Hi all wanting to support our local shops and buy a go pro think I might have to bite the bullet and buy the black but a normal one would do the job for me . Iam not a computer wis or a photographa (nor can I spell) but I am after a plug and play any tips here would be helpful. Is the wi fi really needed for the extra cost , Iam looking for one for kiting and putting on the 4x4 and my sons race car . Who on Seabreeze is selling them .
Many thanks in advance .
Sam
You can buy them here, all types in stock. You probably only need the silver.
www.kitepower.com.au/collections/other/GoPro
The cheapest place to get them is probably the Gopro Website. That's where i got mine from along with a load of accessories, you should go with the silver. You actually need a really good computer to run the high quality videos of the black edition.
You can buy them at the CONTOUR shop 
Seriously, do a google for "gopro fogging" and check out the nightmare it is to fix that problem. My GoPro gave the ****s once too often so I got a Contour Roam 2 (waterproof to a meter or so) and as it doesn't need a case - it doesn't fog. Ever. IQ is as good as it needs to be, if you're not a computer whiz or photographer and not interested in the 4K twaddle.
I would just get the white for your first one ..jb hifi do them for $258.Get an orange floaty as well to stick to the back of it and make a leash out of kite line.There would be nothing worse than getting the black and then loosing it in the surf.
Just beware that you need professional computer to edit in 4K, even flasher monitor to see the clarity in the film and flashier friends to play on their ultra HD TV's.
Just get a really good discount on Hero 2 and film it in 1080p,
The softwear editing program from GoPro (cineform) will handle the compression and allow you to edit the footage on most up to date computers, even using 4k. Any MAC computer than runs Final Cut Pro will handle the job, I edit 4k on my Mac book Pro and my IMac no problems.
But as you say no real need to shoot in 4k, even 720p upscaled thru FCP is going to do the job, anything uploaded to the web is only 720 or at best 1080 on Vimeo.
The Wifi controller is handy for saving battery and editing time, use the wifi to just shoot the bits you want, turn it on when you are doing a trick or riding a wave and then turn it off while you are just cursing, cuts out all the boring bits. saves battery, card space and editing time.
IMO it helps with the fogging issue, the camera runs quite hot is continually left on and hence it can produce fogging. Turning the camera on and off doesn't seem to produce the heat/fogging issue. Ive just returned from 3 weeks in the cook islands where we used the Black every day and didn't experience the fogging issue once.
I have also read that sealing the camera in cooler conditions, i:e at night and not opening the case during the hotter parts of the day helps, not sure how true that is but....
Thanks every one,,, it is making it easer to make a decision but deanrobi you lost me in the first and second paragraphs . Like I said above just want to shoot and record and play i am not a computer wis . Shooot I can bearly type what I want to say here . let alone know what 4k even is .
Ha, it will all make sense when you get a GoPro, my advice get the best you can afford.
