work wants to get me a go pro so that i can film the MTB trail inspections i do. ive used one before but not owned one (so didnt get a chance to play with it to see what it could do). Like everything there are lots of options, the Hero 6 is pout due to cost so what would the best of the other models to go for.
cheers
Argos were selling the 5 session for £129 a couple of weeks ago and others were price matching.Our daughter has used one for quite a while in practice so that she can look back at the different lines for race day. Not sure if it helps her but a lot of the competitors do it.
The one that fills our budget with a spare battery and extra card,some kind of stick to hold it with (I use the dive one) and maybe a tripod or gorrila pod thing. Anything over the 4 will give you static footage that is better than you will ever need
I bought a Session 5 from Argos when they were on special offer. Super little camera.
Jessops are still selling them for £139
From what I’ve read, GoPro have discontinued the Session in favour of a less well equipped Hero as their base model, so if you want a quality tiny camera with 4K recording you best get in quick.
cheers all the 5 it is...
Maybe get them to spring for a gimbal too to demonstrate the trail without any shakiness, you can get a gimbal for £120 delivered these days
Argos have put the Session 5 back up to £199 but it looks as if Jessops are still doing them for £139 as Akers points out (£149.99 at Currys & Halfords and £147 from Amazon).
The only problem with the session is the lack of screen and fixed battery. No screen means unless you use your phone as a viewfinder it may be hit and miss what you are recording depending how you mount it or point it . The lack of swappable battery means you are limited to about an hour of recording.
Also it may be fixed in firmware now but if you have Wi-Fi turned on it would turn itself back on after being turned off which was irritating to discover it had a flat battery again.
whats a gimbal?
It’s like those things on boats where the compass used to be mounted so it would always stay horizontal.
It stops you getting the side to side swing so the video footage is more smooth.
If you record your rides there actually not that nice to watch due to the shaking 🙂