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Besaid said:
A friend of mine saw that Hero 5 Session is selling for S$421. No sign of Hero 5 black though. Maybe they want to clear stock for Hero 4 first.
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Not sure how they can clear Hero 4 with Hero 5 having better spec and cheaper price.
 
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Hello, has anyone encountered the flickering lights issue? I was filming indoors using the NSTC format, but my video was flickering (seen through my gopro lcd screen), but after I changed to PAL, the flickering was gone. Is this normal??
 
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Hi guys, can anyone share if there are cheaper alternatives to GoPro's own 360 wrist strap? I saw on Challenger store they have a $39.90 third party but seems more expensive than on Qoo10. I am rather short on time as I would be traveling in the next week. Would there be a physical store that I can self collect? Or I can also get one of those 30-in-1 package.

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is there any other forum that discuss gopro pro&cons? example like this latest hero5 black compare to previous.. I mean honest user review not those site that already got paid by gopro.

And if wanna buy the cheapest should I buy online? I also have people flying back here and there to US, will I get cheaper price there?
 
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flekzout said:
is there any other forum that discuss gopro pro&cons? example like this latest hero5 black compare to previous.. I mean honest user review not those site that already got paid by gopro.

And if wanna buy the cheapest should I buy online? I also have people flying back here and there to US, will I get cheaper price there?
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I got mine at Changi transit area for S$551. Basically, you are saving the GST by buying there. My 2 cents review is, voice remote is not operating as good as I thought it would be, in comparison to iPhone's Siri.

This is my first gopro, previously I used SJcam 4000 which is not even close, both features and also pricing. The greatest convenience is of course the waterproofing without case.
 
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Besaid said:
I got mine at Changi transit area for S$551. Basically, you are saving the GST by buying there. My 2 cents review is, voice remote is not operating as good as I thought it would be, in comparison to iPhone's Siri.

This is my first gopro, previously I used SJcam 4000 which is not even close, both features and also pricing. The greatest convenience is of course the waterproofing without case.
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btw changi transit area which terminal?

is there any singapore forum that focus on drone and gopro? I think I want to buy the gopro karma bundle with hero5 black. hope transit area selling it this sunday.
 
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I'm very confused now.. dji mavic pro is so small and easy to bring everywhere but looks like gopro karma win with the hero5 black camera quality but it's so big.. fml, why none of these products come with the whole package.. in dilemma.. ARGH!!!!
 
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flekzout said:
btw changi transit area which terminal?

is there any singapore forum that focus on drone and gopro? I think I want to buy the gopro karma bundle with hero5 black. hope transit area selling it this sunday.
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I got mine at Terminal 3. I believe all terminals would have it though.
 
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jiaqiii said:
Hello, has anyone encountered the flickering lights issue? I was filming indoors using the NSTC format, but my video was flickering (seen through my gopro lcd screen), but after I changed to PAL, the flickering was gone. Is this normal??
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Flickering in video and film is a common problem resulting from certain frame rate and shutter speed combinations under artificial lighting.

Although light sources might appear continuous to our eyes, many actually illuminate using high frequency pulses of light. Flickering results when the combination of shutter speed and frame rate captures different fractions of these pulses each frame.

Singapore electricity is 230v AC, the AC frequency is 50Hz (pulses at 50Hz cycle or lighting is cycling ON-OFF 50 times per second).

The key is that many types of artificial lighting flicker at twice the rate of the power source. This is most pronounced with fluorescent lighting, but also happens to a lesser extent with incandescent. Common power sources are 50 Hz (in Europe and most of Asia) and 60 Hz (in North America), which cause 100 and 120 pulses of light each second, respectively.

Video format NTSC is 60Hz and PAL is 50Hz, therefore when you use NTSC mode, there is flickering while in PAL, there is none.

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How to Prevent Flicker in your Video
It all comes down to synchronization. If you synchronize your camera to the electrical frequency of the lighting, you are basically telling your camera to only take pictures of the ON portion of each cycle within the frequency. So how do we do achieve synchronization? There are two options:

1. Change Your Camera’s Frequency Setting (NTSC or PAL)
2. Change your Shutter Speed/Angle

Hope this helps.
 
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