$30 for shipping as well

Kitepower Sydney have 1 left for sale.

My Gopro Black arrived the other day from the states and i have now realized my wifi is not working which sucks, now i have to return it back to the U.S.A at my expence, I did'nt read the warranty details on the main web site, looks like i,ll be paying another $85 for shipping, so much for buying a cheap camera, lesson learned, i,m never buying overseas again instead i,ll fork out the extra money and buy localy. Just letting everyone know to think twice before buying from overseas, sometimes things go wrong and can turn out to be a big pain in the arse in the end.

Kitepower Australia said...

BlackTooth said...
My Gopro Black arrived the other day from the states and i have now realized my wifi is not working which sucks, now i have to return it back to the U.S.A at my expence, I did'nt read the warranty details on the main web site, looks like i,ll be paying another $85 for shipping, so much for buying a cheap camera, lesson learned, i,m never buying overseas again instead i,ll fork out the extra money and buy localy. Just letting everyone know to think twice before buying from overseas, sometimes things go wrong and can turn out to be a big pain in the arse in the end.

Setting up the WiFi can be a little tricky, you need to enable it in the camera first, then detect it on a device or remote and give it a unique name, then lock the device or remote to the camera network.
I had to upgrade the firmware in my camera before I could get the WiFi on my black to work, but the first time I tried to do the update the GoPro website did not work and said I did not need to update my camera, but apparently they all need updating in order for WiFi to work, hope that helps? Yes, always better to buy local unless the product is just not available here in my experience.

Thanks for the tip, i,ve downloaded the new software from the Gopro web site but still no good, i,ll try one last time if i can't get it to work this time i'll go to a distributor and see if they can help, hopefully i can get this thing working. Once again thanks very much for your help, Cheers.

myusernam said...

BlackTooth said...
My Gopro Black arrived the other day from the states and i have now realized my wifi is not working which sucks, now i have to return it back to the U.S.A at my expence, I did'nt read the warranty details on the main web site, looks like i,ll be paying another $85 for shipping, so much for buying a cheap camera, lesson learned, i,m never buying overseas again instead i,ll fork out the extra money and buy localy. Just letting everyone know to think twice before buying from overseas, sometimes things go wrong and can turn out to be a big pain in the arse in the end.

2 posts? Not saying u are but the above story with two posts sounds like u could be a gopro retailer trying to discourage grey imports?

$85 shipping is a bit ritch to the US for such a small item. can't find it cheaper? Try australia post.

lol exactly what I thought.

And $85 for shipping - really??

The software is available friday.

as mentioned, most functions are useless unless you own your own cinema or have movie editing software similar to that of REDBULL MEDIA HOUSE.

For what most people wanna do with it the silver, or any other comparable brand will be fine.

It just shows how a bit of good marketing can make people go mental.

laurie said...
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Plenty of KiteCam's which will hold a GoPro from your centre strut too...

www.seabreeze.com.au/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=27

Hi I am curious as to the practicality of flipping the 50% of Kitecam holder video that is likely to be upside down. Getting a GoPro Black for Xmas and would like to do some video from atop the kite. Is is difficult to go through and rotate segments of the video 180 degrees? Can it be done with the GoPro CineForm studio app or will I need specialist software?

BTW (on thread) I was extremely lucky to pick up a Black surf edition for $415 yesterday in MELB. Last one in the shop.

I have not used GoPro CineForm to flip the video but a quick look at CineForm shows what looks like two methods. There is the rotation slide and an additional button to flip vertically or Horizontally.

I have been using Final cut pro to do exactly what you mentioned but have found that it's not a straight forward rotation, while filming the kite doesn't sit in the one place, you tend to move it up and down a bit between 10 and 12, this effects the camera angle. i found that i had to split the video into many different chunks and rotate each piece to try and level up the horizon, easily done with final cut but may be a bit harder with just CineForm.