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TannerBalls
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My go pro hero hd 2 is taking blurry still shots on1080 wide. is this normal?
Feb 17 2012 2:06AM
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DIX~
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Example? How's the lighting when you're taking these? Is the camera moving while you take these?
Feb 17 2012 3:07AM
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Jpurd
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yeah i mean you need to tell us more if you want help
Feb 17 2012 8:08AM
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Mag
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could it be fog?
Feb 17 2012 8:09AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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are you taking pictures of bigfoot? i heard hes blurry
Feb 17 2012 9:18AM
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Stose
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to answer the OPs question. no that isnt normal. It could be fog, snow, something wrong with your camera, or you are overestimating the quality of it, because it doesnt take percfect DSLR quality photos
Feb 17 2012 9:20AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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or if your head is moving. it's not going to take a still without motion blur if you're moving your head around a lot.
Feb 17 2012 9:21AM
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Drail
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to get a good looking still from a GoPro you really should have it on a tripod. if there is any movement while taking a picture it will turn out blurry.
Feb 17 2012 12:08PM
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TannerBalls
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I just feel like the shutter speed is very slow and there's motion blur in the shots.  I've seen some crisp go pro photos but I'm not getting any.  maybe it's the low light?
Feb 17 2012 2:31PM
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backbarvey
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its not something particularly wrong with the go pro except that you're taking a single frame from 1080p or 720p video. Just because it comes together in high quality in video mode, a screenshot taken at 1080p from a go pro equates to roughly 1 or 2 megapixels. if you want good stills from your go pro use the camera function depending on the model it will take either 8mp or up to 11mp photos.

hope that helps
Feb 17 2012 7:26PM
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bleevus
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I usually just take a video then use the best screenshot. Unless on a tri or dome other solid surface, my stills usually end up blurry
Feb 17 2012 7:29PM
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backbarvey
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the answers right there. if you want to generate high quality screenshots from 1080p there are programs you can use as well. photographs are far more effective and far higher quality. a photograph taken with a canon 7d produces the same quality resolution that a still from 4k video would produce. a screenshot from 1080p video is generally worse quality than most standard camera phones. use the stills function on your go pro if you want higher quality photos.
Feb 17 2012 7:37PM
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