![]() Unless you’ve only taken like 6 photos that day, any attempt to preview and scroll through past photos and video is hideously slow.įrom a quality standpoint, the GoPro Hero5 Black takes amazing photos and videos. While it does offer the ability to review the shots you’ve taken on the back screen, most of the time that takes so damn long it’s pointless. ![]() However, you can use the buttons in an old-school mode to still access/change settings via the front display. With the GoPro, when either your fingers or the screen have even the slightest hint of moisture – the display becomes non-functional. Slightly more than Garmin’s VIRB Ultra 30, though Garmin’s menu is far faster reacting, and actually works in its case when wet. When it comes to the menu on the Hero5 Black, it’s silly intuitive. I use this on pretty much every shot I take while hand-held, and I think it is a major reason I’m able to consistently get great stills (and videos) from the GoPro lineup (be it Hero 5 or previously the Hero4 Silver). I prefer having a display on the back to be able to preview framing for taking a shot or a video. The same goes for just grabbing the unit to toss in my back jersey pocket while cycling, or to hand-hold for a run. Be it swimming underwater with it or having to watch out as my brother sprays me with a tidal wave of snow at the end of a run – I’m good (or rather, it’s good). In both cases, I didn’t have to worry about the camera or a secondary housing. For example, over the last few weeks I’ve been both on the beaches of Barcelona, and the snow of the French Alps. The biggest reason is simply the waterproofing. Without question, my favorite for everyday and all around use is the GoPro Hero5 Black. If an app or the transfer process is clunky, I’m unlikely to do that.įinally, what about the Hero5 Session? Well, I’ll come back to that in just a moment – hang tight. The vast majority of the time I’m using an action camera on vacations or out for a ride, it’s because I want to quickly grab a snap from it and send it to social media. When you get into app functionality and usability, they tend to lack quite a bit. So from a pure hardware standpoint they are in theory the same. In fact, most of these are using the exact same Ambarella A9SE image processor as GoPro and Garmin do. Next, we’ve got much cheaper options from a variety of Asian manufacturers. Soon you’ll stop using it – rendering your cost pointless. When a camera is clunky to use, it detracts from you using it. But for 99.99% of people, it’s not amazing at the cost of usability. Yes, 4K along with legit hardware image stabilization, is amazing. But the menu system (even in its revamped form), and the accompanying smartphone app are still cumbersome and hardly as intuitive as the clean touchscreens on the two cameras in the title of this post. This is a superb camera when it comes to image quality. ![]() And the reason is simple: They just aren’t as good as these two.įor example, let’s take the Sony FDR-X3000R. Lastly, before I dive into it in more detail, I’ll certainly get asked about other cameras and why I’m excluding them. Heck, they’re even using the exact same image processors. If you look at it from a pure resolution standpoint – they’re virtually identical. If someone gifted you either camera, I’m going to guess you’ll be thrilled.īoth cameras came out within just a few weeks of each other this past September, and both have very similar specs. And both cameras are without question the best that either company has ever made. I don’t go a few days between folks asking which action came to choose between the two.īefore we start – a few notes. And even more commonly since this past fall I’m asked whether to go with the GoPro Hero5 Black or Garmin VIRB Ultra 30. In virtually every post or video I make where I use an action cam, I’m asked which camera I’m using and why. ![]()
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