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Love this GoPro!

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2019

This GoPro is GREAT! I have taken it to the Bahamas and submerged it in the ocean to take underwater pictures of fish and it took it like a pro. The picture is great and the audio is clear. I have taken video with the GoPro walking and the stabilization is great too, you can hardly tell that I am walking with the camera. I would like to buy another one in the near future.

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Does NOT shoot in 1080P and random shutoff errors.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018

The box and Amazon website claim this shoots 1080P video at 60FPS. It does not - it shoots only 1440P at 30 or 60 FPS. This means your videos are a box rather than a rectangle. If you have several cameras and are trying to synch together something like a sporting event, you're now jumping back and forth between 1080 and 1440 which looks terrible. I've updated the firmware and still no 1080.

Also, this camera kept shutting off with a random error. The battery was fine but it continually shut off. I used a new SD card and received an error. I formatted it with Windows and same error. The only way I *think* I've fixed it is to have the camera format the SD card. Once I did that, it recorded an hour of video without shutting off.

Hopefully both of these will be fixed with firmware soon. If not, I'm returning this.

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Kim Garrigus

Love this GoPro!

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2019

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

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Tim

Great value

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

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This is my 1st GoPro & I am quite pleased with the quality for the money. It has the basic features I wanted for occasional vacation use & because it only has a few features & modes, it is easy to use (no deep menus to dig through when just trying to get a quick shot or video.) If you are looking for something to use on vacation, I recommend this. Serious adrenaline sports people might be better off with the more expensive models, but this is a great fit for the occasional user.

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Danny K

Happy with Price & Quality

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2021

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

1st Go Pro,
So I’ll see how it Goes.
So far I’m very Happy with the GoPro Customer Service.
Very quick to call back and very easy to understand them helping me how this works.

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Stephen

Decent for entry level; issues with the batteries and touch screen underwater.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

Bought this puppy for a 10 Year Anniversary to Bermuda with the wife. Used it pretty much non-stop for 10 days. Let's get cracking.

So, let's the get bad stuff out of the way first:
1) The touch screen underwater is a royal pain in the a**. It randomly switches from Picture to Time Lapse Video to Video on a whim, seemingly without reason. While underwater the screen is also partially responsive at best, and it's a super pain to have to surface IOT turn Burst Photo off and check a recent picture. The only interactions that really worked 100% were those that had physical buttons (i.e., Mode Switch, Turn On/Off, etc...) and those were great.
2) There's a significant delay between pressing the button to take a picture and the shot happening, at least a good 1/2-3/4 second. May not seem like much, but when you're trying for a perfect shot of sea life, 1/2 second makes a significant difference.
3) The battery life is garbage. Running it full tilt you'll get about 60-90 minutes of operations. You can save SOME life by turning off wifi, and other bells and whistles, but overall you won't get a long time. You can get a solid 45 minute dive in, but then you have to wait for it to recharge as the battery isn't exchangeable (which seems insane being my HERO 3 had a removable battery).

For the upsides (and there are significant ones):
1) The natural waterproofing works wonders and it's super nice to be able to just take the camera around without worrying about fitting a waterproof case and muffling the sound. The seal is nice and tight, firm but not impossible to open, and wholly effective.
2) The shots are amazing. It's a significant jump over the HERO 3/4, and with image stabilization it's easier than ever to take amazing shots (some of the graininess of the attached shots is just due to water quality and visibility issues). The video is clear and crisp, and well defined for an entry level camera. My only peeve with the Photo option is I wish there were a way to narrow the view field from the SUPER wide angle. Maybe there is one and I didn't find it, perfectly possible, but it'd be nice to shoot non-wide angle at times.
3) Microphone is decent, and can easily pick up on voices from over 10 feet away. It's not SUPER high quality, but reasonable enough.
4) Above water, the touch screen is responsive and effective.

Verdict?
It's worth the price, but if you have the cash to kick up to the Black Edition, do it. Just being able to swap batteries will make it worth it. I don't know how responsive the touch screen is underwater for the Black Edition, I just hope it's better. If you're not looking to dive, this is going to be a great entry level action camera. Pair this with an accessories kit (usually suggested as an add on purchase) and you've got a fantastic kit for capturing some great moments.

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Yousef Omar

Setup can be troublesome, but afterwards it is really good.

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2018

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

Firstly, don't be frustrated if you can't get this working with the first push of the On button. Apparently, there is a bug with the initial firmware release which ships with the camera. So all what you have to do is update the firmware using the app to V. 1.21 (the latest update at the time of writing this post). Once updated, everything will work smoothly. I am very pleased with my Hero 7 White and what the GoPro app provides.

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329islandtours

329islandtours water camera of choice 🤙🏽

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2021

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

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I liked how easy it was to start and stop recording. The GoPro on a helmet cam mount works best for me. It’s hands free and also provides extra safety. Changing modes easily is also a big plus!

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matt

Pretty nice camera

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2019

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

The only thing I don't like, is that you can't change of the battery. This version DOES NOT LET YOU CHANGE OUT THE BATTERY. I didn't know that when I bought it, but it's still a great camera.

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Does NOT shoot in 1080P and random shutoff errors.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

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Wackdad

Quality go pro can’t go wrong

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2020

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

Don’t listen to all the reviews the only bad thing about this go pro is you can’t take the battery out bring a dang battery pack with you if your that worried about it the battery life is 2 hours I use it for riding my dirt bike and I’m stoked with it. People like to criticize a product so badly, In reality put the quality to 1040 60 and it is unreal, The sound every thing about it is awesome and for the price? You cannot beat it. Do yourself a favor and get it. (I’m not even a loyal go pro user)

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Drew Davis

I regret this purchase

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019

Style: HERO7 WhiteVerified Purchase

Though the picture quality is great and the fact that it is waterproof is pretty cool, I have had more troubles than not with this camera.

For starters, the camera does not hold a charge for anything. If you plan on running continuously for extended periods, do not buy this camera. It lasts maybe an hour or so recording continuously.

The bigger problems are that it just shuts itself off randomly and does not remember date and time. Every time I turn it on, it asks me if I want to enter date and time manually or use the gopro app. This is extremely annoying. I primarily use this camera for street evangelism and for mountain biking, and almost always, I miss some really great footage because the camera decided to shut stop recording without giving any kind of alert. So when I go back to see the footage, it is very disappointing to not have the video footage I should've captured.

Everyone raves about GoPro, so I spent the extra money and bought this camera, but now, looking back on it, I wish I would've gone with the 50-60 dollar cameras that would last more than an hour and not randomly stop recording when it matters. I thought that after some time I would be able to figure out if it was maybe just user error, but at this point, I am convinced it is no fault of my own and is rather just an expensive piece of garbage.

Don't waste your money.

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