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Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by commandar »

mkoryak wrote: post #37

This is cool. Ive been using my v1 contour roam every day for about a year and the battery life is starting to suck. I went on amazon to buy a new contour roam but it has actually gone UP in price from $120 to 200+ :P

Contour went out of business late last year and closed shop. An investment group that was involved with the company before bought up what was left and is supposedly going to be releasing new products in the near future here, but most of what you're going to find is old stock, which is why the prices have gone up.

(I have a V1 Roam that I love as well. The form factor is just so much better than a GoPro for a lot of things).

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by MBCook »

stfu wrote: post #62
msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

Some of you seems to know the market quite well - here is my question: I would like to have a GoPro alike Cam for mostly indoor usage (low light) with exchangeable lenses (for interviews). I have used a GoPro3+B in the past and like its size and app based control. But for low light indoor settings it delivers sub par quality. What would be a better camera for such a setting?

That doesn't sound like the GoPro's domain to me. I see them as rough-and-tumble sports or action cameras.

But low light performance and interchangeable lenses are almost diametrically opposed to what what they're doing. You need a large sensor and lens to get good low light performance (which makes it bigger) and so would the mechanism on an interchangeable lens. Further the interchangeable lenses are just additional parts to fail when you're bouncing around on your kayak trip.

If you just want portability, you probably want something more like a micro 4/3s camera. I assume they can capture video but would almost certainly be more fit for the job.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by rm445 »

Mandatum wrote: post #47
baddox wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't mean no one proofread it. These days I think it's more common to have the apostrophe in the possessive pronoun can to omit it. I've even seen people defend their usage as deliberate. I suspect we're near the end of it even being considered a "rule."

It's = Shortended "it is" "It is wide angle lens" doesn't work.

Parent poster understood that, and suggests the incorrect usage is becoming standard, as people apply a simplified form of the rule. In the same way, one might expect "whose" to be phased out in favour of an incorrect "who's".

I'm not convinced they are correct (note deliberate use of the ungrammatical but popular singular 'they'), because hyper-correctism seems to be increasing as well. The population seems to be splitting into those who can't use correct grammar, and sticklers, with a reduced middle ground of the relaxed.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by wuliwong »

jjw1414 wrote: post #58
Mandatum wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's = Shortended "it is" "It is wide angle lens" doesn't work.

Is that true? A statement like, "Drive Tom's car" is grammatically correct, but I don't think it is expanded to "Drive Tom is car".

Hah yea, this is a particularly nasty part of the language IMO. I was wrestling with it recently. For pronouns, the apostrophe is only to indicate a contraction. Possessive pronouns like "hers" do not use an apostrophe. So "it's" always means "it is." Where "its" always is expressing that "it" possesses something.

I usually refer to this handy illustrated guide http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe :D

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by multipass »

mkoryak wrote: post #37

This is cool. Ive been using my v1 contour roam every day for about a year and the battery life is starting to suck. I went on amazon to buy a new contour roam but it has actually gone UP in price from $120 to 200+ :P

What I love about the Contour+2 is that the battery is compatible with old Nokia phone batteries, which makes it very cheap to have a bunch of charged batteries in reserve.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by wuliwong »

jerhinesmith wrote: post #66
jjw1414 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that true? A statement like, "Drive Tom's car" is grammatically correct, but I don't think it is expanded to "Drive Tom is car".

That's because "Tom's" is possessive in this case. The possessive form of "it" is "its" (no apostrophe). The way I remember it: if you can substitute "his" or "hers" for "its", then don't use an apostrophe.

I like that, I'll use it. I still forget it's vs. its.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by bcohen5055 »

stfu wrote: post #62
msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

Some of you seems to know the market quite well - here is my question: I would like to have a GoPro alike Cam for mostly indoor usage (low light) with exchangeable lenses (for interviews). I have used a GoPro3+B in the past and like its size and app based control. But for low light indoor settings it delivers sub par quality. What would be a better camera for such a setting?

This isn't the right application for an action based camera. Opt for a consumer level SLR with HD video or really any handheld camcorder from the last 5 yrs to get the feature set you need.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by wuliwong »

qu4z-2 wrote: post #55
baddox wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't mean no one proofread it. These days I think it's more common to have the apostrophe in the possessive pronoun can to omit it. I've even seen people defend their usage as deliberate. I suspect we're near the end of it even being considered a "rule."

In that case I'm looking forward to the days of he's and her's!

hahahha. they's?

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by base698 »

collyw wrote: post #33

What's different / better about this than a GoPro?

It looks like it's smaller form factor and less entanglement hazard for parachuting sports. The Gopro has killed at least 3 people due to entanglement.

I know that's a super fringe use, but I like the idea of something smaller with smooth surfaces even though I own several Gopros.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by baddox »

Mandatum wrote: post #47
baddox wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't mean no one proofread it. These days I think it's more common to have the apostrophe in the possessive pronoun can to omit it. I've even seen people defend their usage as deliberate. I suspect we're near the end of it even being considered a "rule."

It's = Shortended "it is" "It is wide angle lens" doesn't work.

I am acutely aware of that, and I prefer the distinction. My point is that language trends change over time, and it seems like this trend is changing.
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