GoPro - HERO7 White

Gopro hero 7 white is a great camera if you can find one used. Doesn't have super good stabilization or GPS like the black model does. But I've never had unstable video while dirtbiking, and the battery life is often about 2 hours at 1080p 30fps... Better than the black models..

What about issues with the cameras crashing? I have a GoPro 7 a friend gave me and I do want to upgrade at some point but my biggest issue is with the crashes causing me to lose footage. I've heard is still an issue on the new cameras plus overheating problems. The 7 doesn't overheat luckily but it's annoying resetting it once or twice a day if I'm filming. And I'm using the recommended SD card. 

Does this firmware help the older models? I have a go pro 7 that has a crashing problem. Probably once or twice every few hours of filming, usually after you start or stop a video it will crash. I'm using the suggested SD card. 

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.

A GoPro 7 or 8 then. I don't recommend less know action cameras brands like Akaso, not terrible but not great either. Sound quality is really bad and the image stabilization performance is inferior compared to the GoPro or the DJI Action cameras.

If you'll ever be in or around water, you will want to keep the GoPro.

I had a Canon M50 along with a Pocket 2 camera for a couple years. The Pocket 2 wasn't good in low light. Thus why I used the M50. We use them for cruising and other travel and found that filming food and other things indoors the Pocket 2 didn't work well. I also used the M50 for talking head videos to get some background blur. I bought the Pocket 3 and no longer use the M50 for anything. In fact, I won't even take it on our next trip. It would have only been used in the darkest conditions and I opted to buy a small hand held ring light to light certain subjects when using the Pocket 3. I've had several GoPros over the years. All the the way back to the GoPro Hero 3 Black. I only used them for swimming or snorkeling. I don't snorkel anymore, so I no longer use them. I've sold a few of them off but still have a Hero 7

7 was a big improvement for sure and the last to work with the gimbal. Big downfall was that it overheated with ease.

I don’t have a preferred brand. I had the Hero 5, 7, and 11. I decided this time to try something different. I can totally acknowledge that the Hero 13 maybe better than its predecessors. I don’t think you can go wrong with either camera for the average user.

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

I treat my cameras as true action cams - almost everything I shoot is downhill‑mountain‑bike POV (with some snowboarding stuff in the winter). My two kids and I rotate between two GoPro Hero 7s and a Hero 11, and in bright daytime conditions the footage is consistently crisp. I also own an Insta360 One X2 and X4; they’re great for occasional 360‑degree shots (especially when we’re filming the kids in the snowboard terrain park), but their image quality still lags behind the GoPros in the daylight settings we ride, in my opinion. Lots of sponsored “reviews” frame these cameras as vlogging rigs, which shifts the conversation toward low‑light performance and front‑facing features. That’s useful if you’re shooting downtown at midnight, but for daytime action sports I’d rather see companies double down on ruggedness, stabilization, and ease of use than chase vlogging use cases. Bottom line: today’s action cams are all solid, yet GoPro remains my default. I’m still curious about the DJI Osmo Action 5, though. I’d like to see whether DJI can match the reliability I’ve come to expect from their drones.

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.

Honestly, disappointed. The sensors are so small. They are the same as my hero 7. You can't beat physics. But I'm waiting to see some more comparisons. Especially with low light footage. I do mountain biking and am often under thick Forrest cover.

I got a DJI action cam 5 and kind of regret it. The widest view is not wide enough when chin mounted. The quality is fantastic, and it easily pairs with the DJI wireless mic so you can pick up the motor without any wind. But its widest POV is really narrow. I miss the super wide view of my Hero 7, and might just go back to that and sell the DJI.

If you get a used GoPro, Hero 5 has image stabilization, but not at 4K resolution and it was marginally effective. Hero 6 has image stabilization at 4K, but it didn't work very well on all axis. Hero 7 and later finally have functional "HyperSmooth" image stabilization on all resolutions and all axis.

Hero 6 if using gyroflow, otherwise the hero 7 will suffice. Hero 8 for slightly better stabilization and higher bitrate. Beyond that not even worth it imho.

Honestly your post is very true for a GoPro 3 or 4... But my 7 was already pretty good underwater. My current Gopro 12 takes pretty damned awesome pictures, especially in RAW if you know how to use lightroom. Here's a shot of some coral I took 2 weeks ago in Cozumel, with a cheap dive housing, no lights, no colour filters, depth around 12-13 meters. https://preview.redd.it/zmyqua5alcxe1.jpeg?width=5568&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f83d23930d7b42670167f727219e85e67975a7c Even on simple jpg mode, in lineair lens, the pictures are more than decent

You’re also like 6 models behind the current one, which allows you to change lens width and you can get a waterproof case for for like $20.

The go pro 7 was released in 2018.

I really miss hero 7 with set second video mode 😭I can just record 15s or 30s instead of forgot to turn off

I have a Pocket 1 & 2 and GoPro 7, 10 and Recently Osmo Action 5. I shoot a lot of chest mount first person video and the action cameras work better for me for a couple of reason. I get better bump stabilization from the action cams ( up down when walking), I can quickly change batteries, and it’s more durable when I want to stow or deploy it. I can wear the GoPro Chesty mount over a undershirt and under a button down shirt and easily attach and detach the camera when I am ready to film.

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

I don't need anything better than GoPro 7. https://youtu.be/4Dvn4o82fQA

I have a dji osmo 4 and a gopro 7 and I'm happy with both

GoPro hero 7 when I remember and can be bothered to set it up. I want one of those 360s.

I've tried to defend GorPro for so long as they do have the best daylight footage and best log profile. I've owned the Hero 3, 5, 7, 10 and now the 12. The 3, 5, 7 and 10 I was happy with. But it's getting indefensible now, with no Hero 14 out this year I am every chance to jump to DJI if the action 6 is good enough. Still using the GP2 processor is a joke, it came out with the H10, it's so far out of date. Low light hasn't usually been a concern to me as much, hence never making the switch to the competition. But it does pop up on occassions in thick forest or tree coverage, basically anything other than direct sunlight, so I am starting to notice how poor it is. On top of that the screens, lack of fast charge, slow boot times for "quick capture" ... I bought the Osmo 360 and am glad, I think the overall experience is better than that with GoPro and the footage is better than anything Insta360 has ever made which is always oversaturated and over sharpened trash. Maybe I'll switch back for Max 3 in 5 years time, maybe it will have a new processor, larger sensor and better editing software by then.

The one that doesn't have glitches. From hero 7 down. The best one that I like very much si session because it was a very small camera

I have a GoPro (Hero 7), DJI Osmo 4 and Insta360. My MTB camera is the DJI Osmo. I don't see myself ever buying another GoPro considering how good the DJI and Insta's are.

The 7, felt like the biggest leap in practical use features. Then the 8 had to be the awkward transition model that I think ended up as the worst in retrospect.

How's the battery life of GP13? Does it still hot on long recordings? I have GP7 although I like it, the thing gets extremely hot and runs out of battery really quick

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.

Yeah I still have my 7. I forgot how small and light it is compared with the 8+ models.

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 use P3, S24u and ny gopro 7 most. I have a dslr Pansonic G7 to but not used for a long time. My next buy i thunkwill be Action 5

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!

You’re observing doctor’s waiting room syndrome. Sick people are most likely to visit the doctor and the biggest queue will be for the best doctor. People post problems and complaints far more frequently than success stories, and the most popular cameras will have the most posters. Of my two, 7 and 12, the later is so much better in every way.

Get whichever Go Pro is in your price range. Anything Hero 7 and above will have hypersmooth and as long as you’re not running it at max resolution and fps it shouldn’t overheat, especially with a fan or AC on in the car. 30 fps would be my recommendation, and most should be able to handle that at 4K just fine.

Used GoPro camera 7 or higher.

Many videos shown on YouTube are from the launch periods and are sponsored. Especially the DJI Action 5 was pushed pretty hard in my opinion. But they all make great videos. If you want low light performance I wouldn't go the gopro way. But in good light conditions I'd say the gopro still has the crown. For me the killer features though are 5.3k 8:7 and Gopro Labs which adds features no other action cam even comes close to. Those all help a lot for editing.

For me GoPro always had the best mic/audio balance. insta always sounded baseless and sucked at eliminating wind noise as well