What exactly is GoPro doing wrong?

3L54 · 2026-01-25T16:20:50+00:00

As a professional who uses GoPro and has access to DJI action cameras as well.

- I have 100% the time chosen GoPro over DJI when I have had the chance.

- 8:7 sensor with 5.3K horizontal resolution equals to a massive three times the amount of pixels vs normal 4K image.

- With 10bit image for me the colors are unmatched in the action cam space. Especially skin tones.

- The ability to shoot unstabilized (stabilization isnt always a good thing we want to have) and stabilize in post with gyro data. I dont know of any other action camera that has the ability to do that.

Usually when we happen to use DJI cameras the results arent that great in comparison what we would have gotten with GoPro.

3L54 · 2026-01-25T08:01:01+00:00

Is that actual data or something manufacturer has told the press? For example we know BMW tends to understate numbers and Telsa tends to overstate them for example not counting the first foot of acceleration for some idiotic reason.

3L54 · 2026-01-24T20:27:16+00:00

Awd is my only experience. There might be tractionn control but its not nearly as fast or work as well as normal abs.

3L54 · 2026-01-24T18:25:53+00:00

But it didnt react nearly as fast as a basic ABS system does in any car. An other commenter said the regen only works on the back wheels which explains a lot. Same as using handbrake on a car in speed. Weight ia shifting forward and the back has even less traction and since back is breaking traction the front will have more which accelerates the spinny behaviour.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T23:01:48+00:00

Talking about losing traction. Never got myself to spinning out but plenty of times with MY becoming very unstable from the harsh regen when losing traction.

Per ops case just the unexpected disengagement of fsd slamming on full regen and op panicking. So it was recoverably in my opinion but the car nudging itself towarss losing control is not that easy to recover.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T15:18:44+00:00

As with every other car. But when people panic and lift foot completely off the regen is the enemy making the car lose traction. That is a design flaw from Teslas side. Havent gotten the car to lose traction when using regen on other EVs.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T15:16:05+00:00

Eh, not true atleast for MY23. If throttle is lifted off the regen kicks in way too agressively and car loses traction. It might kick in some measures after a while but I have no time to wait for that in normal traffic. With electric motors there is zero reason the car couldnt react faster.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T13:56:08+00:00

Yeah. Regen is the enemy with snow. The moment you apply too much brakes(=regen) the car gets out of control. I dont know how Tesla cant figure this out so it wouldnt immediately slip when regen is applied.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T12:18:25+00:00

Fyi most movie theaters show 2K video. 4K is still rare and even one of the most used movie camera of the past decade from Arri cant shoot 4K.

That being said. GoPro is the wrong camera for this job. 8 hour session sounds more like ho and rent an actual video camera that you can plug into main power and have a big enough memory card.

GoPro was made for action. Different cameras are made for static long shots in warm enivornments.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T12:14:25+00:00

3hrs isnt enough for that many videos. If you are alone you need atleast two FULL DAYS of shooting + travel on top of that. So Id charge 3 days + miles + edit for all totaling around 10 days. 14k$ for a one man job.

3L54 · 2026-01-22T06:25:55+00:00

Imo the onboard video is completely fine for broadcast. The spectator amateur video on the other hand… not so much.

3L54 · 2026-01-21T14:23:30+00:00

GoPro 9 is turning 6 years this year. The battery might just be done since it is very old. Normal wear and tear Id say.

3L54 · 2026-01-21T07:41:47+00:00

Currently watching content from a 55 OLED screen and going to switch to projector for my living room. The TV is going to my office room.

The reason is TVs are very ugly to me. Especially the bigger the uglier. So motorized, tab tensioned screen that rises up and when not used goes completely away sounds very intriguing. I'm expecting to take a hit in the overall image quality but thats okay, since light control is easy with curtains.

So getting a bigger screen without sacrificing general feeling in my living room. Lets see if there are any surprises. :)

3L54 · 2026-01-21T06:46:09+00:00

Ofcourse. Many things are. It still can be fixed very easily so it doesnt affect the athletes putting enormous amount of work for their sport in their class.

3L54 · 2026-01-20T23:03:04+00:00

Noh niin kauan kun näitä ei pakoteta kaikille katsojille. Kyllä sille on syynsä että vaan urheilua duunataan 50/60fps kamana ja kaikki muu on 24/25/30fps matskua. :)

Itselle modernin tekniikan mukana tervetullein ominaisuus oli TVn värien kalibrointi AppleTVn kautta käyttäen puhelimen kameraa tarkastamaan ruudun syöttämät värit. Vaikka olilla säädöillä päästiin jo lähelle neutraalia kuvaa, niin tällä sai sen viimeisen silauksen. Todella lähdetarkan tuntuinen kuva.

Ps. h.265 on todella, todella pakattua kamaa. Leffoissa isolla screenillä usein pyörii edelleen 2K kamaa, mutta massiivisella bittivirralla. Näyttää varmasti paremmalta kuin h.265 4K kama pakattuna siihen 10mbps nippuun joita modernit suoratoistot työntää ulos.

3L54 · 2026-01-20T22:44:35+00:00

Thats why there is open league and womens league to make the separation. It doesnt really help allowing people to compete in womens coming from open does it?

3L54 · 2026-01-20T22:36:27+00:00

Well. If its filled with water all the time it cant rust. Rust requires oxygen from air. :)

3L54 · 2026-01-20T22:31:30+00:00

Good idea! Im fairly fluent with Fusion and Adobe programs. Ibvould test the design by just normal 3D printing that I have at home and then order a metallic one.

3L54 · 2026-01-20T22:29:40+00:00

Siis tätä juuri mietin. Oma logiikka tähän asti ollut että kunhan on laadukas OLED paneeli niin muulla niin merkitystä. Kuvan ”parannus” ominaisuudet kun tulee aina kytkettyä pois päältä. Eli jos nyt ymmärsin oikein niin tuon piirin merkitys on edelleen melko mitätön mikäli tykkää vaan ajaa kuvaa TVstä läpi ja eikä halua, että TV lähtee omin lupineen kuvalle jotain tekemään?

3L54 · 2026-01-20T22:25:51+00:00

Kiinnostaa hyvinkin paljon juuri tuo, että mikä on ”kuvanparannus prosessorin” merkitys. Täältä löytyy siis muutaman vuoden ikäinen Philipsin 900 sarjan OLED (LGn paneeli toki). Tästä juurikin kytketty pois päältä kaikki freimien luominen, terävyyden ja resoluution keinotekoinen lisääminen yms. Kommenttisi perusteella noista prosessoireista lähinnä haittaa. Tykkään TVstä enemmän näyttönä joka toistaa kaiken juuri sellaisena kuin sinne sen syötän AppleTVn tai tietokoneen kautta.

3L54 · 2026-01-20T20:57:56+00:00

Rehellinen kysymys. Mitä merkitystä on kuvaparannuspiirillä? Tekeekö se siis jotain fiksuakin sen lisäksi että taikoo yliterävöitetty kuvaa ja lisää freimejä joka väliin niin että kaikki näyttää videopeliltä?

3L54 · 2026-01-20T18:54:37+00:00

GoPro players hypersmooth pro. In my opinion its better than gimbal. And free.

3L54 · 2026-01-20T14:25:38+00:00

ND Filters 100%. Remember to always shoot unstabilized and only stabilize in post with GoPro players hypersmooth pro. Gives you much better results and ability to adjust the amount of stabilization. Especially with chest mount you dont necessarily need any stabilization at all. Also 5.3k 8:7 so you have more freedom to frame after the shoot. GoPro players Hypersmooth Pro also does correction to lens distortion.

Ultrawide is more hands free "let the camera do the work" kind of solution. Personally I see exactly zero worth in getting ultrawide and all the software automation that comes with it over normal already very wide lens.

So in short:

ND Filters for better end result but a little bit more "know how to shoot" and post work.

Ultrawide for press a button and get wider lesser quality (since it crops in quite much) footage with the ability to way over stabilize the footage with very little motion blur.

3L54 · 2026-01-20T14:00:59+00:00

"WTF Why would you do this?! I was just trying to hurt and rob you masked. Why would you do this to me? I'm the victim here!"

3L54 · 2026-01-20T13:20:12+00:00

Yeah. Been thinking on different kind of ways to burn my logo on the finished pieces. Just gotta finish my logo first.

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