For three years, GoPro has spent time to build and develop the next generation of GoPro action camera. After spending just a few minutes with the new camera, it’s clear this is the future of GoPro.
Meet the Hero4 Session.
This new camera is the first major redesign of the company’s ubiquitous camera since the original Digital Hero launched in 2007. An indeed significant step forward for GoPro. The first of GoPro that doesn’t need a case to survive extreme activities. The smallest GoPro yet! It’s a one and a half inch cube and weighs just 2.6 ounces— half the weight of your iPhone 6! What’s more? It is waterproof and shockproof without the need of a case!
On the other side of the coin, the camera lacks the 4k recording capability found in GoPro’s high-end models. The battery is also not replaceable or swappable. The Session tops out at 60 fps at 1080p and that doesn’t cut it for slow-mo videos.
Yet the camera still hits a sweet spot. The Hero4 Session is the best GoPro yet.
The Hero4 Session detects its mounting orientation and automatically rotates the video.
Since it’s a cube, GoPro wisely built a system that allows the camera to be rotated in its mounting frames while always recording the video as if it was right side up.
The Session has a top mounted LCD status screen. It’s tiny. And that’s okay. The small screen displays the camera’s mode, battery life, and connection status. But the top-mounted location is far-superior to the front-mounted screen found on other GoPro cameras. That said, the tiny screen is limited to just a few functions and forces owners to use the GoPro smartphone app to change general camera settings.
The GoPro Hero4 Session is the easiest to use GoPro yet. And that’s important. What do you think?
So, what are you suggesting here? to throw away my still new, perfectly functional GoPro3?!! No, thank you but I will not do that at least in the next two years 🙂