... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGAF7Tltr2E

A little video I took of someone trying to catch tiny fish with a big hook at Rye pier. Shot with a GoPro HD hero 2 using a SRP Blurfix adapter and URpro SW cyan filter in 1080P30 wide 170 FOV mode depth 5m visibility 2m ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oaSompdfkE

I wanted to do a quick comparison of all the video mode options on the hero3 black, and see how they worked in an aerial shot. I then figured I may as well make a quick edit for here as others may be interested to see the results too. Comparing all the video modes in the GoPro hero 3 black edition camera, using regular auto mode with protune off and also on (protune on cam raw white balance option) graded and as it comes from the camera. This is to show relative FOV's in each mode and also showing auto vs protune with and without grading. This was filmed using a DJI phantom in a GPS atti hover, the modes where changed using the GoPro app on my android phone and I needed 2 consecutive flights to go through all these modes, as it hovers for just over 10 minutes per battery and changing modes and recording 20 sec clips with all the options I tested takes quite a while. This worked fine at this altitude and I had live preview available in the modes that support it while recording. The Phantom has a VGE anti jello mount and SRP Blurfix3 filter adapter with a marumi 58mm ND4 filter to avoid jello. There is a bit of shake but that's simply due to the Phantoms GPS mode in a slight breeze keeping it in one place without me needing to worry about keeping it in the air. The mount and filter helps to pretty much avoid jello in each mode tested here without these in this light jello is quite an issue with the phantom and hero3 black. The Protune Raw modes are just the original protune MP4 files as they come from the camera, this is the same with the protune off with nothing done to the image in the video. The protune on graded shots have all been converted to cineform AVI and graded to get a natural look and also a slight vignette for effect. I have shown all modes scaled to fit the 1080p frame and also 100% crops inside the 1080p window. Clips arent very long as I wanted to limit the total length of the video and also as I only took 20 second clips in each mode trying to get them all done in the minimum amount of flights to get similar conditions for all modes in as close a possible same angle and altitude. Altitude was at about 10m above the ground and I kept it at this height to ensure I kept the WiFi connection to my phone stable and so I could easily monitor the Phantom's battery level and avoid running out at a high altitude causing a heavy landing. ;) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztjLeJXNLd4

My last range test in this location as I am out of safe flying room, flown just before sunset. Was going to fly to 2km but video and control link was fine so I pushed on another 100m, flying in manual and ATTI modes dead calm mostly just cruising at around 60kmh 17m/s to conserve battery as I noticed higher load when pushing closer to full speed of my setup and I wanted to make sure I had plenty in reserve normal top speed in calm conditions about 80kmh. I have adjusted the location of my VTX antenna to below the GoPro and this helps avoid losing signal when turning back towards me. The radio TX antennas are still placed on the back leg and this gave some glitches in control as I turned back so I will try and find a better location for this. The range overall I am quite happy with on this setup. Mods to my Phantom are. Tiger mt-2216 kv900 motors Balanced GWS 9050 triblade props 2700mah Storm 30c battery DJI AVL58 FPV setup Skylark sunview 7 inch LCD mount to the radio Futaba 8FGS radio SRP Blurfix micro 52mm adapter and ND4 Marumi filter used here Anti Jello mount from Helipal GoPro hero3 black edition camera Custom Black paint job. All very smooth as can be seen here with ok flight times flying at 1210g total weight. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahu_QauUu0c