GoPro HD Hero Cameras Review

History of GoPro Hero Cameras

The GoPro series of helmet cameras came out soon after the originators of this industry segment, the Vio POV cameras have been getting applied for extreme sports fanatics. Though the Vio was viewed as a premium camera at a premium value catering to a smaller niche market place. GoPro decided to go the other way and produce a high quality camera at a a lot gopro black or silver a lot more very affordable value while trimming back a few of the higher end attributes. That turned out to become an excellent move for GoPro as they've far surpassed the Vio's in terms of sales and helped bring helmet cameras towards the masses.

The latest iteration in the common GoPro Hero series will be the GoPro HD Helmet Hero. The outer shell is comparable hd gopro hero towards the preceding version, albeit slightly thicker but nonetheless comprises of a camera that sits in a waterproof and super difficult clear plastic shell.

The key changes are all in the guts in the machine. As per it's nomenclature the GoPro HD Helmet Hero is actually a HD capable video camera which can shoot 5mp stills. As opposed to the earlier Gopros that filmed at common resolution the new GoPro HD's all can shoot at a multitude of HD resolutions and speeds.

New Gopro HD Attributes The GoPro HD Helmet Hero capabilities 3 new HD recording resolutions: 1080p (1980 x 1080), 960p (1280 x 960) and 720p (1280 x 720). At 1080p and 960p resolution video is captured at 30 fps, while at its lowest 720p resolution video may be captured at 60 fps for play back of video in smooth slow motion to less difficult make out high speed motion so usually desired in action sports videos. Even the lowest resolution is as high as the best video captured by a lot of other brands. Videos are encoded working with the well-liked and high quality H.264 video compression format and stored around the typical SDHC memory cards great for as much as 32gb of video information. The video high-quality is so very good you are able to see the person blades of grass on every side of the trail when riding at full speed.