I got this tasty tidbit from a U.S.-based secret camera sales person source who indicated that GoPro is making a special version of their Action Cams that have a REMOVEABLE LENS that will have a small form factor quick-locking mount.
The current Gopro 12 Hero is a 12 mm to 39 mm lens system at f/2.5 that uses software trickery to get that sort of variable zooming.
The newest Gopro Interchangeable Lens Action Camera will be sold alongside the original Gopro Hero and will have a different naming convention.
There will be FOUR compact lenses available upon introduction that will have a very reduced fish-eye effect in the final imagery coming closer to traditional fixed focal length wide-angle imaging. These lenses will be a 14 mm, a 28 mm, a 38 mm (38 mm?) and a 50 mm prime-like lens that are extremely compact but do not the fit current GoPro enclosures which are being revised to fit and will be sold alongside the original enclosures.
The new pop-on/pop-off interchangeable lens mounting system will be made available to 3rd party manufacturer accessory-makers.
The reasoning behind this new GoPro interchangeable lens system is to facilitate less fish-eye distortion for specific sports and action scenarios so that a more narrow-focused final image can be realized as per numerous requests from Hollywood crash-cam and stunt camera operators, plus requests from TWO unnamed major sports leagues (one is rumoured to be FIFA and the other is American Baseball!) who want to experiment with putting wireless body cameras onto players and on-field officials. Gopro itself was specifically requested to provide such a type of interchangeable lens action camera!
My source also says there were numerous feature requests sent to GoPro over the last 10 years who is just now responding to such a marketplace request from end-users.
This type of announcement is just one more cascading effect of new product innovations that is starting to affect Canon's marketshare. What will Canon do to offer something in the Action Camera Segment?
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The current Gopro 12 Hero is a 12 mm to 39 mm lens system at f/2.5 that uses software trickery to get that sort of variable zooming.
The newest Gopro Interchangeable Lens Action Camera will be sold alongside the original Gopro Hero and will have a different naming convention.
There will be FOUR compact lenses available upon introduction that will have a very reduced fish-eye effect in the final imagery coming closer to traditional fixed focal length wide-angle imaging. These lenses will be a 14 mm, a 28 mm, a 38 mm (38 mm?) and a 50 mm prime-like lens that are extremely compact but do not the fit current GoPro enclosures which are being revised to fit and will be sold alongside the original enclosures.
The new pop-on/pop-off interchangeable lens mounting system will be made available to 3rd party manufacturer accessory-makers.
The reasoning behind this new GoPro interchangeable lens system is to facilitate less fish-eye distortion for specific sports and action scenarios so that a more narrow-focused final image can be realized as per numerous requests from Hollywood crash-cam and stunt camera operators, plus requests from TWO unnamed major sports leagues (one is rumoured to be FIFA and the other is American Baseball!) who want to experiment with putting wireless body cameras onto players and on-field officials. Gopro itself was specifically requested to provide such a type of interchangeable lens action camera!
My source also says there were numerous feature requests sent to GoPro over the last 10 years who is just now responding to such a marketplace request from end-users.
This type of announcement is just one more cascading effect of new product innovations that is starting to affect Canon's marketshare. What will Canon do to offer something in the Action Camera Segment?
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