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GoPro Was Originally a 35mm Film Waterproof Camera Manufacturer

Chris Gampat
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03/24/2014
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Last Updated on 03/24/2014 by Chris Gampat

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Upon looking on Amazon for GoPro products, stumbled upon the camera above: which is a 35mm GoPro camera. When first spotted, we thought that it was some sort of Chinese knock-off product. But then we Googled further and discovered that it is indeed real. B&H Photo also has a listing, and when doing even further research we found this article from Forbes.

The company that everyone knows for having incredible marketing for their pocket cameras that shoot HD video indeed had much more analog beginnings. The company’s Hero camera could go down to 15 feet of water and shot 35mm film. In fact, it came with a roll of Kodak 400 ISO color film.

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The original camera was meant to be worn on your wrist, and we can imagine that that would be a bit weird to work with. Last year, I took a ride in a hang glider with a Sony action camera mounted to my wrist. It made capturing footage kind of awkward. What one would have to do underwater is stop movement, look through the viewfinder, and then shoot. That’s tough enough to do when on the surface, but even more complicated to do underwater. A much better idea is a helmet camera–but back in the film days that would require at least a corded release. Such a thing could hurt the waterproofing of the camera.

Today, the company works with all digital cameras and they specialize in the video world. Amazing how things change so quickly.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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