September 16 2020 gopro announced the release of their new camera the gopro
hero 9 black which was such an exciting moment for
gopro fans as well as a big upgrade from the gopro hero 8 black
and so in this video today we are going to talk about the new key features of
the gopro hero 9 black we're going to compare it with the 8
black and 7 black and towards the end we're going to have
an open honest conversation about whether it's worth the investment or the
upgrade if you guys are new here welcome my name
is habiba and this is trekking pals i'm a big fan of the gopro i've been
using it for the last few years to make videos while hiking and backpacking
and i find it to be very practical easy to use and efficient for what i'm trying
to accomplish all right so now the three main features
or the three main upgrades that the camera came up with is first of all
the front display camera which if we look for example at the
black seven or black eight there is already a display in the front here
but it only shares some rudimentary information about which mode you are in
how much time had elapsed if you are taking a video but right now with the
gopro hero 9 black there is an opportunity or
possibility for you to look at yourself while you are filming it might not be
that important for some people but a lot of times post-production when
i'm working on my editing i would see something weird in my footage
it was not framed properly there is maybe some food stuck between my braces
my hair is messy so i think with this feature and the
opportunity to see yourself while you are
filming is going to be very helpful the second feature that the camera came up
with is the opportunity to film in 5k compared to 4k for the 8 and 7
and for photos 20 megapixel compared to 12 for eight and seven
so definitely a better quality when it comes to video and photo
what i'm gonna do right now i am going to the gopro website they do have a
feature to allow customers to compare up to three cameras
and what i'm gonna do right here i'm going to pick the nine
the eight and seven i'm not gonna go through all the details
of every single feature but we're going to talk high level
just to kind of understand the difference between all of these three
cameras we'll talk first of all about the photo
mode as i mentioned earlier we're looking at 20 megapixel for the
nine definitely a higher quality compared to 12 megapixel for the eighth
and 12 megapixel for the seven for video we're looking at 5k 30 frames
per second compared to 4k 60 frames per second for
the 7 and the 8. now do you really need to film in 5k
not necessary but if you are thinking about doing a lot of zoom in
and cropping while you are editing it's going to definitely preserve the quality
of your footage the one thing that i really like about
the gopro generally speaking it's the stabilization a lot of times if i am
walking on the trail or running i don't really want to worry about all
the shaking that comes with it and i don't want to do a lot of work
post editing and trying to use some stabilization filters
and that's why i really like the video stabilization on the gopro
this feature is referred to as the hyper smooth for the seven
and they came up with a better version the hyper smooth 2.0
but it seems like right now with the hero 9 black it's even better
they're looking at the hyper smooth 3.0 so definitely
better stabilization if you are moving if you are probably mountain biking
it's going to definitely provide better results we already talked about the
front screen the status only screen on the 7 and 8 compared to the
live preview on the new camera let's take a look at the numbers when it comes
to the weight of the camera and battery together
with the new camera we're looking at 158 grams
compared to 116 grams for the seven black
and 126 grams for the hero 8 black now it's slightly bigger or heavier
compared to the other bodies but i don't think it's going to make that
huge of a difference and to be honest with the features and the new upgrades
that it's coming with i personally wouldn't mind 158 grams and
that takes us to talk about the batteries i know that the 7 and the 8
they share the same type of batteries the same size
which was really nice if you are upgrading from the 7 to the 8 to know
that you can have additional batteries but
with the hero 9 black it's a larger camera
or a larger body and that comes with a larger
battery as well now all of these batteries are removable
and rechargeable but i want us to take a look here at the
numbers on the milliamps per hours for the new camera we are looking at 1720
milliamps per hour compared to 1220 for the seven and eight
now generally speaking batteries with larger mah number rating generally means
that they are going to last longer than those with a smaller rating
assuming that they are used for the same purposes which is already the case here
and that means that the battery life on this new camera is going to be better
and that was a high level comparison of the three cameras i'm going to leave a
link in the description box if you are curious to check
other features like the usb the storage on the camera
microphones the leds etc and that takes us to the question
is it worth investing in a new gopro hero 9 black
or is it worth the upgrade i would say if this is your first investment in a
gopro you don't have a gopro camera this is your first purchase
definitely want to go for the latest there is in the market
that's what i would personally do especially because price wise there
isn't a huge gap between the 7 the eight and the nine now if you do already have
the seven or the eight it really depends on what
you are looking for if you do have cash to spare
why not go for it if you don't then i already think that the seven
accomplishes a lot of great things the quality of the footage is great
4k the stabilization is great i've been using it and i didn't even think about
upgrading to the 8. i personally might be upgrading to the 9
at some point or the generation that comes after that
but the seven and the eight they accomplish great things
and that's pretty much it i hope that you guys found this video to be useful
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channel we are trekking pals habiba and alex
amateur hikers and backpackers we create video content about hiking
backpacking and adventure traveling thank you guys for watching
and we'll see you very soon on a new adventure bye