The release of the GoPro Hero 4 early this year was a welcome news for extreme sports fans as the new updated camera from the American company enabled them to capture live action videos and photos at very high resolution and extreme situations.
In fact, the updated camera has earned the distinction as the first of its kind camera in the world to feature an ultra-high resolution.
Previous GoPro cameras have become renowned for capturing the most amazing photos and videos even in the most extreme conditions and all types of atmosphere – be it in air, water, or land.
Two main variants
The GoPro Hero4 comes in two variants – the Hero4 Black and the Hero4 Silver – with the former pricier by $100 from the latter, notes the GoPro website.
However, both action cameras have stunning image quality and powerful new features that take the Emmy Award-winning GoPro performance to a whole new level.
Hero4 Black comes with incredible high-resolution 4K30 and 2.76K video and a remarkably high frame rate of 1080p120 video. It also features a more powerful A9 processor that delivers super slow motion at 240 frames per second.
Combined with the powerful new features and technologies including improvement to audio, usability, wireless connectivity, among other facets, the GoPro Hero4 Black is the most advanced and highest-performing GoPro action camera ever.
On the other hand, Hero4 Silver blends pro-quality video and image capture with the convenience of built-in touch display.
Other features and specifications
The GoPro Hero 4 is also lightweight and is very durable too as it can take a good deal of wear and tear.
The action camera weighs less than 100 grams so it is also very easy to carry or strap in various extreme situations, which are common among extreme sports fans.
Unlike its predecessor, the GoPro Hero3, which was powered by an A7 processor, the GoPro Hero4 sports a more powerful A9 chip.
With its powerful processor, the GoPro Hero4 is capable of capturing 4K resolution videos at the rate of 30 frames per second, which no other camcorder existing in the market can do at this time. But that would likely change with the emergence of the GoPro Hero 5 and other digital cameras very soon.
The GoPro Hero4 is capable of capturing regular-speed footage of 1080-pixel at the rate of 120 frames per second and slow-motion footage of 720-pixel at the rate of 240 frames per second. At these frame rates, the video outputs of the GoPro Hero4 are certainly astonishing.