Re: [videoblogging] Helmet Hero Wide questions

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Amirault
- Original Message - From: Lisa Rein A friend of mine is using this go pro helmet cam when he's doing his racing vids: here's the camera: http://tinyurl.com/goprowide and here's the latest vid he's shot so far with it: http://www.youtube.com/user/zjdub66#p/a/u/1/yB4J49_BOqg I'm

Re: [videoblogging] Helmet Hero Wide questions

2010-04-01 Thread Kevin Lim
Hey all, I had the SD GoPro Hero cam, and recently bought the HD version. Not only do you get better resolution, the sensor seems to capture more vividly, especially outdoors. It's such high quality that even importing into iMovie seems to drop the HD video quality down a notch. I probably have

Re: [videoblogging] Helmet Hero Wide questions

2010-04-01 Thread Lisa Rein
great info kevin, thanks :) So it's actually is a fisheye? and not just a wide angle? That's what my friend wuz tryin to tell me hehe... so you're recommendation is to just get the HD version? or do you know if there's any way to get more out of the SD? thanks!! lisa Hey all, I had the

Re: [videoblogging] Helmet Hero Wide questions

2010-04-01 Thread Kevin Lim
Lisa, To be fair, I think it's more of a really-wide-angle than fisheye. From what I've read, the difference is that fisheye produce a distinct hemispherical distortion. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens. The GoPro Hero Camera seems to be quite wide, but before the distortion gets