Thinking about GoPro 2 but I want a camera with Zoom and that I can film longer distance shots with.

EMK

EMK

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I've been looking at what I think might be my options and not only do I think I can get a more versatile camera than a GoPro 2 I think I can probably get one cheaper, right? That would be the plan anyway, if its gonna cost a lot more than that sort of range to get a camera that will film with the same sort of quality I'm not really interested.

I don't really know much about cameras and I made this thread by answering all the questions in the what camera thread. I have a Mini DV camera but the quality is shit and trying to get a new laptop that has a firewire port seems not to be possible anymore. so It has come this time to replace my camera.

I have a cheep fish eye for my camera that I use for follow cams. It's not mega wide but think it fits on most cameras around the price I'm looking at, I'm not really interested in a camera that I can't add a fish eye too.

I will almost certainly be using this solely for skiing, maybe for skating too, but its not a priority.

I would like something easy to use mainly cos I would be bribing my friends to be filming me and only using the camera a little bit myself, probably to return the favour, so no ones gonna be pro you know.

I wanna be filming a variety of ways, it will mainly be close up and follow cam like go pro is ideal for but also want to be able to film jumps from a distance and create good shots of that or maybe even powder lines from the bottom using zoom.

I'm gonna be buying a new computer, I'm not gonna be spending a lot though, the ones I'm looking at have about 4gb RAM, 2.1ghz processors and 500gb hard drives and seem to be capable of running hd graphics but I assume they are at the low end of that spectrum.

I'm gonna be editing on Ulead video studio 11 at the moment, I find it easy to use and understand it. If you wanna make a recommendation about a step up from that that I could benefit from then please do. You may be aware that am no film maker.

So guys do you have any suggestions or advice as to what I should be looking at here? Your input would be really helpful. Thanks.
 
I live in the UK so my price range is about £300 but cameras cost different here, so i was just looking for suggestions around the cost of a go pro hd 2 which is about $300 over there right? Its about the same in pounds unfortunately.
 
1. If you're wanting a gopro hd1 I'll sell you mine(I'm british) and 2, if your buying a gopro hd2 get it shipped from america(off somebody on newschoolers preferably as it'll be cheapest(and ask them if they'll say the value of the item is like 50$ for tax purposes, then it's only about £170))
 
keep in mind that the actual resolution of 1080i is lower than 1080p and '60fps' for 1080i is actually 60 half-frames that interlace to make 30 full frames. so also not as many fps as 1080p at 60fps.
 
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