GO PRO SD card question

[Tristan Smith]

So I got a Go Pro HD for Xmas. What capacity SD card would you guys recommend? Assuming I would download to my computer anything I want to keep long term, what is the minimum I should think about? 16g? Or does it make sense to to buy 3 or 4 4g cards and rotate them?

I would want to capture about 2 hours of material, at the most (double race weekend).
Thanks.

[Hammer]

I bought a Go Pro Camera at their booth at the PRI show a couple of weeks ago in Orlando and they said the 16GB would be what they would recommend. Go Pro sells the Kingston brand SD card.

[Ralf]

My wife bought me one also and they also sold her a Kingston 16G card. The only thing is, is that its a class 4 card which I thought was the minimum rating. You can get class 10's for about the same price as the class 4 through Newegg/Tiger Direct.

[Tristan Smith]

Good info, thanks guys.

[Matt93SE]

What we usually do for LeMons races is to have a couple of 4gb cards and swap them when we do a driver change.

for a club race weekend, you can run all day on one 4GB card with no problems. (their website says 9 hrs on a 32GB card).

The big issue I've seen with the older GoPro cameras is battery life. Engergizer e2 batteries only last like 45min in the thing. I hope the newer ones are better on battery life.

Anyway, my recommendation is a couple of 8GB cards and a couple sets of batteries. then just swap them between sessions and you'll always have fresh batteries and plenty of memory.

[Tristan Smith]

Thanks Matt. The new camera comes with a small square battery, so I think that has improved.

[Prof. Chaos]

I use an 8gb card. Between that and the new rechargeable battery they come with (which is a billion times better than the old battery setup), you'll be able to get through any normal double race weekend, recording practice, qualifying and the race with minimal work. I usually download the video at the end of day 1 and then charge the battery that evening, but I bet you could go the entire weekend without touching it.