GoPro Hero 2024

Decent quality video camera at a low price, but with some caveats – Decent quality video camera at a low price, but with some caveats. Pro - Relatively cheap for a brand name camera - In good lighting, you can get nice quality results - small and light (and rugged/waterproof) Con - Slow transfer speeds between camera and app on phone - Not so great in low light conditions - Bit of a learning curve attached -… Read more

Don't bother with battery saving mode as the video quality is unusable

I have been using mine for about a month now. If the lighting is good then you get some good quality shots in hi res. After transferring them to the app, you can stabilize the videos and even "punch in" to a linear lens (to lose the fish eye look) with decent quality (or even punch in to a portrait aspect ratio).

My main issue is that it is slow to actually hook it up to the app and the transfer speeds are very slow. A 1 minute video takes about 5 to 7 minutes to transfer to your phone.

Also, I ended up paying extra for a basic subscription to the Quik app so that I could save and export my edits (about $15 per annum). It was worth it to me to avoid having to export all the files to hi res video on my phone and then edit them manually. The auto editing functionality is decent and probably about 80% as good as I could do manually anyways (and without the hassle).

Bottom line, this is not a tool for professionals, but also probably not for beginners either (as there is a learning curve attached to using the app). I just wish I could transfer video faster as well. You cannot transfer them via the cable for this model (only wireless).

Also, to change the resolution from 4k to 1080 you need to turn on battery saving mode. This does lead to smaller file sizes, but when you punch in from this format, the quality suffers greatly. I started out using battery saving mode, but eventually stopped because of video quality issues.

Big hype, poor results – I bought a 13 to substitute mu old dependable 9 that died some months ago after hard work. The Gopro 13 is a joke, after 1 hr of continuous recording it overheated and shut off. The "Pro" is trash, I am returning it.

GoPro Hero 4K - Not so good at all – Trouble from the start. So, upon opening the box, you have to do a Firmware update via WiFi. To do this you need to download an App. I followed all instructions and it started to do the update. I then get a message on the camera that the Update Failed. Ok, try again, and again failed. The camera then starts to flash a small red light on the back,… Read more

and a larger one on the front. Ok, so i try to turn the camera off and restart the process. Camera wont turn off, And, wont turn on. Leave it for about 5 hrs and its still flashing. I then try to hold the on/off button for 20 seconds to reset the camera- wont reset. Battery is Non Removable, and no other switches on it. Ok, so off i go to JB HiFi, the place of purchase to get help, where they are unable to help. So now the camera is being sent to GoPro for "repair". Brand new camera out of the box and it's in for repair already. Yeah, not happy with this product.