Testing out the GoPro HD Hero2

[bedarda]

I purchased the GoPro HD Hero2 Motorsports Edition (HumbleOutdoors $270 w/free extra battery).

Amazing device, I use it with my Mountainbike in the hills of Northwest Connecticut. The clarity is stunning.

[mrgreengimp]

Your shadow keeps trying to catch up to you lol = )

[unseamedcandy5]

the gopro 2 has good video in low light

[cookie8028]

Hey, thanks for posting, but i would be great if you cut the part out in the start where your just holding still :)

[tihon84]

I can't see the point to change my hd 1 to hd2... Unfortunately

[HBPhotography26]

@tihon84 it's really the finer details like having super wide angle at 1080 or the higher frames for super slow mo it's really what you prefer if your into editing and getting the best picture or simply the hole versatile GoPro and just getting the footage out there

HD Hero 2 = People who want to get the better Picture

HD Hero 1 = People who want to get the picture :)

[laughingcrows]

Hey, thanks for posting. Question: what's with that glare ring or reflection on the bottom? Or is that coming from your bike's light?

[bogdi1988]

@laughingcrows that's the edge of the bike

[LinoSacman]

I also just got my GoPro HD Hero2 from Best Buy just 2 days ago. But when I tried it in the car driving at night it did okay but didn't look anywhere near as good as yours. This Hero2 is supposed to do really well in low light. Mine looked pretty grainy. Yours actually looks like pretty clear and not washout from light sources. What settings did you use? Guess I'll have to play around with mine more and try different settings and see if it get's better.

[bogdi1988]

@LinoSacman I used 1080p with 30fps. That's absolutely it. Used the sealed case. Stock settings pretty much. Uploaded raw video to youtube. No edit whatsoever.

[lovedavdubs]

WOW! If this were filmed with my HD wide GoPro you wouldn't see anything in that low light. They did a good job with the new one! Thanks for posting.

[dirtypages]

@sevenoh9 Thanks! Mic input is interesting, some of GoPro's competitors have that.

[matthys101]

its called editing dude..

try it some time..

[dirtypages]

@matthys101 Look at the title, it says TESTING. And this was probably the first video with that cam on youtube. For potential buyers more interesting when unedited.

[bogdi1988]

@matthys101 you know... that's why everybody is allowed to update what hey want and they can 'edit' it as they want. if i want to upload a raw video, i will... don't think you should go telling people what to do or how to do their videos.

[Glebun23]

@bogdi1988 right, but if you upload it for the world to see, be open to critic man, rly

[bogdi1988]

@Glebun23 eh.. w/e. could care less

[RedGreen1284]

@matthys101 Oh the trolls. Their diet consists only of insults and self righteousness.

[mumak147]

If you wanna try HD vid or higher FPS rates .. better look on class 10 ... SanDisk, Kingston, Sony, Panasonic ... its not important ... better buy class 10, may more and you can use it in future, too

[6004billabong]

is it really only compatible with windows 7? i was just gonna get one but i have xp pro :' (

[bogdi1988]

@6004billabong dunno... running it on a mac... and really, you shouldn't care. get the SD card out of the camera and just plug it in the PC

[6004billabong]

@bogdi1988 alright ill do that thanks for your advice!

[baita83]

still noisy but much better then the gen 1

[YoToVids]

What sd cards are you using with it? i am thinking of buying a kingston class 10 g2 16gb card but im not sure if that one will work with it

[bogdi1988]

@YoToVids Using a crappy el-cheapo 32GB class 6 card. Works great! Don't worry about brand...

[coreyjalverson]

@bogdi1988 False. GoPro has said that Kingston cards work best with the cameras and it has been proven that some cards don't work at all. A class 10 card is required for (10 photo's every second) time-lapse.

[TnlVsnMedia]

@coreyjalverson if thats true then why would gopro themselves sell sandisk? ..just saying

[Pretender6996]

@YoToVids According specs, you only needs SDHC class4 or better, don't worry about anything else

[mikimura]

Thank you for this short video! Luck mine don't bought before. Now I'll wait until come to Brazil.

[rsmelser]

hell of a lot better than it was

[dirtypages]

Interesting.

Can you say anything about the cam's specs?

[bogdi1988]

@dirtypages Only difference i see between this and the last GoPro HD Hero is the resolution of the pictures it takes. I think this has a bigger sensor so it takes 11MP pictures instead of the 5MP the old GoPro could take.

[dirtypages]

@bogdi1988 Thanks! Meanwhile I have read that the cam has an 120fps WVGA mode. The old cam had max. 60 fps, I guess.

That's pretty nice. I like very much slow motion stuff!

[bogdi1988]

@dirtypages Yup! Best Buy has it in stock right now :)

[artattech]

@bogdi1988 Low light performance is obvious as seen on your video as well: