Today I'm testing out the new GoPro Hero 8 Black with its digital lenses or field of
views along with the available hypersmooth options to see how they perform with regards
to stabilization and also compare them against each other. I'll be doing these tests by running
along with a 3-Way selfie stick.
I'm shooting in 4K 4:3, Wide, Hypersmooth: Off.
I'm shooting in 4K 4:3, Wide, Hypersmooth: On.
I'm shooting in 4K 4:3, Linear, Hypersmooth: Off
I'm shooting in 4K 4:3, Linear, Hypersmooth: On
I'm shooting in 4K, Superview, Hypersmooth: Off
I'm shooting in 4K, Superview, Hypersmooth: On
I'm shooting in 4K, Wide, Hypersmooth: Off
I'm shooting in 4K, Wide, Hypersmooth: On
I'm shooting in 4K, Wide, Hypersmooth: High
I'm shooting in 4K, Wide, Hypersmooth: Boost
I'm shooting in 4K, Linear, Hypersmooth: Off
I'm shooting in 4K, Linear, Hypersmooth: On
I'm shooting in 4K, Linear, Hypersmooth: High
I'm shooting in 4K, Linear, Hypersmooth: Boost
So from the perspective of Field of View and Stabilization, which of those modes looked
the best to you? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts so write a comment below.
Personally, having looked at these clips several times over now, two modes stood out to me
and that is 4K 16:9, Wide, Hypersmooth: High and 4K 16:9, Linear, Hypersmooth: High.
Both of those modes have really good Field of View and excellent stabilization and I can definitely
see myself using both of those modes in the future for my own video projects.
Now Hypersmooth Boost, you could definitely see that that works very well. The stabilization
is awesome with those modes but there is that trade-off you are getting a much greater crop
on the sensor and so you're getting less Field of View overall. I can see though that there
will be some situations where that would be a good option where maybe Hypersmooth: On
isn't quite giving you the level of stabilization that you want and so enabling Boost will get
you there but you're just gonna lose a bit of image data on the top, bottom and sides.