gopro freefall from 12500 without case

bumped my head on the door frame on exit unclasping the latch on the box. The camera popped out on exit at 12.500 and fell straight down onto the landing area at the DZ and was recovered by a fellow skydiver. It even caught our landings. Not one scratch on the body or lens. Still can't believe that I got it back and that it is totally fine. A buddy the same day who is one of our camera flyers had the same thing happen but with his SLR....not the same result. I'm definitely a gopro fan for life these little guys are bomb proof

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[martialart23]

Morgan - it was still on my helmet. The latch was popped open and the back door opened letting the camera fall out.

[wujitsu77uusi]

Dont do that to nokia phone!!

[Nervouspie pie]

You need a kick in the balls.

[masonexcell]

Wow it didn't break!

[martin johnson]

Lucky guy....tough camera

[MrMgoodman6]

This makes me dizzy

[Robert Toompuu]

is it fake or not

[ThePyrosteve]

Beautiful

[Julius Danielsson]

The earth would fucking explode

[CostasAthan]

Well, I calculated the average speed of the camera. The speed at the moment of the impact is greater than the average speed, but it is harder to calculate it. (You have to know the air resistance in order to do so.)

But the average speed gives an indication that the instantaneous speed isn't extremely high (like over 1,000 kph as mentioned by other comments).

[Byron Mejia]

Thank you, for writing the correct measurements and calculations. That other comment made me cry. 

[upigoku]

oh fuck !! did your camera get damaged ?? or was your lens damaged ??