of a day. The downside is, it is easy to switch modes, the menu navigation sucks, and sometimes the buttons don’t respond too well (inside and out of the waterproof case). The Hero2 has better image quality than its predecessor, but it will still struggle in less than perfect (i.e. bright) lighting conditions. The waterproof case is pretty tough, we sheared one off the side of a Suzuki GSX-R1000 on a racetrack and it held up. There was a deep gash but still sealed and was functional. Too bad the damn card had filled up before that happened, it would have made for some awesome footage!
The other POV camera system that I have experience with is the Replay XD1080. It’s a great camera, small, light and easy to use. It’s field of view isn’t as wide as the GoPro, and it doesn’t get that weird fish eye distortion. Overall it seems to produce a much higher image quality than the GoPro (you can hook it up to a computer and change the bitrate and other settings in a text file). The main downside is that I don’t think they are waterproof. Splash and Water Resistant yes, but I’m not sure if you can submerge it. Also, it runs on one internal battery, so once it’s dead, you have to recharge the camera. Oh and they don’t have a monitor option (yet). I believe both manufacturers are working on a blue tooth and wifi option to allow you to control record functions and monitor video from mobile devices and computers. I’ve got a feeling that’ll kill batteries pretty quickly.
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