March 20th, 2013

GoPro Sends Reviewer A DMCA Takedown Notice, Internet Explodes — But Wait! It Was An “Unfortunate Miscommunication”

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Word travels fast on the Internet. Especially when you don’t want it to.

Early this morning, DigitalRev (a hybrid blog/photography store/photo sharing social network) replaced a review of GoPro’s Hero 3 with the text of a DMCA takedown notice they’d received. “@GoPro is bullying us with DMCA. We’ll have to remove this article soon”, they tweeted. → Read More

November 26th, 2012

Gift Guide: Mophie Outride Action Camera Case For iPhone 4/4S

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Mophie is best known for doubling your iPhone’s battery life with the Mophie juice pack, but the company actually offers a wide range of iPhone accessories including the Outride Wide-Angle Lens iPhone case and mount kit.

Anyone who’s been interested in action cameras like the GoPro and Looxcie should be especially interested to get almost the exact same functionality out of their phone with… → Read More

June 5th, 2012

GoPro’s New WiFi BacPac + WiFi Remote Combo Kit Will Let You Control 50 GoPros At Once

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What’s better than one GoPro camera? Two, naturally. But what about 50?

Well, control over 50 GoPro Hero cameras is exactly what you’ll get with the freshly announced WiFi BacPac + WiFi Remote Combo Kit.

The combo will allow you to WiFi-enable both your HD Hero and HD Hero2 cameras, a la BacPac, which is an attachable casing. Then, the WiFi Remote will go with you wherever your creative… → Read More

April 20th, 2012

Kids Send 3D GoPro Cameras Into Space, Get Back Stunning Footage

Whip out the out the old anagylphs, folks, because you’re going to want to watch this. Some kids at the Wonderland Elementary School sent up a weather balloon mounted with a carbon fiber frame carrying six GoPro HDHERO2 cameras. Four of the cameras were set in 3D configuration and, after editing, they were able to create the first stratospheric 3D video shoot using a balloon. You can watch it in… → Read More

October 23rd, 2011

GoPro Releases The HD Hero2 Action Camera, All-New Imaging In The Same Rugged Housing

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GoPro is ready to take action cameras to a whole new level. Again. The Half Moon Bay-based company just released the HD Hero2 Professional, a major refresh over the original (and much loved) HD Hero. Chief among the updates is a new video sensor that has twice the performance as the original including better low light capture. This new sensor is paired with a different lens that not only improves… → Read More

June 27th, 2011

A Seagull's Life Through The Eyes Of A GoPro Camera

The story goes that a seagall, the rat of the air, picked up this GoPro camera. The result? Well, just watch the video above. It’s pretty awesome. → Read More

April 4th, 2011

GoPro Launches The $99 3D Hero Camera System

3D! Video! YAY! GoPro is the latest company to catch the 3D bug and just outed the 3D Hero System. The system isn’t all that complex. It’s really just a mounting system that straps two of the firm’s 1080p HD Hero action cameras into a special polycarbonate, waterproof housing that also syncs the camera’s video together. The captured data is then turned into magical 3D with… → Read More

March 2nd, 2011

The GoPro Battery BacPac Allows For 5 Hours Of Extreme Video Recording

GoPro makes fantastic action cameras and the latest add-on makes them oh-so-much better. (Peep our hands-on here) The BacPac clips onto the HD Hero camera and allows for over 5 hours of recording. That’s more than double the built-in battery life. Plus, with a handy battery meter and rear-mounted mini USB port, there’s nothing not to love. Even the $49.99 MSRP is just about right. So… → Read More

February 1st, 2011

GoPro's New LCD BacPac Let's You See What You're Shooting

Here at the CrunchGear offices, we have a few GoPro HD Hero cameras that we use for an assortment of footage, including our auto coverage. These are great cameras for getting video in places you wouldn’t want to put an expensive, more fragile, camera. But, the biggest problem with the HD Hero has been its lack of a viewfinder. Sometimes, when the camera is pointed too high, like towards the sky… → Read More

September 26th, 2010

GoPro Releases The Low-Cost HD Hero 960 Wearable Sports Camera And We Go Hands-On

http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=83OWtxMTrj42breWai40MczwjirhbakO&version=2 GoPro isn’t a new name in the sports camera world. People have been strapping their cams to motorcycles, surfboards, and cars for some time now and their latest model brings high-def video for a bit less. The HD Hero 960 offers most of what the big brother HD Hero does, but for nearly half the… → Read More