The challenge for people new to GoPro’s are which accessories to start with.
The range of GoPro accessories on the market is staggering. Either of these 2 Rode microphones are perfect for using GoPro for YouTube. Alternatively, you could use a Rode SmartLav+ lavalier microphone (the type which pins to your shirt). These will vastly improve your GoPro audio quality, taking them to pro-quality. Secondly, get a Rode VideoMicro microphone. To improve your GoPro Audio you need to purchase 2 accessories. There are times when you may want to improve your GoPro audio quality, especially if you are using your GoPro for YouTube. The GoPro Hero7 Black is leaps and bounds better audio quality than the previous models. Tip: Read this article to find out how waterproof is each GoPro model. Don’t worry if you want to go deeper you can still buy GoPro waterproof cases to take them even deeper, specifically targeted for SCUBA diving. To learn what depth each different GoPro model is waterproof to read this article. Prior to the Hero 5 you needed to put them in a special waterproof case to make them waterproof up to 40m. That is, waterproof up to 10m / 30’ depth. That’s basically 8 times more space than I need!įrom GoPro Hero5 onwards, these wonderful little cameras are waterproof without a case. Alternatively, you could opt for a massive 256 GB card, they’re so cheap now. And particularly if you are recording GoPro travel videos, where you may have long intervals between downloading footage onto a computer or iPad.
In case you didn’t know, memory cards are rated to different speeds. Make sure you have a fast micro SD memory card.So a 32GB card could potentially hold 90 minutes of footage. It varies but generally, I get about 3 minutes of 1080P/30fps video per Gigabyte.
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I normally use 32GB cards and find that they can hold 2 solid days of 1080P / 30 fps video.