Just thought I'd post a heads up because we use a GoPro Hero 3 for our underwater shoots (as well as POV Kendo videos) and it's just packed up on us and stopped working. Totally useless now. No amount of recharging the battery would fix it and a search on the web shows that there are 100's of other users who have experienced the same thing. We could get a new battery,but they're really expensive and doesn't guarantee it would work either. So if anyone is thinking about getting one, don't!
So we've had to resort to our original GoPro, which is less quality compared to the Hero3.
However, there is a silver lining to this news, because we have been searching for a new camera and found a GoPro replica that is 1/4 of the price, fits all the GoPro accessories and outputs a better quality image, AND has an LCD screen at the back to boot! It's called the "SJ4000" if anyone is curious. Here is a sample of what it can do: http://youtu.be/U0Ud7uTgSfY
Not a bad, if not cheaper, alternative.
Edit: Oh yeah, I should also mention that there are ripoffs of the SJ4000, so if you're in the market, learn to tell the genuine from the fakes.
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