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GoPro Software Update Hands-On: Easier Sharing, Awesomer Videos
GoPro, the Q-tips of action cameras, recognised a problem. People are shooting lots of footage with their cameras, but then letting it languish away on a dusty old hard drive, unseen and unedited. The California company is hoping to help correct that with a new mobile apps and desktop editing software.
An Exhilarating Bird’s Eye View Of A Falcon On The Hunt
As action cameras get smaller and smaller, we’re able to mount them almost anywhere to capture unique first-person footage of adventures we as humans have never experienced. And if you’ve ever stared at a bird in the sky — imagining what it would be like to fly without a machine — this amazing footage of a falcon stalking a mountain bike rider will leave you wishing you could trade your arms for a set of wings.
Man’s Best Friend Gets Its Own Action Cam Mount, Courtesy Of Sony
Thanks to Sony, YouTube is soon to be flooded with countless first-person videos of dog butts and fire hydrants. The company is releasing a dog-mount for its Action Cam, starting in Japan.
Novo Action Cam Turns Your Extreme Stunts Into Cinematic Masterpieces
The action cam field is pretty crowded at this point, so how do you make consumers choose your offering over a GoPro? The easiest way is to just repackage the GoPro in a sturdier housing that makes it compatible with C-mount lenses and call it the Novo.
Liquid Image Apex HD+ Review: Snow Goggles With Built-In Action Cam
It will be winter soon, which means you’ll need an action camera to take with you on the slopes. However, there are some drawbacks. What if it falls off your helmet? What if the angle is too high or too low? Those are the sorts of problems Liquid Image tackles by building an action cam right into your snow goggles. And it comes so very close to solving them.
Babies Riding Skateboards With GoPros Is Why We Invented Technology
Not much to say here, really. This is a baby named Ava riding a skateboard in Santa Monica and Venice Beach.
GoPro Uses DMCA To Stifle Reviews [Updated]
You would think that when writing a review, being able to mention the name of a publicly available product would be a completely non-contentious issue. Not so if you’re GoPro, apparently, as the company has used a DMCA takedown notice to squash a comparative review of the Hero 3 against Sony’s AS15 Action Cam.
Monoprice MHD Action Cam Review: Not Bad For $100
It has pretty much been settled that the way to go for a premium action-cam these days is the GoPro Hero3. But not everyone has that kind of cash to throw around. The Monoprice MHD offers a simple and cheap alternative for capturing your adventures.
Watch What Happens When You Try To Skydive With An Umbrella
Mary Poppins flew with a magical umbrella, but can you actually soar with one real life? Pretty much — provided you have the right umbrella, which pro skiier Eric Roner did. He captured the crazy feat captured with a GoPro Hero 3.
Water Jetpacks Are Another Perfect Use Of GoPro
Forget for a second that today you bundled up so much you felt like the nerdy kid in Little Giants who wore a foam suit for pads. Filmed with GoPros, this video of guys using flyboard water jetpacks will help take your mind off things.
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