Looking at Getting a GoPro

[Flysmallie]

17 hours ago, ness said:

Yes -- shitty ones. 

Are you still cranky today?

[ness]

2 hours ago, Fishingmill said:

Most of the video I record is total crap.  The real magic happens with editing and that requires a decent computer.  

That's part of the rub with me. I don't want to look through all the crap video. It's a personal preference, admittedly. A well-composed and thought out still shot is gonna win every time with me. I like National Geographic, not NatGeo

[ness]

5 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Are you still cranky today?

I'm never cranky man

[Skell9653]

haha I take plenty of still photos and tell the stories (I'm a story-teller and I like hearing stories), but I just think that video would add the extra dimension to that memory to be able to go back and re-live it. 

[ness]

6 minutes ago, Skell9653 said:

haha I take plenty of still photos and tell the stories (I'm a story-teller and I like hearing stories), but I just think that video would add the extra dimension to that memory to be able to go back and re-live it. 

Oh yeah -- no denying there's a plus side to it.

Heck, I didn't even video my kids much when they were growing up. Heck, at a certain age I didn't really want to hear the crap coming out of their mouths again anyway  

[Fishingmill]

3 hours ago, ness said:

That's part of the rub with me. I don't want to look through all the crap video. It's a personal preference, admittedly. A well-composed and thought out still shot is gonna win every time with me. I like National Geographic, not NatGeo

That's where the editing part comes in. No one wants to sit there for 30 minutes to watch someone catch one fish. Unfortunately, there people are still that insist on uploading these kinds of videos. 

I usually just take still shots from my video. Since I mostly fly fish alone, this helps me get a decent shot of the fish so I can get it back in the water quickly. 

[LittleRedFisherman]

I have a Hero 2 and a 3, I do prefer the 3 as it just has better looking video, the colors are sharper.  I have used the head mount to get some neat youtube videos.  They rock in a kayak, I made a pvc mount for a Jackson coosa out of 1 inch PVC, if had a pic i'd show you, i'll try to find one.   

Like others have stated, I pick the still shots out of the video on my editor, they are very good quality, espieically on the hero 3 black, i'd imagine the 4 would even be better, even if you ran it in 1080 and not 4k?   Great little action cameras, I use them mainly for 2nd angle stuff when i'm in a boat now.  If your wanting to film with good audio, there not the best, but the 3 and 4 is a lot better than the 2 for audio.  Good luck, look forward to your videos!!

[LittleRedFisherman]

Here's a few stills I pulled off the video on my Hero 3 from some drone shots!

[Skell9653]

Those are awesome! What drone do you use?