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pr4l
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I have the money, but should i buy the Gopro HD wide for some skiing? the videos look sick, but i know they do alot of editing. Any help or suggestions? thanks
Jul 27 2010 10:58PM
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Ducky.
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Best camera for the price, no doubt.
Jul 27 2010 11:04PM
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pr4l
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hows the audio? and is it easy to film with no screen?
Jul 27 2010 11:15PM
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family_vacation
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If you have to ask about audio, then it won't be good enough for you. And the screen is not as issue, it's wide enough that you'll never miss.
Jul 28 2010 3:45AM
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pr4l
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just wanna make sure my money is getting a quality camera. i dont really care about the audio as much as the video
Jul 28 2010 3:50AM
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Freshbakedbread
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Be carefull if you have a mac... I have a mac book pro and the go pro has major issues pluging into it. so i have to use a card reader which works fine, but the format i think m4v doesnt work on mac to well, Imovie will handle it but final cut express/pro wont accept it... And at least on mine, you have to take the battery out and put it back in to turn it on, and sometimes it will only record for 5 seconds.. Otherwise its a great camera with great footage, but a couple bugs, that for me, make it usless sometimes. I do plan on returning it and geting a new one however.
Jul 28 2010 12:01PM
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pr4l
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thanks for the heads up. ill be using it with a gateway with windows 7, have you heard anything buggy with that?
Jul 28 2010 1:26PM
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alexat955
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macbook pros have an sd card slot and the gopro records in mp4 which works really easily with final cut and mac in general. no offense but everything you said there technology wise was wrong
Jul 28 2010 5:09PM
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mmallender.
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that and you can import with imovie and then edit with fcp or whatever you plan to use for editing software? thats how i tend to import video in most cases anyways
Jul 28 2010 6:00PM
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MADDECENT
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no wmv format is windows, so you'll be fine. With the newer gopro HD's you'll be really happy.
Jul 29 2010 8:31PM
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pr4l
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really looking forward to the gopro!
Jul 30 2010 4:20AM
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roaklee
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hey man if you're looking for a camera i'm selling mine.
Jul 31 2010 11:47PM
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