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| taffrican Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Living room Posts: 624   
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Craig, If you go for the "Wasabi powerpack" you get 2 batteries an external charger and a ciggie lighter adaptor so you can charge in the car, all for £32 delivered from USA, I got mine from prime scuba on Amazon, took about 2 weeks from order to my door. Well worth the outlay if you ask me. 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wasabi-Power-Batte...KJOHWOIGCJ It says only in stock 1st Feb, when I ordered it said "in stock on 21st Jan." I got mine on the 18th of Jan, so their delivery time is very good  all the way from USA in -3 days Optimists say the glass is half full..
Pessimists say the glass is half empty.. Engineers say the glass is twice the size it needs to be! |
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24th Jan 2013 12:24am |
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| x-isle Member Since: 26 May 2011 Location: Midlands Posts: 1327 
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Awesome, you've just made my day!
Craig Rogers
2007 Puma 110 XS 2011 Evoque Coupe Dynamic Lux www.craigrogers.photography |
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24th Jan 2013 6:57am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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nice one taffrican
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24th Jan 2013 8:00am |
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| x-isle Member Since: 26 May 2011 Location: Midlands Posts: 1327
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I think that's under the threshold.
I'm not certain on this, but if the duty payable is less than £9 then it's waivered....... But I could be wrong on that. EDIT: Here's a snippet; Duty is not charged, but VAT may be charged, if either the total value of the goods (not including shipping charges or insurance) does not exceed £135 or the amount of duty payable on any given item, does not exceed £9. Neither duty nor VAT is payable if the total value of the goods (not including shipping charges or insurance) does not exceed £15. So, it still could be VAT-able being more than £15........ Craig Rogers 2007 Puma 110 XS 2011 Evoque Coupe Dynamic Lux www.craigrogers.photography |
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24th Jan 2013 9:02am |
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| taffrican Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Living room Posts: 624
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Nope, no tax, no duty...straight to my door without a customs sticker. They don't bother most of the time, I bought an expensive golf club a while back from the U.S. it was WAY over the £135 threshold and even then I ended up paying only £13 for the club's duty/vat and £13 for Parcelforce "handling charge"
I wouldn't worry about any additional charges anyway because it is advertised on a UK Amazon website and you are paying Amazon UK in G.B.P so I would assume all taxes should be null and void? I could be wrong...usually am  Optimists say the glass is half full..
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24th Jan 2013 9:46am |
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| x-isle Member Since: 26 May 2011 Location: Midlands Posts: 1327
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Yeah and if they don't pay tax, why should I!!!!!!!!!!  Craig Rogers
2007 Puma 110 XS 2011 Evoque Coupe Dynamic Lux www.craigrogers.photography |
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24th Jan 2013 10:21am |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109  
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My lad is off skiing with his black edition tells me the battery doesn't last long.
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24th Jan 2013 11:17am |
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| WarPig Member Since: 04 Dec 2009 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1748 
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Thanks x-isle & taffrican
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25th Jan 2013 12:28am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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you can switch the front screen off, reduce the picture size to 1080p and switch off the wifi and you will get lots more battery life |
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25th Jan 2013 7:32am |
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| x-isle Member Since: 26 May 2011 Location: Midlands Posts: 1327
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To be honest, I don't think there is any point in filming in anything higher than 1080. Most people want it for either youtube/Facebook/Vimeo or buring to Blu-ray or DVD.
None of these formats support anything bigger, so why capture in super HD only to then convert down (which will probably loose quality). Of course, you also have to remember, that if it's being used in cold conditions, then the battery will have even less life. I don't have an issue, but then, I bought it knowing it would last around 2.5 hours max. Craig Rogers 2007 Puma 110 XS 2011 Evoque Coupe Dynamic Lux www.craigrogers.photography |
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25th Jan 2013 8:11am |
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| gilmore Member Since: 29 Jan 2012 Location: Nottingham Posts: 52  
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I'm going to morocco to play in the desert (on my enduro bike, rather than the 50th Anniversary) and am just about to buy a Black Edition - but which one?
There's the normal black edition http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gopro/...n-ec044269 and the Motorsport black edition http://www.evanscycles.com/products/gopro/...n-ec044271 Has anyone worked out what the difference is? cheers rob All opinions expressed in this posting are my own and are not necessarily those of someone who knows what they are talking about. |
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25th Jan 2013 10:39pm |
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| taffrican Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Living room Posts: 624
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As far as I am aware there is no difference in the actual camera, the only difference I know of between adventure/motorsport and surf editions are the various mounting options, the adventure/motorsport are identical but the surf edition will have surfboard mounts and tethers. The camera will be the same across the range (black edition)
One thing to keep in mind for motorsport is the camera does not come with the sucker mount, that retails seperately at £29 in most retailers.  Optimists say the glass is half full..
Pessimists say the glass is half empty.. Engineers say the glass is twice the size it needs to be! |
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26th Jan 2013 12:31am |
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| WarPig Member Since: 04 Dec 2009 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1748
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Anyone tried the smartphone gopro app to control the camera/live view? Does it work?
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26th Jan 2013 12:56am |
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| taffrican Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Living room Posts: 624
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yep, works really well and much easier and quicker to change the settings for the camera, there is a 3 sec delay on the preview (on Iphone it is around 3sec, on Android it is about 1sec) and you can view what you are recording as you would on a handycam, but, only on resolutions 1440 and below (only when protune switched off), no preview on 2.7k and up. You can always edit protune on when editing your videos. Using the gopro smartphone app will save you money on buying the LCD viewer but the added bonus with the LCD viewer is you can watch back what you have recorded later (without having to plug camera into pc) I'm still undecided whether I will be forking out the extra £80 for the LCD tho'
one drawback of the LCD viewer is battery drain, from what I can gather it is quite a thirsty  and drains the battery fairly quickly if used constantly but you can switch it off when you have set the gopro up hope this helps... Optimists say the glass is half full..
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26th Jan 2013 3:08am |
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