>>124308Eh ... maybe. Depends on what you're shooting, how much you want to carry.
Keep in mind the gopro is entirely automatic - there's no zoom, no shutter button, no camera settings* at all... on = record, off = no record.
* By "camera settings", i'm talking about framerate/shutter speed, ISO, aperture... there's settings for resolution and intervalometer timing, but that's about it.
Also, the sensor/optics are about on par with a cheap cameraphone. Even a cheap point-and-shoot will give you FAR better photos than a gopro will. Hell, a modern cameraphone has more capability than the gopro/contour does.
Out snowmobiling I have all three -
-Contour on my helmet, gets me the POV shots
-P&S in the tunnel case - fast enough to pull out and get the good crash shots right after someone smashes into a tree/hole/snowdrift/whatever; and still takes decent photos
-Nikon goes in the pack, along with an extra lens or two and a speedlight. This is for the *good* pictures. Fucker's heavy, and nowhere near as easy to run as a P&S. But goddamn it cranks out awesome shots.
I'd get a POV camera and a P&S; unless photography's your thing and you're willing to haul a big-ass heavy expensive camera around. Modern point-and-shoots take damn good photos.
