The whole point in me doing this video today
is because I want to try out the HERO11 Creator Edition.
GoPro sent it out to me to try out and I just want to see how it is to vlog with it, with
the HERO11.
Okay, now that I've got to Bath, I actually need to find the Roman Bathhouse, which is
where I want to go.
But I also want to find somewhere that I can fly my drone that's going to be quiet because
I just don't like drawing attention to myself.
So I might just go and try and find a side street or something just so that I can get
a nice shot.
But whilst I try and figure that out and look at the signs, the first reason why I really
like the GoPro 11 Creator Edition is the fact that it's basically an extended battery.
So this battery in the Volta lasts basically all day.
It gives you like double or triple, is it double the battery life of one of the Enduro
batteries?
But the thing is, it just keeps charging the battery, which is really great.
So you don't have to keep taking the camera out of the Media Mod, switching the battery
and then putting the battery in.
So yeah, that's one of the really great benefits of the Creator Edition.
If you're going to be vlogging all day, it's perfect.
Okay, so if you don't know, the GoPro HERO11 Creator Edition comes with the Volta and the
Media Mod.
And one of the biggest reasons why the Media Mod is so important, even though the audio
sounds rubbish from it, I'm sorry, but it does, is being able to attach an external
microphone.
At the moment I'm using the Sennheiser MKE 200.
So I've used the Media Mod before, I used it with the HERO10.
And like I said, the audio sounds pretty rubbish coming from it.
I'll let you hear it.
This audio is now from the Media Mod or the front microphone.
And the wind noise reduction is off, and this is what the audio sounds like.
It's got the foam windshield on at the moment.
So I'll take that off so that you can hear it.
So this is now with the foam windshield off, there's audio still coming from the Media
Mod, front microphone, and this is what the audio sounds like.
And so now this audio is coming straight from the GoPro HERO11 microphones.
I've switched off the microphones to the Media Mod.
And as I said, the audio that comes straight from the HERO11 actually sounds really good.
So yeah, this is just what it sounds like as a comparison.
So the biggest reason in using the Media Mod is for the external microphone.
So that if you are in really windy conditions or it's really noisy, then you can attach
an external mic, like a shotgun mic, and then you'll get a lot clearer, cleaner audio, which
sounds a lot better.
Okay, I'm walking in the right direction at least.
I've got my Apple Watch giving me directions as well, which is really handy.
I do like Bath, it's got a very olde worlde look and feel to it.
There are a couple of other things about the Volta as well which makes it really handy.
It's the fact that it's not just a handle, but also a tripod as well.
So if you want to put your camera down somewhere, then you've got that option.
And you can also spin the camera around.
So at first I was like, "How do you change the camera around so that it's not lopsided,
but then you can spin it round on the top?"
So you can face the camera in any direction and it's got a hard lock to it.
So when you twist it, then it will just lock in place.
And the other thing is that it's got this side mount on it.
So if you wanted to mount it onto handle bars or anything really, you don't have to take
the GoPro out of the GoPro, out of the Media Mod, you can just attach the Volta to whatever
mount you have, which is really useful because having to take the camera in and out of the
Media Mod is just a pain and a faff.
So yeah, that's really, really handy.
Okay, I'm about five minutes away from the Roman Baths.
Going in the wrong direction, hang on, this way.
The other thing that I really like about the Creator Edition and the Volta in particular
is the fact that it's weather-sealed.
Not waterproof, so you can't dunk it in the water, otherwise you will ruin your HERO11
and the Volta, but yeah, it's weather-sealed, so if it's raining, snowing, anything like
that, then you're going to be absolutely fine.
That goes for the Media Mod as well.
But as soon as you are attaching an external microphone, then obviously you have to be
a bit careful of the microphone because if it starts raining then you probably going
to wreck your microphone.
So in that respect, I would most likely just ditch the external microphone and take the
Media Mod off and just use the audio that comes straight from HERO11 because it sounds
really good.
And then you've still got your weatherproof set-up.
So this next point isn't necessarily a massive
deal, but it's actually a really nice thing to have because if you don't want to use the
Media Mod and you want to just use the camera on the Volta by itself, then you've got this
little door that you can attach, which you would still then be able to plug the Volta
in, which would keep the whole system weather-sealed rather than just having the door off and plugging
it directly into the camera.
So that's just a really nice touch and just an accessory that comes with it.
It just makes it really handy.
And then finally, the last thing is that you can actually use the Volta to charge anything.
So you can charge your phone, you can charge it, you can charge anything.
So it acts as a battery pack, which is really useful whilst you're out and about because
you get a lot of juice from the Volta.
I had a really horrible feeling then that I put the wrong location into the map and
went to the wrong place because I just saw Roman Bath Shop and I just thought, "Did I
just basically go to a shop rather than going to the actual museum where the baths are?"
But I think it's just up ahead so...
So before I wrap up, I just want to mention a few things that I found a little bit annoying.
The handle doesn't extend, which it's not annoying, it's just one of those things that
would've been nice so that you could just hold it out a little bit further.
So of course you can just attach an extended selfie stick, but it would've been nice if
it could just extend on its own without having to attach something additional to it.
And then lastly, it just takes a little while to charge up, but that's not a big deal because
you can just put it to charge overnight and then you're good to go for the rest of the
day.
So hopefully, if you're thinking of getting the Creator Edition, that's going to give
you some insight into whether it's good enough for you.
I'm going to do another video where I talk about using a gimbal and that whole setup
because if you use the Creator Edition and use the Volta, then if you want to use ND
filters, then you need a gimbal.
So that would render the Volta useless because yeah, you can't use it.
But that's for another video.
So yeah, hope this video was useful.
If so, do give it a like.
Thanks for watching and catch you guys next time.