It rather blows my mind - the size of these GoPro cams.
In the mid-80s I bought a 1st-gen Sony 8mm camcorder (V5 model, if memory serves). And even though I put it through hell and shot literally thousands of hours with it - it lasted me more than a decade.
But as for size - hell...the GoPro is less than half the size of just the damn battery the Sony camcorder took back in the day, lol.
Price wise - I paid about $2200 for the Sony in the mid 80s. It would only record 2 hours worth (if the battery held up). The editing features were primitive by comparison, the lowlight capability was shit (think it was 6-8lux). And the tapes were prone to oxide dropouts as they got older.
Just gettin' a little nostalgic here today.
