GoPro Hero2

[Keith]

By the way, here's some specs and info from their own page:

2X More Powerful in Every Way

• Professional 11MP Sensor
• 2x Faster Image Processor
• 2X Sharper Glass Lens
• Professional Low Light Performance
• Full 170º, Medium 127º, Narrow 90º FOV in 1080p and 720p Video
• 120 fps WVGA, 60 fps 720p, 48 fps 960p, 30 fps 1080p Video
• Full 170º and Medium 127º FOV Photos
• 10 11MP Photos Per Second Burst
• 1 11MP Photo Every 0.5 Sec Timelapse Mode
• 3.5mm External Stereo Microphone Input
• Simple Language-based User Interface
• Wi-Fi BacPac™ and Wi-Fi Remote™ Compatible (coming soon)
• Long Range Remote Control of up to 50 GoPro Cameras
• Wi-Fi Video/Photo Preview + Playback + Control via GoPro App
• Live Streaming Video and Photos to the Web

Camera Optics

• 2X Sharper Professional Glass Lens
• f/2.8 Fixed Focus
• 170º Wide FOV (Including 1080p)
• 127º Medium FOV (In 1080p + 720p)
• 90º Narrow FOV

Video

• HD RESOLUTIONS:
• 1080p: 1920×1080, 30PFS
• 960p: 1280×960, 48FPS + 30FPS
• 720p: 1280×720, 60PFS + 30FPS
• STANDARD DEFINITION RESOLUTIONS
• WVGA: 848×480, 120FPS + 60FPS
• High Performance,1 /2.3” CMOS Image Sensor
• Light Sensitivity: .84 V/lux-sec
• Video Format: H.264 codec, .mp4 File Format
• Exposure Control: Spot, Center Weighted
• White Balance: Auto

Photo

• RESOLUTIONS: 11MP, 8MP, 5 MP
• FOV: Wide 170º FOV, Medium 127º FOV
• CAPTURE MODES: Single, 10 Photo Burst, Time-Lapse*, Self-Timer

* Now supports time-lapse photo every 0.5 seconds. Requires Class 10 speed SD Card.

Audio

• Mono, 48 kHz, AAC Compression, Auto Gain Control
• Stereo External Microphone Input (3.5mm)

Storage

• MEMORY:
• SDHC: Up to 32GB (Class 4 or Higher)
• AVERAGE RECORDING TIME WITH 32GB SD CARD:
• 1080p30: 4 hours
• 960p30: 6 hours
• 720p60: 4 hours
• 720p30: 6 hours
• WVGA 120: 4.5 hours

Included Cables

• USB Cable For Charging and Data Transfer

Battery & Charging

• 1100mah Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
• Charge via USB

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows® Vista, 7 and Later
• Mac OS® x 10.5 and Later

Compatible with all GoPro BacPacs

• Wi-Fi BacPac™ and Wi-Fi Remote™ (Coming Soon)
• LCD BacPac™
• Battery BacPac™
• 3D HERO® System*

*Compatible with future firmware release

[Blizzard1287]

Keith, can you post the original go pro's stats next to it so we can make a side by side comparison?

Also I noticed that they contradict themselves here. I couldn't imagine a flat 30fps for every video setting...


Oh by the way... the "old" go pro is now $199

[Royalfm]

View this video on YouTube

[bsbauman]

sub'd

[hugy]

Lol with the editing and color correction they did you can make any camera look good. I bet this doesn't look anything like the raw footage.

[KMart]

Yes better low light, yes WiFi is a backpack (compatible with old too). Adjustable FOV, higher framerate on low quality settings, better glass (annoying purple line should be gone), and a few other changes too. Expect to see some other accessories soon as well. It's an awesome camera.

Kevin
now working for GoPro.

[KMart]

aand yes, lots of editing, but its DESIGNED to be edited...
Kevin

[M'ck'y]

i can predict amplified 2.4ghz backpack and long range camera adjustments with live DIGITAL video/data transmission (as opposed to analog that we have now). or even modified backpak to transmit data from any other fpv cam lol..

what they really have to come up with is cheap to almost free factory replacement camera lens. who has never scratched their gopro lens here?

[hugy]

who has never scratched their gopro lens here?

Me I don't have one

[Pooch]

Is this not a bit Emperor's New Clothesesque? That promo video, although it's well put together, just looks like a million other GoPro vids on Youtube shot with the original.