Many people really like recording video in vehicles but it often requires really expensive rigs or getting stuck with poor quality video.  The GoPro HD Motorsports HERO camera attempts to get high quality HD (1080p) video from a $300 camera.  Can it be done?  In my opinion it’s a yes and no.  Video quality is pretty good, but no where near professional level cameras.  It seems suited for some stock footage or very short clips that you can weave into your final video.   The in camera audio quality is practically useless.  While it’s a major improvement over the non-HD version, it won’t be usable in your movie.  If I had to put it on a scale of 1-10 where 10 is the best, I’d have to give it a 6 or possibly 7.  Watch the sample video and judge for yourself.

Another test video exported as 1080p and uploaded to YouTube.

Link to Canon 5D Mark II Test Video

Finally got Adobe Premier CS4 and rendered out my first video clip.  So far I’m pretty pleased with the quality of the video.