GoPro newbie

[zbass333]

Let me start off by saying I do not have one at all. Never used one, or set one up.
With that said I am thinking about getting one. I want to set it up to where I will primarily use it in the boat. I plan to hook it up to the starting battery through a USB type charger connection. Any tips for that?
Another question is file storage. If I go on a trip and plan to record roughly 5 days of fishing, what would a guy need to do to be able to record that much footage? I realize that 5 64GB SD cards is one possible route. What are some other options? Download each day to a laptop or something and free up the card? Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Z

[Revoke36]

In those situations, I bring my laptop and external hard drive, upload and then wipe the card clean. That also allows you to watch back some footage so you can make any needed adjustments.

[webdude]

Get yourself this waterproof USB connector at West Marine. Click here for the link:http://www.westmarine.com/buy/poly-p...45?recordNum=2

However, I also use a 15,000 maH power pack. When it is fully charged, it will power a GoPro camera 2 or 3 days. Click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have both the Hero 3+ and Hero 4 Session. It seems to me that the GoPro Session is the easier camera to use in the boat plus it is waterproof without the extra casing. Cool thing about that is you can use a 128 GB MicroSD card which allow you to film a little over 10.5 hours a day at a resolution of 1080p. That's awesome!! When I go for more than a day, I take a laptop just like Revoke36 says and move the video files to an external HD.

Good luck and happy filming!!

[zbass333]

Thanks a bunch for the replies. That helps. Still doing research and like I say, this all helps.

[Reel Northern Bass]

Get this for the USB power part to install on your boat, been using it for 2 months, works amazing and it's CHEAP. You'll need to figure out a way to mount it. In my case, there was an old cigarette lighter in the boat that I removed. Found a black hardcoat painted 90 degree mounting bracket at my local hardware store for $2, just put that in its place, and used the existing power cables (with new connecters now) to power this bad boy up.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Then get something like this for your GoPro for a batter eliminator cable. This one specifically is for the Hero3, you will need to find a different cable for the Hero4. Downside to this is you need to use a case with an open back for the cable to come through, so it won't be completely waterproof. You'll need to keep it mounted up high to be safe.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

MicroSD cards are CHEAP now. The Hero3 still can only take a max of a 64gb card, so I bought two. One will record about 5 hours of 1080p at 60 frames per second, depending on the lighting. Whichever camera you get, just get one of the ones recommended by GoPro for make/model and go from there. I bought two of these, they work absolutely fine on my Hero3+ Silver.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've found that using the GoPro software to pull footage from your GoPro is insufferably slow. I have USB 3.0 slots on my PC, so I bought a MicroSD USB 3.0 Card Reader specifically for transferring my files from my GoPro. Take the card out of the camera, plug it into the card reader, plug the reader into the PC, tell it where you want to save the files, import, and done. It's sooooo much more incredibly faster doing it this way. A full 64gb card would take 3+ hours to transfer before hand. I can do that same amount in less than an hour now with this card reader.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1