{"id":1519,"date":"2018-10-01T19:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2019-01-28T17:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T23:23:57","slug":"1519","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/?p=1519","title":{"rendered":"Going down the never ending rabbit hole of tech upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"

GoPro released the Hero \u201c7\u201d Black just a couple of months after I took delivery of a Hero \u201c6\u201d Black (reviewed earlier) \u2026 so, I had to have it if for no other reason than to see what has changed. Immediately, you notice on the side of the camera in bold print \u201c7<\/strong>\u201d so as not to be confused with the \u201cold\u201d model \u2026 God forbid people think you\u2019re using the old, worn out tech of April 2018! I\u2019m not joking that some tech sites complained there was no huge nomenclature to identify it as the newest\/priciest model.<\/p>\n

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Basically, the cameras are similar in appearance, use the same accessories and are still as heavy as though it was made out of lead. But there are some very real improvements \u2026 most notably the incredible smoothness\/lack of shake the new camera exhibits. The Hero 6 Black was outstanding, but after seeing the improvement, the \u201c6\u201d is headed to eBay. My distaste for gimbals continues unabated and this new model just hardens my opinion. A heavy, complex, expensive and cumbersome gimbal to smooth a few bumps is simply unnecessary at this point unless you\u2019re shooting the new \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d movie.<\/p>\n

GoPro does make a \u201cSilver & White\u201d version of this camera \u2026 but trust me on this, forget it.            They are for the posers who want to flash the GoPro \u201cimage,\u201d but don\u2019t want to spend the bucks.        In complete candor, I\u2019m at a loss why they even make these. If poorer video quality is your goal, just buy a $35 Chinese camera. Why spend $300 for a lesser GoPro, when effectively, it\u2019s dumbed down to the video quality of the aforementioned Chinese clone.<\/p>\n

The new menu threw me for a loop the first few times I used it and even now, I still prefer the older menu of the \u201c6\u201d.<\/p>\n

It now includes \u201cSuperPhoto\u201d \u2026 it applies three different technologies to produce the best still image ever from a GoPro.  You really, really don\u2019t want me to explain this in pure geek talk.                        Just note, it works \u2026<\/p>\n

It will now shoot in the vertical mode for posting on certain vanity (eg. Instagram Stories) websites.<\/p>\n

The new \u201cTimeWarp\u201d will capture super-stabilized time-lapse videos while you move around.            It\u2019ll increase the speed up to 30x to turn longer shots into anything you may want to share and yet, not bore your friends. (eg. original video is 10 minutes, but is sped up to be viewed in only 20 seconds for those with millennium-short attention spans.)<\/p>\n

The sound quality is slightly improved \u2026 due to a different waterproofing membrane primarily.<\/p>\n

Should you want to live-stream, it\u2019s available now, but restricted to the personal data grabbing \u201cFacebook\u201d & \u201cYouTube\u201d and a few others.<\/p>\n

I have noticed better low-level light sensitivity, better definition and color saturation.                          While complained about on some websites, I\u2019ve always thought it was better than it should be for the lenses it has.<\/p>\n

But ultimately, it\u2019s the impressive smoothness that leaves you amazed that you\u2019re that good of a videographer.<\/p>\n

I now await breathlessly for the \u201c8\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GoPro released the Hero \u201c7\u201d Black just a couple of months after I took delivery of a Hero \u201c6\u201d Black (reviewed earlier) \u2026 so, I had to have it if for no other reason than to see what has changed. Immediately, you notice on the side of the camera in bold print \u201c7\u201d so as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1637,"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecaffeinatedgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}