Why Buy A Go-Pro?

[sodthisforfun]

Why spend thousands on a Canon DSLR when you could buy a polaroid instant?

I take your point about being vein but it only goes so far. Almost as good but never will be as good, you said it yourself.

I suppose that the ordinary joe isn't that bothered by colour balance?

 

[SammyInnit]

I suppose that the ordinary joe isn't that bothered by colour balance?

I would be when it looks like ****e.

 

[sodthisforfun]

I would be when it looks like ****e.

But that's because you do it for a living and that's understandable! Most people are just happy to have a fairly decent holiday snap don't you think?

 

[SammyInnit]

But that's because you do it for a living and that's understandable! Most people are just happy to have a fairly decent holiday snap don't you think?

I don't. I work in construction.

 

[sodthisforfun]

I don't. I work in construction.

OK, apologies. Presumed because you mentioned monitors, videos etc.

 

[motorbiking]

I have one of the older black editions and its been great. I also have an old 808 spy cam (found as a result of one of tech moan's vids) and that too was brilliant. The go pro was 10 x the price, but the spy cam was easily attached to a helmet via velcro.

My mrs is a photographer and a few years back she upgraded her 450d and bough a canon 7d. We though the quality was amazing, then last year she bought a 5dM4 and the quality is significantly better. You just don't know "good" until you see it, then you can't go back.

GoPros are good, reliable and the image processing seems to be way better than you'd expect given the sensor size.

 

[mattylad]

I was happy with most of the pics from the other camera too.
I want to record what happens, not necessarily what shade of a colour it is, that camera had clear enough images for me.
While the gopro may be the better one, with the price difference I can certainly do something else with the savings Id make buying the cheaper one.