GoPro 3 Has Arrived !

Key Benefits

Wearable, mountable design
Immersive, wide angle capture of your favorite activities
Professional quality HD video & 12MP photos
Built-in Wi-Fi enables remote control via included Wi-Fi Remote or live video preview and remote control on smartphones and tablets running the free GoPro app.
Rugged housing is waterproof to 197’/60M and captures sharp images above and below water
Compatible with all GoPro mounts for attaching to gear, body, helmets, vehicles and more
Compatible with LCD Touch BacPac™ and second generation Battery BacPac™
Backwards compatible with older generation BacPacs™
New advanced camera settings: Looping video, Continuous Photo, Manual White Balance control, Protune Mode, allows to shoot photos while recording video and more.

Key Specs

- Professional 4K Cinema 15 fps / 2.7K cinema 30 fps / 1440p 48 fps / 1080p 60 fps / 960p 100 fps /720p 120 fps and more video capture
- 12MP photo capture with 30 fps burst
- Wi-Fi Built-In
- Wi-Fi Remote Compatible (included)
- GoPro App Compatible (FREE)
- 197’/ 60m Waterproof Housing*
- Assorted mounts and hardware included for attaching to helmets, gear and more

I think us CMOS haters are older than you, and when we transitioned from video tape to digital, CMOS sucked and I mean really sucked bad. Worse, much worse than video tape. CMOS was forever associated with cheap crap bad video for so long, I don't know if I'll ever feel good about using it. To old to change I guess. CCD on the other hand, was always the gold standard. Google "Astrophotography". All the Astronomy camera's are CCD to this day for their superior light sensitivity and lower noise level. CMOS isn't even on the map. Also CCD was doing ISO 10,000 5 years ago. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2007/1/25/olympusfe250 Like Scott said; it's money thing. CMOS is cheaper, so it's being pushed by marketing people to make more profits. It's might only be a nickle cheaper, but when you're selling 5 million phones per model, then that's alot of nickels and they'll say what ever they got to say to justify it.

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Bill Patterson November 26, 2012 at 4:11pm

Video test of the current Hero Competition.
Bill Patterson November 10, 2012 at 3:35pm

I think us CMOS haters are older than you, and when we transitioned from video tape to digital, CMOS sucked and I mean really sucked bad. Worse, much worse than video tape. CMOS was forever associated with cheap crap bad video for so long, I don't know if I'll ever feel good about using it. To old to change I guess. CCD on the other hand, was always the gold standard. Google "Astrophotography". All the Astronomy camera's are CCD to this day for their superior light sensitivity and lower noise level. CMOS isn't even on the map. Also CCD was doing ISO 10,000 5 years ago. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2007/1/25/olympusfe250 Like Scott said; it's money thing. CMOS is cheaper, so it's being pushed by marketing people to make more profits. It's might only be a nickle cheaper, but when you're selling 5 million phones per model, then that's alot of nickels and they'll say what ever they got to say to justify it.
Bill Patterson November 7, 2012 at 4:59pm

@Luke - While those facts can certainly be proven in a test environment, the bread and butter of an "Action Cam" is enduring high vibration in broad daylight, whether it's strapped to a bike, motorcycle, skateboard, dog or kayak. And at $400, the fact that you are going to get jello video out of it, regardless of it's technology, is inexcusable. We can tune it (vibration) out of our aircraft pretty easy. Not so easy for Motorcycles and Skateboards. Anyways, I think we agree (for different reasons) that $400 is waaay to much.
Scott Berfield November 7, 2012 at 4:35pm

I worked on camera stuff in the late 90s and the main reason companies pushed into CMOS instead of CCD was actually cost more than anything else. CMOS can be manufactured using the same sorts of techniques as any other sort of IC, but CCD requires a very different set of tools and processes. Now that CMOS has been the focus for years, the quality is way up there, but when the switch first started happening, it was very much NOT about quality.
Bill Patterson October 27, 2012 at 6:28am

http://sanyo.com/xacti/english/products/vpc_hd700/
Bill Patterson October 27, 2012 at 6:21am

My Sanyo HD700 has one.
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John Arne Birkeland October 27, 2012 at 3:32am

Bill, I think you will find that no consumer camera including $$$$ models have global shutter.
Bill Patterson October 23, 2012 at 4:09pm

No global shutter? Yawn.........
John Cousins October 22, 2012 at 3:52am

Interesting to note that there in no longer a direct composite video out. A composite video adapter must be purchased as an optional extra.

I still use my GoPro1 for FPV (it's not perfect but it does the job). Surely GoPro must have thought about releasing a version with the lens on the narrow side... especially with the number of FPV videos on Youtube!
Leo Hogg October 20, 2012 at 1:54am

I would be a bit worried about the wifi accidentally starting up and interfering with my 2.4 radio.

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