GoPro Motorsports HERO Wide Camera

This thing is the bomb. Using the tall mount on top of my helmet, you can just see my hands on the handlebars. It’s as close to being there as it gets, the wide angle view looks goofy in a still, but is just how you see it when you are in motion. My wife (non-rider) saw the video the first time and was all excited. She’s seen helmetcam video for a year from my Oregon Scientific helmetcam, but it’s a 52º Field of view, compared to the 170º field of view from the GoPro. She says this one is amazing, and that she didn’t ‘get’ what was exciting about riding MX from the other cam.
It’s a quality unit, light enough you don’t know it’s there. New cases are about $40, so if you biff and shred it, easy fix. You will have to get 1000ma NiMh batteries, battery life is crap with regular duracells. I got by with a new set of batteries each day, but the NiMh give adequate life. The mount isn’t direction sensitive, so you can stick the camera in backwards without any modifications if you like. Get the Motorsports version, it’s got your helmet covered and has all kinds of cool other mounting options in the box. 8^)
To see what the vid looks like, go to the GoPro site and check out the example video from Loretta Lynn’s Am. Nats. Excellent!

This camera works very well. The mounting options are many and work great. My biggest complaint to the first GoPro is the audio. It has a static-like background that is very annoying. I emailed GoPro and they said it’s normal…well, it sucks (to me). However, it may not bother many. If you’re one who lays audio over your vids, the static would be a non-issue. The video is good. I hear the HD version is outstanding on audio and video…much improved to this model.

A friend of mine had a GoPro Hero and I really liked the quality of the images produced from the tiny thing. So I ended up craving for one. I noticed GoPro released the Hero Wide version and after being amazed at the video quality from their testing along with user uploads, the choice was easy. The ease of use, picture quality, and built-in features was more than I expected. 5mp pictures and TV quality video is all I was really after, but also being able to mount this shock/water proof camera in various places was the icing on the cake. I love it, go buy one or five!

The only bad thing I noticed was that some of the plastic mounts it came with were a bit cheap and broke easily. But I still give it 5 outta 5

This a good cheap camera if you don’t mind sound. It has its pros and cons.

Pros:
Nice pictures
Nice video
Pictures and video shows a “fish eye” view of everything. I personally like how it looks.
Super small
If it came with the suction cup, it’s easy to mount onto that and record stable video.

Cons:
Sound is pretty much non existent
Pictures and videos at night are terrible
Batteries die within 20 mins. I carry 12 batteries because of this problem.
No zoom features or anything with the camera.
No way to see what video or pictures until you put it up on a computer. The camera uses sd card.

All in all, you get what you pay for. You get a tiny camera that takes nice video and pictures during the day. If sound is really important for you, then I suggest you go with something else. Although, I heard the newer HD version of this camera have improved sound quality. In my opinion, the camera is a good deal for its price.