CES 2015: Photo/Video Tech

[Exploring Elements]

CES 2015 showcased a TON of new photo and video technologies, and showed how quickly and prolifically, successful products are copied. Some of the hot trends in this market were: the extreme line blurring between smart phone & quality camera, lighter weight faster full-frame DSLR lenses, the maturation of the mirror-less interchangeable lens camera systems, upgraded & more connected wearable camera/video systems (some with 360 degree cameras), drone technology improvements for the non-professional, and sadly the apparent HUGE market for products aimed at taking better selfies. Smarter, smaller, lighter, more rugged and connected cameras are hitting the market at an incredibly fast rate. Luckily with this growth the price is dropping on extremely high quality camera systems, making quality photo and video production a possibility for nearly everyone.


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CES 2015: Photo/Video Tech

 

[Xplore Colorado]

Did they hint at pricing for that 360 Hero doo-hickey? Or, do you need to buy 9 GoPros to make that work?

 

[Exploring Elements]

Pricing varies widely for the 360Heros system, as you can configure it in a bunch of different ways using a bunch of GoPro combinations. You do need to supply you own GoPros.

 

[Xplore Colorado]

Pricing varies widely for the 360Heros system, as you can configure it in a bunch of different ways using a bunch of GoPro combinations. You do need to supply you own GoPros.

Wow! That can get pricey very fast! Even getting the older GoPro's on sale, you're looking at $300 each. That design went from kinda cool to "I'll wait for someone to make one that really works" For a few thousand dollars, you can but a lot of really nice video gear. The amount you'd need to spend on GoPro's themselves, batteries, chargers, etc.... you're in the $4k range very quickly. Then, editing that video would be a chore as you'd need all the data off each card. Yikes.