The hidden costs of an action camera(?)

[Snakeeyes75]

^^ That's my only issue aswell! I have the GoPro 4 Silver (Superb) but 1: the correct SD card is going to cost £60+ so I went for the Samsung Evo which will still allow me to film at 1080 but at a lower fps rate. 2: each video file is about 20-30gb so drive space is definately worth thinking about! After i've edited it all down to a 5/10 minute file I save at about 1gb then dump the original file. Gopro studio is great as there's plenty on YT tutorials and if you call gopro they're "Super helpful"...

 

[Sacarathe]

http://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/gopro-4-memory-card-recommended

^^ That's my only issue aswell! I have the GoPro 4 Silver (Superb) but 1: the correct SD card is going to cost £60+ so I went for the Samsung Evo which will still allow me to film at 1080 but at a lower fps rate. 2: each video file is about 20-30gb so drive space is definately worth thinking about! After i've edited it all down to a 5/10 minute file I save at about 1gb then dump the original file. Gopro studio is great as there's plenty on YT tutorials and if you call gopro they're "Super helpful"...

Click to shrink...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N98QLRQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00 (it was £33 when I got it last week)

I got this, was able to record at 1080 (not wide) @ 120.

As it is I have a pc with loads of storage, but that storage is not it's C drive either.

 

[Sacarathe]

https://gopro.com/support/articles/why-are-the-files-converted-with-gopro-studio-larger-than-the-original

Files are compressed around 10:1

 

[Snakeeyes75]

http://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/gopro-4-memory-card-recommended

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N98QLRQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00 (it was £33 when I got it last week)

I got this, was able to record at 1080 (not wide) @ 120.

As it is I have a pc with loads of storage, but that storage is not it's C drive either.

Click to shrink...

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Didn't realize it was that price now! It was £65 back in January.

 

[Sacarathe]

Looks like it changes a lot.

 

[deacon]

a friend posted this on facebook the other week,

http://action-cam-pro.com/mini-cam-pro-promotion/ this is only the 720p model, if you want the 1080p you can 'upgrade' to that when checking out, I think it was around £19 extra, also once you have checked out you get sent a link for half prices accessories (bike mounts, batteries etc).

I bought the 720p one for when I am riding my bike, it has arrived and looks good. I haven't had a chance to use it and check the footage but there is a couple of reviews for them on the web (http://road.cc/content/review/94595-chilli-technology-mini-cam-pro-hd-720p-sports-action-camera)

Companies facebook page as well (https://www.facebook.com/ChilliTechnology) - I did a lot of checking them out as I didn't believe the offer at first.

 

[Ignitor]

I have the SJ400 its very good, However if it gets hit in the lens protector it breaks. I got my one off ebay for 45 pounds, 70 sounds a bit expensive, make sure you are not being ripped off.

 

[PT247]

The Mobius actioncams have replaceable lenses, got a 25mm one (6 x zoom, fixed focus lens) off ebay for around £15 so if it gets shot, I can just replace the lens