PRESS RELEASE: GoProFirst leaked on the
B&H website, GoPro's new Hero 7 is going to come out in three models; the black, silver and white. Full details are now available on
GoPro's website and the camera looks to have fully launched.
The Black model is going to cost US $399.99/£379.99/€429.99 and product highlights include:
- Record 4K60, 2.7K120, and 1080p240 Video
- Capture 12MP Photos at up to 30 fps
- HyperSmooth Video Stabilization
- Vertical Portrait Mode for Social Media
- SuperPhoto Auto HDR Photo Enhancement
- 33' Waterproof without a Housing
- Touch Zoom Framing via Intuitive 2" LCD
- Face, Smile, and Scene Detection
- Live Streaming, TimeWarp Video
- Voice Control, Raw Photos, and Much More
"Every year or two, we hear of a new "best GoPro ever", and indeed, every time, the latest HERO model lives up to the label. Over the years, in addition to improved image quality, a new collection of sophisticated and creative features was added each time, such as Voice Control. The GoPro HERO7 Black follows suit, offering the best of the preceding models' features plus many new, super-creative ones. For example, the camera is designed to be used, in addition to the standard way, in portrait orientation. It can physically be turned into a portrait mode and shoot portrait photos that you can seamlessly upload to Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media sites. Please see the Features section below for a list of all the features.
The HERO7 Black captures up to Ultra HD 4K resolution video at up to 60 fps and applies built-in HyperSmooth Video Stabilization to let you get smooth, professional-looking video. HyperSmooth is a gimbal-like stabilization that feels out and predicts your movements and compensates for camera shake. Other recording resolutions include 2.7K at up to 120 fps for slow motion, and Full HD 1080p at up to 240 fps for super slow motion. Still images can be captured in up to 12MP resolution in bursts of up to 30 images per second. The camera is waterproof without a housing down to 33' and supports an optional dive housing that will let you go deeper many times over."
The Silver model is retailing for US $299.99/£279.99/€329.99 and features:
- Record 4K30, 1440p60, and 1080p60 Video
- Capture 10MP Photos at up to 15 fps
- Built-In Video Stabilization
- Vertical Portrait Mode for Social Media
- 33' Waterproof without a Housing
- Touch Zoom Framing via Intuitive 2" LCD
- Voice Control, Time-Lapse Capture
- Photo Timer for Individual/Group Selfies
- GPS Performance Stickers & More
"The second most advanced model in the HERO7 lineup and one of the most advanced action cameras of its time, the GoPro HERO7 Silver records 4K video at up to 30 fps, shoots 10MP photos, and offers many sophisticated features to go along with the image capture. These features include digital stabilization for smoother video, voice control allowing for hands-free commands, a photo timer for individual and group selfies, and a GPS function that tracks your speed, distance, and other factors and lets you document these in the included GoPro app for iOS and Android.
The camera is waterproof down to 33' natively, without any housing required. It's rugged and rubberized and has an intuitive 2" touchscreen display on the rear. A Touch Zoom feature provides a quick and effective way of framing your shots using your fingers on the touchscreen. Other features include time-lapse capture, wide dynamic range (WDR), and a portrait mode which allows you to physically turn the camera into a portrait orientation and shoot portrait photos that you can seamlessly upload to Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media sites. The HERO7 Silver operates on a built-in rechargeable battery."
And finally, the White model that sells for US $199.99/£179.99/€219.99 features:
- Full HD 1080p60 Video
- 10MP Photos at up to 15 fps
- Built-In Video Stabilization
- Vertical Portrait Mode for Social Media
"A Full HD version of the HERO7 lineup, the GoPro HERO7 White is the base model of the three HERO7 action cameras and is designed for the adventurer. It offers user-friendly features across the board including a 2" touchscreen, intuitive Touch Zoom shot framing, built-in digital stabilization, voice control, a photo timer, vertical photo capture for seamless integration with social media, QuikStories for automatically transforming footage into short fun videos, and much more. The camera is 33' waterproof without a housing and has a rugged, rubberized enclosure.
The HERO7 White records 1920 x 1440 video at 60 and 30 fps in a 4:3 aspect ratio, and this image can be cropped in the companion GoPro app into a 1080p60/30 image in 16:9. It shoots 10MP photos and provides an easy way of capturing selfies and group photos using to the photo timer feature. The vertical photo capture feature allows you to physically turn the camera into portrait mode and shoot portrait photos that you can directly upload to Instagram, Snapchat, and other destinations without any image resizing. The fun clips you get with QuikStories come with background music already applied and come ready to be shared."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt9zSfinwFA
"It can physically be turned into a portrait mode and shoot portrait photos that you can seamlessly upload to Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media sites."
(And yes, I realise that the press release says portrait photos. But this is a whole other thing.)
I don't get it. GoPro is filling a consumer demand. OK consumers are dumb. But if you want to make something to appeal to them then fill that (dumb) demand.
The only place vertical video sucks is the remaining people who use windows for social media. Although I'm on my laptop now, 95% of time it's a phone.
Lol, well yeah, no shit Sherlock! In other news, the sky being blue causes the vast majority of people to see a blue sky.
Factually incorrect. You have a much wider peripheral field of vision horizontally than vertically. You are also much better at tracking horizontally moving objects than vertically moving objects. But you also miss the point. I'm not saying that you can see more of a horizontal video because your eyes are side by side. That's a very limited analysis of what's going on.
Your eyes are side by side, and as a result you have better horizontal perception than vertical perception in several ways (seriously, look it up if you don't believe me) for a reason. That reason is - life happens sideways. We don't live in elevators, things don't tend to happen up and down. A vertically oriented video (of the vast majority of activities) will capture more dead space and miss more relevant action than a horizontal video, because our world is horizontal.
Now, you're going to need to tell me where on earth you think you hid a sucker punch in that post, because I sure as hell didn't feel one. In fact, you just restated my point. People say the sky is blue because air is blue, not because they prefer a blue sky to a green one or any other colour. You can't say that people like vertical video more just because people watch more vertical video on apps that only offer vertical video. Unless you think the reason that content gets more views on social media like snap or whatever than Youtube is because Youtube is horizontal, and not because of any of the other features that make those channels quicker and easier to engage with than YT.
Jasper - I'm a gunna sucker punch you now. Ready? Here it comes...
"People really enjoy not having to tilt their phones sideways" Source: You.
Yeah, and you said that was because they enjoyed not changing the orientation. Your facts as presented do not support that conclusion. You may have forgotten that was the point you started with, and if you no longer agree with yourself then please say so and we'll be done. But you can't blame me for not knowing that what you said isn't what you really think. I'm not psychic, I have to assume the words you've written are an accurate representation of your thoughts.
You already admitted you were wrong about how human vision works, why on earth would I need to prove it any further?
And is that millions and millions of references within a system that's already constrained to display a certain format? Where do you get from there that fixed orientation is one of the defining attractive features of the platforms you've used?
PS: Saying that's what people 'want to observe' sounds dangerously close to saying they like that video orientation to me, not that they don't like turning an object in their hands.
(BTW, 5 replies to 1 comment is very difficult to follow. This isn't Twitter, you can say everything you have to say in one go!)
BTW, you entered this thread to claim that fixed orientation apps and vertical videos do well because people don't like to turn phones. You've now admitted that may not be the case, and it could be down to other factors. You made the claim, you've backed off from the claim following our discussion. What is there for me to prove?
www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/camcorders/4gee-action-cam-1296228/review
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGW7MF_k9zo
Source: youtu.be/3dYouSEBKiU?t=102
Gimbals, for me, have been a total PITA. If the stabilization benefits of the 7 are real deal, that's a big step.
I have the GoPro gimbal system and it makes the video so much better, but it is a massive pain to use. Tough call these days.
I switched from Hero4+gimbal for the simplicity. No more broken gimbals either when you hit the steeps! So far Rylo has provided software updates that have improved the video quality so I'm sure more will come.
I have problems with the Rylo but they are minor compared to the simplicity of no gimbal and ease of use.
I run the rylo in the frame that they provide and it's been great. I put a couple of wind screens on to cut down on the wind noise. So far I've managed to get a small scuff on the front lens. It's hardly noticeable to the naked eye but when you watch the video, it looks like a really small smudge. Now I have to shoot in 360 mode and flip the cam around.
I wish there was an aftermarket lens cover that didn't distort the view.
Besides that unfortunate situation, getting video off of the rylo isn't as simple as a gopro because of it being a 360 camera. So you have to connect the cam to your phone, select the video, re position the view to what you want, and then export it to your phone. You then have to get those videos off of your phone to edit in whatever software you use. If you only use it to grab short clips for "soesh-meeds" then it's great.
The rylo app will export the video in vertical mode for your insta stories if you hold the phone in that mode.
You're doing it wrong, just do like apple and release a new version every year, make the camera bigger every version and make the price 200$ above that of the previous version. You don't need new features, because most people seem to think if it's more expensive than the previous version, it's more bettererest than before
youtu.be/die0s9Xt3dU?t=18s this is with the 6's Vibration reduction on
Sign me tf up
I'd rather buy a GoPro simply because they have a UK distributor, but pretty tempted to have a Rylo shipped from the US
If they can bring the price down a little or at least give you the damn housing in a bundle it'd be pretty sweet. I bought a DJI drone a while back and it's novel things like that which make using a camera fun when you're a hack amateur like myself.
Im excited for rylo to imprive their audio and resolution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o-WrobulQw
It's a pity I bought Hero6 in February this year. Unless they provide H6 users with updates I'll change the brand (Hero6 is my 4th GoPro).
Uhmmmm.. Wtf?...
Maybe €399.99/£379.99/$429.99
That was the first mass-start MegaKami. It was supposed to be a regular DH race but we had to evacuate the mountain fast because a lightning storm was approaching.