Gear Patrol | Spirit of Adventure, Passion for Gear

Epic Moments, Take Two

GoPro’s original line of cameras established the brand as the go-to outfitter for documenting the near-death experiences of the outdoor-inclined/insane. Their successor HD Hero 2 ($300) ups the ante by providing professional low light performance, double the image sharpness, and adding a new narrow (90 degree) and medium (127 degree) recording angle to the original’s [...]

Look Now, Or Later

Precision glass isn’t cheap. Photographers and Apple Store architects have known that for years, as have those in the market for a quality pair of binoculars. In that context, Sony’s digital recording binoculars ($1400+) offer an interesting value proposition and represent an entirely new category of devices — at least for those whose business card [...]

For Full HD Camcorders, Does Size Really Matter? For manufacturers like Sony, the competition has always been about making cutting-edge technology smaller and lighter. In the race to make the smallest, lightest, AND slimmest full HD camcorder in the world, Sony has beaten everyone to the punch. Putting the power of 1920x1080i high definition recording [...]

Upgrade The Way You Record Mayhem Men, if you’re like me, you enjoy a good thrill. I prefer terrain/tree skiing (about which I cannot claim to be entirely skilled at), rapid trail biking, or shredding. Recording proof that you managed to stick that landing (or not) is the stuff that truly great YouTube videos are [...]

2,251,799,813,685,248 Configurations… And Counting We’ve featured cameras like the Nikon D90 (which Gear Patrol uses for our photography), and undoubtedly you’ve heard of the Canon 5D Mark II, which both allow you to shoot high definition video. That’s nice and all, but the mad scientists at RED want you to be humbled in the presence [...]

Giving Non-Movie Stars Much Deserved Fame, One Hour At A Time While we may not be the first blog to feature Flip’s latest miniature video creation, we are certain that no other site has ever made it look so damn good. Or tested it as hard we did, for that matter. Why? Because over the [...]

It’s rare something comes along from Sony we can’t find some reason to like. Even more rare are the products from Sony that impress us with valued pricing. The Net Sharing Camcorder (terribly yet appropriately named) will capture all your interesting-to-you-and-maybe-others video and photos in a sleek little device enabled to make transferring your video [...]