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10-24-2012, 03:58 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PA
Posts: 39,074
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GoPro HD Hero 1 quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQVKN...ature=youtu.be
Video I took today above. make sure you set it to 1080P in youtube.
used the 1080P setting. this doesn't look like 1080P to me...
all my videos look like crap to me. No way am I getting 1080P or anything close to what you see from GoPro's site.
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10-24-2012, 04:43 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Bronx, NY
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Yeah, it's definitely HD, but lacks sharpness. Kind of like it's unfocused a little bit and really noisy.
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10-24-2012, 06:30 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PA
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well i sent them an email about it. see what they say...
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10-24-2012, 09:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bay Area,Ca
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When you look at the original, raw footage... does it look the same?
Whatever program you used to export to youtube might have shittified the video a bit.
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10-27-2012, 09:26 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CuriousMike
When you look at the original, raw footage... does it look the same?
Whatever program you used to export to youtube might have shittified the video a bit.
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nope, looks the same to me
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10-27-2012, 12:01 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 12,332
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You just need more dramatic scenery and music.
I have a goPro1 and the quality leaves a bit to be desired, but when you are trying to get sports shots, etc. the goPro shines because of how it's built and setup.
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10-31-2012, 08:26 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PA
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Response from GoPro:
Fortunately, there doesnīt seem to be anything wrong with your camera, the truth is that our media team, who are the guys that work on the videos we make are professionals and very skilled video editing tecs, we use some of the best editing softwares possible and put in the hands of the best guys we can get, so unless you have knowledge when it comes to post-editing videos and using the more complex softwares, there really isnīt much you or us can do.
After watching the video you posted, it seems to be within the expected qualities made for the camera.
I knew the videos on their site were too good to be true.
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11-05-2012, 08:42 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
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yeah, i agree it,Yeah, it's definitely HD, but lacks sharpness. Kind of like it's unfocused a little bit .thanks 
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11-05-2012, 09:49 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Michigan
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On a side note OP, if you wanted to upgrade you can get the Hero2 for $200 at most online vendors these days. Quality is the same as the middle of the pack Hero3.
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11-06-2012, 03:55 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Portland, OR
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I really only use the 720p/60 fps option, it looks much more fluid and overall better than the 1080p setting (30 fps) on GP1
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11-07-2012, 01:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Fullerton, CA
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Heck, you can get the new Hero3 white model for $199 new
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11-09-2012, 07:33 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 6,026
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You can always go with a Contour camera instead.
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11-10-2012, 09:42 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: ATX
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That is a very busy scene for the bitrate the GoPro uses. I get a ton of blocking on fast motion video, but with the fisheye lens the subject always seems to come in pretty sharp. Good lighting seems to be the only limitation I have faced.
The camera has a purpose and it does very well at what it is designed to do. A wide shot of a million leaves that is completely static isn't that.
Here is a vid from two summers ago shortly after I got my GoPro. We were just playing around with it, not sure how the footage would come out. I think despite the general boringness of the video it illustrates pretty well what the camera is capable of and useful for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEWhp5EZrZM
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