GoPro Hero 8 Black and GoPro Max – Sports / Action camera with Hypersmooth 2.0 stabilization.
Price, Features, Improvements, Mods, Action camera, Release date, Availability and more.
GoPro, popular among adventure seekers and sports enthusiasts, lately launched two action cameras namely GoPro Hero 8 Black and GoPro Max with Hypersmooth 2.0 stabilization and inbuilt mounting system. The latest additions are the successors of the Gopro’s previously launched successful action camera. GoPro Hero 8 Black is the upgraded version of GoPro Hero 7 Black which was launched in silver and white versions too; however the GoPro Hero 8 Black comes in only Black which is a slight unexpected deviation from the convention. Considering the GoPro Max, it is the successor of the brand’s legendary GoPro Fusion action camera.
GoPro Hero 8 Black
GoPro Hero 8 Black retains its recording capabilities with a resolution of 4K at 60 fps and 1080p at 240 fps. Over GoPro Hero 7 Black, it has cropped field of views to 10 distinct lens emulations – digital lenses. It comes with other delighting features like live streaming, voice control as it can now recognize voice commands, which is helpful for commanding remotely.
The GoPro Hero 8 Black comes in a more compact, rigid and lighter body than GoPro Hero 7 Black which allows easy mounting of mods like media mod, display mod and the light mod. At the right side of the camera body exists a front-facing microphone to record clearer audio. The light mod helps in the enlightening face under a dark environment. The display mod adds a flick up display to get the better judgments of video or images on the go. The media mod allows easy video transfers and augmentation through micro - HDMI port. Moreover, the camera is waterproof up to 10m deep water.
The Hypersmooth 2.0 stabilization and modular accessories are the backbones of the GoPro Hero 8 Black. The Hypersmooth 2.0 stabilization is said to offer ultra-smooth fluidic footages. Along with Hypersmooth 2.0 comes Timewarp 2.0 which allows altering the speed of hyper-lapse clips merely by few touches on the screen. All these features are said to accompany by the revised user-friendly interface.
The price of GoPro Hero 8 is expected to be around Rs.36500/- and will be available after 20th October 2019. For Mods, the user would have to pay the extra amount, for light mod Rs.3540/-, for display mod Rs.5680/-, and for media mod Rs.5680/-
GoPro Max
GoPro Max is more alluring than the GoPro Hero 8 black as like GoPro Fusion it comes with dual lenses. The GoPro Max offers 360-degree image capturing as well as video recording using the dual-lens setup and with the aid of 6 microphones located at proper locations. The camera also allows recording video and capturing images using a single lens.
The dual-lens extends the recording capability up to 5.6k resolution with a 360-degree view at 30 fps. The same 360-degree recording opens the door for VR recordings.
Undoubtedly the GoPro Max will go on sale after 24th October 2019 and will be priced at Rs.47000/- without mods. The mods will be available in later December and will be open for pre-orders in December.
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