Originally Posted by
GovernorSilver
Some Sony models cost just as much as the top-end GoPro, unless I'm missing something:
True, but from my experience, that says to me "So why buy the GoPro?"
The GoPro is the worst shape ever devised for an action cam, with the exception of when mounting it on your chest. It's ridiculous on a helmet.
If you put a Sony and a GoPro both in front of me and said "Both are $250, choose one" I'd take the Sony every time, simply because it's not idiotic to mount and doesn't look like a brick strapped to my head.