{"id":15721,"date":"2015-03-15T20:18:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T20:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/?p=15721"},"modified":"2015-05-29T22:17:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T21:17:39","slug":"gopro-hero-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/gopro-hero-review\/","title":{"rendered":"GoPro Hero – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I acquired one of Go Pro\u2019s new additions to their line-up, the Go Pro Hero<\/a>. Breaking the trend of recent years of developing top of the range action cameras, Go Pro rather quietly announced that they were bringing this little camera as a new budget option for those of us who don’t want to pay up for the new Hero 4. And at \u00a399, I\u2019m really impressed with it!<\/p>\n

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Before I decided to go for the Go Pro Hero<\/a> I had a dilemma on the camera front. I didn\u2019t really feel that I wanted one of the top range cameras for a couple of reasons:<\/p>\n

\u2022 I\u2019d never used one before, would I really like it or use it that much?
\n\u2022 I\u2019m not a pro film maker so did I really need a top range camera?
\n\u2022 If I did pay for one, would I really use it to its full potential for fear of losing the thing, something that is fairly common with kayaking?<\/p>\n

I’d had a little look around at some of the budget cameras that have been appearing such as the SJ4000<\/a> which was recommended by people in forums but I wasn’t entirely convinced by them. I had no idea who many of these companies that made them were and little idea as to how reliable either the camera or their customer services would be. This is where the Go Pro Hero<\/a> has come to the aid of people in a similar situation to me.<\/p>\n

At \u00a399 its affordable while still providing good enough quality for an amateur film maker such as myself. The camera comes with the standard Go Pro<\/a> features such as 1080p at 30 FPS and 720p at 60 FPS and 30 FPS, photos at slightly lower 5MP and low light and super view modes. <\/p>\n

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Still taken from video footage filmed at 1080p at 30 FPS<\/p>\n

It does lack the wide range of options that the new Hero 4 offers<\/a> such as 4K, 2.7K and 1440p shooting modes but unless you are an advanced film maker you shouldn’t miss these settings too much, as 720p or 1080p will cater for most stuff. It doesn’t have the best quality for photos but the ones that I have taken have still come out looking OK.<\/p>\n

The Hero is also quite simple to use once you\u2019ve had a little play with it. The menu is surprisingly easy to navigate and it is simple enough to find the options that you want. Again, this is a benefit of having fewer features on it. Even reading through the features of the Hero 4 on Go Pro\u2019s website confused me at a glance!<\/p>\n

At the level of video filming that I am at I just want to point and play with a couple of settings to play around with, nothing too fancy and complicated. This makes the Hero perfect for me as a first visit to the world of action cameras.<\/p>\n