| GoPro Digital HERO 3 Sports Wrist Camera |  | Brand: GoPro
Category: Photography
List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $126.00
You Save: $13.99 (10%)
New (16) Used (1) from $119.00
Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 5449
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Battery: 2 AAA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7 x 7 x 4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: GDH30
Model: GDH30
UPC: 185323000033
EAN: 0185323000033
ASIN: B000NDYER4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 3 megapixel all-season digital sports camera | | • | Shoots TV quality 640x480, 30fps video (use internal or optional SD memory) | | • | 16MB of internal memory and accepts up to a 2GB SD card | | • | Pivots upright for on the fly photos or video | | • | Waterproof up to 100 feet |
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Product Description
The Digital Hero 3 is a 3 megapixel waterproof wrist camera that can also strap to other gear.Most impressive, the Digital Hero 3 shoots not only brilliant 3 megapixel photos, but also up to 54 minutes of TV resolution video on up to a maximum 2GB SD card (not included).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Great Camera for the $$ July 31, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This camera does everything it says it will. I love it. I have used it to film kayak trips, and playing in the pool, it is great. Also, I had a small issue with the case, and I contacted GoPro, they had FANTASTIC customer service! They resolved my issue immediately and got me a new case sent out.
buy this camera, you can't lose for the $$.
Kudos - GREAT CAMERA FOR THE PRICE November 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great Camera for the price. I used on a whitewater rafting trip and it took great pics and videos. I did have a problem with the camera after loaning to another passenger on the trip. IF YOU WANT A COMPANY WITH GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE - THIS IS THE CAMERA TO BUY!!! The company went well beyond customer service to not only replace camera but also helped in retrieving my pics from a bad SD Card.
Excellent value for the money - you get what you pay for and more May 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This little camera is a great deal. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to capture underwater fun on their vacation. If you want a serious still or video underwater camera you should look elsewhere (and it will cost you).
I bought it with the plan for using while snorkeling, scuba diving and swimming and have been pleased with the quality of all three. I didn't have high expectations on the quality but was pretty impressed when I got the video and stills onto my computer. They were large and crisp. I was able to capture some elusive barracuda off in the distance. The still pictures of the ocean floor (down 10-15' while snorkeling) were clear and bright.
They put a lot of thought into features that you might need (auto picture taking, triple shot, hold settings from previous sessions, easy to delete if needed) so I appreciate their anticipation of user needs. They can't cover every want, but they did well enough.
I do notice how consistently darker the video quality is than the photos and if you're doing low-light or deep diving in scuba, or snorkel on a very overcast day your videos may be hard to view. Pictures are much more forgiving.
It is very challenging to get your videos or pictures in frame properly so have a lot of cut off heads but with some editing you can work around this, usually. The viewfinder is tiny and hard to look through while the camera is strapped on your wrist.
I still would say that the quality of the overall product is impressive and I don't think there is anything close to it in terms of value.
Pros:
1. Inexpensive but well designed & constructed.
2. Good quality pictures and video (if the light conditions are decent)
3. Wrist mount makes it convenient to use and keep track of doing task-loading sports.
4. Seems durable though I've not maxed out the depth.
Cons:
1. Must remove camera from housing to get video out of it. Recommend getting a memory stick reader rather than dragging around yet another USB cord.
2. Video: Low light drags down quality. Indoors needs a lot of light!
3. Eats batteries pretty quickly. Recommend NiMH rechargables or you'll go through lots of alkalines.
4. Hard to get consistent video in-frame when strapped to wrist. Viewfinder is not all that helpful. But I'm not sure how they could fix this issue.
Fun little camera January 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This camera does exactly what it's supposed to do. It doesn't take photos with the same quality as an SLR, but its small, light, straps to your arm so you can surf with it, and takes decent pictures and videos. I recommend some rechargeable AAA batteries because they will last much longer than the disposable kind, and gigabyte SD card for some serious storage space. I've taken some good surf photos with this camera, and I have taken some underwater video in the swimming pool. As long as you're not expecting a pro quality camera, you'll really enjoy this.
Before I got my GoPro, I was worried that it would be annoying to paddle out with this thing strapped to my wrist, but it turns out you don't even notice it when you're surfing with it!
A great little camera for extreme sports February 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm giving this 5 stars as it works as advertised. For basically a $100 camera it's excellent. It's small, it's portable, and with accessories available from the manufacturer you can attach this camera to bicycles, cars, motorcycles, helmets, kayaks, or just about anything.
I've tested mine on my mountain bike and the video quality is excellent for a camera in this price range. Look at the Gopro site or youtube for many examples of the video quality.
The cons for this product would be the short battery life (I get 30 minutes of reliable service using alkaline AAA's, GoPro recommends using Lithium Ions) and the not totally reliable button actions. But again, you're operating an affordable camera through a waferproof case, and once you're used to how it operates you can get very good results out of it.
If you want a camera to strap to your helmet, and don't want to break your budget, this is the camera for you.
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