WelshGas
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We spent the New Year and most of January Down Under on the Great Barrier Reef and with my son in Sydney. I dabble in photography and have a Canon 450 DSLR with some assorted lenses etc: A big lump to carry around with you and not that spontaneous. I had been looking for something smaller and eventually settled on a GoPro 5 Black. 12m Photos, video from 480 to 4K, reasonable battery life and definitely pocket size, also waterproof to 10m. Used it to great effect on the reef and out and about in Sydney.
When we got back I thought about using and keeping it in the California because I do like videos of some of the trips I've made. In Norway the road, bridges and views are fantastic but you can't keep stopping every 5 minutes to take photos.
Examining the GoPro I realised it can take Loop videos , depending on the SD card upto 4 + hours. It stores the video in 5 minute segments, easily downloaded to an iPad. Set up a suction mount for it on the central dashboard tray, that the T5.1 has, and plugged it into the 12v socket on the dashboard next to the tray, something else the T5.1 has.
So yesterday I videoed the trip from London to home and with the GoPro software was able to make a QUIK video compressing the trip to 3 minutes accompanied by music.
But it does more as I played around with the PC, rather than iPad software.
The GoPro has a built in GPS receiver and also "G" meter and this is what I got - just a small 2 minute segment.
So, I can use the GoPro as a Dashcam, keep it full charged and ready to go at the drop of a hat. Very pleased. I like kit that has multiple uses.
The video shows the GPS Route, Speed, Direction, G force and speed change.
The Metadata shows a lot more information.
When we got back I thought about using and keeping it in the California because I do like videos of some of the trips I've made. In Norway the road, bridges and views are fantastic but you can't keep stopping every 5 minutes to take photos.
Examining the GoPro I realised it can take Loop videos , depending on the SD card upto 4 + hours. It stores the video in 5 minute segments, easily downloaded to an iPad. Set up a suction mount for it on the central dashboard tray, that the T5.1 has, and plugged it into the 12v socket on the dashboard next to the tray, something else the T5.1 has.
So yesterday I videoed the trip from London to home and with the GoPro software was able to make a QUIK video compressing the trip to 3 minutes accompanied by music.
But it does more as I played around with the PC, rather than iPad software.
The GoPro has a built in GPS receiver and also "G" meter and this is what I got - just a small 2 minute segment.
So, I can use the GoPro as a Dashcam, keep it full charged and ready to go at the drop of a hat. Very pleased. I like kit that has multiple uses.
The video shows the GPS Route, Speed, Direction, G force and speed change.
The Metadata shows a lot more information.