Thinking of buying a Go-Pro? Read this.

[slowchevy]

I've been thinking about picking a go-pro for a little while to be able to film random stuff as well as car events. A member of my group the other day told me about a low cost alternative made by a company called Lightdow sold through Amazon. I was skeptical with it being priced just under $60, but I decided to do research. Watched a lot of videos on YouTube and read a few dozen reviews. The side by side comparison videos with Go-Pro brand cameras was nearly identical. Another member here saw that thread and got one for himself and when I saw his videos, that's when I decided I would buy one for myself. Honestly, I'm impressed. I have been toying with it for a few hours, recorded a few videos. I also found out that pretty much any Go-Pro accessories will fit the Faux-pro. It comes with a decent amount of mounts as well as an extra battery. Here's a video I took earlier with the suction cup mount I purchased and the camera itself as well as photos of the overall setup. I'm pretty pleased and if you're looking at a Go-Pro, save the money and buy one of these. It works just as good as my brother's Go-Pro at a fraction of the cost.



Here's the test video.

LINKS:


Camera


Tether cable and suction cup mount


4k Capable memory card


Windshield mount


All in all, pretty good for what it is.

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[SHARKBITEATTACK]

So it does 30fps at 1080p?

 

[slowchevy]

Yeah. It'll also shoot 60 FPS 1280x720 and smaller. Decent hardware for the price.

 

[greasy]

I am enticed by this!

 

[Turtle]

I didn't read too much yet. But can it accept the WiFi remote and battery from a go pro?

Gf has a gopro4 silver and I don't like asking to borrow for my motorcycle. This would be a win/win for me. Well she would hate me if it was equally quality. Lol

 

[sickmint79]

i like the idea of a real gopro for a main cam then as many of these as you pleased for anything else

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

shiny van is shiny

 

[Rebel]

interesting..

 

[slowchevy]

I didn't read too much yet. But can it accept the WiFi remote and battery from a go pro?

Gf has a gopro4 silver and I don't like asking to borrow for my motorcycle. This would be a win/win for me. Well she would hate me if it was equally quality. Lol

I can't answer that, but it comes with two batteries and a spare set with charger is only like fifteen bucks.

 

[Grabber]

Seems like a great little cam for basic use.

For those that needs different recording options, high quality sound and a proven system, the GoPro is the way to go.

The new GoPro hero 4 black editions record in 4K, 2.7K, 1440, 1080, 960, 720, etc.

The battery life is not the most impressive since recording @ 1080/60 FPS, you get maybe 1.5 hours out of one. Not the best, but, I've seen worse.

 

[Mike K]

Seems like a great little cam for basic use.

For those that needs different recording options, high quality sound and a proven system, the GoPro is the way to go.

The new GoPro hero 4 black editions record in 4K, 2.7K, 1440, 1080, 960, 720, etc.

The battery life is not the most impressive since recording @ 1080/60 FPS, you get maybe 1.5 hours out of one. Not the best, but, I've seen worse.

Quality sound? The GoPro has notoriously horrible sound.

This looks like a solid cam for the price though. The GoPro probably has more dynamic range but I'm not sure how much that matters for most.

 

[Gone_2022]

Quality sound? The GoPro has notoriously horrible sound.

This looks like a solid cam for the price though. The GoPro probably has more dynamic range but I'm not sure how much that matters for most.

That was my only complaint with the go pro. Outside of car videos are pretty much all wind noise and distortions. When I stuck it to my helmet I did not have any complaints though

 

[Grabber]

Quality sound? The GoPro has notoriously horrible sound.

This looks like a solid cam for the price though. The GoPro probably has more dynamic range but I'm not sure how much that matters for most.

Mine records sound very well.

I have another dash cam that I spent $70 bucks on and any sounds that is over maybe 40-50dB comes out crackling and static-like on it.

There are betters cams for recording, but, you get what you pay for.

The Hero 4 and Session models have come a long way compared to previous models.

 

[sickmint79]

Quality sound? The GoPro has notoriously horrible sound.

This looks like a solid cam for the price though. The GoPro probably has more dynamic range but I'm not sure how much that matters for most.

That was my only complaint with the go pro. Outside of car videos are pretty much all wind noise and distortions. When I stuck it to my helmet I did not have any complaints though

so this is partially due to what you are giving it. i mean that's all the camera is hearing outside your car anyway right? so you can get that foofy mic stuff to break up the wind noise but even then you're still going quite fast in a car. and if it doesn't hear anything else (say far from exhaust or engine or tire squeal) all it really has to listen to is still wind noise anyway. so that is where if you do something like put on foofy stuff and put it on your quarter panel, now you've reduced wind noise plus given it something else to actually record, squeal and engine.

 

[Gone_2022]

It may be partially to how I had it mounted or the orientation of the mount. But it was ok I guess. Great quality video though

 

[slowchevy]

Will have another boring minivan clip up later. Got a few angles of exhaust sound to test the sound canceling. Rear door, side facing rear

 

[slowchevy]

Fk'd around with YouTube's video creator and a few exterior sound clips to see how the camera does at different angles. Not bad.

 

[LikeABauce302]

The Sony action cam lineup is really nice and a better price point than GoPro's offerings. Still not as cheap as the knockoffs, but it's a good middle ground.

 

[slowchevy]

Ordered a low rent handheld gimbal. Curious to see how well this works for the price.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WFSUYR4/?tag=tcg21-20

 

[slowchevy]

Budget gimbal is the shit. Will be using it tomorrow night.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Enticed, even at 40% off the gopro's are still pricey.

 

[Mike K]

so this is partially due to what you are giving it. i mean that's all the camera is hearing outside your car anyway right? so you can get that foofy mic stuff to break up the wind noise but even then you're still going quite fast in a car. and if it doesn't hear anything else (say far from exhaust or engine or tire squeal) all it really has to listen to is still wind noise anyway. so that is where if you do something like put on foofy stuff and put it on your quarter panel, now you've reduced wind noise plus given it something else to actually record, squeal and engine.

Not really, no. Well, maybe 5%. There is absolutely no depth. Everything sounds like it's in a can. I've yet to hear a GoPro record anything even remotely acceptable. They are widely used in the industry and almost always coupled with an external sound recorder.

 

[Mike K]

Ordered a low rent handheld gimbal. Curious to see how well this works for the price.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WFSUYR4/?tag=tcg21-20

You fuckers have no idea. When I first started my business we were selling the real version of this (Steadicam Merlin) for $700 and that was cheap. Then some companies in China got the bright idea of copying everything and basically wiped out the consumer steadicam industry. We don't even bother selling them anymore because they're worth so little.

 

[syP]

My GoPro sound is horrible. I am extremely enticed by this knockoff.

 

[slowchevy]

faux-pro ftmfw