IMO you can't go wrong with the GoPro 3 silver.

As far as a board mount goes just save the black square plastic base that the camera comes mounted to in the box and use duct tape to stick the plate to the board.. and make sure you tie a small block of foam or something floaty to the back of the camera.. just in case.

DJ

+1 Silver

Goochi said..

Good question!
It seems the only difference between white and silver is the camera 4MP vs 11MP? The video seems the same. If you're not going to take photos, but mostly video is it worth the $$ to go from white to silver?

I was wondering the same thing.. Untill someone recently told me (don't know if it's true) that the white is the same as the old GoPro 1 and the silver is the same as the GoPo 2.

I have both the 1 and the 2 and the 2 is so much better.. Especially in low light.

So if that is true I would pay the little bit extra to get the silver.

Where's Rambo when you need him..

DJ

There is no doubt the Black is the best not just in stills but it also has a better processor and better low light performance. The old Hero HD is basically the White and the Silver fits in between. If you don't want to film in full HD (takes alot of computer power) no point going the black. The remote works on all three cameras.

I always shoot in 1080 x 50p (that's Full HD at 50 frames per second and is PAL format,60p in NTSC) the white can't this only 720 x 50p but the silver can. The reason I shoot in this is because I mix shots in with my other pro cameras. You really don't need to shoot on these settings to get really good footage. The 50p setting is what will give the smooth slomo when you slow it down without using additional software. If you just want to post vids here on the Breeze without slomo 720 x 25p is fine. No need for the Black to do that.

I also have a Sony Action cam and the Ion , they won't match the Black. Sony costs the same as the Black and the Ion is about the same as the White cost wise and performance wise. Both the Sony and Ion have serious focusing issues underwater , the way Gopro has solved this is the new flat lens .Both the Sony & Ion have round lens and thats why they can't focus properly underwater. In summary if you can afford the Black buy it , it's the best but if bucks are tight the Silver or White are both great cameras.

Here is a couple of videos test videos I did to compare the White vs the Black at the same settings.The first is the white shot in really good light the second is the Black shot in late afternoon , the White would have grained out in the second video.

P.S I have nothing to do with Gopro.....

Gopro White 1080 x 25p



Gopro Black 1080 x 25p

The Black has endless problems, massive amounts, and features that can't be used with existing TV technology, another vote for the Silver, also it has the wireless feature if you wanted that - another difference to the White, and DJ I heard the same thing re the technology in the camera, the silver from what I hear is a step up from the 2 with the white being the same spec as the 2.

would have perfered the silver to have 120fps at 720p too but you can't have everything, I would not go the black camera.

Piros said..
There is no doubt the Black is the best not just in stills but it also has a better processor and better low light performance. The old Hero HD is basically the White and the Silver fits in between. If you don't want to film in full HD (takes alot of computer power) no point going the black. The remote works on all three cameras.
I always shoot in 1080 x 50p (that's Full HD at 50 frames per second and is PAL format,60p in NTSC) the white can't this only 720 x 50p but the silver can. The reason I shoot in this is because I mix shots in with my other pro cameras. You really don't need to shoot on these settings to get really good footage. The 50p setting is what will give the smooth slomo when you slow it down without using additional software. If you just want to post vids here on the Breeze without slomo 720 x 25p is fine. No need for the Black to do that.
I also have a Sony Action cam and the Ion , they won't match the Black. Sony costs the same as the Black and the Ion is about the same as the White cost wise and performance wise. Both the Sony and Ion have serious focusing issues underwater , the way Gopro has solved this is the new flat lens .Both the Sony & Ion have round lens and thats why they can't focus properly underwater. In summary if you can afford the Black buy it , it's the best but if bucks are tight the Silver or White are both great cameras.
Here is a couple of videos test videos I did to compare the White vs the Black at the same settings.The first is the white shot in really good light the second is the Black shot in late afternoon , the White would have grained out in the second video.
P.S I have nothing to do with Gopro.....Gopro White 1080 x 25p
Gopro Black 1080 x 25p

Thanks Piros, great info

Nice quad chopper piros! ! When I learn time fly mine properly maybe we can have quad wars

paul.j said..

Nice quad chopper piros! ! When I learn time fly mine properly maybe we can have quad wars

Here is some good advice Jacko , take a bit more time to learn to fly it more than me (3 days) I was shooting Jackson at Snapper on it and it went up above the headland , the wind got it and I never saw it again..... I get my new one next week it has more power to deal with the wind , but yeah bring on the Copter wars. One more thing on the Copters they are classed as a drone and you are required to hold a Casa license , which is pretty full on. I'm looking into it now and will pass on the info when I get it.

Re the Gopro Black freeze do another download of the firmware should fix it.

I have the Black, the software it came with was rubbish but the firmware update pretty much fixed everything. Quality of pic is superb. Didnt I see somewhere someone saying that they only film in 720 and keep all the shots 'light' (I actually have no idea what that means but it sounds good).

Re the computer just get an iMac you will need nothing more , buy it from an Apple store and pay the extra $100 an get years free unlimited training , that is Gold.

Piros said..

Re the computer just get an iMac you will need nothing more , buy it from an Apple store and pay the extra $100 an get years free unlimited training , that is Gold.

if you do buy one make sure you get ram... and plenty of it. Oh and a big fast external hard drive to store your work.

Just buy ram from MaxFixIt.com, about 1/3 the price of getting it from Apple.