The new 5K/30p mode certainly captures more detail than any other GoPro flagship, particularly when you switch to the high 100Mbps bit-rate mode. sensor and new key design and engineering features, GoPro upgrades its flagship action camera with more of everything with the rugged HERO9 Black, providing high-detail 5K30 video and 20MP photo capture alongside new collections of professional settings and practical functions. I have had the Go pro Hero9 for 5 months and have already experienced a lot together with it, we have been diving and snorkeling together and have done a skydive together. Right now, the Hero 8 Black pips it for sheer value, but this feature-packed sibling is a close second.

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So, it's still a fantastic action camera for 2022, and now with two generations ahead of it there's plenty of room for discounts. While the Hero 9 Black has lots of new features, it doesn't bring many major performance enhancements over the Hero 8 Black – or ones that will be hugely noticeable in your videos, anyway. For all-out speed and ease, discover the HERO 10, complete with a revolutionary chip that shoots high-quality video at double the frame rate, and with superb stabilisation to boot. I also bought one from them recently and it got stuck in customs for a while, I messaged them and they rang me back straight away and sorted it out. Other GoPros offer better value for those who simply want to shoot travel videos and stills, but the Hero 9 Black is the best all-rounder of the bunch.

But for most people, the Hero 8 Black and Hero 7 Black are perfectly good enough in this department. We're not sure how long this deal is available for (we suspect until Cyber Monday), so if you're keen to pick one up, don't hang about.That new front color display, while far from perfect, is also a very useful new feature for vlogging or general shooting. Still, GoPro has at least reintroduced the removable lens cover, which it omitted from the Hero 8 Black. It does help boost its stamina, but probably not enough to make a huge practical difference to how you shoot.