New GoProHD3

Operated manually ( just camera controls ) my Black edition has been fine. The problems have all been when operating with the WiFi remote. I have just downloaded the new firmware and will see how that works.

Ron
 
Ron Evans said:
Operated manually ( just camera controls ) my Black edition has been fine. The problems have all been when operating with the WiFi remote. I have just downloaded the new firmware and will see how that works.
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Hearing reviews saying one should ONLY operate through wifi to have it working... So weird.

Really want the camera but Gopro needs to fix these issues.
 
New firmware seems to be OK so far. I have not used a lot since my main use is skiing and that has stopped for this winter !!! I have started and stopped the camera now many times wihtout issues so hope all is now fixed.

Ron Evans
 
The most impressive feature of this type of high speed capture is the ability to do 1080-120p and the ability to alternate exposure for a high dynamic range at 1080-60p. If it can truly process that much data, the ability to get 14-15 stops of dynamic range at 1080-60p in a standard codec, would be ground breaking. No one has implemented this type processing in a consumer camera to date, that I know of.

4k is great for resolution, but alternating exposure at high frame rates and processing to a much higher dynamic range on the fly to a conventional codec would be much more appealing to the eye. It is something everyone will be able to appreciate instantly regardless of distribution format.

Curious to see where this one leads.

Cheers,
pete
 
MichaelTiemann said:
BTW, I heard back from GoPro about the video out of the Hero3. Apparently, somebody thought it would be "better" to change the functionality of the HDMI output. It used to be that if you recorded in a "standard" mode, such as 720p60 or 1080p30, that's what would come out the HDMI port. Now everything is forced to 1080p60, regardless of the recording mode. Unfortunately, that makes it utterly unusable with any standard converters to use the GoPro camera as a POV camera in a live studio. Too bad.
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I am very happy to report that despite saying nothing whatsoever about having fixed this problem, the latest GoPro Hero3 software update fixes this problem. I can now send 1080p30 out the HDMI port and monitor! Hooray!!

No idea why GoPro didn't get this right the first time, and doubly surprised that GoPro didn't announced that they'd fixed the problem, but there it is. I can now use these cameras as I intended.
 
PHP:
Does that mean "live" hdmi output going to a monitor or external recorder?

MichaelTiemann said:
I am very happy to report that despite saying nothing whatsoever about having fixed this problem, the latest GoPro Hero3 software update fixes this problem. I can now send 1080p30 out the HDMI port and monitor! Hooray!!

No idea why GoPro didn't get this right the first time, and doubly surprised that GoPro didn't announced that they'd fixed the problem, but there it is. I can now use these cameras as I intended.
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firehawk said:
Does that mean "live" hdmi output going to a monitor or external recorder?
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Presently I have only tested "live" hdmi output going to a (SmallHD HD6) monitor. But will next check Blackmagic Design Hyperdeck Shuttle. Previously the HD6 could only "see" 480i, no matter what recording format I set. The fact that the HD6 is now following the format I set is a very good sign.
 
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