GoPro invented the motion digicam, however because the first Hero digicam got here on the scene, rivals have been chasing and generally surpassing it. The corporate is trying to change that with a brand-new line of high-end motion cameras dubbed Mission 1.
The brand new line of cameras consists of the Mission 1, Mission 1 Professional, and Mission 1 Professional ILS. All three characteristic a bigger sensor with 8K video, improved low-light efficiency, as much as 32X slow-motion footage, and 50-megapixel nonetheless photos. The Professional ILS makes use of interchangeable lenses based mostly on the Micro 4 Thirds mount.
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The Mission collection makes use of a brand new 1-inch sensor, by far the most important sensor in an motion digicam up to now. The brand new sensor, mixed with the GP3 processor GoPro introduced earlier this 12 months, ought to give the Mission 1 cameras higher low-light efficiency, an space the place GoPro has struggled in comparison with rivals like DJI and Insta360.
GoPro is claiming the brand new sensor gives a dynamic vary of as much as 14 stops, which rivals full-frame mirrorless cameras. This shall be additional helped by the out there 10-bit GP-Log2 capturing mode, which maximizes dynamic vary and permits for customized coloring in postproduction.
The brand new sensor and processor collectively can shoot a powerful vary of video, with resolutions as much as 8K at 60 fps for the Mission 1 Professional/Professional ILS fashions, slow-motion 4K video at as much as 240 fps, and 1080p HD video at as much as a staggering 960 frames per second (this ultraslow mode can solely be shot in 10 second bursts). The bottom mannequin Mission 1 is able to 8K 30-fps video with slow-motion modes at 4K 120 fps and 1080p 480 fps.
The Mission 1 and Mission 1 Professional use an up to date lens design with a 159-degree area of view, making it the widest customary lens on an motion digicam. By comparability, the Hero 13 Black lens gives 156-degree view, expandable to 177 levels with the Extremely Vast Lens mod.
The Mission 1 Professional ILS will doubtless be primarily of curiosity to skilled filmmakers, however the Micro 4 Thirds lens mount opens up capturing potentialities not beforehand doable with an motion digicam. Whereas such a setup, with a big lens, cage, exterior monitor, and different add-ons would possibly make the Mission 1 Professional ILS into one thing aside from a conventional motion digicam, it’ll be a lot smaller and lighter than most cinema cameras whereas remaining able to 8K footage on a pretty big sensor.
The Mission 1 collection will get a brand new Enduro 2 battery, which GoPro claims is able to 3-plus hours when capturing 4K 30-fps video, and practically an hour capturing 8K, which shall be a powerful step up for battery life in GoPro if true. In a pleasant contact, the Enduro 2 battery will work with the Hero 13 Black as properly. (The reverse can be doable, because the older Hero 13 Black Enduro battery will work with the Mission 1 cameras.)
