this is the brand-new GoPro Hero 7 black their latest and greatest versus last
year's hero six black they have a lot of similarities but some key new features
and upgrades in the new 7 I'm intrigued to find out just how much better or
similar the two cameras are from each other and a little surprise here the
hero 6 is actually a little better in some tests I'm Ben from authentech, let's
dive right in starting with a few quick notes I just posted my hero 7 black
verse silver verse white comparison video make sure you check that one out
after this one and again I bought all these cameras with my own money no
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for behind the scenes shots if you've been following me for a while it was
last year I compared my old favorite action camera the e 4k Plus which shoots
100 megabits per second but then when the six black was released it took over
as the winner and my book mainly because of that great stabilization it offered
interesting enough I even said in my GoPro Hero 6 verse 5 video some of these
shots look so stable it's almost like they were shot on a gimbal stabilizer
which honestly is the future in my opinion all quality cameras will have
electronic or optical image stabilization built in so good that no
external motorized gimbal will even be needed and funny GoPros headlining
feature this year on the new hero 7 black they say gimbal like stabilization
without the gimbal so does that live up to the hype is it so much better and
improved over last year's 6 stabilization and this is a walking at
stabilization test of both camera shooting at 4k 60
this is a quick jogging stabilization test both cameras at 4k 60
pretty massive difference right off the bat here's what's going on both cameras
can shoot 4k 60fps but last year's hero six can sadly not turn on the EIS or
electronic image stabilization while shooting in this mode it has to step
down in frame rate to 4k 30 to enable the stabilization as for the new hero 7
it actually can maintain a stabilization turned on at max video settings 4k 60fps
this is pretty huge and not making a lot of headlines but just looking at these
side by sides you can clearly see what a major difference the EIS makes also note
stabilization crops in about 10% on both cameras
okay so let's make it a bit more even playing field let's switch to both
camera shooting at 4k 30fps stabilization on a couple things to look
for and compare here which camera is doing a better job at stabilization I
saw the 6-2 and a little herky jerky movements here and there some bobs and
Wiggles they don't look great while the seven is looking pretty dang smooth
this is a quick jogging stabilization test both at 4k 30 the other thing to
compare house image quality sharpness colors and dynamic range they both look
pretty similar in this arena and I'm not sure which one is doing the better job
with managing skin tones in the bright sunlight as well as in the shade which
one do you guys prefer and now the 7 is recording at 4k 60 the 6 is recording at
4k 30 both stabilization turned off this was
interesting to see and I'm actually a little impressed the hero 7 is still
maintaining the battery is even on this test the 6 is still struggling with
those wobbles while the 7 smooth those out both cameras recording at 4k 60fps
this is a quick audio test on the new GoPro Hero 7 black and this is audio on
last year's GoPro Hero 6 black audio sound how's the audio sound let's
live authentic let's live authentic audio record it's
actually pretty important an a downplayed feature gopro has somewhat
struggled with crisp clean and clear audio recording in the years past
especially when trying to balance out that built-in waterproofing capability
after listening to these two I'd say the seven sounds better and improved quality
overall it sounds more full all-around
between the GoPro Hero 7 black in 6 black how's the audio quality on both
these cameras we have traffic going back and forth which one do you think sounds
better
I'm the one of my favorites is always playing with and testing the slow motion
capabilities and quality again similar shooting specs both max frame rate and
resolution is 240 FPS at 1080p as I said in my last video I really wish we could
have soft 480 fps this time around to place it in the context smartphones can
even shoot here like the one plus six is shoots 480 fps and even more impressive
the Sony shoots 1000 fps kind of stinks up the best of the best GoPros is still
limited at 240 oh well I guess looking at the side-by-sides they look really
similar I mean maybe the exact same I'm struggling to find the differences here
sadly neither camera can enable stabilization in the shooting mode both
slo-moes look nice and smooth and even if we zoom way in they still look pretty
similar can you guys spot anything I'm missing
another big feature on the new 7 is hyperlapse or what GoPro is calling
Time Warp video it's smooth stabilized time-lapse video many people out there
including myself thought hey the old GoPro six black and do time lapse video
what's the difference well here you go quite the difference at that I was
intrigued myself though what if I added some post stabilization to the
time-lapse it was shot at every half second and here's the result not much
improved still a far ways off
but then I got to thinking let's take it one step farther the key idea behind
that new at time warp is smooth stable accelerated video right while the old
six black can shoot 4k 30fps with E is turned on so what if we did a
side-by-side where I retime the six shot to match the seven well here you go it
looks a lot better this time around much closer to that time warp video
however I'd still say the seven is a clear winner on this one and it's really
fun shooting mode to experiment with I shot this one as my first test just the
other day and was super impressed by the results hyperlapse shots used to take
people forever to learn and master and now it's so much faster and easier to
accomplish i still say my walking shots are too shaky and wobbly but when i'm on
an electric scooter it's uber smooth and stable moving on to still imagery let's
compare some photos side-by-side a few things i notice here the six tends to
lean a bit warmer in tones while the seven leans a bit cooler in some shots
that actually look incredibly similar both are 12 megapixel by the way using
the exact same GP one chip however in other shots there's some big differences
both cameras are shooting with protune turned off but auto HDR turned on the
old six has this option called auto HDR on or off the 7 has a new super photo
option offering a tad more control either off HDR on or auto I like having
the option to force HDR on or leave it in auto mode a few major things to note
from afar zoomed out the HDR images on the 6 actually look better straight out
of the camera over the 7 in my opinion the colors pop off the screen and the
overall tone mapping and dynamic range looks great the 7 has way more contrast
applied and I feel those dark shadow areas are losing too much detail plus
the colors look a little bland and less realistic - in real life however one
major caveat I found when we zoom way in the
sharpness and clarity look much better on the seven over the six even the noise
reduction looks to be improved on the seven while the six has a lot more grain
and noise in some areas so this one's kind of a funny trade-off do you want
your photos to look really good when zoomed out maybe go with the old six if
you need to zoom way in on the details or do some light editing well then maybe
the new seven is the better bet you can also make out some Halloween HDR effects
on both cameras I'd say the six has some major ghosting
on moving objects however the seven has more Halloween in high contrast areas of
the scene I'm intrigued to hear though which of the images do you like better
we can't forget about some low-light shots really interesting results here I
actually think the old six looks better than the seven and this seems to be the
case when zoomed out as well as zooming way in the sharpness and clarity noise
reduction they all look better on the six as for video shot in low-light as
well both cameras 4k 60 Auto low-light turned on to me they both look pretty
rough crazy high noise high grain low detail if I had to declare a winner on
this test I think I'd give it to the seven but pretty close call a few final
tests after a couple of hours of shooting in the park both cameras were
fully charged they drained down to the exact same point 33 percent very
interesting the hero 7 black and now do landscape shots and the GoPro has also
redesigned the UI or user interface and menus and honestly I prefer the old one
much better this new one feels way less efficient for example if any a turn on
or off the Wi-Fi takes one sway two three four five five and a half six
seven eight I'm the old it'd be one two and three easy peasy in another example
at samos switch to 60fps that's warm too three four and then back back back back
to just freeze oh it just froze it just froze okay that's awesome and now over
on the old six if I want to switch it one two boom that's it what a difference
my closing thoughts I'd say if shooting at 4k 60fps is key for you then you've
got to consider the seven black as a viable upgrade option since it has that
smooth stabilization maintaining at max video settings another thing to note I
was pretty surprised with a lot of these results
I thought the similarities between the two are going to be a lot closer but in
reality a lot of these tests like that 4k 60p is HDR photos hyperlapse
that new hero 7 has really stepped it up if you already have the six black is it
a life-changing upgrade probably not the six might be good enough for you however
if you don't have either of these cameras but for sure say I have to have
a new GoPro well the six black is just 350 while the new seven black is just
$50 more at four hundred dollars I personally think it'd be worth spending
that fifty bucks more for the new seven if you're willing to look outside the
box well then maybe consider the Yi 4k plus it's only 210 bucks on Amazon Prime
right now almost half the price of these yet still shoots 4k 60 12 megapixels and
more all links will be down below and let me know in the comments if you want
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that couldn't have played out any better