Back in the 1990's my family got our first camcorder. My Dad and I just to be wowed by how the giant tape would eject like the gun out of Robocop's leg. I had a ton of fun taping with my friends doing silly stuff and playing it back on the television. This giant beast in the picture is close to what we had growing up. It's crazy how in twenty years things can change so much.
GoPro has become the standard in the action camera market. No matter what brand of small camera you may have people will always associate it with a gopro camera. Someone can spend $500 on a camera so bigger on a cell phone that can have 4k recording, professional settings, and HD slow motion and still be compete within reason of something that cost five times as much. It's crazy how everything is smaller and better than what people perceived as the best quality a few years ago. I myself had problems going from tapes to the digital format because it couldn't buy what you would do if you the camera quit working. Now at video gigs we pass around memory cards like candy not having a care in a world.
So now the bean counters at gopro are getting worried that sales of their new camera aren't selling as well as they thought and it is a no brainer. Looking at the specs of the gopro session camera why would anyone pay $400 for a something that is yestertech? The prices keep getting slashed, but it people don't want it because they can get something better for half the price. It makes me wonder what the next big leap will be for the action camera market.
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