Gopro3
Submitted by fisharoo on Fri, 2013-02-15 18:18
Hi fellas, gonna buy a gopro. I was set on the new one black Ed as I haven't owned one before. Went to one of the retailers and he mentioned that the gopro2 is still best for value as I can get heaps of accessories for the same price, and also the gopro 3 had heaps of bugs. Wasn't sure if he was just trying to sell his old stock, but went home and searched the net and found that gopro 3 had heaps of problems unlike the 2.
Seems afew of you fishos have the new 3, I want to know if any of the problems I read about is true( most in America and also bought last year),or is the gopro2 better than the 3?
Cheers fellas.
catch.fish
Posts: 150
Date Joined: 12/10/11
GoPro3
I've got the black edition and have used it constantly since I got it never had a problem at all, works perfectly. Awesome quality footage and takes great photos.
The high FPS is a nice feature on the black edition, can do some really cool stuff with slow motion. 720p 120fps is pretty epic for slow mo but I found it not all that good quality while 1080p 60fps was really crisp and still has good slow motion capability. Does high res 2.7k and 4k which is cool but at low FPS and really at the end of the day that just means larger file sizes to deal with for most people. The average user is just going to downscale to 1080p or 720p exporting videos and watch on a TV that only displays 1080p max anyway so a bit gimicky for most people at this stage.
If you can afford the black go for it I use mine for spearfishing mostly so the 1080p 60fps mode is an awesome step up from the GoPro2 for filming anything really fast moving like spearguns shooting or fish jumping. If you want to save some cash and won't use the slow motion stuff you cant really go wrong with a Gopro2 either it will still take great footage and outside of the higher FPS it's pretty hard to tell the differance in video quality.
Vinesh87
Posts: 2751
Date Joined: 02/04/11
I was stoked with mine, but
I was stoked with mine, but have retired it this arvo to the bottom of cockburn sound! Black is awesome, being able to change settings on your phone is magic !
Swompa
Posts: 3968
Date Joined: 14/10/12
I have a 1 and a 3. Love the
I have a 1 and a 3. Love the 3.
fisharoo
Posts: 297
Date Joined: 02/07/11
Thanks.
Looks like I'm going shopping for the 3 tomorrow. Three goods vs 0 bad review.
Thanks again fellas
Fathom
Posts: 619
Date Joined: 18/04/08
+1
Get the hero3, I bought 3 of them, have 2 left after destroying one :(