Go pro as regular camcorder?

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Sleddingfarmer

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• Aug 10, 2012

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This upcoming yr I've been thinking about getting a go pro hero2 to mount on my helmet.
Are these still able to be used like hand held when it's not mounted on my helmet? I didn't see where it mentioned about having a view finder, seems like it would be hard to know what exactly I would be filming, so should Ibe looking @ upgrading my old hand held to?

 

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DOOin it

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• Aug 10, 2012

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Yes they do make one heres a link on gopros sight!!
http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/lcd-bacpac/#video

 

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ottawaair

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• Aug 10, 2012

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thats pretty sweet. Gonna have to get one for mine. sucks not seeing what you're recording.

 

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Sleddingfarmer

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• Aug 13, 2012

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DOOin it said:

Yes they do make one heres a link on gopros sight!!
http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/lcd-bacpac/#video

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D'oh, looked right over that...Thanks!!

 

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sledaddiction

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• Aug 13, 2012

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Have you looked into SportsVue cameras? They have one called the 360- all waterproof, rotating lens, and they have a small screen on the side so you can see what you are filming. I just bought 4 of them for filming this year

 

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Oregonsledder

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• Aug 19, 2012

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The GoPro is a good camera as a POV (point of view) but they will not take the place of even a cheap hand held HD video camera. The biggest reason is that there is no zoom and the lense is optimized for POV applications. I have one and a 2 Contour cameras. They all work great but I still carry a good hand held HD video camera.