Action cams

14 Boring Things GoPro Makes Awesome

Most of us will never do a McTwist like Shaun White or catch a wave like Kelly Slater. But that doesn’t mean we can’t partake in the joys of a good action cam. Here are some of our favorite examples of GoPro making the little things—okay, the totally mundane things—a billion times better: New X-Games…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 28

Lens-Friendly Novo Action Cam Turns Your Extreme Stunts Into Cinematic Masterpieces

The action cam field is pretty crowded at this point, so how do you make consumers choose your offering over a GoPro? The easiest way is to just repackage the GoPro in a sturdier housing that makes it compatible with C-mount lenses and call it the Novo. Working alongside View Factor Studios, Radiant Images have…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 8

Liquid Image Apex HD+ Review: All Snow Goggles Should Come With Built-In Action Cams

Action cameras are great for shredding the slopes and all, but there are some drawbacks. What if it falls off your helmet? What if the angle is too high, or too low? Those are the sorts of problems Liquid Image tackles by building an action cam right into your snow goggles. And it comes so…

Reviews Brent Rose Mar 29

Monoprice MHD Action Cam Review: Not Bad for $100

It has pretty much been settled that the way to go for a premium action-cam these days is the GoPro Hero3. But not everyone has that kind of cash to throw around. The Monoprice MHD offers a simple and cheap alternative for capturing your adventures. https://gizmodo.com/gopro-hero-3-black-edition-review-yes-its-the-best-u-5959046 What Is It? A $100 action cam. Who’s It…

Reviews Michael Hession Mar 19

Can Panasonic’s A100 HD Action Cam Muscle in on GoPro’s Turf?

Panasonic claims its new wearable HD camcorder will be perfect for adrenaline junkies and recreation-seekers alike—but can it compete in a market that’s already dominated by GoPro, the clear winner in our recent action cam test? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-action-camera-5965732 The HX-A100’s water-proof and dust-proof case houses hardware capable of filming 1920 x 1080 video at 60 fps,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 8

A Teeny Tiny Action Cam with a Half Decent Sensor: Must Be for Porn?

Here’s the Ego Mini, the tiniest Wi-Fi enabled action cam around. It’s 1.62 x 0.86 x 2.05 inches little, and Liquid Image says it’s designed to be less about “fun” and more about “function.” Translation: This might be when action cams turn the corner off of Action Replay Avenue and onto Pervy Perv Sex Video…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jan 6

GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition Review: Yes, It’s the Best (Updated)

Yes, it’s action cam season. Sony’s entered the market, Contour has updated its line with the Contour+2. But what about the latest from the brand that’s come to define the category—the Kleenex of action cams, if you will? https://gizmodo.com/sony-action-cam-review-not-as-awesome-as-we-hoped-5953000 We’ve been putting GoPro’s highly anticipated Hero 3 Black edition through some rigorous testing. And it…

Reviews Brent Rose and Michael Hession Nov 28

A Sports Cam With Eyes On the Back of Its Head Captures Twice the Action

Now here’s a unique take on the seemingly unending supply of action sports cams hitting the market. Oregon Scientific’s ATC Chameleon packs a pair of adjustable lenses on the front and back of the camera with 110-degree fields of view. So athletes can share what’s happening behind the camera, as well as what’s in front.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 14

Drift’s New Action Cam Packs In the Features

When we last took a look, the Drift HD came in last in our action camera battlemodo. It had a lot of features that we really liked, but image quality wasn’t up to snuff. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-action-camera-5919942 The new Drift Ghost, though, promises even more features, not the least of which is a new set of optics.…

Gadgets Brent Rose Nov 7

Hurricane Surfing: This Is How We Do Product Reviews

Yesterday, as the front-edge of Hurricane Sandy started bearing down on New York and newscasters were talking about, “Idiot surfers risking their lives,” I was one of those idiots. Sorry. I had a camera to test. I paddled out at Rockaway Beach, NY with three cameras strapped to the nose of my 76-inch board. It…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 29

The GoPro Hero3’s 4K Resolution Is Wonderfully Useless

GoPro’s brand spankin’ new line of its popular action-cams offers a lot of great upgrades: The cams are smaller, lighter, and have higher frame rates. Sweet! The Black version also offers 4K video recording—a feature sure to make headlines and widen the eyes of video gear-heads. It is ultimately nothing but a vacuous gimmick. https://gizmodo.com/gopros-rugged-new-hero3-shoots-4k-video-5952409…

Tech News Michael Hession Oct 17

GoPro’s Rugged New Hero3 Shoots 4K Video

Despite Contour offering some stiff competition of recent time, think of an action cam, and the name GoPro probably comes to mind. The company is trying to cement that reputation with the Hero3, which claims to be smaller, lighter and record better quality footage than its predecessor. https://gizmodo.com/contour-2-review-sweet-images-sloppy-mounts-5948640 Announced in San Francisco last night, GoPro…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17

Contour+2 Review: Sweet Images, Sloppy Mounts

Think of an action cam, and the name GoPro probably comes to mind. But there are a lot of alternates to consider, as a recent action cam Battlemodo proved. One brand, Contour, has always been just a step away from gaining GoPro-style notoriety. The recently announced Contour+2 might change that. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-action-camera-5919942 What Is It? A…

Reviews Michael Hession Oct 4

Contour+2: Can this New Action Camera Finally Dethrone the GoPro?

The Contour+2 is an upgraded version of the company’s action-cam flagship, the Contour+. Having always played second fiddle to the ubiquitous GoPro, Contour is seeking to entice buyers with a slew of new social media and smartphone features to finally put them ahead of the pack. Front-and-center with the Contour+2 is its focus on social…

Tech News Michael Hession Sep 5

This Sony Action Cam Prototype Is Brimming With Wonderful Tiny Tech

Sony just posted images of this tiny action camera it’s developing. It’s adorable, but seriously, how the heck is a camera that small going to produce high quality HD video? It’s got solid guts—and not the kind you need to go skydiving. We actually know two very important components Sony’s testing out: The lens and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 27

CamOne Infinity Is the First Action Cam With Interchangeable Lenses

The CamOne Infinity is an action cam with a key difference that could help set it apart from the GoPro if it arrives to market: it has interchangeable lenses. In addition to the standard lens, which shoots at two fields of view: 170 degrees and 127 degrees, CamOne is reportedly going to release 142-degree and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 22

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Lens-Friendly Novo Action Cam Turns Your Extreme Stunts Into Cinematic Masterpieces

Liquid Image Apex HD+ Review: All Snow Goggles Should Come With Built-In Action Cams

Monoprice MHD Action Cam Review: Not Bad for $100

Can Panasonic’s A100 HD Action Cam Muscle in on GoPro’s Turf?

A Teeny Tiny Action Cam with a Half Decent Sensor: Must Be for Porn?

GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition Review: Yes, It’s the Best (Updated)

A Sports Cam With Eyes On the Back of Its Head Captures Twice the Action

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