![]() TimeĪs usually I put my HERO4 Session through a serious testing period to see how it performs in many different situations. As a Photographer video is usually just a side-consideration for me, but as I am pondering videos more seriously it is nice to have a small, light and good video camera. While my experience with the GoPro Hero 2 was more like Meh and also the Garmin Virb was something I seldom would take along, I have had the HERO4 Session a lot outdoors in the last months. I met GoPro at the ISPO earlier this year and had a nice chat with them, and when they asked if I’d be interested in testing their HERO4 Session I said yes. The price is a bit of a problem and I agree it should be a lot less for the drop in quality, I'm sure it will come down in time but for me it's a case of need over dollar.Small, rugged, ultralight 71 g, waterproof out of the box, can be controlled with your phone and is pretty affordable - with the HERO4 Session GoPro has created a great little action camera for active outdoor enthusiasts! If you want great quality you have to get either the silver or the black. It is a tiny product and suitable for certain situations. I already also have the remote control but it only gets about an hour and a half on 1080p at 30 frames per second chewing up too much on Wi-Fi. I'm a quadriplegic and the silver is very hard to push the button and I have to use a stylus and even then it's still hard whereas the session should be pretty easy with no outside hard casing. So I will be getting one to use as security for myself and using the silver for my outing during the day. On the train trip back I turn it off as a courtesy and when I got to my home location train station I ended up breaking my leg due to the barriers closing when they shouldn't have so would have loved to have had that on footage for compensation and would have solved the problem. ![]() I recently came back from the Sydney Harbour where I met Prince Harry and use the hero 4 silver. I know the picture quality is not crash hot compared to the hero 4 silver which I have one of but for the size of it so it is good what it can do and it suits me because the hero 4 silver is very intrusive in public over here in Australia. What do you guys think? Is the smaller, cube style better for mounting/battery life so much so that you'd buy it over the HERO4 Silver? ![]() No doubt that will cost another $100-$200, but the way some filmmakers burn through GoPros, it wouldn't surprise me to see them popping up all over. This is kind of a let down, and honestly a step back for GoPro, but maybe there will be a HERO5 Session coming out at some point, which brings 4k and the kind of clarity we get with the HERO4 Silver. There might be some inconsistencies in how each GoPro's metering was set up, but that's the only user error I could imagine for the shot below. There's a great frame around the 4:52 mark that shows footage that was shot side-by-side, and you can clearly see some of the differences in not just quality, but performance of range. The upside to the Session is of course the smaller form factor, but also an increase in battery life. ![]() The results? As you will likely see in the video, the HERO4 Silver packs more resolution modes and dynamic range, yet is at the same price point. ![]()
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