Today I'm going to be comparing the Hero4 Black Edition camera and the Hero4 Silver Edition Camera.
AdoramaTV presents 'Capture the Action' with Martin Dorey.
Hello, I'm Martin Dorey and this is AdoramaTV. Today I'm going to be comparing
the GoPro Hero4 Black Edition camera with the GoPro Hero4 Silver Edition camera.
Now, the GoPro Hero4 Black Edition is GoPro's top of the range
camera. Now, we've been using a lot recently and I have to say I really like
it. I like the 4K video. I like the 4k time-lapse video and I think that new
settings button on the side here makes it a whole lot easier to use and easier
to navigate.
So the Black Edition camera has got a whole array of options, from 4K to
WVGA and a whole load of field of view and frames per second
options. It really is the top of the range camera with all the knobs and
whistles. It will shoot 4K at 25 frames per second. Now, this is something that no
other GoPro camera can do. It will shoot 120 frames per second at
1080. Again, something no other GoPro camera can do. It will shoot night lapse, time lapse, all
kinds of stuff so it's got absolutely everything or has it?
Well actually it hasn't got everything and at this point this is where we need to bring in the
second in the GoPro pecking order and that is the Hero4 Silver Edition
because it's got one thing the Black Edition doesn't have.
I'll turn it on and you can see and that my friends is an LCD touch screen. That's exciting!
The touchscreen display means that you can see what you're framing which you
can't do with the Black Edition camera unless you use the GoPro app or a touch
BacPac. Now, what this means is that you can frame up your shots. It means that if
you're using the narrow field of view or even a medium field of view you can
know exactly where your camera's pointing and unlike the app, there isn't a delay in
picture so what you see is what you get.
I like the touch screen and while I have
got used to using the GoPro app and the camera in the other hand and doing all
this sort of stuff, it makes life a lot easier. Also, using the touchscreen means
you can trim your shots in camera and we will talk about that in a later episode.
It's all about what's inside these things. Now, that process on the Hero4
Black Edition is about a third more powerful than the process up on the Silver
Edition. That means it can deal with the information it gets much more quickly
and that's why it can deal with 4K video at 25 frames a second as opposed
to 4K video at a rather pointless fifteen frames a second, if you're going
to use it for video. What this basically means is the black can cope with more
information coming at it. Now the Silver can shoot 240 frames
per second in WVGA but it can't shoot 2.7K in super view or 4 x 3 and
it can't shoot 120 frames a second at 1080 like the black
can because its processor isn't as fast. When it comes to sound, Go Pro say that both
these cameras have had their sound capabilities improved since the 3
and the 3+. Great, but it's only the Black that has Go Pro's new analog to
digital sound converter and enables it to be compatible with studio-quality
microphones. The silver doesn't have that so if you're looking for really great
sound quality and shooting a 4K at 25 frames per second it's the Black only and every time.
What this means is that the Black Edition camera will give you the ability
to shoot super high definition video and also get great quality sound. That means
it's kind of professional usage. But what about you and me? Do you really need
4K video? Do you really need 240 frames a second? Do you
need to plug in an external microphone? Or is it more important that your camera
is easy to use and do you really want to pay an extra $80 to $100 on average for
your camera? The Silver has timelapse. It has nightlapse. It has night mode. You can shoot
looping video. It will shoot stills with video. The Silver can be used with the
Smart Remote. It can be used with the GoPro app and you can shoot using
Protune. And GoPro say the battery will even last longer than on the Black.
That's because of the processor. One of the advantages. OK, so which is it to be?
I know which I would choose.
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