Gopro - Night Vision

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dojo

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741 posts

134 months

Thursday 3rd March 2016
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Can GoPro's film at night?? Or is there an attachment for night vision?

Thanks

andyr30

613 posts

185 months

Thursday 3rd March 2016
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What is it you want to film...just low light or in darkness?

The new ones can handle low light alright, plenty videos on youtube showing it.

You can do night lapse videos with them which are pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0p0gTvfcw

You can also convert a gopro to infrared...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87MyQtFYcw


dojo

Original Poster:

741 posts

134 months

Thursday 3rd March 2016
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Its a zombie bootcamp - i think its very dark...
TIme lapse would be ok too.
So its a gopro4 hero i need?

andyr30

613 posts

185 months

Thursday 3rd March 2016
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I've got the 4 Black, I don't think the older models allow as much adjustment.

You can change the ISO level on mine for when it's dark, it helps but can suffer from a bit of noise.

A night lapse uses slow shutter speeds so any movement will be blurred

TheRainMaker

6,302 posts

241 months

Friday 4th March 2016
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Not sure I would bother with a GoPro or any other type of action cam for lowlight stuff tbh, the sensor is tiny.

Lunja

420 posts

184 months

Saturday 5th March 2016
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Check with the organiser that they allow filming. I've done a similar experience and was sadly denied, although to be fair it was that frightening I wouldn't want to watch it back!

4KGoProGuy

1 posts

94 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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If you are asking about filming, you can get decent lowlight film but the GoPro is not ideal for this.

On the other hand, the GoPro shoots remarkable Night Lapses. You can get time lapses of driving through the night, a dark theatre filling up, or a time lapse of the stars for an entire night. You have to work with the night mode settings and adjust them depending on the type of shot, but with a little practice you can get clear night lapses. For example, I use an auto shutter speed when filming a night time drive and this results in around a picture every second which is ideal for shorter time lapses. When filming the stars I use a 30 second shutter speed which pics up a lot more light, and takes a picture every 30 seconds(filming the whole night = around 8 seconds of video).

I hope this helps give a better idea of what the GoPro is capable of, but note there are a few more settings that are very important and factors that will make or break a night lapse.

If you want to see night lapse examples or get tips for settings and setup, check out our http://www.viabell.net/night-lapse-tutorial-gopro-...