Does anybody know what the newest firmware adds to the camera other than smartphone compatibility? I have noticed that now 720/120 has the option of wide & narrow (narrow being the update) is there a list somewhere?

no playback capability through smart device, unless I am missing something.

@BlueBomberTurbo how do you open up the video clips with camera raw? is it quicker to render than using after effects and optic compensation?

@Hallvalla I can play back 2.7K on the Touch LCD. With audio. It is OK for a quick check everything was recorded OK :) Haven't tried 2.7K into HDMI monitor yet.

(3 quick taps on the Touch LCD take it into playback and back to shooting. That's my empirical method - there may be a better way of switching)

@Hallvalla Honestly, not sure, but I've read that people have been able to play back vids at anything but the two super high res settings.

@5thwall Awesome test! Your weather looks similar to mine. ;) I'll be setting up my steadicam and monopod for tomorrow at the track. And yeah, I love the look with the distortion corrected. I do it to all my GoPro vids since I learned about Optics Compensation, and the Black corrects even better than the GP2. It does get a bit blurry on the sides from all the stretching, though.

@Hallvalla Right now, only in the standard HD formats. 2.7K and 4K are not viewable, just like on the LCD Touch Bacpac or through HDMI.

Hey y'all. Lucked out and got one at Best Buy last week. Been doing some tests to see if I can use it as a b-cam on some newsy, docu, corporate pieces. Here is a very rough test using a Steadicam Smoothee and Lock and Load for image stabilization. Also used After Effects Optics Compensation for fisheye removal. It does a much better job than any of the other plugins I tried. Shot in Protune, 2.7k, at 23.98.

I was thinking about your 3D setup last night, and particularly how the loss of frame sync between the cameras might interfere with the brain's position locating during inter-frame motion blur. How have you found this working out for you?

I did a manual update as I don't have Java on my browser - it is a security risk :) Thanks for the info, though. Seems I did it the hard way (tried to use the Cineform Studio software to recognize the camera). Have you gotten a preview on 2K7 or 4K yet?

I downloaded the new Hero3 firmware, still the same version number, but different file sizes. Installed them on the camera. Installed the android app (as of 7:30am PST). the Cineform studio version is still 69, which doesn't recognize Hero3. So I figured out the default WiFi password was "goprohero" and connected the app to the Hero3. The preview lags about 3-5 seconds, and is the same size as my Touch LCD (which has no lag). The app will not show 2K7 or 4K previews at all, and the setup screen is clearly not yet compatible with the Hero3. But at least the app "record" button works OK, as does Power on/off. Still, I can do that with my remote LOLOL.

I guess the next step is waiting for the android app update. But all-in-all I am under-awed at this point :)

Yup, it's out. New firmware 1.1.13, but doesn't seem like the app has/needs an update.

@stonebat Yup! Made from a couple of macro sliders and misc hardware. :3 Stripped the rubber grip from the bottom one, so the GPs can parallel align to the left over groove. Found that just tossing 2 on one slider with the tripod mounts was a headache, so I ditched the cases completely. Hopefully GoPro improved their tolerances for lens mounting on the new cams.

There's also enough room for all power and video cables on both, and can push the cams out to the sides for shooting distant objects. If I can figure out how to make the right kind of mounts, I can also set them up like the original 3D housing, too, though that's not on my list of priorities. At the moment, the they're a little further than intraocular distance, but that's fine for now.

Testing for the next 2 days, since the weather's finally clearing up around here. If all goes well, I'll be shooting a drifting event on Sat! :)

Wish me luck!