Are there technical/practical limitations that prevent it from reading microSD cards above 32 GB? I'm mostly asking out of curiosity, as 64 GB seems fairly inexpensive on Amazon...
SDHC vs SDXC I believe. SDHC only goes up to 32GB.
Polaroid Cube
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#22I'd love to use a bunch of these to build a "bullet time" camera array. Can anybody think of a cheaper/easier method?
Webcams.
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#23Finally 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.
I think the fact that it's tiny, cute, and inexpensive will help them carve a niche out from under GoPro. I can imagine something like this being used in places where you wouldn't really want a "hard core" action cam.
agree with that. this just seems more user friendly to get started with. much more of a fun impulse buy than a GoPro IMO.
I thought the video quality was extremely high, compared with a lot of the other stuff I see on YouTube.
also worth noting that there are a ton of retail outlets in the USA which is an added benefit to their distribution strategy.
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#24Would be very cool if it could be programmed to do timelapses with a specified interval. Also, if the recording time was like a ring buffer, it would make for a great security/dashcam.
paired with Microsofts hyperlapse (I think its called) yes that would be great!
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#25> It’s wide angle lens...
You'd think they'd have someone proofread a product announcement.
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#26Finally 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.
uh? gopro really only has the brand nowadays.
When gopro started it was jus the cheapest digital camera that nobody would cry if it was smashed by the skateboard... it wasn't really ground breaking in any other aspect. yeah it had interchangeable lens. but everyone i know that used them had one camera for each lens (since they cost ~1 to 2x the price of a good lens anyway)
nowadays there are tons of cheap digital cameras that fit the bill. most in a more convenient cylindrical body. and sometimes 1/5 the price of a gopro! win-win right? except everyone still goes for the gopro because of brand.
so no, this is not "finally stepping into gopro market". the market already have plenty of alternative and they are mostly doing fine. specially in the dashboard cam niche that gopro doesn't market so heavily.
this is just a product some, what... 20yrs later or something. sd card up to 32gb! wth... what is this? 2010? now they are going to say this is not readily available nationwide and that when it is, there will be a wait list?
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#27Polaroid is pretty much a hollow shell used to market white label products these days. Anyone know if they actually developed this camera, of if they're just the front for another company?
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#28Are there technical/practical limitations that prevent it from reading microSD cards above 32 GB? I'm mostly asking out of curiosity, as 64 GB seems fairly inexpensive on Amazon...
SDHC vs SDXC I believe. SDHC only goes up to 32GB.
Interesting. Thanks. From some brief reading on wikipedia, I wonder if they chose SDHC to avoid any (patent) issues with the exFAT file system.
Kinda seems like a shame. 32 GB is quite a lot, but for HD video, it seems like it could fill up quickly.
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#29Are there technical/practical limitations that prevent it from reading microSD cards above 32 GB? I'm mostly asking out of curiosity, as 64 GB seems fairly inexpensive on Amazon...
Often they advertise 32GB but they're compatible with larger, just not officially supported. For example http://www.motorola.com/us/moto-g-pdp-1/Moto-G/moto-g-pdp.ht... only advertises 32GB but I put a 64GB in it out of the box and it works.
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#30GoPro is pretty small but I wonder what new opportunities this may open up being even smaller