nicor wrote:Geez, I was just going to blindly buy a GoPro. I didn't know there were so many other brands.
I'm only going to use the action camera for kiting and maybe some snowboarding.
Seeing there is a fogging problem with gopro, what would be best alternative for kiting?
RickI wrote: a hot camera in a very small housing will fog under some conditions.
gbgreen59 wrote:There were a couple of us who don't seem to have a problem with fogging. I wonder if the polarizing lense has anything to do with not fogging. The polarizing lense is really just a piece of thin plastic that looks like a soft contact lense.
Does anyone who has problems with fogging also use a polarizing lense?
RickI wrote:Yes, camera heat generation and increased internal housing temperature will lead to fogging in some cases for the reason you cite, physics. This is explored in depth at the following link and in particular the fourth post by suryaprihadi:
http://goprouser.freeforums.org/possibl ... 14339.html
For folks interested in fogging in GoPro (or many other housed cameras) it is worth looking over. I routinely have fogging problems with all my land cameras going from AC space to humid outdoor conditions in SE Florida. Have the same thing only worse in the mountains in snow. I can recall having underwater housings fog over 40 years ago and many times since. This is far from a problem unique to GoPro in short. There are various "fixes" out there, find a good one and use it. Paper towel sections and sealing in an air conditioned space do it for me.
Thanks for the input. After doing more research than I would have liked, I believe the Gopro is still the best option for the time being.RickI wrote:You want a camera that shoots good, clear images. Bells and whistles are nice too but I would say that is the most important feature for me anyway. I have yet to find another brand that comes close in image quality (sharpness, color fidelity). There were quite a few at Surf Expo, looking into them, they seemed to come up short. You would think someone would come up with one but not yet to my knowledge. There is no problem with fogging in GoPros if you place paper towel sections inside. If you don't bother, a hot camera in a very small housing will fog under some conditions.
nicor wrote:Geez, I was just going to blindly buy a GoPro. I didn't know there were so many other brands.
I'm only going to use the action camera for kiting and maybe some snowboarding.
Seeing there is a fogging problem with gopro, what would be best alternative for kiting?
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