Chapter 2

Shooting Out of the Box

In This Chapter

arrow Unpacking your camera

arrow Seeing how everything works

arrow Acquiring the GoPro App

arrow Working with the remote

arrow 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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