I just took delivery of the new “professional” go-anywhere HD Hero2 camera from GoPro. I intend to use it as an additional time-lapse camera for use in appropriate environments and also for kite aerial photography (the forthcoming wifi bacpac should be excellent).
More details can be found at http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-hero2-outdoor-edition/, but in short the GoPro has the following features:
- Professional 11MP Sensor
- 2x Faster Image Processor
- 2X Sharper Glass Lens
- Professional Low Light Performance
- Full 170º, Medium 127º, Narrow 90º FOV in 1080p and 720p Video
- 120 fps WVGA, 60 fps 720p, 48 fps 960p, 30 fps 1080p Video
- Full 170º and Medium 127º FOV Photos
- 10 11MP Photos Per Second Burst
- 1 11MP Photo Every 0.5 Sec Timelapse Mode
- 3.5mm External Stereo Microphone Input
- Simple Language-based User Interface
- Wi-Fi BacPac™ and Wi-Fi Remote™ Compatible (coming soon)
- Long Range Remote Control of up to 50 GoPro Cameras
- Wi-Fi Video/Photo Preview + Playback + Control via GoPro App
- Live Streaming Video and Photos to the Web
I mounted the GoPro HD on the dashboard of my car, set it in 2s time-lapse mode and drove from Cardiff to home. I left it running to capture the sunset and see how it performed in low light. The interface on the camera is very simple indeed. The jpegs contain quite a bit of noise at 100% crop, but this can be significantly cleaned up in Adobe Lightroom 3 with the noise filters. The 1080p video below was exported use LR-Timelapse templates and I’m very pleased with the results.
