GoPro - HERO6 Black

Are the newer GoPros able to withstand freezing temps now and not die instantaneously upon taking out of your jacket? I have 6 and I've given up trying to use it on the mountain.

I don’t. I think that would help but my GoPro also just doesn’t want to operate in cold temps either. It’s probably too old to use on the hill - the most I can get out of it is like a 5 second clip before it shuts down on itself lol.

It will work. All depends on your personal definition of "good images." Get the 6 and an underwater case and shoot away. Or just turn on video and take screen grabs. I have several underwater cameras and still use a GP4 on my airplane. Each iteration of GP adds features, so moving to 7 or 11 will be better. But the 6 will take decent images. All depends on your budget and what is "good" enough for you.

I think the way to look at it, is that GoPro was so far ahead for so long, there was no real competition for them for over a decade. Even DJI had GoPro mounts built in when the Phantom 1 came along. Historically, GoPro perfected their 1080P then moved to 2.7k on the Hero 3 Black. They had the best 4k on the Hero 4 Black. Then they made the whole camera waterproof and added the built in touchscreen on the Hero 5 Black, then they went 4k 60 with moderate stabilization on the Hero 6 black, built a tiny camera on the Session 4 and 5. With the Hero 7 black, they finally got stabilization in camera that started to compete with 3 axis gimbals. On the 8 they had the mount built in so you didn't have to have a frame and changed to a larger form factor with the Hero 9 black and got resolution to 5.3k. They perfected features like Timewarp and Hyperlapse where all the work was done in camera instead of post. They made GoPro labs available for most of their cameras and gave amazing levels of customization that no other cameras have even to this day. Then they really started to stagnate and features were more incremental and evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Sure they had the 8:7 sensor and got video resolution up to 24.7 megapixels, but they still use a tiny sensor and low light performance is still very bad. They also had to deal with the rise of DJI and Insta360 who started to release competing products. Dji matched 10 bit the same year as GoPro, The Action 5 and Ace Pro 2 use much larger sensors and do much better in low light. GoPro was late to the party with magnetic mounting systems and Insta360 even put 8k into their Ace Pro versions. Insta360 has the Ace Pro Line, their Go series mini camera and even had the modular R series which could be an action cam or a 360 camera. In the time since GoPro released the Max, Insta360 has released 5 consumer grade 360 cameras that get better each year and now do 8k. We have no idea when the Max 2 will be released. GoPro stock is hovering around 50 cents a share and the market cap of the entire company is only 75 million dollars. It used to be almost 11 billion dollars, so it is 145 times smaller than it was shortly after the company went public. They have had to lay off staff and that has a huge impact on R&D. They are clearly falling behind competitors with no real path forward. Depending on which site you listen to, they rate the probability of bankruptcy at 33 to 62% in the next 24 months. That is not the sign of a healthy company. They botched the launch of their Karma drone and ceded that potential marketplace to DJI in the process. The reality is that the DJI and Insta360 cameras do a lot of things better and much easier. Low light is a real thing for a lot of people and the Action 5 and Ace Pro do a very good job in the space and GoPro isn't on the same playing field. I love the new GoPro lens system, but I am an advanced user and have been using ND filters, Anamorphic lenses, and macro lenses for years with the GoPro. The new anamorphic lens is great because it does the desqueeze of your footage automatically in camera. What is annoying is that they announced the lens in September of 2024 and I was finally able to get it 7 months later. GoPro is a great camera, but for many people who never touch labs, don't care about 10 bit or color grading, never do reframing 8:7, like to shoot in lower light conditions, or won't spend the $129 on an anamorphic lens, the GoPro is not really the camera for them. Insta360 are releasing much better cameras each year and GoPro is falling further behind. I really want GoPro to come back strong, but I fear they don't have the finances to compete unless they have an absolutely amazing technical breakthrough in the action camera space.

[Here's mine](https://i.ibb.co/0R6TPG1F/image.png), and [here's an example video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKqx3li0VcE). I'm pretty sure this is as solid as you can get for $8. I also got the gopro hero 6 for $50 on facebook.

The only way cheap and action camera go together is if you're buying used of Facebook marketplace. I use the Insta 360 X5 BMW MOTORADD and a GoPro hero 8. The gopro hero 6 is obsolete by today's standards. My hero 8 is nearly obsolete. I run both cameras with ND filters shooting at 8k,4k, 30fps 1/60. Gotta think about SD cards and batteries. What about a mic, how are people going to hear you? I have the DJI Mini Mic 2. So basically I have like 1k worth of camera gear on my helmet. It ain't cheap. If you want it to be cheap, it can if you buy used, but it's going to look cheap too if you don't know what you're doing.

I have gone 4 generations between upgrades so far and it has always been a major improvement. 2-6-10-14 is my current plan unless someone convinces me I need to go 10-13

Hero 6 is definitely showing its age underwater, especially in anything but perfect conditions. The low light performance just isn't there compared to newer models If you're set on GoPro I'd echo the Hero 11 minimum recommendation - the stabilization and color correction make a huge difference when you're dealing with that blue/green water tint

Only thing I have bad to say about GoPro is that my Hero9 is not water proof. Evident by it falling in the pool and getting wrecked.... It still works 80% of the time. But the front screen is fried, and once battery gets to like 75% ...it shuts down and says no battery. Other than that, I have a hero 6 that is great and still kicking, ol reliable. And the 9 works still, just randomly doesn't.

Seriously, a **brand new** 13 with brand new enduro batteries, microSD, charger (extended power bundle) was just £299 in the pre-Christmas sale here in the UK, genuine dive housing £22. Wait a little until some reductions are back and get a new pack. For that old hero6, you'll almost certainly end up buying 3 NEW batteries, a dive housing that's not compatible with recent models and at least one 64GB memory card. You save a little on the camera but will loose on the obligatory accessories.

Hey all! I’m AOWD beach holiday diver (1-2 times a year, total of about 80 dives). Have been using an oooold GoPro 5 or 6 for years now and would like to upgrade - so, the question. I generally film the bigger stuff and not at photography level for macro. Dive case seems like a good plan, as you can add accessories AND the camera will automatically upgrade with the new phones. GoPro is just an easy choice and something familiar. What do you guys think?

Oh, that’s a great point - have so many videos of half a shark cause I pointed the GoPro slightly off!