Recently I've really gotten into shooting with my GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition... I think the image (in good lighting conditions) is extremely usable now - even for broadcast projects.  Set the camera to record 2.7k in the ProTune mode and it looks remarkably good. It's very sharp and the codec holds up well to basic grading.

Here's a short test I shot before Christmas (with a baked in look though)...


GoPro Hero3 Black Edition 2.7k Footage from Blake Calhoun on Vimeo.

And then the time-lapse stuff looks great too when shot in the full 12 Megapixel mode. It's close to, if not, a 5k image - so you can easily pull a 16x9 2k video file (or larger) from it.  I'll post some samples I did in the near future.

On a job we just finished in Vegas we shot some synchronized swimming at Caesar's Palace by sticking the camera in the side of the pool (on a short Joby tripod) and the client loved the look. A really quick and easy way to add production value to a shoot with the underwater footage.

I'm really finding a lot of uses for this very portable and affordable rig.  What about you?

-Blake

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