Member of the Month

JalmarKalmar
April, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Contour vs. GoPro

profile picture
Chocolatecow
Posts: 135 - Karma: 108
Title says it all which one is better or are they the same,
I mean contour is way more sleek and easier to mount in different sport do to its size and it doesn't need all the BacPac stuff like gopro, but I cant tell if there is a difference in film quality I feel as if gopro is better but I'm not sure. Plus contour came out with the ROAM which looks sick but I don't know what the film quality is.

Tell me what you think NS
Oct 29 2011 4:40PM
0 0
profile picture
b.utters
Posts: 321 - Karma: 99
The contour plus which has just come out shits all over the go pro. The go pro was probably better than the contour HD but the plus fixes all the things that made the HD inferior.
Oct 29 2011 5:13PM
0 0
profile picture
CorbinLefebvre
Posts: 175 - Karma: 164
GoPro Hands down.
Oct 29 2011 5:17PM
0 0
profile picture
monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
no question

go pro!! and if you have the money, get the 2nd gen, its sooo much better!
Oct 29 2011 5:40PM
0 0
profile picture
Chocolatecow
Posts: 135 - Karma: 108
yeah i loved my 1st gen gopro HD
Oct 29 2011 5:44PM
0 0
profile picture
richard.
Posts: 873 - Karma: 55
go pro.
Oct 29 2011 6:36PM
0 0
profile picture
TACO-DOG.exe
Posts: 11986 - Karma: 12,239
Oct 29 2011 6:46PM
0 0
profile picture
huge-go
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 33
gopro all the way. I had a buddy who had a contour last year, and his shots all ways looked like garbage compared to ours, and he ended up buying a gopro.
Oct 29 2011 7:15PM
0 0
profile picture
ARMADAR7
Posts: 401 - Karma: 36
the one thing that the gopro does better is that it has a wider veiwing angle but the contore has its own special qualities depending on what you get. I do know that the contoure has a better wight balance out of the box. It shows truer color right away while you would hae to adjust the gopro.
Oct 29 2011 9:05PM
0 0
profile picture
jon@wh2o
Posts: 314 - Karma: 158
Contour for ease of use for sure. More likely to get a good shot if it's easy to use and not in the way compared to gopro where the image quality might be slightly better, but is a hassle to use/maintain (from all my experiences with both)
Oct 30 2011 8:55PM
0 0
profile picture
NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
Sounds like that guy is absolutely motoring when they go to the contour. So much wind noise. This video surprised me.

Also to the guy above, I don't see whats not easy about the gopro to use. Its pretty basic.
Oct 30 2011 10:54PM
0 0
profile picture
cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,682
Click for larger image
Oct 30 2011 11:25PM
0 0
profile picture
QuantumMechanic
Posts: 1029 - Karma: 891
I own a 1st gen HD Helmet Hero and I take it everywhere with me. I would disagree that the contour is easier to mount for different sports. It's profile is really only good for the side of a helmet. GoPros are a little cumbersome to mount on the side of a helmet, but that can be avoided by putting it on top instead. There are so many other mounts to choose from with the GoPro. My personal favorites are the pole mount and chesty. The LCD BacPac (which I have) is a nice feature to watch your footage on the chair ride up. It makes the camera a little heavier and makes it a little awkward to use with the chesty, but it is really worth it. You definitely can't get that from a Contour. The only downside to the GoPro is that the waterproof back door cuts out a lot of sound, so depending on what you're looking to get out of your footage that's either a plus or a minus. But you probably don't want all that wind noise from the Contour in that video anyway. Plus they just came out with the Hero2, which shoots 11 megapixel photos and up to 120fps slow motion.
Oct 31 2011 12:11AM
0 0
profile picture
cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,682
With a Contour you can watch it on your iphone...
Oct 31 2011 12:49AM
0 0
profile picture
jon@wh2o
Posts: 314 - Karma: 158
Answering a couple different posts here, but... for ease of use, I've already been skiing with my contour long before any of my friends with gopro's have asked "is the red light blinking guys?"
As for the back pack, sure its cool to see what you;ve filmed after the fact, but wouldn't you rather get the angle down before the fact so you know the shot will turn out? this is what the contour+smartphone combo gives you.
Oct 31 2011 1:26AM
0 0
profile picture
shmeddie
Posts: 83 - Karma: 9
definitely gopro. way more features and contour quality is shit compared to Gopro. it looks pro with color corrector. plus there is way more mounts
Oct 31 2011 12:45PM
0 0
profile picture
cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,682
Can any of you give any qualitative features Saying why a goPro or a contour is better? Saying there are 'way more mounts' is not a reason. "there is no pre-packaged pole mount for a contour and I lack the tiny bit of creativity to make one myself..." is better.

Honestly though, how many of the mounts do you really need? Are any of you going to put the goPro on a NVG mount? I doubt it.

What makes the GoPro quality better other then the thousands and thousands of dollars GoPro spends advertising themselves.

Do you all really prefer looking like a teletubby and having to ask others if your read light is on?
Oct 31 2011 1:42PM
0 0
profile picture
Chocolatecow
Posts: 135 - Karma: 108
hahahahaha, such a great post
Oct 31 2011 5:15PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4)