Pical
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I've been researching the GoPro Hero and have been keeping an eye on the GoPro website for the past few days. Over the weekend they announced the release of the GoPro Hero2 Professional and a reduction in the price of the GoPro Hero Naked.
The new GoPro Hero 2 only comes in 3 versions - and an "Underwater" version is notably missing. There is no "Naked" version of the new version - even though it has 2X sharpness and goes from 5 mega pixels to 11 mega pixels.
The FOV is increased as well...(we'll let them do their own marketing).
But the key message that I received as late as last week is that they are still working on the "flat port" option and that there is no ETA on that being available from the factory.
Thanks to this forum I understand that the after-market fix from Snake River Prototying is the best option in terms of engineering and options.
I'm not in any hurry - next drive trip is planned for January - so I'm hoping to hear from someone about whether the new 2 X sharpness of the GoPro Hero2 has any real effect on the blur underwater - or if the curved lens still needs correcting (my expectation).
regards, Pical
The new GoPro Hero 2 only comes in 3 versions - and an "Underwater" version is notably missing. There is no "Naked" version of the new version - even though it has 2X sharpness and goes from 5 mega pixels to 11 mega pixels.
The FOV is increased as well...(we'll let them do their own marketing).
But the key message that I received as late as last week is that they are still working on the "flat port" option and that there is no ETA on that being available from the factory.
Thanks to this forum I understand that the after-market fix from Snake River Prototying is the best option in terms of engineering and options.
I'm not in any hurry - next drive trip is planned for January - so I'm hoping to hear from someone about whether the new 2 X sharpness of the GoPro Hero2 has any real effect on the blur underwater - or if the curved lens still needs correcting (my expectation).
regards, Pical