Chapter 3

Accessorize Me

In This Chapter

arrow Choosing the right media card

arrow Taking your GoPro underwater

arrow Mounting your GoPro

arrow Making your GoPro wearable

arrow Ensuring a good charge

Think about the potato for a second. The tuberous nightshade vegetable lacks the flavor that it has when it’s cooked and spiced. Well-prepared potatoes are a much-loved food source that sometimes we love too much (thank you very much, French fries) and at other times just enough (boiled potatoes, you know who you are).

In a strange way, GoPro alone has much in common with a potato. Just as you can eat a raw starchy potato by itself, you can use a GoPro without any accessories. You can still take pictures and make movies with it. The problem is that you can’t really mount the camera or monitor what you’re doing with it.

GoPro seems like quite the accessory hound, but it includes a vital accessory right in the box: ...

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