I’m definitely looking at getting a hd hero2 for filming fishing, fly fishing, surfing, or just stuff in general. It takes very high quality video and pictures but i don’t exactly know what software works for it. I know most soft-wares convert it or cant handle the high quality.The ones that can are confusing as anything and take hours to learn, they are very professional. What do you recommend about editing film? I have a thing called “Sony Vegas” I can download on computer. Also the hd hero2 has a 170 degree field of view which mean it probably will get good film or pictures of what your aiming at without the LCD back pack. Or will that help to make sure you are shooting video of what you want or taking pictures of what you want? What do you know about these questions. Any information is greatly appreciated.
I have the hero, not the 2. I don’t have the video screen. You are right in that the wide angle will catch the scene. I don’t think the screen is worth the extra Benjamin. As for editing, the movie should import into iMovie (if you have access to a Mac). I am not up on what options there are for a pc. But iMovie is very easy to use. I use final cut pro x. They are great little cameras.
At the risk of being accused of “spamming”, Time Out just got the Go Pro camera’s (Hero HD2) in, and we are offering them to our friends on Charleston Fishing for $275 (Normally $300). I have also heard that iMovie is great to use, not familiar with the software TooBusy is talking about, but he usually knows his stuff!
I’m definitely looking at getting a hd hero2 for filming fishing, fly fishing, surfing, or just stuff in general. It takes very high quality video and pictures but i don’t exactly know what software works for it. I know most soft-wares convert it or cant handle the high quality.The ones that can are confusing as anything and take hours to learn, they are very professional. What do you recommend about editing film? I have a thing called “Sony Vegas” I can download on computer. Also the hd hero2 has a 170 degree field of view which mean it probably will get good film or pictures of what your aiming at without the LCD back pack. Or will that help to make sure you are shooting video of what you want or taking pictures of what you want? What do you know about these questions. Any information is greatly appreciated.
Eat-Sleep-Fish
I agree with what Optiker said about the LCD screen not being worth the coin. Just keep in mind that it is a wide angle, POV camera. It does not focus, just point it and go. B/c of the design it’s not the kind of camera you buy to film your kids soccer game, etc, as it doesn’t focus.
Of course, capturing the video is only half the battle. If you do not have the patience to spend learning an editing software, save your hard earned money. I’ve talked to quite a few people who have bought the cameras, taken the video, but won’t take the time to edit/produce/upload.
Gopro’s produce video in the .mp4 file format.
Imovie for mac’s is pretty decent, and can do the basic stuff for the average user. Final cut for Mac is nicer, but pricy.
Assuming you are working on a PC/Windows platform, things are a bit more complicated. Which isn’t always bad, as you have more choices. 1st thing to note is that working with HD video is pro
I’m definitely looking at getting a hd hero2 for filming fishing, fly fishing, surfing, or just stuff in general. It takes very high quality video and pictures but i don’t exactly know what software works for it. I know most soft-wares convert it or cant handle the high quality.The ones that can are confusing as anything and take hours to learn, they are very professional. What do you recommend about editing film? I have a thing called “Sony Vegas” I can download on computer. Also the hd hero2 has a 170 degree field of view which mean it probably will get good film or pictures of what your aiming at without the LCD back pack. Or will that help to make sure you are shooting video of what you want or taking pictures of what you want? What do you know about these questions. Any information is greatly appreciated.
Eat-Sleep-Fish
1st thing to note is that working with HD video is processor intensive, so having a decent computer is very important if you are editing anything over 1 minute long or so. Hope this helps!
Thank yall soo much! I am convincing peapod to let me use his dell computer for editting. Im probably going to download song vegas 2011 and spend months learning how to use it. I think its worth it.
I’m getting a hero also. But I have to buy a new laptop anyway, so I need something that is going to edit the footage. Do you guys have any recommendations as to what I may need. I don’t want something that is over the top (expensive), but I don’t want something that is not sufficient(cheap).
My Dell Lattitude chokes on video editing. When I have a large file I head for my son’s “gamer” desktop. 8GB of RAM, 3d graphics card, quad core processor.
He built it for less than 1/3 the cost of my Dell and it’s 4 times more computer.
I’m getting a hero also. But I have to buy a new laptop anyway, so I need something that is going to edit the footage. Do you guys have any recommendations as to what I may need. I don’t want something that is over the top (expensive), but I don’t want something that is not sufficient(cheap).
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I would recommend something along the lines of a 2nd gen 2.4ghz Intel Core i5 cpu as a minimum. A lower clock speed on a quad core i7 chip would probably be ok, too. Don’t bother with core i3 stuff. A decent graphics card MAY help, however, from what I understand/have experienced, most current consumer level video editing software doesn’t utilize GPU acceleration; i.e, most of the workload falls on the cpu processor (Vegas does use gpu acceleration for final rendering, I believe). Hopefully that will change in the future.
With that said, you should focus on finding a deal on machine with a quality processor. Most notebooks under $1k now days have crappy Intel HD integrated graphics, anyhow. RAM is cheap and an easy DIY upgrade. Shouldn’t be too hard to find something in the $6-$800 range.
