"swanezy" said:
The new Gopro records at 1080/60, so that will have a vastly better picture than what both jason and i were recording at last year which was usually 720/60 or 960/30.
Not sure you'll notice much difference. Unless you're planning to make BlueRay discs and watch them on a 1080 TV I would still shoot at 720 60. It's a much easier file to handle and edit.
The bigger issue would be uploading to youtube as it would take forever with 1080 files. That is the reason why i got the 960 version of the original gopro because i could put it in 720 and not see a huge diff.
i do watch a lot of my videos on my 1080 monitor so there is that, but ill have to play around with different file sizes and what not as it prob won't be too much of a hassle editing because of my computer rig
I will still be upgrading hero3 black regardless as the gopro i record in is the original gopro with the fish eye lens, which still makes fishing videos look bleh because if something happens away from the boat you can't even see what happens. I also didn't record in 60 FPS under 720 because I would have to change out the Memory card everytime i fished, but ill prob get another one this year so i can do that.
Having the ability to change the FOV with the new camera is a much better option along with the Flat lens
Edit: after reading some of the freezing issues i may have to consult some of my friends who have it to see if it does that often or not.
I have NOT been impressed with the hero3 black version at all. The idea of not having a fish eye lens is nice but the video it takes isnt much different in reality. Also I have had multiple problems with it somehow corrupting itself and freezing. You have to wipe the SD card clean losing any footage you would have had and reformat to get it to work. This has apparently been a problem for many people.
I made this video a couple months ago playing around with both my gopros, the Hero3 is on a monopod and the old version is on my head. Can you tell the difference? Everything still looks really far away to me, fisheye or not.
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What are you recording in? If it is 1080 with the hero3 something got goofed up when you formatted it for youtube or whatever or youtube formatted it strange. The aspect ratio is not that of a 1080 video, unless you recorded it in a different resolution?
As for the problems ill prob wait til they can get it fixed with firmware or whatever. I seem to read a lot of people have that freeze and lose footage
"Mayhem" said:
Everything still looks really far away to me, fisheye or not.
The aspherical lens is still super wide angle and isn't going to change how far away things look. It will remove some of the distortion, there will still be distortion on the edge of the frame but you're going to get that even with a $3000 wide angle lens. The only way to loose the fisheye look completely is to go with a cam that isn't super wide angle. The GP or Contours are good for capturing anything that happens within 10' of the boat but for anything further away it really should be shot with a lens that isn't a super wide angle.
Did you try changing the FOV on it as well? ill have to look up to see if i can find some comparison videos with the different fov it offers and see what they actually look like
Also was doing a little research and it says youtube only uploads and the most FPS that youtube uploads is 30 FPS.. So really no benefit unless you are watching it on your computer. Ive always noticed that with my videos compared to when I upload and the pixel fest, but never really researched it..
So in that case, uploading anything in 1080 @ 30fps will look better than my previous videos of 720 @ 30 fps on youtube, but for better slow mo action etc.. Like Will mentioned, Recording in 720 @ 60 would be better, but it is a shame youtube only allows 30fps on all video uploads
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