GO PRO CAMERA TIPS.

[HuntandFish]

I have been following this thread and was curiouser what you guys that use them set your settings to for action type activities, like white water rafting, dirt biking etc.

1080 sounds like the recommended one, but it looks like those in the know set it lower...960 or 780 (I think those are my options anyway). But does that decrease my video quality and make it grainy? Also, pro tune on it off?

Thanks for any responses!
H&F

[Boss .300 winmag]

780 is what a friend uses when he videos us on motorcycle rides, and I saw that as a recommended speed some where else to for cation videos.

Costco has the 64 GB SD card on sale now for $50 after rebate, it's for photos and recording video in use in the GoPro Silver addition. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

Costco one on sale.

[Big D]

My son and I have several gopros between us. I find a lot of enjoyment in building different kinds of mounts for them and taking different kinds of shots. Here's a mount I've been working on for trolling behind the boat trying to catch some sockeye hits next summer:

[Big D]

We also strapped a gopro to the bottom for my son’s RC helicopter and flew around my property for some aerial shots. There's lots of info on youtube.

[h20hunter]

I have some underwater stuff with my GoPro as well. You can find the clips by searching my username and gopro.

[Fishstiq]

Pm sent wahunter about type you will need to do software upgrades, so you don't end up buying two.

And upgrades are already available.

Mind posting this info in the thread?  I bet more than a few folks will find it useful (including me)!!

[Boss .300 winmag]

If you go to the go pro web site it tells you there what you need.

http://gopro.com/support/product-updates-support

[Boss .300 winmag]

The SD card I posted from Costco meets the standard for be Silver edition go pro, just is a 30 speed card vs 45. So records a little slower.

[Fishstiq]

Boss, since it's a sandisk "ultra" and not "extreme", it's not recommended for the black edition though, correct?

[Smossy]

Boss, since it's a sandisk "ultra" and not "extreme", it's not recommended for the black edition though, correct?

As long as its a class 10. Almost all class 10's are suitable for Go Pros to atleast work efficiently.  Of course there's always better. SD cards can run up into the $100 dollar range.

[Fishstiq]

Gotcha.  My video has been kinda grainy and not great quality, I was wondering if it was because of a sub-par sd card.  I gotta make a costco run, maybe I'll grab a new sd card while I'm there.

[Smossy]

Gotcha.  My video has been kinda grainy and not great quality, I was wondering if it was because of a sub-par sd card.  I gotta make a costco run, maybe I'll grab a new sd card while I'm there.

What video mode are you running?

[Boss .300 winmag]

Boss, since it's a sandisk "ultra" and not "extreme", it's not recommended for the black edition though, correct?

No it's not, if you want to record to the standard that the black edition can do.

That card was the highest quality they had at the Smokey Point Costco.

Check their web site they may have more choices there.

[Fishstiq]

I run 720 if I think I'll want slo-mo for the frame rate, otherwise 1080.  I'll have to look at the website and see if I can get a good card on Amazon or something.