Smokin deal on HD Hero anyone?

[kendunn]

I saw this deal and had to jump on it. Thought about passing it along to my GG brothers and sisters.
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.a...mid=200&ref=cj
Use coupon code GOPRO25 and get it for $135.

I did try to win "everything they make", but no luck so I pulled the trigger!

['11EC300]

Title says 960 but the description says 1080..... smoking deal if it's the 1080!

[kendunn]

Its not the 1080, there was some confusion in the description, but from what I read on one site the 1080 is a little too much for a helmet cam. Anyway, I ordered it at 4 pm, it was on the Fed Ex truck by 5:30 pm and had it in a couple of days. Its a great little package, includes all kinds of stuff you would normally have to buy extra like the headband mount, two different sticky mounts, and a short adjustable arm.

The video quality really surprised me, and I do photography and video production for a living. I never would buy one of these things because I figured I would never be satisfied with the quality, but I was wrong. Its not as good as some of my other cameras of course, but much better than I imagined and better than examples you see on the web. The 960 is the way to go as far as form factor, it gives a much better aspect ratio than widescreen for use on pretty much anything I could imagine for a POV camera. Also the sound quality really impressed me, no wind noise!

The only complaint I had was what is known as roll off, which is a term used for gradation from bright to dark, or rather lack of. It goes from brighter, brighter, to completely white rather quickly. In a bright blue sky there would be a white arch near the horizon that lacked any color or detail even though it wasn't that bright and not much brighter than the sky, even 180 degrees from the sun. I have only used it once, maybe it won't be as bad in future trips, and I was on top of a mountain which made it much more apparent.

It was certainly worth the money!

[coopernicus]

The coupon code above at the same website (different product link) worked for the GoPro HD helmet cam, too. The link above no longer worked so I tried other GoPro cameras on the same site and snagged an HD Helmet model for $75 or so off the MSRP and free shipping. If your interested in one I have not seen a better deal on a new one!

Eric

[TNT Cycle]

Its worth it for the 1080 it has many updates beyond just the HD settings, like sound, and handles adverse lighting better. $225 is a great deal on those.

[firffighter]

Gopro has their original SD for $99! For someone like me who will only use the thing a couple of times a year, I was thinking that might be the way to go.