GoPro HERO9 Black Bundle - Includes The Remote, Spare Battery (2 Total), and Carrying Case, 5K

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While the latter give you a generous live preview of your whole shot, the Hero 9 Black's is more of a rough guide. But the usual rules apply – like its predecessors, this is best done in bright sunlight, because from dusk the high ISOs will turn your clips into a noisy, smudgy mess. GoPro flagships have had 12MP sensors going all the way back to Hero 3 Black in 2012, but the Hero 9 Black takes the radical step of pushing this resolution up to 23.

ProTune options allow you to take the safety wheels off and tweak setting to your own particular style too. Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. It does help boost its stamina, but probably not enough to make a huge practical difference to how you shoot.GoPro also offers a more compact, stripped-back Hero 11 Black Mini and, while no longer part of GoPro’s 2023 lineup, you can still find the budget-friendly Hero 9 Black. You do have the option of shooting in raw to lift the shadows a little, but on a sensor of this size the amount of leeway you get is pretty small. But if you shoot for the big screen and need a tough B-cam to go into places that your dedicated video camera can't reach, then it could be the best GoPro for you. There are still plenty of good formats you can use, like 4k 25fps so I'll just have to settle for them for now. It lacks GoPro’s latest user interface and efficiency tweaks but if you’re after a straightforward, flagship-level action cam, opting for the slightly older Hero 11 is an easy way to save a few quid.

Live Stream with HyperSmooth video stabilization or use as a webcam with near limitless mounting options. But perhaps the bigger benefit is to its electronic stabilization, with the Hero 9 Black able to provide HyperSmooth Boost – GoPro's strongest stabilization – in all shooting modes. GoPro's latest and greatest, the Hero 11 Black, was released in September of this year as the company's latest flagship camera.This may be fixed in a firmware update, but it's another example of other factors being more important to image quality than resolution.

GoPro's special sauce has long been the combination of its class-leading HyperSmooth stabilization, first seen on the Hero 7 Black, and clever software features like TimeWarp. If the touchscreen is working, but is finicky, the best next step is to make sure the firmware on the camera has been updated to the latest version. This motion smoothing technology can be used in numerous shooting modes to record the smoothest possible video running at 60fps.

With the holidays rapidly approaching, December is one of the best times of year to score great offers on tech, so we’ve scoured the web for UK’s best GoPro deals. HyperSmooth stabilization remains the best you can get from an action camera, and the in-camera horizon leveling is a useful (if not entirely flawless) addition. With mixed, intermittent use (shooting video, stills and time-lapses), our Hero 9 Black lasted around 4-5 hours. Given the first problem wasn't their fault and the second was dealt with efficiently I would use them again. It was the first GoPro to have a waterproof design out-of-the-box, making it more resilient and the camera has enough to make it a convincing update on the older models.