It's not a bad little camera - 1080p is fine for web stuff but blow up the image and you'll see it's not really resolving a lot of lines. A good B camera and the killer feature is the super wide angle lens when shooting the inside of a vehicle.

I am using one with a Arduino as a car dash cam via the data port, nice feature as you can control some if its feature via a dock connector like plug. Still will not do recycle recording.

I've used it to record long form events such as a 4 hour class a buddy was doing, great B-camera, audio with the provided enclose is unusable / very muffled.

Every time I see this topic bubble up in the site, I get excited and instantly check the GoPro site to see if the ProTune update has been released.

@subco, the screenshots are genuine, I got them off GoPros head editor who confirmed the clean one was shot with a ProTune beta FW.

@Oedipax - Great, you made me look again!

I periodically check on this, too, but keep finding nothing but those same initial stories. Yep, pretty frustrating but I guess it'll be released when it's released.

We're all still waiting. I didn't have time to catch up with GoPro personally this year at San Fran, but I know they are very understaffed at the moment, especially software engineering wise. All part of the growing pains of a company trying to keep up with it's popularity. 95% of GOpRo users will not even use or have a use for ProTune, it's really only of benefit to Filmmakers, broadcasters etc not your weekend sports action warrior sharing spills with his mates.

Personally I would fix the jello before doing anything else, all the shots on the big networks are horrible and I suspect the only reason they use GOpro is for the 170 wide angle and size. Most of the time a CCD based p&s would have done a better job.

Bring on the HD3 all new, slim line all in one no backbak GOpro and I'll be happy chappy.

@rambo People seem to get pretty pissed off at GoPro at the moment (see DVinfo). They shipped the WiFi backpack without the connectivity apps which is not cool http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/wi-fi-bacpac/ (which are also coming in fall according to their website) -- so they are delivering half-finished products. They also fail to deliver on promises they made earlier. As @bechou mentioned, many companies are entering this arena now so I guess we'll soon have better alternatives available.

Can't wait for the ProTune FW update. The Hero 2 could use a IQ boost.

@rambo Good to hear. I like GoPro a lot so I hope they can get their act together. And I still think it was stupid to ship the WiFi backpack without the app. They should have just waited till the app was done. At least now they have to work very hard to correct their mistakes. I hope we'll see both updates soon!

As @Rambo knows, I love the little things. I've also sold a majority of mine now and am just keeping a few because I simply don't know where this is going.

The bottom line is they won't replace other cameras now or in the foreseeable future, but they still do what they do well.

I wasn't impressed with the battery back or the WiFi back so they have a little catching up to do, but they still get respectable video in good light, have the best mounting systems in the business and hold up well (at least for me). Cineform is a sad joke (IMO) and they should keep quiet about firmware upgrades until they're sure they can do it......but otherwise, they are GOOD POV's.

I can wait!

wow i might actually get one of these.

id reallly like to see comparison between Gh2 and new GoPro

+1. Pointless comparison.

Any info on when they going to release the ProTune FW update?