However, there is a drawback for using the Full Ultra HD mode because it decreases the frame rate of the device. However, the user has the option to switch the device at 4K resolution to enjoy 60 frames per second framerate during video recording.
Apart from the capability to record 8K videos, the GoPro Hero 5 will also be able to capture 3D motion and images.
With the decision of GoPro to defer the release date of its GoPro Hero 5, it caused the share prices of its stocks to slide.
Subsequently, its revenues also got affected and it is likely that the company may not be able to achieve its revenue target for 2015.
Despite the expected dip in its earnings this year, GoPro is not about to respond by hastily releasing the GoPro Hero 5. It will definitely stick to its pronouncement that it would not be released this year, but the device is going to make it to the retail market next year.
The company is optimistic that the release of the GoPro Hero 5 next year would eventually arrest the temporary slide in the prices of its shares in the stock market and push its revenue earnings back or above projected levels.
GoPro Hero 5 is a very loaded action camera compared to its predecessors and it is the reason why the company is confident of a turnaround.
You don’t seem to understand why 8k and 4k are relevant to shooters.
It’s not “awe-inspiring 8K”, it’s much more likely going to be “shoot 8K for awe-inspiring 4k”.
4k is primarily a tool used to create high quality, 4:4:4 video for viewing in 1080p. Many users are also using it as a tool to create a bit of a buffer for clean zooms and pans. Very, very, *very* few people are using 4k for display in 4k. The dominant display resolution by a landslide is still 1080p.
So video is typically prepared for the 1080p format.
However, 4k displays *are* becoming more common, so 8k will be used to shoot 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 video for display in 4K at 4:4:4 or 4:4:2, as is currently done for 4k.
It will be several years before 4K is the common standard for displays. It will probably be 6 or 7 years before 8K is the common standard.
For serious shooters, this is how they view it. For non-serious shooters, 8K is a gimmick, a fancy bell and whistle to make people go “oooh” and “aaah” while watching 8K video on a 4k or 1080p screen.