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GoPro Hero 4 - Overrated or a technological leap forward?


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The main issue is available technology to actually use them. Most peoples PC's won't be able to edit that footage.

No really

it is not cheap (£400 if i remember well?) And leans toward more to professional usage

For non pros there is the hero, theyll get that as its cheap and decent quality

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Gopro's are really good. however the clips form this ad have a lot of post process (Y)


For non pros there is the hero, theyll get that as its cheap and decent quality

If I didnt want to spend much money I would get a gopro 2 or 3 second hand rather than the new Hero, Its a piece of sh*t from my point of view

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I've always found that it's difficult to match the results from promo footage with a GoPro camera. There is very little difference between my friends 3 Silver and my old Hero HD. Don't know about the 4.

4k footage is definitely a leap forwards. However, unlike when HD was released to the masses, there aren't that many displays in use which can properly display such video. And editing must be a nightmare. You need a pretty powerful PC to edit 1080p50 and encoding times are awful, can't imagine what specs you'd need to easily work on 4k.

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Hugely over rated.

I used GoPro's for years when I was cycling.

They weren't any better than the £50 SJ4000 cam I have now.

To the average consumer the new 4's features won't be accessible and they really won't get a huge benefit from it.

Wind forward 5 years when the technology becomes accessible in low end devices and available to all and then it will be worth it.

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