GoPro Camera CHDOH-002 HD HERO2 Outdoor Edition

I have my GoPro attached to my Specialized mountain bike and Trek hybrid with the Tripod mount, articulating arm Pearstone 8.3" (21.1cm) Articulating Israeli Arm, manfrotto nano clamp.Manfrotto 386B Nano Clamp + 1/4-Inch-3/8-Inch Adapter . Great for capturing yourself while biking with extremely unique and cool angles. I use the LCD bacpak with a Hoodman loupe in direct sun to frame my video. I have 3 batteries, so I can easily go 3 hours with continuous LCD on if I choose, but I usually close it after 60 seconds. GoPro is also unobstrusive allowing you very close access to sporting events that larger camcorder or DSLR will not. I like filming extreme sports, skateboarding events in my park, racquetball, even tennis while positioning the camera right through the chain link fence, without having participants distracted by spectators. I filmed the grand slam homerun, and 2 triples at the new Miami Marlins Park on 5/13 while just holding my articulating arm as a mini monopod, not getting in the way of the other fans. I am female and over 50 and the GoPro has kept me very motivated to be outside and extremely active. I'm now looking into jet skiing with my GoPro. GoPro is not just for you young'insFor my own sports, in addition to biking, I love mounting the GoPro to my kayak, fishing boat and the OUTSIDE of my Prius V (with a Ram mount suction cup). As a photo enthusiast who owns various "L" lenses, including a 500mm, as well as Gimbel mounts, I love the portability of the GoPro. Now I can be IN the action instead of just filming others. See the pics included of my GoPro mount.

The media could not be loaded. Hi guys, my review does not contain any sample footage. Go to Google or YouTube to find that because there are a gazillion of them. I won't bore you with that. If you are a skier, boarder, wakeboarder, water skiier, whatever. They will have footage of all of it there for your specific use. And since there are SO MANY USES for this wonderful little machine, I won't even try to cover that aspect; "application in sports", you might call it. I WILL however focus on the build quality, design, and delightful experience of opening the box for the very first time, which is impressive in and of itself.My review is on the quality of build and design, which is a 10/10, A+, best you could ask for, in my opinion.This camera has the grace and design-sense of an Apple product. Whomever designed this must be passionate about build quality and design, because everything is great. From the minute you open the box, you are impressed with extra features and luxuries that you would not expect from a camera of this size. It's an elegant design, easy for any person to use of any skill level.I was extremely pleased with this camera, when I own Canon lenses that cost 10x as much money (yes, high end photography is expensive and good lenses go for $2000 to $3000-- JUST FOR THE LENS!!). I actually cannot believe such an elegantly designed product can be had for under $300. Kudos to GoPro.

I honestly wasn't expecting such good quality for the activities I was planning on using it for: EMS, Diving, Shooting, hiking, and play old goofing off having fun. The audio is actually not bad at all even being about 15 feet away form it and it is clear. The video I noticed however is heavily dependent on light, even a little or low light will make the camera capture video or images. However, it extremely low light or dark conditions it will not pick up the surrounding area at all. This is fine as it is not a night camera, but I am still surprised compared to my HP and Canon camera which suck for recording in dark conditions. Pictures you have to be very steady for, sadly I don't have the steadiest of hands, but it does take pretty amazing and clear pictures. Again, it is very light dependent. Sunny conditions got me the most crisp pictures, cloudy as it or miss, but at night it was terrible for picture taking. Still for what this camera is and can do I'm very impressed and happy with my purchase.