GoPro - HERO7 Silver

I have a GoPro Hero 7 Silver and a DragonTouch Vision3 and both are very good.

Even a gopro 7 is pretty good but I would recommend getting a used 9 as it has 4K 60FPS and uses the same accessories as the newer models incase you upgrade.

Within reason, whatever you've got. I had a GoPro 7 for years and took that thing around the world. It never let me down. We've now upgraded to DJI Action 5s. They're great, but not *that* much better. Horizon leveling is great and all, but the 7 still took good video.

I use a GoPro Hero 7. https://www.instagram.com/riderofcopenhagen

Gopro hero 8 and above is really good. The hero 7 is also good but I find the stabilization in the 8 to be a little better.

I used the hero 7 for a few years and recently got 3 hero 9’s for $90 each. Never had a problem with them.

Keep your eye on FB Marketplace and see if you can snag a few generations old GoPro. The Hero 7 still works great, and I see them pop up fairly regularly for less than $100.

I use GoPro 7 and I think 5 for the rear. https://youtu.be/4Dvn4o82fQA

I've had a GoPro Hero 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10, as well as the Max. I've go over 2,000 skydives with GoPros on my helmet, including world records and jumps into the Blue Hole in Belize. I've taken them to every continent (including Antarctica) for running and scuba diving and overall travel. So I use GoPros a lot, and I use them in environments that are pretty tough on them. One thing that's been annoying is the heavy push to GoPro subscription. Their cloud storage is just awful. The money is better spent on something like Dropbox or Box. Their software has been pretty terrible too. Hardware wise, they've been hit or miss. Sometimes it's software, sometimes it's hardware. They can corrupt video files, do a weird "gets hot after charging and locks up so that you have to pull the batteries", they can stop mid recording. All of that with the proper recommended cards. Some have just been lemons, probably a bad solder or heatsink contact. Sometimes it's fixed in a firmware upgrade. They're notorious in the skydiving community. "Did you get it?" "No, it stopped recording 5 seconds in." "It froze up". That kind of thing. Not all the time, not even frequent, but enough that it's annoying. And each model seems to have their own little quirks. My Hero 7 and 10 has been solid for the most part. My 9.. not as much. My Max is a piece of shit. My next 360 camera will absolutely not be a Max, and probably won't be whatever they come out with next. My next action camera probably won't be a GoPro.

I have a GoPro. I’m not big into filming (I’m more of a photo person). But I’ve used it to film hikes and I think it works well. I have a harness that I wear but there are other options. The fact that it’s waterproof takes away the “what if it rains” worry that I always have with my cameras.

The DJI Action 5 is next purchase for me. Unusual to have water ingress at 20. I have a GoPro 7 not rated to 20. It has been there quite a bit and is still fine.

Going to a hero 12 from a hero 7 was such a huge shock you just won't believe it. Definitely upgrade if you're running anything older than a 10. No idea about the DJI cameras, I've heard good stuff so go with either brand. I can personally vouch for the Hero 12 being a true beast of a camera.

I used to use a GoPro 7. Bought a DJI Action 4 about a month ago (right before the 5 came out), together with the UW housing. I have been more than happy with the new actioncam. It has a bigger sensor, does excellent UW white balance, the battery easily last two hours (good for two dives) and I can easily sync new pictures and photos taken with my phone between dives, without opening the UW housing, which is super convenient. The only complaint would be, DJI does not yet make a macro lens adaptor for its actioncams, while GoPro does, and there are after-market ones. But if I were into shooting macros then I wouldn't use an actioncam.

This is the world we live in. When I was looking for a camera I went through this rabbit hole and figured out that 10% of the feedback and comments are from people who actually used the product and 90% were influenced by the YouTubers and other social media platforms. I still have gopro7 and I use it time to time and it does what I need it to do. Now I just buy the product I need and test it myself and 99% of the time I never had issues and if I do there’s always a return policy.

I assume you are only interested in video? If not, prepare to be disappointed. Action cams make for fairly poor still image cameras, though you can pull stills from video footage and sometimes they aren't too bad. If video is your goal, look for a used GoPro. You can typically find one with a ton of accessories for almost nothing. I started with a Hero 7 and recently picked up an 11. Not much difference between the two, but I do find that the underwater features in the 11 make for better off the camera footage. There is always someone selling the previous generation because they have to have the newest one. Save the cash for divegear!

best image quality is the gopro8, then gopro7 than the runcam thumb pro w. the dji action is good but not as good as a gopro. but the image quality isnt the only concern, you also need to think about weight. if you want to make real estate you cant use a 5 inch that can carry a full size gopro. and a small 2.5 inch cinewhop struggles with a full size gopro. so you need something lighter, either a naked gopro or the dji action 2 or the runcam thumb. so there is no best, thats why people are rocking different cameras for different Situations and different quads.