So today I was trying to use a gen1 gopro to film abit of fingerboarding and I have to say its not very good for filming close up, does anyone else use this same gopro with any luck or is it not worth the trouble?? I have other camera's but not really any special cameras .. . One other one that films in macro :/

Any input, thanks.



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plenty of people use gopros, you just gotta find the right angle

i film with a go pro. But i use the hero 2

I also use the second edition.
I find its purely finding angles and the use of lighting.
Play about with it and you'll get into it.

I did and found a few shots that i like, but it is choppy in slowmo and blurred because its the 1st gen GP with only like 5 megapixels... I think i could shoot better video with the web cam lol


Anyone know of a good free vid editor for win7? CS4 is not matching codec for gopro... lame

I heard Cyberlink power director 10 was good, if I remember correctly?

GunnerBoser wrote:

I heard Cyberlink power director 10 was good, if I remember correctly?

Never heard of that one (I'll check it out), I just DLed win7 movie maker... It'll do what I need it to... I'm not filming the next terminator or anything lol thanks for the help guys, I'm gonna drop the coin for a hero3 sooner or later :/

Also if you are shooting with the hero or the hero 2 deffinitly get an lcd screen.
Using a cam without a screen is sooooo weird

Standard 1st gen. doesnt have LCD option that I know of.

Ok, I found this out with my hero 2

If you adjust the FPS to very high, you will lose a little video quality, but the actual "choppiness"

your talking about will go away! Try it!

Dude I have a hero1, I have no problems with it. and yes it does have an LCD option. You have to buy the LCD thing though.
And CyberLink PowerDirectioner isnt free, its just a trial.
I think your best bets with a full free editor is movie maker or video pad, I wouldnt risk hacking any editing software.

JakeC wrote:

Dude I have a hero1, I have no problems with it. and yes it does have an LCD option. You have to buy the LCD thing though.
And CyberLink PowerDirectioner isnt free, its just a trial.
I think your best bets with a full free editor is movie maker or video pad, I wouldnt risk hacking any editing software.

This one doesnt have an option to change fps this is the original gopro not h2 or HD... -__-

I ended up going with movie maker 7 just because it works and is free, I have adobe premier but it just doesnt want to work for me hahaha

You mean the GoPro Hero, or the prehistoric gopros?