it's the ultimate shootout today we'll be comparing all three of the new GoPros
against each other the new hero seven black verse silver verse white which one
is best which one is the most bang for your buck we'll be doing side-by-side
comparisons of all three now I'm Ben from authentech, and a couple
quick disclaimers I bought all three of these new GoPros with my own dime all
firmwares have been updated and finally know this video is sadly not sponsored
by anyone though I kind of wish it was it took me forever to make so let's jump
right in I want to congratulate GoPro on the new color gradients they look really
slick that black is actually black this time and they put the model number and
names more clearly on the side looks more uniform in design and easier to
distinguish starting with pricing this basically sets the context for the rest
of the review the hero 7 black is currently $400 the silver is $300 and
the white is 200 now I'm not going to waste your time telling you the obvious
differences that you could just look up on your own GoPro even has a helpful
comparison chart where you can compare all the features and specs next to each
other I'll give you that link down below for this video I want to focus on actual
footage and photos captured side-by-side how they look and stack up against each
other oh and don't forget to follow me on Instagram for all the sneak peak and
behind the scenes shots that I post while making these videos starting with
some daytime photos all settings were left in default and the black had super
photo turned on as they say this intelligently applies HDR local tone
mapping or noise reduction to optimize your shots this is a headline feature on
that new 7 black and it showcases well what a massive difference it can make
next to the others colors look more vibrant and man that
dynamic range is clearly much nicer verse the other two on that know even
though the HDR looks more professional it often has more contrast added as well
if we look at a waveform we can see how much darker those shadows are being
pulled down verse the other two I also think it's the same with the highlights
stretching upwards just look at this brick wall in the shadow
the black looks much darker than the others I'd say overall image sharpness
and clarity looks nicer on the black over the silver and the white as with
most of these tests that should be the case right I mean I guess it is the more
expensive model and it has the better internal specs it's shooting at 12
megapixel photos the other two are at 10 megapixels
if we zoom way in and do some pixel PP and we can spot some slight differences
between the images with the black looking a bit sharper like here in the
shingles jump into some low-light photo samples now all three looks grainy noisy
muddy and the details I mean sure I guess the black looks may be a bit
better but not by to much switch into some video side-by-sides a couple things
to first note you got to remember these tests are almost like apples to oranges
the black and shoot 4k 60fps which by the way is pretty awesome
while the whites can only shoot 1080p 60fps so of course they're gonna look
pretty different I think the key to remember is just how different or
similar they might look and is it worth the extra money spent on those fans to
your features spoiler alert I think it's worth it let's start with some apples to
apples all three are shooting an exact same resolution and framerate 1080p
60fps
funny enough I'd almost say the silver looks to be the better quality and this
shot with the black one in last place for some reason the black isn't doing a
great job here at 1080p though it's colors and white bounce seem a little
bit cooler than the other two also I'm not sure why you'd actually want to
shoot at this lower resolution when it can crank out much higher but hey the
more you know now we switch to the best of the best on each 4k 60 on the black
4k 30 on the silver and 1080p 60 on the white make sure you're watching this
video in all 4k glory so you can spot those little differences a few things
you should notice here and the black is cropping in for a more narrow field of
view and that's because stabilization was turned on it crops in about 10% on
frame that 10% is actually a lot what's up guys this is a quick audio test on
the GoPro Hero 7 black this is the GoPro Hero 7 silver and this is the GoPro Hero
7 white how's the audio different sound how's
the audio different sound how's the audio different sound
let's live authentic let's live authentic
let's live authentic the black has three microphones that others only have two
I'd rate the black ass sounding the best most crisp clear and better wind
reduction though the white actually sounded pretty good as well
moving on to one of my favorites this is a quick walking stabilization test the
silver and white models have what GoPro calls a standard video stabilization but
the black has a new hyper smooth stabilization and this is a quick
jogging stabilization test here we can see the improvements and difference that
hyper smooth stabilization is making the other two cheaper models still have
quite a bit of shake and wobbles versus the black is semi smooth throughout the
shot
one thing we got to talk about look at this stuttering issue on the black model
and I'm assuming this is connected to their stabilization processing it's kind
of rough and can ruin the shot in almost all of my slow panning shots it appears
again and again is this e is pitfalls in lower light conditions whatever it is
maybe we'll see a fix in a firmware update not to forget a quick low-light
video test I'd say the black is maintaining the best quality to noise
ratio then the white model in second place and silver in surprisingly last
place kind of strange the black enables the auto low-light function at 4k 60 and
just for kicks and giggles I tried switching over to 4k 30 where there is
no low-light function to see if there's a difference and it really does look a
bit worse in my opinion of course with protune turned on in any of these tests
we could produce much nicer looking images just remember protune is only
available for the black model not for silver or white now on to another
favorite tests of mine and that slow-motion the black and shoot up to
240 FPS at 1080p I was really hoping for 480 this time around but sadly that's a
no-go the silver and white are capped at 60fps 1080p there's such a nice
difference between the fluid smooth motion and higher quality image on the
black over the silver and white this brings me to one overarching point
throughout all these tests the silver and the white models look pretty similar
that have a lot of the same features and specs on paper they both have non
removable batteries no front LCD screen the silver is $300 the white is 200 and
that's still a fair amount of money compared to other action camera options
on the market for example you could pick up a Yi 4k for only $150 brand new
Amazon Prime and that shoots 4k 30 up to 100 megabits per second and I literally
just saw this as I was making this video Amazon has for a limited time a $25
savings coupon so that brings it down to you only 125 bucks that's kind
steal I've made plenty of videos on the Yi cameras in the past on this channel
so in case you missed those I'll link those down in the description as well
I didn't even cover the speed of the GoPros the silver and white ones feel a
little laggy sometimes while the black is a tad snappier and faster thanks to
those better internals the black model is the obvious pick in my opinion
between these three and that's considering features capabilities and
overall image quality let's say you for sure wanted to buy a new GoPro 7 just
not sure which model I'd recommend the black as the most bang for your buck now
in my next video I'm even more excited to test the new 7 black versus last
year's six black make sure you don't miss it by turning on notifications let
me know down in the comments which GoPro you think is the winner in terms of
quality and price and then also let me know what other cameras you want me to
pit these GoPros against until next time let's live authentic