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Great little camera

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018

This is my first GoPro, after reading all the negative reviews of the Hero 7 Black I went with the silver. Mainly to save the extra $100. So far so good, I have it mounted on my center console on my boat. Video is super smooth and clear on the 1080p setting. I have not tried 4k as of now - I do not have a 4k compatible TV or computer. Pictures are OK. They will not be DSLR quality but then again this is made for action videos. I will update review after a few weeks of playing with it.

The only downfall right now is that GoPro nor any 3rd party companies make a waterproof housing for the silver/white just yet. I know its waterproof and it works well. Sometimes you just want some added protection. Not a deal breaker.

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Renault Gaskins

Updated review

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2019

I’ve only used this camera a few times when I first got it just testing it out. Now that I really got a chance to use it in real life this thing really sucks. I took it on vacation with me and just tried to snap a few pictures and it locked up on me at least 3 times. If it didn’t lock up it would take forever processing just a regular photo, isn’t this a camera. I could not take more than one picture every 5/6 minutes which is so very unacceptable. I have a cheap WiFi action cam that I paid around $35 for that I honestly feel works better. Yes the photos and videos are great on the GoPro but they are also pretty good on my cheap camera. I’ve even checked for a software update and it says it’s up to date so I guess I’m supposed to only be able to snap and process a photo every 5/6 minutes. Very good action camera. Has a lot of great features wits waterproof.

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Cindy

Great little camera

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018

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Aloysius Carl

Love Our GoPro

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2020

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These are pretty simple to operate and capture very good quality videos and images. Would like to be able to have multiple battery packs as we were originally worried about the charge being an issue, but the batteries held a charge for a long time. Having the readily available tools to buy for easy hands off use is very important as it makes working with the camera much easier and more enjoyable - you can set it up, go about your hike and not worry about it.

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Amazing camera overall

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2019

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Amazing pictures as crystal clear. Love the apps that you can use with it. Terrible battery life, not even an hour. Not sure if this is normal or user issue. Love the voice commands.

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CBreeze

Great Videos, short battery life

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019

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The video on this is great. The picture is always clear and it stabilizes very well. I many use this on my motorcycle and even when I use a bar mount, there is still no discernible shake, and for reference, there are many instances when the vibration from the motor make my mirrors blurry. The battery, though, is big disappointment. You MIGHT get an hour of video before it dies. You also can't plug it in and record at the same time so there goes the hardwire power thought. Also, when you plug it into your computer to download videos, it's also running on battery, not charging. If you need more than an hour at a time for your videos, better get the black as it has replaceable batteries.

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Amanda kennerly

great camera for its price

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2021

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does a great job at filming and pictures. easy to use and easy to set up just make sure to but a micro sd card

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Short battery, good camera.

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2020

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Good camera for what it's intended. Waterproof, and resilient. The battery life is shockingly short though. Barely 45 minutes of recording time on a full charge. I'm told this is fairly standard though.

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Jeff Ross

It works for what my creative needs.

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2021

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This is my third GoPro Silver, I love this camera for what I do in terms of film making. I wish it had image stabilization, but I know that would be additional cost production wise. I love how with the update it will go into portrait mode so I can do my Instagram stories on something other that my phone. I would try the GoPro 8 or 9 but I keep hearing more bad things than good things.

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Renault Gaskins

Updated review

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2019

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XRAY

GoPro and Osmo are Mostly Hype IMHO - It's the Software not the Camera

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2020

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The "image stabilization" we are being told is built into GoPro and Osmo Action is actually 100% in the editing software that you have to install on your smart phone, not in the camera itself - at least that's my impression so far. I believe that it is a complete manufacturer created myth that any one of these cameras has better stabilization than another - I think it's all in the software version.

Why? Because, when creating wireless connection between the camera and the phone became too much of a pain in the rear, I just did that without using the smart phone app. If you've uploaded video to YouTube you may know that you can stabilize video there once it is uploaded. Some editing programs have the same capabilities. You don't need the proprietary smart phone app that tracks your usage and uploads your info and video to the cloud and maybe the FBI. (just joking... or am I? :) )

So all this hype about which camera has the best image stabilization is crap. If you could figure out how to load your Hero 7 video to your Hero 8 or Osmo Action smart phone app, you'd have the same stabilization. They're not going to tell you this - they want you to buy a new camera that has "better stabilization" than the old one, when they could just let you use the new software version.

Here's the thing: now that we know this, we can stabilize video made on any device. We can take video files from any GoPro or a DJI camera and stabilized them in a more powerful editing suite that we can use on a double monitor desktop instead of a tiny phone screen along with features like key frame animation for zooming and panning, color correction, rotation, text insertion, transitions, etc.

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Not a bad video camera, could be a bit easier...

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2019

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I've been using this camera for a few months and it's not bad; wish the price would be more reasonable though.
It has voice commands and is water resistant.
The camera is a bit too small (especially when trying to program it using the touch screen), and it could be a bit easier to program too.
NOTE: There are NO instructions included with this kit. If you want operating instructions, warranty info, etc. you'll need to download it from the GoPro website.
Also, I highly suggest going to YouTube for more info on how to use or repair this camera.
(After just a few uses, the battery cover broke off VERY easily. GoPro does NOT include repair info, YouTube saved the day however.
Additionally, even though the camera does come with image stabilization, it has at least a 1-1.5 second latency when taking pictures. This can cause blurred pictures or missed shots altogether.
I would also suggest in purchasing a gimbal (a mechanical image stabilizer) if you plan to shoot POV's, action shots, etc.
The digital zoom can be adjusted on the fly but it's very limited.
Sound quality is not bad if you're not in swift motion. It you plan to use this camera for running, skydiving, road trips (on a motorcycle), etc. then you'll need to use a noise filter.
You'll need to download the GoPro Kwik app for your phone, or to download (or purchase) a separate video editor as well.
The camera includes a couple of mounts with sticky tape.
For action shots (jumping into the pool/ocean, swimming, surfing, running, etc) I would recommend getting the wrist or head band sold separately.
It may take a while to get used to programming this camera, but the voice command really helps.
Look for specials from GoPro & Amazon and wait for them. Buy the camera on Amazon!
BELIEVE me you can save up to 50% of the retail price by doing that.

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