The Gopro Hero Wide 5 Megapixel is a waterproof mini wireless digital video camera for motorsports. Buy today with free shipping.

Gopro Motorsports HERO WIDE 5 Megapixel 170 Degree Lens Camera (Silver)

Brand: GoPro
Feature

    * Quick-release, water- and shock-proof polycarbonate housing attaches to helmets, cars, motorcycles, boats, plane.
    * Resolution: 5 megapixel (2592×1944) photo, 512×384 video
    * Optics: glass lens, f/2.8 aperture, with ultra-wide 170 degree angle of view
    * Camera Modes: video, standard photo, photo every 2 or 5 secs, 3x photo burst sequence, self timer, upside down photo/video flip
    * Four quick-release adhesive mounts and industrial strength suction cup are included

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Product Description
The Motorsports HERO Wide is the newest waterproof mini wireless digital video camera for motorsports. Sporting a new 5MP sensor, improved low light performance, faster -Inchphoto every 2 seconds-Inch mode, and mega-wide 170 degree lens….this is the highest performance HERO camera yet. It’s quick-release design simplifies click-mounting the camera to your car, motorcycle, helmet, etc. Developed at the track, the Motorsports HERO shoots TV resolution 30 fps vdeo with sound tuned to capture the grunt, squeal, and stoke of driving at the limit. Records 56 minutes of video to a 2GB SD card. 2 AAA batteries.

Gopro Motorsports HERO WIDE 5 Megapixel 170 Degree Lens Camera Review
This thing is the bomb. Using the tall mount on top of my helmet, you can just see my hands on the handlebars. It’s as close to being there as it gets, the wide angle view looks goofy in a still, but is just how you see it when you are in motion. My wife (non-rider) saw the video the first time and was all excited. She’s seen helmetcam video for a year from my Oregon Scientific helmetcam, but it’s a 52º Field of view, compared to the 170º field of view from the GoPro. She says this one is amazing, and that she didn’t ‘get’ what was exciting about riding MX from the other cam. It’s a quality unit, light enough you don’t know it’s there. New cases are about $40, so if you biff and shred it, easy fix. You will have to get 1000ma NiMh batteries, battery life is crap with regular duracells. I got by with a new set of batteries each day, but the NiMh give adequate life. The mount isn’t direction sensitive, so you can stick the camera in backwards without any modifications if you like. Get the Motorsports version, it’s got your helmet covered and has all kinds of cool other mounting options in the box. To see what the vid looks like, go to the GoPro site and check out the example video from Loretta Lynn’s Am. Nats. Excellent!

I really like my Gopro Camera. A little upset that the unit itself was simply double sided sticky taped to the top of the display box. My unit arrived with that bond broken, and the item was shaking around like a single dice cube in the box. Didn’t seem to be broken. Needs to be better secured, hope it dosen’t break later on because of this. Also, it seems like you can’t simply take the SD card out of the unit and play that in your computer. You have to attach the cords to the camera and connect that to your computer. Bit of a pain. Love the idea of what it does. The feature I liked is that it will take a photo ever 2 – 5 seconds until the card was full. Really cool. I am going to use it on one of my kites for some amazing images. Look forward to giving it a full test when things get a little warmer.

I like this little video/camera. It’s not crystal clear but you get the idea. The batteries do not last as long as they say they do for video. I use it for drag racing and it’s mounted on my dash. After about 20 minutes or so of video taping I needed to replace the batteries. I was unimpressed with this. Thankfully there only 2 AAA’s. I bring a pack of 8 AAA’s with me in case. Sound is good and easy hook up to any tv or camcorder. Down side with video you can’t FF or Rewind the video. I have not tried using it to take pictures. But it is a neat little package which I am still glad I purchased it. To me the price was worth it.

The GoPro camera let’s you take excellent video in a very small package. The camera can be attached by either a suction cup or a 3M tape strip with a bracket. The video is clear and the wide angle really lets you see what is happening.

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Gopro GWH5170 5 Megapixel 170 Degree Lens Camera with Housing (Silver)

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