At a special event in San Francisco tonight, GoPro launched its latest action camera: the Hero3. Compared to the Hero2 that it succeeds, the new camera is both more portable and more capable. It’s 30% smaller and 25% lighter, making it great for helmet cams and attaching to random things. The image processor inside is twice as fast, allowing the camera to shoot both video and photographs at faster frame rates.
The camera comes in three flavors: Black, Silver, and White. These don’t just differ in color, but in features as well. The Black edition is the flagship camera. It’s capable of recording 4K video, but you’ll need to be content with doing so at a sluggish 15 frames per second. Drop the resolution to 2.7K, and you’ll be back at a comfortable 30fps.
The camera comes in three flavors: Black, Silver, and White. These don’t just differ in color, but in features as well. The Black edition is the flagship camera. It’s capable of recording 4K video, but you’ll need to be content with doing so at a sluggish 15 frames per second. Drop the resolution to 2.7K, and you’ll be back at a comfortable 30fps.
Buy the Silver one, and you’ll be capped at 1080p30 for video and 11MP for still photos. The entry-level White version has a still photo resolution limit of 5MP.
All three cameras can take advantage of the improved processor’s newfound speed: 1080p video can be captured at 60fps. If you drop all the way down to 720p, frame rate is increased to 120fps. On the still photography side of things, the continuous shooting speed for 12MP stills has been increased to an impressive 30fps.
The cameras also feature improved low-light performance, a sharper lens, a better microphone, and built-in Wi-Fi.
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