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DavidJohn
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7 Jul 2015 12:46pm
Not sure if this is news or not (it's new to me) but it's great that they now have the lens in the center of the camera.. Also good for those who don't need/want an LCD display and just use the simple one touch start/stop option.

cantSUPenough
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7 Jul 2015 2:11pm
Cool! Image quality may not be as good, but I would prefer to have that strapped to my paddle, helmet, etc. But at A$580 - pretty expensive!
Piros
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7 Jul 2015 2:34pm
Yeah pretty cool & about bloody time , wouldn't be surprised if we saw a GP5 early next year. Big things happening in the camera world , plus there is whispers of Gopro bring out their own drone.
kiteboy dave
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7 Jul 2015 2:42pm
Would be great at $380... $580's taking the mickey.
/my $0.02
PTWoody
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7 Jul 2015 4:38pm
cantSUPenough said..
Cool! Image quality may not be as good, but I would prefer to have that strapped to my paddle, helmet, etc. But at A$580 - pretty expensive!


I don't understand why the image quality is so different. It's the exact same resolution and the same codec that he's comparing (even though the Silver has even better options of resolution). The only thing that changes is the lens, surely. Very odd. Until they fix that, I would go with the Silver.
Rosobot
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7 Jul 2015 7:20pm
Give it six months and Xiaomi will have a copy that is as good and a reasonable price.
DavidJohn
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7 Jul 2015 7:53pm
Here's the GoPro promo vid.. Saw on Facebook this morning that Kia Lenny just recieved his.

PTWoody
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7 Jul 2015 8:49pm
Suddenly the picture quality looks much better.
Piros
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7 Jul 2015 9:00pm
Yeah that was the good part of the first review but the GP4 Silver is over sharp as long as the information is there , you can bring it up on the cube. Don't write it off yet the above vid is just basic adjustments in post production but in saying that it was all shot in perfect light. A good lesson on how to film
PTWoody
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7 Jul 2015 11:30pm
I'm just really impressed by the skin tone reproduction in the demo video still frame above. I can't find any flaws.
Chopsup
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9 Jul 2015 10:50am
I'm sure the price will go down, scoffing at the price the day its announced is silly IMO.
Gorgo
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9 Jul 2015 11:46am
Not too fussed about the price if it's good. The review video shows the image quality is down a bit compared to the Silver. Hopefully there will be a firmware update to sort that out.
gregc
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11 Jul 2015 12:43pm
I reckon I will hold off till the Session 2 comes out. The drop in resolution choices right now with the same cost as the silver is a deal breaker I also agree that the Xiaomi will probably release a version in the next couple of months (I already have the Xiaomi and the quality of that for the cost is pretty awesome)


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