Is The New Gopro Hero 7 Black Worth Upgrading To?

It’s the old story of convincing yourself what you WANT is what you NEED.........but that is seldom true!

 

For what it's worth ... I have an SJ4000. It's a bit of a GoPro replica/rip-off in some ways.
It records in 1080p.
The video quality is pretty good.
I'm no badge snob and it serves me very well.
For those of you who are image-conscious then an upgrade to a GoPro Hero 7 is a must ... honestly, your life will not be complete without it.
Will it be better than my SJ4000? Yes it will.
Will it be 10 times better? Absolutely not
Is it 10 times the price? Yip, it is.

Your call I guess.

 

I’m thinking of purchasing my first tech of this sort. I’m looking at the new GoPro to use for motorcycling but also for mountain biking, general outdoor use in bad weather, and for diving/snorkeling. What other options can I look at?

 

Of course Hippo ... I wasn't being totally serious. I'm not into my tech the way others are and I suppose if you're into something then you may as well have an excellent version of it. I'm interested in watches. I have a Rolex GMT Master ll and I love it so I do understand your point. I have used my camera twice and even then it was just for 10 minutes so a top of the range model would be wasted on me.

 

I just bought a Hero 7.

Now I need to upgrade my computer. Gopro Quik needs Windows 10 and 2.6+ghz processor to add the telemetry data to the screen and edit in 4k.

It can be done on mime, but playback takes forever to buffer, Saved to memory card, the files play fine on my tv though. No prob in photoshop if editing in 1080p though.

 

Girlfriend bought me a GoPro Hero 5 for Christmas. I'd never had one of these types of cameras before so knew very little about them, I do like my tech though and can already see myself wasting hours making crappy videos no one other than myself would find interesting

I've only really used it properly for the first time today during my commute and I'm very impressed with the quality of the video.

If anyone can recommend some decent settings to use for riding (helmet mounted) that'd be helpful? I think I rode in using 2.7k at 30 FPS. Would 60 FPS be better? 4k seems a little overkill and it seems to turn off certain features like image stabilization when that's selected. So perhaps that's not best suited for riding.

Having said that I'm just riding about with nothing in particular I'm trying to record, other than if/when something odd/funny happens I'd still like it to look as good as it can, for when it does as I might like to upload it.

Memory card space isn't an issue and I'll quite enjoy using the phone app to delete or edit bits and bobs.

Cheers,
Sean.

 

Yeah I have to say I'm a little surprised with the battery life, admittedly I was doing a lot of playing around today but a 35 minute commute and then some playing around with it uploading videos to the phone app left me with 15% battery for the ride home. Needless to say it didn't last the entire journey!

 

Thanks, think that's pretty much what I've settled on for now - although some options I'm limited to. If I want video stabilisation on then I can't go higher than 1080. Hope to do some more testing soon as the video from the ride this morning at 2.7k and 30 FPS looked great! And that's just playback on the phone.