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what's up everybody welcome to GoPro
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GoPro family that's me Brandon Bingham
welcome aboard let's get started with
video number one what GoPro should you
buy and why let's organize some of this
or better yet clean it up all together
here we go ready there we go much better
let's get started with today's video I'm
going to talk to you about which GoPro
you should buy and why you should buy
that particular GoPro I will also
briefly discuss should you get a GoPro
is a GoPro the right camera for you
before we get started it's a little bit
colder in my studio than I thought so
let me change real quick okay much
better the first question that I said I
would answer is should you even get a
GoPro camera there are a lot of other
handy cams out there are there video
camcorders for the family that you could
choose so why would you want to get a
GoPro let me talk about what kind of a
person you are very quickly what kind of
a parent you are if you've seen GoPro
running a few campaigns right now called
capture different is this really playing
with your kid don't stop what you're
doing to capture what you're doing and I
think that that perfectly explains why I
think the GoPro is the best family
camera because the GoPro rather than
taking you out of the action with your
flip out screen and your zoom in and out
it puts you in the action it forces you
almost to be part of the action because
of its wide angle lens and the lack of
zooms and things that people consider
drawbacks to the camera I actually love
that because I don't have the excuse
that I can stand off to the side and sit
on a park bench and just film my kids
playing I have to get out there and play
with them its mountable in so many
places so you can put it on your kids
and get crazy funny perspectives that
you couldn't get any other way I would
say for me if you're the parent that
wants to be involved that wants to get
out and play and interact with your kids
and be part of the action you absolutely
want to go with the GoPro that's a very
simple and quick answer to these should
you get a GoPro to me I've always said
it's just a matter of do you want to be
in the action or do you want to stand on
the side watching the action if you want
to be in it then you want to get the
GoPro absolutely really quick why should
you listen to me I'm just a dude in a
fancy suit
talking to a GoPro camera so why should
you listen to me about which GoPros you
get in why well let me give you a quick
little history of my street credibility
when it comes to GoPro about to have to
go pop pop montage um you didn't play
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I have been featured as the GoPro video
of the day
I am a sponsored member of the GoPro
family I create freelance content for
GoPro on a fairly regular basis and I
capture almost every minute of every day
of my life on GoPro camera so I have a
lot of experience over years of time
with many different cameras many
different accessories but that's enough
about us that's enough about me now
let's talk about which camera you should
get first of all I'm going to be talking
about three different models in
particular or if you consider the two
varieties of the hero session so for the
purposes of this video let's focus on
three main models okay you have your
hero4 silver or black i really am only
going to talk about the silver because
you should not get the hero4 black
that's not a knock on the hero4 black
but there's absolutely no good reason
anymore to get a hero4 black the session
which comes in the hero session and you
hear a 5 session variety and the hero 5
black this one which one should you get
and why would you get one over another
let's start out from the beginning this
is the hero4 silver this for a very long
time was my absolute favorite camera
gopro has ever come out with it is
unbelievable and for the most of us who
are the regular family folk we are going
to be shooting in 1080 so this maxes out
at about 2.7 K if you want to shoot a
usable 30 frames per second but if you
want to go into 4k you can do that at 15
frames per second you'll never use it if
you're looking at this you're looking at
this because it shoots in glorious 1080
at 60 frames a second hero4 silver right
now is the most affordable camera you
can find it on a number of really good
deals
something immediately that people will
love about this one is it does have the
LCD touchscreen on the back which allows
you to preview and set up your shots you
can also change menu settings this was a
welcome addition to the GoPro lineup the
first time they ever had this was in
this hero4 silver it does have the
waterproof housing that comes with it
pros LCD touchscreen very affordable the
GoPro form factor very small mountable
you can use it in a number of situations
so I absolutely love this I would say
that if you are just getting started you
have a tight budget this is a great way
to start it's a phenomenal
start you will not be disappointed with
this camera some of the drawbacks of
this one though and it's going to be the
number one drawback is that within the
waterproof housing your audio is going
to be garbage I'm just going to be
straight up it's going to be garbage I
actually have on here what's called the
skeleton housing it's got holes in the
side so that you can get some audio
through here I most typically use the
frame mount if I'm going to use a hero
for this takes the housing completely
off of it so you can get audio directly
into the mics that would be the main
drawback of the hero4 silver also much
as this touch screen is awesome it's
actually been pretty outdated by the
newer interface it's a little bit clunky
not nearly as nice as the newer model so
if your budget is small you don't mind a
little bit older tech you can get a
great deal on one of these next on a
list as we move up I'm going to talk
about the hero session so there's a hero
session in the hero 5 session let's talk
about first the hero session this is now
GoPros entry model to the GoPro lineup
it is only a hundred and ninety-nine
dollars obviously the very first thing
you'll notice is the form factor it's a
small cube it's incredibly versatile you
can put it literally anywhere I'm trying
to think of weird places that I put this
not weird but I put this in you can't
say that this little guy is freaking
addicting and I'm not kidding GoPro sent
me one of these and I started using it
thinking oh that's cute I'll use it for
on-the-go keep in my glove box something
like that I couldn't stop using it
because it is just too simple it is one
button control you push this button it
will power on start shooting video you
push that button again it will power off
and it will stop shooting video the
battery lasts for like days I have gone
an entire weekend without charging one
of these the battery is unreal now the
battery is not replaceable on this so
the battery is internal you flip open
the side door and you've charged the
actual unit itself so you can't if the
battery dies you can't take another
battery swap it out and then keep going
and filming you've got to actually stop
everything and charge it up this is
completely waterproof without a housing
it is the coolest design the feel is
amazing I get excited just playing with
it
biggest drawback for those of you who
want to see what you're filming you
cannot do that physically on the camera
of course you can take the companion app
the GoPro has sync it up now we're doing
that right now
with this shoot right here you can see
but you can do that same thing with this
so if you wanted to you can grab your
phone sync it up to this and you can
frame up your shots see what you're
shooting you can even change settings
all kinds of things with that app but
you're not going to have the ability as
you're aiming at something to see what
you're filming but with the GoPro that's
the beauty of it that's another thing
that I've always said I love about GoPro
if you point it in the general direction
of the action you're going to get the
shot it's just that kind of a camera
it's ultra wide-angle it just really
captures everything as long as you've
got it pointed in general direction
you'll get the shot you want so there's
not a really big problem that with not
being able to frame it up this one the
hero session now again we'll talk about
the hero five session the hero session
is the perfect starter gift for kids I
would say this is actually my son
Riley's a hero session he's eight years
old and he loves it he puts it on a
little chest mount mounted to his bike
takes it all over the place with his
friends it is durable as can be in
GoPros launch video they called it a
cockroach it just it's really tough to
kill one of these one of these hero
sessions they are like tanks so I highly
recommend this the fact that it's only
two hundred dollars and you can have
on-the-go action camera that is so
versatile like this and you still get
that GoPro quality it's absolutely
unreal so this is like my high
recommendation for entry-level if you're
going to try and decide between this and
this I would say the biggest difference
most obviously is going to be the
touchscreen you can't you can't see what
you're filming here versus you can hear
why would you want to hear a session
over the hero4 silver the hero session
is waterproof without a housing it's
smaller and it's more durable and the
audio is going to be very clean on this
it's not quite as good as the hero 5
models but it's going to be pretty clean
audio but you're also not in an
underwater housing so you can go
underwater with this come back out the
mic port automatically clean themselves
out flush out the water and you're back
to getting clean audio and you don't
have to put in underwater housing I
really can't say enough good about the
hero session just because it's addicting
honestly like you just have to get one
and get your hands on one and start
playing with it to realize how addicting
it did it goes in your pocket like a
keychain but you're packing around an
action camera and it just can't be
broken that's why I give this to my son
because he can just do anything to it
and it
not break it's not a challenge so
quickly let me transition from the hero
session to the hero 5 session because
form factor wise it is the exact same
camera it is waterproof it has the one
button touch control all of those same
things you can't replace the battery
there's no preview screen the difference
is is that it's much more capable so it
can shoot up to 4k at 30 frames a second
if I didn't say it the hero session
maxes out somewhere in like the 1440 M I
go to 2.7 K what you need to know is
that it does shoot 1080 at 60 frames a
second which is freaking awesome
that's everything you could want in a
hero session now the hero 5 session ups
that game it will shoot at 4k in 30
frames a second which is unbelievable
you can pack that into a cube that would
literally fit you can stick one of these
in an ice cube tray and you can shoot 4k
30 frames a second you can also shoot
higher frame rates like 1080 at 90
frames a second if you shoot at a higher
frame rate you can slow it down get some
fun looking stuff the other biggest
thing about the Hero 5 session is the
voice control you can talk to the Hiro 5
session and the Hiro 5 session will
listen unlike my wife you can say GoPro
shoot a burst and it will shoot a burst
of photographs you can say GoPro start
recording it will start recording the
other thing is the microphones have been
upgraded as well on the Hero 5 session
you're going to get cleaner audio again
waterproof without a housing so the
audio is clean the price point on the
Hero 5 session is $2.99 so they're only
three hundred dollars which is pretty
remarkable as well so that's the Hero 5
session now the granddaddy of them all
this is GoPros flagship product in Nick
Woodman's own words this is the GoPro
they've always wanted it just took them
a few years to get to it but this is the
GoPro of GoPros the camera of cameras
the GoPro Hero 5 black the Hero 5 black
is going to have everything that any of
these other cameras have and then it's
going to do it a little bit better
waterproof without a housing you will
not believe how convenient that is to
not have to bring housings or decide am
I going to bring the housing with holes
on the side so that I get better audio
am I going to bring the housing that has
the touch ability so I can touch the
back am I going to be deep underwater so
I need to have the housing that has
really little bit bit instead you just
take this it is fully waterproof and
you're ready to go it's got everything
the audio has been upgraded
significantly
the microphones are insane they have
really outdone themselves on the audio
aspect of the euro five left you now
have the touchscreen on the high-end
black edition the hero4 black did not
have a touchscreen the hero 5 black not
only has a touchscreen but the user
interface has been completely overhauled
it is so intuitive so simple if you've
used a smartphone this will be very
familiar and very simple to you changing
settings and changing resolutions and
changing frame rates and changing ISO
and all the new controls that you have
with the Hero 5 Black has never been
easier it's a simple touch of a button
you can change here you can see you can
change from 1080 to 4k you can change
your frame rates and then one of the
things that I love is that if you're
changing something on the fly it will
actually show you how that will affect
your shot so as you're looking in the
screen I can change my ISO in this
situation here I swipe between the ISO
settings here you can see that it gets
darker to give you a preview or lighter
to give you a preview of what your shot
will look like if you leave it on that
setting this is something that you've
never previously been able to do in a
GoPro camera so this to me has been huge
of course this has voice control it's
going to have everything that all the
other cameras had except it's going to
just be better now you can shoot as far
as resolutions go I will just tell you
quickly you can do 4k at 30 frames a
second you can do 1080 at 120 frames a
second that is crazy awesome slow motion
at Full 1080p HD take a look at the
exterior here it has a rubbery feel kind
of like the hero session does so it's
got that tougher exterior feel to it you
flip these ports open or you flip these
doors open I should say to show the
port's the charging ports you got your
HDMI here you've got your SD card and
battery down on the bottom part here all
fully waterproof now of course you want
to make sure they're closed otherwise
it's not going to be waterproof so
everything that GoPro has done great
over the past decade has been packaged
into this little guy right here now this
is 399 that is the highest costing GoPro
on the market at the moment but it is
$100 less than the previous models
highest end product so you get
significantly more in this camera
then you ever got out of the hero4 black
but for $100 less if you have the budget
if you're looking at spending five
hundred or less this is an absolute
no-brainer it has everything you could
possibly want in an action camera and in
honestly a camcorder for your family
there are a lot of other very specific
technical specifications that are really
cool about this as far as like the
microphone switching between different
sources to pick up the best one as
electronic image stabilization which is
pretty rad so that your videos are a
little bit steadier looking the photo
abilities in this one are significantly
better than that of any other gopro
including the hero 5 session or any
other gopro before it you can actually
shoot completely raw photos with this
which is incredible if you're into
photography and you're into editing
photos and post and you like to just
really pull out all the different colors
and do different things with it you can
do that with this GoPro it also has GPS
location capture that will tell you it
will log where you took the picture and
video it's incredibly durable I don't
get nervous handing it over to my kids
to let them give it a shot in summation
in summary here if you have the money
for it if your budget is such that you
can spend $400 I would strongly suggest
in fact I would implore you to get the
hero 5 black because it will have
everything that you need to make home
and family filmmaking a breeze it's
going to be easy it's going to be
intuitive so out of the box jumping
right in and making fun family home
videos this is the camera that you want
to get if you have the money in your
budget for it if you feel like four
hundred dollars is a little on the high
end and you're not really quite ready to
pay that much you can go three hundred
dollars for the hero 5 session you're
going to get the smaller form factor
you're going to get the great audio the
native waterproofing you're also going
to get the voice control you're going to
get everything for $300 - the ability to
see what you're filming and of course
the ability to recharge batteries on the
go but if you're just thinking I just
want something maybe even something used
maybe I go to eBay maybe I go to
Craigslist and find somebody else's
camera I want to spend like 200 bucks
you can get a hero session for $200 new
in the box and you're going to get GoPro
quality video 1080 60 frames a second
small form-factor of a session with
waterproofing you just won't have the
voice control you want to get a little
bit more you don't mind going and
slightly older technology the hero4
over is going to be the way to go for
you because you're going to get the
touchscreen you're going to get the full
form factor but you are going to have to
deal with the fact that you have it in
an underwater housing in order to keep
it safe in wet conditions the underwater
housing is going to kill your audio
pretty much completely yes you can hear
it but it's terrible this thing out of
the housing is not super rugged and
durable it's not meant to be it's
supposed to be in a protective housing
so this can actually crack and break
fairly easily outside of its housing so
there you have it folks let me know if
you have any questions that there's
something that I can talk about
literally all day its GoPro it's just a
passion of mine they've literally shaped
and formed the way that I capture my
family memories they capture life in a
different way than anything else I have
a smartphone I've had an iPhone for
years I shoot video on that and I never
do anything with it it's not that it
can't shoot video I just don't do
anything with it later but I find have
my GoPro and I shoot it on my GoPro I
will always turn that into something
epic it just somehow captures epic so if
you have any questions I am very
passionate about this love to talk about
it go ahead and drop in the comments I
don't even mind emails I'm going to be
doing another video coming up soon on
which accessories you must have which
accessories are nice to have and then
which accessories are my favorite
accessories to have and talk about those
in a separate video so that is coming
but again I don't mind asked answering
questions thanks everybody I hope you
enjoyed this hope this was helpful I
hope that this gets you in the mood to
get out there and capture life from a
different perspective get out there do
something awesome do something rad get
involved in the action don't stand on
the sidelines get in the action before
done let's get this deal out of the way
oh hey right guys you got to get dressed
in time to get tending you PJs just I'm
cool okay
shirt first oh okay
relax you still gotta put on your pants
dude you're not done yet hey yo bud you
Cody