I've got a Hero 11 and a Max 2. I used to own a Insta360 x5 and a go 3s. GoPro has done a good job of engineering the cameras to be fairly rugged and work under difficult conditions (more so than Insta), and while the quality isn't there for low light, I've been ok with that, because it constitutes a small fraction of what I want to video. I particularly like the GoPro buttons, which I feel work better when my hands are cold.
Plus, I do a lot of editing on Quik now, which works and does the minimum I need.
Agreed with your first point (but I think, since the Hero 3, I have used my cams once in the dark) Agree with the second point but I like to use the best options available to me, no matter what brand it may be. If that means using insta’s software to edit my GoPro footage then so be it. But then, you went full Tropic Thunder…
Plus one for the action cams. I don't know about the knockoffs, but there's plenty of GoPro knockoffs with durable cases. And you can find a used GoPro Session in the $60 range. Even a Hero 3 is still a decent option over a toy camera.
Exactly this. I bought my first GoPro (a Hero 3 I think) as a cheap way to get into underwater photography. It was okay, but the footage was not that exciting, so after a couple of trips I upgraded to a 7. This was a total disaster, since the camera would glitch and stop recording video after just a few seconds. This fall I decided it was time to give it another try since they had made the 13 body waterproof, the housing sturdier, and added interchangeable lenses. Well the lenses make it not waterproof anymore so fortunately I didn't invest in those, and the footage I got doesn't look much better than what I shot with my 3. Suffice it to say that the GoPro is not an acceptable camera for scuba diving.
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