4K at 30fps with the New GoPro Hero4!

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The latest installment in the history of the best action camera in the world, GoPro, is now out!

GoPro Hero4… some anticipated features, along with a few surprises!

Most notably, while the Hero4 still comes in three tiers/editions, there are greater differences between them.

The daddy of the family, Hero4 Black, has two key features that fans of GoPro have been waiting for since the Hero3: 4K video recording at 30 fps, and 1080p now at 120 fps (you can also grab 2.7K at 50 fps!).

This allows you to shoot in full HD and then slow it way the hell down and have the footage still look buttery smooth. If your final export is going to be a standard 30fps, that means you can slow your video down to 1/4 speed.

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Next up in line is the Hero4 Silver, probably the way to go for the masses. It is, essentially, the Hero 3+ Black edition from last year, which has stood as the best action camera since its release. It’ll shoot 2.7K at 30fps, 1080p @ 60, and 720p at 120. It also adds Bluetooth to the Wi-Fi, has the improved audio system, Night Photo/Night Lapse, and the much better user interface.

Basically, all you’re really missing from the Hero4 Black is 4K at 30fps, 1080p at 120fps, and some of the other higher resolution/frame-rate combinations. What you gain? A really nice, built-in touchscreen.

Last but not the least is the GoPro Hero. Confusingly named? Yes. But super affordable? Also yes. Coming in at just $130, it’s hard to complain much about where the Hero comes up short. ou get 1080p at 30fps or 720p at 60, you still get SuperView which is a pretty killer feature, and maybe best of all, you still get 131 feet of waterproofiness! There’s no HDMI port, so you’ll have to have to use you computer to display any of your footage, and there’s no Wi-Fi either, so app controls are out of the question.

3DGuy Al Caudullo will soon put these cameras to real-life test and we will be back with our hands-on review, sample videos and images in the weeks to come. In the meantime, you can watch GoPro’s very pretty (but not so action-y?) 4K Hero4 Black trailer below.

Source: Gizmodo | GoPro

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