I am resending my reply to Ken, as I received a warning from the server that my message was too long.
For the whales and the surfers I rely mostly on my K-5 II S and the 70-300 zoom. I would use the GoPro more for filming the sail to and from the harbor and the views of the mountains and other islands we will be passing. If I take a flight to Kilauea on the Big Island, I would also use it aloft to capture "the experience," although I would rely on my DSLR for images of the flowing lava. When the camera arrived, I ordered two high capacity high speed micro SD cards to use exclusively with the GoPro. They came yesterday, so I put one in the camera, charged the battery and took it with me in the car. As an experiment. I placed it on a non-skid tray on my dashboard and turned it on. I didn't even check the settings, let alone change any of them. I left it on during my drive home. When I got home, I placed the card in the adapter, stuck it in my MacAir, and clicked on what looked to be the appropriate file. It certainly exceeded my expectations. There was a lot of noise, but then, it was totally dark except for the street lights, stop lights, and taillights and headlights of other cars. I could easily read the road signs and the major landmarks on my way home, and it pretty much recorded the trip and did a much better job than any other video recorder I have used. I tried it in reverse on my way to work in the morning, but I haven't yet had an opportunity to check out the result. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
