GoPro 3

rossk26

rossk26

rossk26

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King Damager said:
What do people use these for? I don't mean like extreme sports people, what do forum members use them for?

kd
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I bought my Hero 1 for my skiing holiday in February this year. It has since been used when going out for drives with mates, I took it on my last holiday to Cyprus to capture footage going up through the troodos mountains on a quad bike.

Will be getting used again when I go to Iceland in December and my next skiing holiday in January. It's great for capturing memories and the quality is better than most hand held video recorders, it's able to "go places" that other video recorders can't. The size an accessories are brilliant too.

Will be buying a road bike in the new year, and will probably use it on this too.
 
Hamish said:
Not in the uk but I think they will charge me 5% import duty + shipping to here
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Ahhh didn't look at your location! Lucky you.

I ordered through the gopro website, will be getting shipped on the 14th November. Including shipping + customs + VAT, works out a little cheaper than the UK price. But I need it before 5th December and UK don't start shipping until 30th November...
 
It's been available to pre-order since the 17th October. First shipments went out on 31st October in the US. I've had to order from the US as I needed my Hero3 before I go away on the 5th December and I thought the UK shipping date might be a bit late.

My estimated dispatch is 14th November. I can't wait!!!
 
rhysduck said:
Did you get stung on import duty Ross? How much savings did you make?
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Haven't been stung as of yet. It's currently worked out at £60 cheaper, but that could be eradicated if a bill lands at my door at a later date...

Mr109 said:
Rossk26, any chance you could post up a couple of links to some still images taken at max res? One in good light and one in not so good?

I'm trying to decide between this and a case for my rx100 for underwater, swimming pools, beach holidays etc. I know they're different animals, but I want to know if I can put up with the still image quality to get the portability and adaptability from the Hero 3.

Thanks

Al
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No problem at all, no doubt I will be playing with it tonight, and I'm going out tomorrow to use it as well. Will have images up at some point
 
Not sure what has been said about battery charging...

However it took only minutes to fully charge when I got the camera. And it says there is 2hours and 15 minutes on the display. I'm guessing this would be footage time not standby time?

Only niggly problem I have is the USB cable provided is tiny!! But a USB extension cable will resolve this :)
 
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It's tiny!!!
 
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