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11-17-2011, 11:46 AM | #1 |
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Quick clip of me driving with both the original GoPro and GoPro2 side by side
Picked up a GoPro 2 the other day. I also have the original GoPro so I thought I'd put them both head-to-head on a quick drive through town. The camera has been improved in many ways including an option to shoot 120fps video, but the most important part is video quality. It could be better, but I think it's a pretty nice step up overall.
Set it to 720p or higher to see the difference in quality between the 2. The sound gets a bit weird at times because I set the left camera audio as the left channel audio and the right as right. Thought it would create a nice stereo sound, but I think the videos are milliseconds out of sync which causes some strange sounds from the wind.
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I don't see a big enough difference honestly. Plus it seems they obviously haven't fixed their crappy sound issues.
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Pretty noticeable difference. Nicely done.
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cool comparison, i watched it in 1080p n immediately noticed how crisp the quality is of the gp2... sound was trippy tho
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Did you set the resolution higher? There's a huge difference in image quality.
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cool comparison, would you mind doing a second comparison with both cameras on the same side of the car? I wonder if one being in the shadow of the car (driver's side) versus the passenger side in direct sunlight would make a difference?
I am pissed that I just got a GoPro in October, only to have the GoPro 2 come out a month later
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The second set of vids is much better for comparing since the OP's had once camera in the shade through much of the video.
And they did address the sound issue since there's a mic input now.
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And external mic is nice, but doesn't really work as a good solution if you are mounting outside of the car. If you really want to go through the trouble to get better audio, you'll probably want much better video as well.
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Watched it again. Yes you can see the difference when the video is set to 1080. I still wouldn't upgrade if I had the original. And from the sound of the video, it seems that the wind noise is actually worse on the new one over the old one. Other comparable cameras are just as good quality wise and get rid of the noise. Just my .02 since it seems most here are in love with GoPro.
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Upgrading - Thanks for the vids.
120 FPS is huge for high speed action or slowing something down so for that alone I'd upgrade.
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I bet you'll barely be able to hear the engine. I bet you stick any other audio recorder out the window and it won't be any better. The left and right out of sync actually sounds pretty cool. I agree the gp2 has slightly higher resolution. I have three gp's. Anyone interested? |
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Thanks for this too Tech. Didn't realize there were any viable alternatives to GoPro. Looks like the Replay XD may be one indeed. I also like the way it looks.
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