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GoPro Hero 4- Releasing October 5th

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GoPro has just released the specifications for the new GoPro Hero 4, with the Black Edition shooting 4K at 30FPS and 120FPS in 1080P.

Available October 5th. 

Some truly fantastic specs and the image quality is again amazing!
 

Cost?
 

"As for the Silver and Black? They will run you $500/£370 and $400/£290 respectively when they launch on October 5th."

 

 

 

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!). The Hero3 did 4K, but only at 15fps, making the feature less useful for professional projects. The Hero3+ didn't improve on that (and perhaps suggests why that wasn't branded the Hero4). But, it looks like GoPro figured out how to deliver full 30 fps 4K without ravaging the battery (more on that battery later). Other new features include a "highlight tag" which allows you to mark a key moment in your video via the WiFi button on the side. If you're shooting hours of video at a time, this will make finding those sweet airs/best waves much easier once you import the video into GoPro's Studio software.

GoPro's Protune feature (that allows deeper control over settings) also got a facelift. Now you can control the ISO limit, color and exposure settings. That's especially good news if you're into low light shooting. Which brings us conveniently onto two other new modes called Night Lapse, and Night Photo. As the names suggest, these are aimed at getting better low-light stills/time lapses. Essentially, you can force a longer exposure for some trippy light effects. The Black edition also features a new audio system which promise twice the dynamic range of previous cameras -- something we're looking forward to testing in the near future.

 

 


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GoPro's Protune feature (that allows deeper control over settings) also got a facelift. Now you can control the ISO limit, color and exposure settings. That's especially good news if you're into low light shooting.

The Silver Model also now has an integrated LCD touchscreen!

 

 

If you're thinking, well the Hero4 Black is the one I want then, because the Silver will just be the same, but with fewer shooting options, you'd be partly right. But also very wrong. Silver does top out at 4K/15 fps like the Hero3/3+. But, it has most of the other new tricks (highlights, the Protune tools, night photo modes and so on), along with one big dealio feature that Black doesn't have: a built-in touchscreen display. Finally, there's a GoPro that lets you see what you're recording in real time, and playback photos and videos after the fact.

You can also use the touchscreen to set up the camera, instead of using the physical buttons (and tiny monochrome LCD)



 

Watch it in action!

 




Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/29/gopro-hero4-4k-camera/

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WOAH 1080p at 120fps...

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My eyes will burn.

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I want one, but.... I'd never use it. ANyone want GoPro vids of me sitting at my desk?

Help me I'm surrounded by morons.

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Fantastic! Going on my to buy list.

 

Been holding off on the 3+ because I want one that would at least do 4K at 24fps. Going to be fun messing around with these. :D

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Wow 1080p at 120 fps. That is pretty awesome

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Super excited for this! Lucky I never bought Gopro 3 was so close to buying it! 

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Can't wait to see the memory card requirements for shooting in 4K! The speed of the card would need to be pretty high. 

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I want one, but.... I'd never use it. ANyone want GoPro vids of me sitting at my desk?

 

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I will be getting a Black Edition for my snowmobiling adventures this year. Hehehe can't wait!

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Best YouTube channel ever. Multi-million dollar idea!

 

I will be getting a Black Edition for my snowmobiling adventures this year. Hehehe can't wait!

 

Timelapses n shit

Help me I'm surrounded by morons.

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Nice, altough the cheapest(hero) is glued/build into the case, so it kinda blows that when you break the case you ned to throw away the whole thing.

May the light have your back and your ISO low.

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