

The native waterproofing works to "only" a depth of 33 feet/10 meters, but that should be good enough for the vast majority of people. The result is that the Hero5 Black is much more pocket-friendly, and you won't need to pry open the case just to charge it or access the memory card.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. The upsides are obvious: Though the naked camera is a smidge bigger than the Hero4 Black (a millimeter or so each side), it's considerably smaller than the Hero4 encased in its housing (which is how you most often see it). This means you won't need a separate case to protect it. Perhaps the most obvious change with the Hero5 Black is that it's waterproof without a housing (the original Session and therefore new Hero5 Session already were). Many of the new features come to both the Session and the Hero5 Black, though the flagship Hero5 gets a few extra tricks to keep its position at the top. In fact, the Hero5 and Hero5 Session come with a bevy of updates that make the cameras much more useful. That doesn't mean there isn't anything new here.
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That's not a bad thing, per se - you can still record in 4K, with additional options for 2.7K/60fps, 1080p at up to 120fps, and super slow-mo 720p at 240fps (plus all the quirky formats like 1440 that GoPro users will be familiar with). In fact, the Hero5 Black's sensor is the same one found in the Hero4 Black. In particular, there's no 4K/60fps shooting mode, as some might have hoped for. But with the Hero5 you won't see any upgrades of that sort. The Hero5 Session gets an upgrade this time around, also joining the 30fps/4K club (the original Session maxed at 1440p). The first Hero HD was 1080p, the Hero2 added bumped photos to 11 megapixels from 5, and so on until the Hero4, which ushered in 4K at 30 frames per second. Until the Hero5, pretty much every new GoPro camera was defined by an increase in resolution.
