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Category: GoPro & Other Action Cameras (Page 1 of 18)

GoPro Hero11 – Review

The GoPro Hero11 is a high-quality, versatile action camera that is perfect for capturing all of your adventures. Although the GoPro Hero11 at time of writing is not the latest action camera from GoPro but it is still available. It is also available at a pretty good £299.99. The GoPro Hero11 features a sleek, compact design just like the 10 and the 12 that is easy to carry with you wherever you go, and it is capable of capturing stunning 4K video and 12 megapixel photos.

GoPro Hero11 - Review
GoPro Hero11 – Review

The GoPro Hero11 is an upgraded version of the Hero10, with a number of new features and improvements.

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What SD Card For My Digital Camera?

One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of the your SD or Micro SD card. Now this doesn’t matter if your camera is a GoPro, Insta360, DJI, Contour, Garmin, Sony , Nikon or whatever because without a good memory card you may struggle to capture the video footage you want.

What SD Card For My Digital Camera?
What SD Card For My Digital Camera?

The Speed Class Rating is the official unit of speed measurement for all SD cards, including both full and micro sized versions. Speed Class is a minimum speed based on a worst case scenario test and represents the minimum transfer rate of data that the card is capable of.

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What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero 12?

One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of your  Micro SD card. The GoPro Hero 12, 11 and GoPro Hero 11 Mini are the latest models from the POV giant.

What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero 12?

If you get an error with the camera it will probably be down to the memory card that is being used. Getting hold of a decent card is therefore super important.

The GoPro Hero 12 has a memory card capacity of up to 512GB. Due to the increase in performance of the GoPro Hero 12 I would suggest using cards that are 128GB or above.

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What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero 11 Mini?

One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of your  Micro SD card. The GoPro Hero 11 and GoPro Hero 11 Mini are the latest models from the POV giant.

What Memory Card For The GoPro 11 Mini?
What Memory Card For The GoPro 11 Mini?

If you get an error with the camera it will probably be down to the memory card that is being used.

The GoPro Hero11 and Mini have a memory card capacity of up to 512GB. Due to the increase in performance of the GoPro Hero11 I would suggest using cards that are 128GB or above.

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What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero 11?

One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of your  Micro SD card. The GoPro Hero 11 and GoPro Hero 11 Mini are the latest models from the POV giant.

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What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero 11?

If you get an error with the camera it will probably be down to the memory card that is being used.

The GoPro Hero11 has a memory card capacity of up to 512GB. Due to the increase in performance of the GoPro Hero11 I would suggest using cards that are 128GB or above.

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What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero9?

One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of your  Micro SD card.

What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero9?
What Memory Card For The GoPro Hero9?

If you get an error with the camera it will probably be down to the memory card that is being used.

The GoPro Hero9 has a memory card capacity of up to 256GB. Due to the increase in performance of the GoPro Hero9 I would suggest using cards that are 64GB or above.

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GoPro Hero9

Apart from the front facing screen it looks pretty similar to the Hero7 and Hero8 editions, but in reality the new GoPro Hero9 is a bigger camera both in terms of its physical size and its capabilities.

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How To Keep Water Droplets Off Your GoPro

How To Keep Water Droplets Off Your GoPro

There are few things a crushing as getting home from a sick day shooting with your GoPro and realizing that half of your content isn’t usable due to water droplets all over the lens. I have been doing this trick since 2012 and I have never found a simpler or better way than this to keep the lens clear. It has allowed me to make sure that whether its just another day on the water, or a once in a lifetime shot, my GoPro will be crisp and clear for those epic shots. So try this whenever you are using your GoPro around the water, and all your content will be way more usable!

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What SD Card For The GoPro Hero8 Series?

What SD Card For The GoPro Hero8 Series? It super important that you use the best memory cards possible with your GoPro camera whether it’s the GoPro Hero8, Hero7, Hero6, Hero5 or indeed any of the GoPro cameras currently available. The following SD micro memory cards are what we used in the GoPro Hero7 and are now using in the Hero8.

What SD Card For The GoPro Hero8 Series?
What SD Card For The GoPro Hero8 Series?

All of the cards listed below are fast and you’ll need fast and reliable if you are shooting at high resolutions. We are currently running the Lexar, Sandisk Extreme and Samsung EVO cards in our GoPro Hero8.

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GoPro Hero8 Black Announced

The GoPro Hero 8 Black has been officially announced with Pre-Orders live right now.

A few images of the GoPro Hero8 Black and GoPro Max 360 were leaked a couple of weeks ago.

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GoPro The Handler – Review

GoPro The Handler - Review
GoPro The Handler – Review

The Handler is GoPro’s move into the hand held grip market for waterborne users. It is designed to perform a very similar role to the GoPole Grenade grip with the added bonus that the GoPro The Handler is designed to float (even when using a Bacpac).

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Never Lose Your GoPro (Maybe)

Never lose your GoPro, maybe*.

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Losing a GoPro because the sticky mount has failed is not a nice experience. I have been there. Using a leash or tethering system has become a key part of using a GoPro, especially when attached to a kayak, paddle or helmet. Since the release of the  GoPro Hero 4 the usual place to add a leash to tether the camera has gone.

GoPro have removed access to the metal bar that acts as part of the hinge, this was used by many to attach a thin piece of cord although some housings have failed due to this. The frame that is supplied with the 5, 6 and now 7 do have the metal bar, however it is super difficult to get some cord around it so I have continued using the method described here.

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