How exactly do you go from a 4" adapter to this HUGE thing? This is most definitely stopping the sales of the Hero 5, bad engineering and horrible design.
This thing is everything but not usefull. It is so massive, soooo huge. C'mon guys who df built / designed that? I am a GoPro newbie bought a lot stuff for it, was disappointed about the bad battery policy but this is definitely a NOGO if you want to use a external mic on a GoPro which hangs on a helmet or on the chesty. I really think about to sell all the stupid GoPro Stuff.
(GER) Zu groß und zu schwer um es am Helm oder gar mit einer Gimbal zu benutzen....
on February 9, 2017
Posted by: Anonymous
Am Helm kann man den Adapter schon noch verwenden, aber wer die Betriebsgeräusche von einer Gimbal beseitigen will sollte damit rechnen dass der Adapter die Funktion der Gimbal beeinflusst oder auch komplett behindert. An GoPro: Wer auch immer das designet hat, hatte keine Ahnung wo GoPro Kameras eingesetzt werden.... Der, der das Durchgehen lassen hat, sollte sich vielleicht überlegen ob er nicht lieber Bäcker geworden wäre. :D
I really hope your guys are listening to your consumers and already have a redesign in the works. This thing makes a whole of sense if you plan on being stationary, but that pretty much defeats the purpose of an action camera. Please come up with a more simple helmet friendly option. The last adaptors were perfect. Put a USB-C on the end of it and call it a day. Problem solved, problem staying solved.
So I was planning to purchase either a Hero 5 Black or Hero 5 Session to start doing some small moto vlogs, but I'm holding off for now. What I don't need is a gigantic extra block that I need to stuff into my helmet somewhere, when all I want to do is use an external mic to capture my voice while riding. I can see where having the through USB port might be useful for people, but it just won't do for my intended use. I look to gopro for compact setups, not this. So this is the reason I've not bought a Hero 5. Well, that and the fact that third party adapters the right size apparently don't work. I'll probably get one if I can either get a reasonably sized adapter from gopro or one that works from a third party. Assuming I've not just bought another camera in the mean time.