GoPro camera

[MJ1657]

I'm considering getting a GoPro Black edition to mount in the dark house and to film some deer hunting trips. I also would use it for a dash camera in my semi.

I'm not real up on things like this but I've been doing some looking around. From what I am reading they do not have a zoom feature. I would think this would be a fairly important. How do they perform in low light conditions.

Anyone on here have one and how do you like it?

[Stick500]

since the main goal of the Go-Pro cameras is to capture view of the user you want a very wide angle lens which is what they have

if you were to wear the Go-Pro while you're doing sports, driving, etc. with the lens zoomed it wouldn't look right and would be awful jumpy

if you want to shoot close-ups, say for example deer, I think you'd be better off just getting a conventional video camera with a nice zoom

wish I would have had a Go-Pro about 30 years ago when I was doing all sorts of crazy action sports! I would have had a blast with it

[jkranz36]

I bought one last winter to leave in the spear hole to record some action but I didn't have the new one with the wifi on it. I couldn't leave it run very long because it takes such hi def video that the card would fill up too fast and I didn't have a way to turn it on and off. I just bought the wifi control for the hero 2 that you can control with your smart phone and it works really well. I can't wait to try it in the spear house. It seems to do pretty well in low light and down the spear hole from what little I have played with it.

[pushbutton]

They actually do perform really well in a confined setting like a dark/fish house. Better than most conventional cameras would. That wide angle Stick mentioned, lends itself well to this type shot; yes, a more conventional camera would zoom better, but almost too good and then miss a lot periphery. Think I got the silver, cant remember why, but was tentative to use phone app last winter though; am now gun shy of taking out my phone anywhere near an ice hole....lost one as well as a Wifi device within a couple months of each other....they seem to defy gravity when finding that hole, and yours would be a lot bigger They handle low light well, but you will still need some. For a little reference, this shot was taken a few nights ago with cloud cover....about five minutes after official sundown.

[jasonmichalski]

I use the action cam 5 by wild game inivasions it switches in to a infra red mode in low light, it was half The price I love it so far I can film hi def in pitch black out to about 30 yards.

[bassNspear]

MJ

I have the black edition with the wi fi remote and I love it. I use it for everything, and when I have it on my boat I have it on the console or motor.

im supper excited to see how it will work in the spear house.

[MJ1657]

MJ

I have the black edition with the wi fi remote and I love it. I use it for everything, and when I have it on my boat I have it on the console or motor.

im supper excited to see how it will work in the spear house.

I would like to use it to film Mollie shooting a deer and not sure how well that would work without a zoom feature. Just to be clear I want to film the deer not her.

[pushbutton]

This is probably not going to be a good option for a hunt, possibly archery, but unless you get close up....really close up .....your better off going with a more conventional zoom option.

[bassNspear]

i agree. without a zoom it would be hard

[jasonmichalski]

My cam has up to 4x zoom but I don't use it I have videoed bow hunts and it works just fin, but it's only 720p and the gopro is 1080p but that's why it was half the price and the infra red is a must for bow hunts that's why I didn't get a GoPro.

[MJ1657]

Thanks guys.

I think I'll hold off on that purchase.

[erikwells]

I coach my sons during wrestling season. I would like to buy one of these any suggestions on which one would work the best for me sitting on the edge of the mat?