Chapter 2
Shooting Out of the Box
In This Chapter
Unpacking your camera
Seeing how everything works
Acquiring the GoPro App
Working with the remote
Mounting your camera
While it’s bold to say that GoPro offers the most revolutionary way for consumers to make movies, it’s also a bit of an understatement. The camera offers a wide-angle view that has not been affordable for still photographers, and non-existent for videographers. When you add its waterproof housing, a relatively low price (from a couple of hundred bucks), and a wide array of mounts to place it just about anywhere, it changes the way we make movies.
There are so many things you can do with this diminutive marvel, but unlike conventional camcorders or cameras, it’s important to get familiar with your GoPro from the time you remove it from the package to when you download your movies and still photographs. This chapter ...
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