I was lucky enough to get my hands on a GoPro 3Black for one day this week, so Rose Bikes' riders Katy Curd and Adam Williams met up with me at Van Road pump tracks. I wanted to show the true quality of the new GoPro, so I haven't colour corrected or adjusted any exposure settings in Final Cut, it is all straight out of the camera. I'm sure if I had had longer with the camera I would have produced something a lot better, but I'm still impressed with the frame rates and overall quality improvements. The MicroSD card is a bit of a faff, I don't have any of those, ( I do have a whole bunch of big SDHC cards), so will have to go and buy new ones, and if you want to run a spare battery, be careful not to rip off the tape tab as it suddenly becomes a massive pain to get it out. I was disappointed that the iPhone app didn't work either, it has to be upgraded on December 14 before it will work with the GoPro3.
On the plus side, simple improvements like the addition of the power symbol and red dot for the power and record buttons don't let you forget which is which, and the built in WiFi should be great once the app is up to speed.
I'm looking forward to getting a hold of a GoPro Hero3 Black for longer so I can play with the ProTune and other new features, but until then, I look forward to seeing what everyone else is going to produce with this little powerhouse of a camera.
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This was my test when PT came out.
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But I agree with geebeebee most people cant watch anything more the 1080P in about 5years 4K will be the new standard but not many are willing to drop 20K on a tv right now. Yes there are monitors that are 2K and the new retina displays but then again not many people will buy a $1000 27in monitor, 27in iMac or the new MBPs just to watch videos.
I've shot in 4K and working on getting a 4K movie or true 1080P 3D movie released next year but not many people will be buying the 4K version or True 1080P 3D because the most they can probably watch is 1080P because they dont have a 4K screen.
2.7K is an amazing step and props to them for developing that, but you need to see through the hype around specs - dividing the same size sensor into smaller pixels doesn't improve image quality, it typically reduces it. Less surface area, less sensitivity to light.
That being said I can't wait to get my Hero3 Black Ed, and will continue using these POV cams - but hey my vids aren't 'pro'! :-0
Another thing to consider, is how often you'll actually use the gopro to film everything? Most people will stick it on 720p at 120fps and go for a ride. In which case, the gopro 3 will be just as good as they always have been!
Either way, ill be buying one when I can get hold of another one!
I´m very happy with my hero 2
Almost every camera on the planet would shoot very poor video under the conditions that they were in. Cloudy skies produces "flat light," and no camera can produce vivid colours when that happens. Also the fact that the whole video was not colour corrected or had any exposure compensation of any sort makes a huge difference. If you watched any of the GoPro video from Rampage, all of that has been through extensive colour and exposure correction. I'm sorry but this is a very poor example of the power that the new Hero3 has. When they compared the 2.5K video to the 720p video scaled down, that makes no difference on any computer screen that anybody has watched this on. No laptop can come close to being able to see that resolution except for a very select few Professional Monitors. The gopro is very strong as a helmet cam, and being able to throw a cam onto just about anything you want, but for people to compare it to say a "RED," is absolutely absurd. This camera was never meant to be your do all camera, it has a very select purpose.
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