2 year warranty on this camera from ragecams. You may ask why not just use the gopro de-fish software instead of changing the lens?
Answer: The correction tools in GoPro Studio 2.0 removing the fisheye will twist the edge of the video to even worse. Every time you yaw your helicopter it will make a very hard and narrow point of movement and the edge will be strange. That is the reason most customers replace the original with the 5.4 mm flat lens from Ragecams.
Hero3 black complete with wifi remote waterproof case, battery, & adhesive mounts & bonus hdmi cable so you can macro focus & experiment with your camera while seeing a live hd feed from a big screen!! The screen shot shows the quality of this beast and no fish eye
One of our very happy customers "Stefan Sargent" did a write up on our mod in DV magazine creative planet network.
http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/production-diary-and-then-its-spring-or-toys-boys/61772
5.4mm highest quality lens installed. 85 degree fov.
here is the ultimate youtube review from one of our customers using the 5.4mm lens as macro & fpv on a quadcopter dji phantom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_r44G-oDF0
No fisheye, realistic look, perfectly matched to the hero3 sensor. Available in day or night vision.
Gopro Modification & RageCams warranty program / policy.
RageCams is not interested in selling stock fisheye gopro hero cameras whatsoever.
Our clients do not want the fish eye distorted view that is used on gopro contour sony & drift action cameras.
You can google us and see we have many happy customers that use our services:
Some of our clients include the military, government, national geographic, discovery channel, NBC, ghost hunters, & FPV groups.
Our lenses can be used for night vision applications or to film professional broadcast quality videos, which the gopro camera is known for but that fisheye view is not good for all applications. We have been told by many of our high end customers that we should charge even more for our services on the hero3 cameras because of the quality they produce using our lenses.
Buying from RageCams directly:
1.We offer a full 1 year no hassle warranty on our work/modifications/
2. If there is a problem with your camera we will repair it the same day, or next at worst case scenario & will ship it back free to you if you are in the USA, international shipping will be discounted depending on service requested.
3.If the camera is not repairable we will send a new modified camera same day turnaround when we get your return, test it & confirm the issue, no waiting like you would do dealing with gopro.
4. you will get the best service, advice & support not offered anywhere else in the whole world.
We are not a gopro dealer, we buy our cameras directly from best buy, amazon, or other distributors at full price + tax. we dont get discounts.
If there is a problem, we take the loss, not you.
RageCams also has a "Bonus Bucks" program to your paypal account or a check will be issued. All you need to do is post a video using our modded camera set up on youtube & put RageCams Gopro hero in the title & tags.
Email us the link & we will help you write a full complete title you can paste into the header. This way you can acheive more views because of the keywords.
When you have accomplished 100 video views we will send you $50.00 cash, & when your video hits 1000 views we will send you another $50.00 in store credit, and when your video hits 10,000 views we will send you another $50.00 in store credit, simply email us when you have qualified for this bonus program.
Only 1 video is allowed to qualify for this bonus program, so make it a good one. We are giving away a brand new hero3 black modified by ragecams Visit our Youtube channel for the Video contest details coming soon:
Buying from gopro directly:
1. You will pay sales tax, & shipping charges
2. if your modified camera has a problem & you send it to gopro, they will not warranty it because it was modded.
3. to get gopro to warranty your camera you will need to restore it to stock, we charge 199.00 to restore the camera back to stock, and install a stock lens so you can get it warrantied from gopro directly. You would have to contact gopro for a rma# work order fill out some forms, & wait a few days to even get a response back from gopro. After you have a rma# then you would send it to us, & we can send it to gopro on your behalf/return address using your ups or fed ex account to avoid extra shipping charges. If you dont have a shipping account we can bill you for the shipping cost to mail it to gopro with or without insurance.
4. Gopro can take forever on returns (just search google about gopro and what you can expect) you dont have to take my word for this.
5. gopro does not test their cameras before shipping them and there has been some brand new out of the box that didnt work at all or had some glitches. You can google that also.
Bottom line, Gopro makes a great camera 1 of a kind no doubt, but you need to decide whats best for you, & if you want all the hassles or worry free camera service.
Watch in 1080p aerial view thanks to John Garrett
