Has anyone regretted the phone side shot and changed to the go pro?

[Jshepherd70]

Don't get me wrong, with the fimic app it is good on my XS max. The problem I have is ease/quickness of use. If I hop out of bed and see a chipmunk or squirrel I have to make a decision as to if I want to load the phone, focus, get the lighting right and then record a shot. Often times I would rather not waste the time and take the shot anyway and lose the footage.

I have a go pro 5 that is really not doing anything and would have no issue making it a dedicated side shot unit. I also do not mind getting the extra side shot mount so I have both as I have 2 guns.

With that being said, is there much messing around once the go pro setup is mounted before you can record ( other than the battery life) 

 

[TNT19]

I went with the gopro immediately as I am familiar with it. As for fiddling it will depend on what version you go with. If you chose the gopro 4 there will be fiddling with it as you may have to swap out the current lens for a better one then focus it so it sees the scope reticle. It is more cost effective than the gopro 7 version. Personally flavor though but I am super happy with my gopro 4 setup. I will later move up to the setup that will focus itself. 

 

[viperjoe]

I have never gotten the quality with it I wanted so I have purchased a GoPro 4 and 7 and ordered lenses for both and will see if I can mount it on my original side shot. I ordered the high dollar lenses from eagle vision so we shall see what happens. 

 

[Jack.K]

It would be great if side-shot will sell just the side-shot GoPro case attachment for people that has the original side-shot phone mounts without having to buy the entire side-shot GoPro kit. As far as I can tell the side-shot phone holder can be unscrew off and replace it with the Side-shot GoPro case. 

 

[Jshepherd70]

It would be great if side-shot will sell just the side-shot GoPro case attachment for people that has the original side-shot phone mounts without having to buy the entire side-shot GoPro kit. As far as I can tell the side-shot phone holder can be unscrew off and replace it with the Side-shot GoPro case. 

I have never gotten the quality with it I wanted so I have purchased a GoPro 4 and 7 and ordered lenses for both and will see if I can mount it on my original side shot. I ordered the high dollar lenses from eagle vision so we shall see what happens.

I thought the same but with 2 guns I'd need to buy the $50 mount and the adapter ( if they were to sell) and I would be limited to go pro only. I do like using my phone for ease of uploads or just sending it to my friends as well. 

Next will be deciding on the eagle vision lens.

I have a go pro 4 and 5. 5 is the same chassis as the 7 from what I can see and planned on putting the lens in any way. 

 

[viperjoe]

Hang tight for a couple of weeks and I will let you know how I mounted it and how the new lens works out. It is still in transit right now.

 

[Vadimas]

 

[Eddie_E]

That's a great idea with a dedicated Go Pro. I don't know if it helps any of you but, Home Depot is carrying a $25 Clone of the 1080P version that looks similar to the SJ4000 clones. Being the cheap bastard that I am, I bought one to mount on my sail boat.

 

[Hookster]

I have both phone and gopro sideshot and settled on neither and went with the Tactacam. Up and running in mins and is very easy for me to use. I would recommend it if your having any frustration like I did with sideshot applications. 

 

[Jshepherd70]

I have both phone and gopro sideshot and settled on neither and went with the Tactacam. Up and running in mins and is very easy for me to use. I would recommend it if your having any frustration like I did with sideshot applications.

I have seen that brought up before. Do they work good, nice zoom at say 50-60 yards? I really don't care to attempt a shot past this.

 

[Jshepherd70]

Another question on the Tactacam. 5.0 or 5.0 wide? Maybe I am just confused but I correlated 5x zoom as having my scope at 5 x and at 40-50 yards I am normally around 10. 

 

[Chuck26287]

Vadimas… what are your photos of? Is that just showing the GoPro case/mount as purchased from Side-Shot, or are you showing how you mounted your own GoPro case to a phone version of the Side-Shot Mount to convert from phone to GoPro?

 

[viperjoe]

I am pretty sure it is the gopro system as purchased from side shot.

 

[Jshepherd70]

I ended up trying a tactacam 5.0.. I am not impressed at all. Is the FTS version much better? 

 

[Smok3y]

The FTS only adds the scope adapters. The camera is the 5.0 camera.

 

[Jshepherd70]

The FTS only adds the scope adapters. The camera is the 5.0 camera.

I understand, just hoping it is better looking through the scope. If not it's going back.