Loss of picture quality - HD Go Pro Camer

I have a go pro helmet cam HD. whe i watch the videos straight off the camera with no editing the picture quality is fantastic. However when i edit the videos in Final cut Express the picture quality goes down. It becomes less clear, and a bit dull. Still good quality but not what the camera actually produces.
How can i edit it to get the quality back?
Thanks

MP4 video that you are importing to FCE is a delivery format that FCE does not handle directly.
It most likely has a smaller dimension size than the HD codec (Apple Intermediate Codec) that FCE works with resulting in soft looking finished video/DVDs.
Knowing your Seqeunce setting would confirm this!!
Right click the Seqeunce icon in the Browser and select item properties for info.
Do the same for a clip in the Browser and get the info.
If you tell us the info about the Sequence and Clips we will be in a better position to assist.
You will most likely get better results by converting your clips to AIC before importing them to FCE.
A search on this forum will provide the details on "how to".
Al

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Hi,
Maybe the following explanations can help.
1. There is a plus point to this also. Suppose you need to only focus on a subject and not shoot straight away. You can do that by touch the screen where you want to focus, without actually taking the shot. Shot can then be taken by pressing the dedicated on-screen shutter button.
I actually prefer it this way. You just can do that in the WP8 camera app.
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3. People usually use front camera for video chat (or to check if your hair is ok or not!). The requirement for video chat is that you don't need a very high end image/video quality. Moreover, the front facing camera quality is not that good too, so there is no point is providing all that functionality used for rear camera.
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Hi,
As a personal note I find long posts like this hard to read if they are not broken up in to paragraphs.
As I say it is a personal thing.
I can give you some information about the camera and laptops over the past few years.
Basically in early Laptops of the MacBook Pro and MacBook range the cable did tend to fray at the point where it passed through the hinge. It did take a well used laptop that had the lid open and closed frequently to cause this. (your 2009 model might just be in that group - I have no firm dates or models I am afraid)
Later models have this rerouted so that this does not happen.
However the cable has then tended to get pulled from the camera end and become loose.
This On Line Self fix site has pages about some models (The one I have linked to may not be yours)
I have linked in to later pictures in the sequence but there are navigation points to work back to the start.
Note:- they use pretty specifc specialest tools as well in these pics.
Doing this would certail Void any Warranty you have left.
From Posts mainly in the iChat and the iSight areas I have gathered that it seems common for Apple to replace the Screen as a whole rather than fiddle with getting solely at the camera.
Apple has this article on Trouble Shooting an iSight
Basically it says try several apps then try logging in on another Mac User account to see if it is App based or User based or in fact System wide.
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In addition to that I would add that testing should be done in different lighting conditions.
Lighting in the evening or dark that is good enough to read buy is not always good enough for the camera or is not illuminating the right areas.
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I can say that when people post about problems with repairs a certain stores someone else will tend to post that their experience was different.
You seem to report two different experiences with the two computers yourself.
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