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Small format wide angle stills with better quality that GoProHD

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So has there been any new cameras or developments in this area?

I wanted to experiment with a small camera in different mounting locations to get some stills from interesting perspectives. Toe cam, belly cam.

GoPro is nice in the sense that you can have it take pictures at a set interval, and it is rather wide, but I don't think the image quality is that great for anything other than FaceBook posts and 4x6 prints.
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Thanks.

BH shows it having a 28mm lense and a cropped sensor. I am guessing that would make it closer to 35mm and not 16 or 17mm.

Am I missing something?
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I believe the biggest problem is to find good wide angle optics for the compact models.

The angles you are looking to shoot (toe cam, belly cam) demands a 8mm (for cropped sensor) or 15mm (for full frame) camera.

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I think you are right, smallest I am finding is 22mm and a cropped sensor.

I suppose I could use a wide angle conversion lens but it would probably bring the quality down to the GoPro range.
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NEX-5N looks to be even smaller.

I wonder if you could set these up to fire continuous shots. Set and forget it more or less.

Maybe I can find one of these in a photo store so I can get an idea of true size.
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I wonder if you could set these up to fire continuous shots. Set and forget it more or less.



Actually, yes, probably fairly easily... shouldn't even be terribly expensive either.
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