Any of you dudes filming at 2.7K and downsampling to 1080p, for added detail?

@BlueBomberTurbo: I find YouTube is reasonably careful when compressing my 24p video. I remember that this was documented once, several years ago, but can't remember if it was YouTube or Vimeo that was giving the extra loving care to 24p uplaods...

Rambo - any idea what the new firmware does? Will the 720p Protune Narrow work now (previous firmware allowed selection with the app, not the camera, and lip synch was about 2 seconds out)?

HD3 Blk firmware is available from GoPro if you email a request to use it, official release is within 2 weeks.

@Kaikerr, the SD card failures are a Sandisc faulty card issue. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/18/galaxy_s3_sandisk_msd/

"SanDisk has been made aware of potential product issues involving a very small percentage of its 32GB and 64GB SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSD cards. Under certain circumstances the cards may lock up and the card becomes inaccessible. The issue has been identified and a manufacturing fix has already been put in place. SanDisk stands behind its products and any customer who experiences this issue with the microSD cards cards is asked to contact the SanDisk support center for a resolution immediately."

I can't believe that 3 months after i bought the cam there is NOT an update firmware to solve freezing problems at startup, bad behaviour with the buttoms and what it's worse frying expensive micro sd cards... SHAME ON GOPRO!!!!

I apologize if I have missed this but has anyone here considered a hack for exposure lock? Here is a company that rents modded cameras but they only rent, no sales. I have contacted them multiple times about a modding service or selling the software/firmware with zero responses:

http://www.radiantimages.com/index.php/cameras/hd-beyond/gopro/705-gopro-hero-3

I kinda like this angle:

First time trying the GP3 on a car. Surprised the mic didn't clip, considering it was only 2ft away from the exhaust. Gonna try Narrow FOV the next time.

That is very good price.

Major bottleneck is the weak battery. Add a battery bacpac ($50) for 2x extended battery and a waterproof casing.

Ok corrosive contacts were the cause of the charging problem. I should probably dip it in fresh water after a surf. wifi dropout still bugs me though.

Here some example of timelapse of the Hero3 Black Edition, a little bit of lens aberration but in general very good quality.

Now that's interesting - battery life shoots up to 2hrs 4mins with this Narrow FOV rather than 1:38 (average) on the otherwise identical Medium FOV Protune settings. I had suspected that the Sony sensor chip was chewing up a lot of the power used by the Black, and this would seem to confirm that. Somehow it must be scanning less of the sensor in Narrow than Medium FOV. Anyway, this is really good news for me, as I suspect I will be using this setting a lot. Once the WiFi app has been used to make the setting, then WiFi can be switched off and the setting persists in the camera, even with a battery pull...

Oh - maximum temperature on the front fascia stayed at only 42 degrees C rather than the 50C I usually see in medium FOV 1080/24T and the 58C in 2K7 24T mode...

The Narrow FOV is about 5.5mm or 55 degrees (34mm in film equiv).. still usefully wide...

@Rambo I am using my two Black Hero3 more and more. With 24p Protune, indoors only. I would really love an interchangeable lens C-Mount, but then I would need a decent monitor to focus, and I might as well just carry the FZ200 (because water resistance is not a factor for me). I just use the Blacks for B-Roll and backup footage. I love that people just ignore them, because they are so small... But last month the B-roll saved my bacon, so I see myself using them more and more. Will have to splurge on Cinema Studio Premium though, I have resisted for years, but it makes my Cineform workflow so much smoother...

The articles are spot on, the man is a workaholic. As a longtime facebook and email friend, i finally got to meet him in his office in 2011, took me for a tour of GoPro HQ's, where i was introduced to the rest of the crew, they all share his enthusiasm. Its one of those places where everyone dreams of working, but not my style.

What is more interesting is what products GoPro has on the drawing board for the future to protect their current brand and range and also expand into other areas, money is no object, manufacturing facilities are no object with FoxConn buying a big share of the company.

Funny part in the Forbes magazine is Nick Woodman's quote about his 2nd Company (FUNBUG) failure .............

"I failed and deserved to be on f**ckedcompany.com," says Woodman.

Yes that is an actual website register for failed companies.... haha.