http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: go pro alternatives en Sat, 02 May 2026 03:40:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-182185 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:46:21 +0000 neddie 182185@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched a cheap action camera that costs only 399 yuan (£41).</p> <p>The Yi Action Camera shoots video in 1080 high-definition, has a 16 megapixel camera and a wide-angle lens.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31692908" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31692908</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-181982 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:20:46 +0000 richardlmpearson 181982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I ordered a Virb last sunday on iwoot.com for £89. Desperately waiting for it to arrive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-181976 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:57:12 +0000 jdanielp 181976@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I ended up losing interest in my SJ1000 after failing to find a usable method of mounting it, but I'm back on the case having ordered a GoPro mount adaptor for it on eBay.</p> <p>I wish that I'd held off buying an action camera a bit longer - I would have picked up the bargain GoPro that was released last autumn. One of my colleagues has it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-175153 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:48:06 +0000 acsimpson 175153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did you use You tubes video stabilisation? The HUD is skipping about all over the place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-175080 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:38:43 +0000 Darkerside 175080@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Remain calm, but the Virb edit software lets you put super cool* head-up display style overlays on top of your videos (if you have a GPS trace).</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKfnRYcABQY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKfnRYcABQY</a></p> <p>*to a five year old, or me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-174842 Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:21:33 +0000 newtoit 174842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw the Garmin Virb today for £129 down from £270 in Cotswold Outdoor on Rose St today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-174794 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:36:34 +0000 Darkerside 174794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was 11 at lunch, so reasonably quick.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Virb-HD-Action-Camera/dp/B00EQ2T3KQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Virb-HD-Action-Camera/dp/B00EQ2T3KQ</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-174791 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 23:13:30 +0000 Kenny 174791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only 7 left in stock. There were 8 in stock 2 hours ago when I was going to originally respond, so they could go fast. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-174722 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:42:19 +0000 Darkerside 174722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Garmin Virb is currently £130 on Amazon. Which I could just about justify.</p> <p>For recording mini-DarkerSide, you understand... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-171069 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:10:59 +0000 Arellcat 171069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Actually it's a 180 fisheye, so capturing a hemisphere at least.</em></p> <p>And the edge of the resulting hemispherical image as projected by the lens covers 360°. For example the image boundary might extend from one's feet to the sky above, 90° to the left and to the right; alternatively one could record a full rotation of the horizon if the camera was pointing at the sky. The sensor would have to be circular to match, or be sufficiently large and square for the circle to be fully captured. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-171056 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:35:19 +0000 le_soigneur 171056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A skunkworks engineer at Kodak invented the first digital camera ~1972. Marketing canned it, not even patented.<br /> Kodak missed the digital boat and ended up being bought as a <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/the-lowballing-of-kodaks-patent-portfolio">virtual company</a> just for their brandname, patent &amp; copyrights by an IP harvesting patent-suing company that benefitted from the company going bankrupt and not being able to break up the cartels that devalued their portfolio from $2B/annum to ~$100M/annum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-171053 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:16:56 +0000 SRD 171053@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oddly, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/kodak-records-first-profitable-quarter-since-bankruptcy-protection-1415148326">Eastman Kodak </a>still seems to exist as well.</p> <p>(i'll confess to brand loyalty; my dad worked for them for a while and my childhood- along with odd evidence that my parents had a life before i came along - is stored in a small stack of yellow slide boxes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836&page=2#post-171046 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:04:47 +0000 chdot 171046@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Kodak, or rather JK Imaging pretending to be Kodak</p> <p>"</p> <p>Interesting thing 'brands'. </p> <p>Kodak must have very high 'brand recognition'. </p> <p>But isn't it also 'the film company that didn't see digital coming soon enough and went out of business'? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-171045 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:59:04 +0000 neddie 171045@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This could be an interesting alternative:</p> <p><a href="http://petapixel.com/2014/11/04/360-action-cam-kodaks-interesting-response-gopro/#more-150243" rel="nofollow">http://petapixel.com/2014/11/04/360-action-cam-kodaks-interesting-response-gopro/#more-150243</a></p> <p><a href="http://kodakpixpro.com/Americas/cameras/activeCam/sp360.php" rel="nofollow">http://kodakpixpro.com/Americas/cameras/activeCam/sp360.php</a></p> <p>360deg vision, whatever that means. Actually it's a 180 fisheye, so capturing a hemisphere at least. Post processing allows you to show it as a 360 pano though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-158311 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:49:03 +0000 jdanielp 158311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And next will be auto-tracking camera drones as per this kickstarter campaign that was featured on BBC Click the other day: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdog/airdog-worlds-first-auto-follow-action-sports-dron" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/airdog/airdog-worlds-first-auto-follow-action-sports-dron</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-158300 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:43:54 +0000 jdanielp 158300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My SJ1000 arrived at last, minus the 'backup' battery that I ordered with it so that I could apply the code, but with an extra plastic hinge-style accessory in the box (beyond those pictured in the instructions) and a UK mains plug adaptor loose in the plastic mail bag.</p> <p>I have so far had some trouble getting a 1GB micro-SD card that I already had to record video, being shown a "Custer size wrong, please format" message when trying to do so. Formatting on the camera didn't help, and I have yet to achieve success using computer formatting, but it sounds like 32kb clusters will be the way to go.</p> <p>A new micro-SD worked fine however, although the next challenge will be to find a way of mounting the camera to achieve a reasonably stable picture – the standard handlebar mounting accessory appears to be incredibly shaky, as mentioned by skotl above, not to mention the fact that the assembly is surprisingly tall overall...</p> <p>On the whole I am fairly impressed with the camera for the price, but it would definitely benefit from a more careful approach to the hardware and software usabilty.</p> <p>Hopefully I'll have some ok footage to play with soon! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154352 Thu, 22 May 2014 16:33:19 +0000 jdanielp 154352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The camera despatched today according to an email which identified it as coming to a sub-total of $69.99 of the total order price which may be why the code didn't work on just that... A spare battery should be handy though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154201 Wed, 21 May 2014 13:53:18 +0000 jdanielp 154201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, I just found out that the code works fine if I add a 'backup' battery to the camera in the basket, coming to a total of £40.33 for both, as compared to a total of £79.45 for two cameras (same discount for some reason). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154200 Wed, 21 May 2014 13:42:55 +0000 jdanielp 154200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@condor2378 thanks, although I'd found that code and it still won't apply when I have the camera in my basket – it does however work for two... It requires $70+ total spend according to the error message when trying with one. I'm trying to talk a colleague into ordering too! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154198 Wed, 21 May 2014 13:02:36 +0000 condor2378 154198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@JDANIELP </p> <p>I used "bgdeal". Just tried it and it takes off 10%. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154184 Wed, 21 May 2014 11:45:00 +0000 jdanielp 154184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@condor2378 that is reassuring if a little odd. Can you provide any further hints about what to Google for? I'm finding lots of specific codes but none are applicable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154180 Wed, 21 May 2014 11:29:52 +0000 condor2378 154180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jdanielp</p> <p>Yes, though when charging, mine shows a full battery, regardless of the % stage of charge. Not an issue but does seem a bit strange. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154175 Wed, 21 May 2014 11:16:51 +0000 jdanielp 154175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm considering getting an action camera of some kind and the SJ1000 looks appealing - is it USB chargeable? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154161 Wed, 21 May 2014 10:05:13 +0000 condor2378 154161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a Mobius and an SJ1000, both of which are very good. The Mobius is very small and light and is my helmet cam but it doesn't have a screen or a waterproof case (but you can get one from JooVuu atm for a reduced price of £18 inc p&amp;p at the moment, mine should arrive this week). </p> <p>Videos I've posted here before have all been from the Mobius. I'm going to employ the SJ1000 as a rear facing cam but haven't worked out a way to attach it to the seat stem yet without all the shaking as described by @skotl</p> <p>For what your looking for I'd go with the SJ1000. I got mine from Banggood.com, and with a bit of Googling you should be able to get a code for 15% off making it about £40, but delivery is around 3 weeks. I used it on holiday last week both in and out of the sea and it's excellent quality. </p> <p>There is also the SJ4000 which has the same form factor as a GoPro and is compatible with all their mounts but essentially has the same internals as the SJ1000, <u>EXCEPT</u> for battery life, which in the SJ1000 is around 130 min but the SJ4000 only lasts about 75 minutes. Techmoan has the details. </p> <p>Additional SJ1000 (and SJ4000) batteries can be bought on eBay for about £6 if you need to go longer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154160 Wed, 21 May 2014 09:31:49 +0000 splitshift 154160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>guys , thanks,all very good info, the sj1000, skotl, looks good enough for all we will be doing, or perhaps the decathlon branded thing also, all well within the price hopefulness ! Its always good to actually hear from actuall users , who come along warts and all, hopefully will get some footage on here so you will know that your help was listened to !<br /> scott </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154102 Tue, 20 May 2014 17:01:26 +0000 Snowy 154102@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had the Dogcam Bullet HD. Picture quality wasn't up to much whether in wide angle or normal, although it didn't suffer from vibration and does have a good range of mounts. No use in low light.<br /> Eventually the micro SD card slot stopped working, as ever just after one year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154097 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:21:01 +0000 Focus 154097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ skotl</p> <p>"<em>I have managed to mute the mic and can't figure out how to turn it back on!</em>"</p> <p> ask on Techmoan's review page as either Mat or another user will almost certainly have the answer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154094 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:04:50 +0000 deckard112 154094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use the Decathalon branded Geonaute camera. Used on road bike and on the MTB with some great video as a result. Comes with a robust plastic case and a number of different attachements with a 1080p and 720p option (720 gives a better wide angle). </p> <p>I've found the quality to be excellent. Prices from £65&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154091 Tue, 20 May 2014 12:56:55 +0000 skotl 154091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just bought <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CRXCJIY/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1">one of these</a>, an SJ1000, from Amazon.<br /> This was covered in one of the Techmoan reviews and seems very good <em>except for</em> the awful handlebar mount which shakes it around all over the place.</p> <p>I swapped my camera over to a generic handlebar mount last night and, while much better, I'm probably going to superglue the gimble tonight to see whether that improves stability. You can see the (admittedly static) quality <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyWTvjQxAgM">here</a> - I'll post up a more active shot, later.</p> <p>Oh - one thing I would say about the SJ1000 is that both the manual and the menu / config are incredibly opaque. It's taken me four days to just figure out how to get it to record one hour of continuous video. Got that going now, except that I have managed to mute the mic and can't figure out how to turn it back on!<br /> For £45, tho, it still seems a good buy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12836#post-154088 Tue, 20 May 2014 12:44:41 +0000 threefromleith 154088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been using a Contour Roam 2 since last September and it's been great (so long as I remember to charge it up every few days and remember to delete the files so that the 32Gb card doesn't fill up!).</p> <p>As others have said, in low light and the winter darkness it's not so great, but still acceptable enough. </p>