With my Hero3Black I so far had little problems. Only with a memory card (SanDisk 32GB Class10) they zickt occasionally something the other two (Samsung 16GB Class10 and older SanDisk 4GB Class6) run after formatting in the camera without any problems. Here the question arises: liegts on the camera or the SDHC?
I have updated the camera immediately after acquisition with the firmware version 14/12/2012, a newer, there is at the time the review is not so far. With WiFi and remote or Iphone app so far had no problems, everything works as it should.
As an accessory I have then indulged in a brace Patona batteries with charger and original GoPro Battery Backpack and touch LCD Backpack for Easter. Again, the collaboration works largely without problems, only the "loop-through" Load Backpack battery and internal battery is working (as described in various forums) not really. For me, this is currently not so important, because I always boot, not least for reasons of waste heat the batteries independently, and almost always have an internal battery in reserve. The term of internal + Backpack is with significantly> 2.5 hours more than my current needs. A maximum maturity I have not yet been determined. Move the Cam let invite any problems on a normal Iphone charger MHD Micro-USB cable. With the vigorous IPad charger goes even faster.
To practice. This is my first and only ActionCam, I can therefore not draw any comparison with its predecessors or its competitors. Also, I am neither diver still winter and extreme sports. My missions have so far is as follows: 1) HD video indoor and outdoor, largely out of your hands; 2) Time-lapse shots of the car and of a fixed mounting of (tripod); 3) burst shots in 7-12 megapixels for analysis of movements; 4) video and photos at the pool / underwater at a shallow depth.
Thanks to the preview function of the app can be statically mounted camera with some time lag also align quite well without Backpack display, with it's however much faster and more comfortable. Also you can "with" comfortable sift the last shots. "Without" can the Cam but also because of the wide-angle already with little exercise acceptable freehand lead so that is filmed or photographed what you are. Bad light is especially when shooting video (less in photos !!!) has a thickness of Hero3Black where a camcorder and EOS have already dropped out (black eagle on a black background), the GoPro can still produce films with easily recognizable motifs. Of course there are also eventually noise ... but then you take in buying rather than no video. And the camera his toddler simply switched times (and wetness / shockproof) into their own hands to push yields priceless memories.
In the car then (Saugnapfhalter!) Should be described in the manual using the spot metering in order for the Cam ignored eg a dark dashboard and focused on the outside world. Here you should think in advance what is to come out for a ride time and later video length - the Hero3 taking pictures that you can (download on gopro.com) later with the free program CineForm Studio automatically convert videos. Now you have to expect something ... a normal video runs at 24 or 25 fps, and the camera can take a picture every 0.5 seconds, or even every few seconds. Say, if you let every second a photo shoot, you have a 25-fold lapse movie so later. Have fun experimenting.
The bursts of up to 30 photos within 1-3 seconds is a nice little bonus - but the Hero3 can also record 1280p video at 60fps, if you do not require the high resolution.
Last but not least: In water. The case does exactly what it should - the cam stays dry! However, you should regularly check that no water droplets gather in front of the lens rather small; here are of course cameras with 'big' lens diameters in the advantage. Thanks to the robust housing (up to 60 meters!), It is at least in the swimming pool no disaster if the camera falls to the bottom of the pool times. Nevertheless, you should consider whether it is not tinkering a simple belt loop, which is attached to the housing and the wrist so as not to have to look later in chlorinated water after a not even pocket-sized cam.
The included in the "Black" WiFi Remote Control has a built (mini) display, so that you also so still the key data of the current recording (s) and the status of the camera at hand.
Something bad is final undisputed pricing system. But still missing for quite hefty price quite elementary fastening items such as a vile tripod head adapter or a suction cup for the car - because other manufacturers offer much more!