Camera Case: the 600D polyester shell (spill-proof) with polyester mesh interior provides durable storage and travel solution for your GoPro and accessories. Dimensions: 8.8in x 4.1in x 2.5in (22.5cm x 11cm x 7cm), Weight: 4.8oz (135g) This GoPro-exclusive lens takes the 8:7 aspect ratio footage captured by the new image sensor and delivers it as a wide-angle 16:9 shot to create ultra-immersive POV videos. Choose between 8 or 10-bit colours when capturing your adventures. The GoPro Hero 11 features in excess of 1 billion colours, and with 10-bits you can create enhanced colour depth, smoother gradations and more realism in your photos and videos. The sensor’s near-square native aspect ratio enables horizontal and vertical clips to be easily cropped out of the same shot. While I’d still recommend shooting a little wide to maximise your framing options, the camera’s super high resolution 5.3K recordings give you plenty to work with. If GoPro just made an 8:7 sensor, that would have been smart, but it’s gone one step further. The GoPro Quik app for iOS and Android makes cropping your videos as easy as cropping your photos. Now the game really has changed.

Expand your camera's functionality with your favourite tools, e.g. Media Mod for adding accessories, such as a microphone and lighting. The accessories for the GoPro Hero 9 and Hero 10 are compatible with the Hero 11. Update: We'd imagine this model is going to be phased out soon despite still being quite new. This is because it's pretty much identical to the ever newer GoPro Hero7 White in terms of capabilities. Actually, it's looking like the Hero7 White is currently cheaper! Always worth keeping an eye on this one though as clearance sales should mean potential discounts. There’s also a new HyperView mode, designed to take full advantage of the Hero 11’s taller sensor. HyperView takes the full 8:7 image and squeezes it down into a standard 16:9 frame in-camera. The result is a super-distorted, super-wide view that GoPro is marketing as “ultra-immersive” with an “epic feel”.

With an all-new sensor and full 360-degree Horizon Lock stabilisation, the GoPro Hero 11 Black is the firm’s most well-rounded camera yet

You can also benefit from hours of enjoyment with the new nighttime effects. Three new time-lapse modes have been added. With Star Trails you can capture the light trails in the sky. With Light Trails you get the same effect, but with vehicles. With Light Painting you can create brush stroke effects with moving light.

Even cheaper still is the GoPro Hero7 Silver - a fantastic budget action camera that still manages to shoot in 4K, albeit at a reduced 30fps.

Running with LCD screen tech, while it isn’t as inky as the AMOLED on the DJI Action 2, it’s bright and easy to view outdoors which is always handy for an action cam. Both rear and front LCD screens make it easy to monitor your composition while you film. Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities automatically upload your footage and send highlight videos to your devices for efficient content creation. The camera itself is waterproof up to 33' without requiring an additional housing. It includes a rechargeable 1720mAh battery with improved cold temperature performance for inclement weather. It would have been nice to see some low light and battery life performance improvements and, for the cost, current Hero 9 and 10 owners may struggle to justify upgrading. Those looking to invest in the best, however, can end their search here. The benefit of this approach is that, rather than taking a crop from a horizontal frame, you still maintain very high image quality with the vertical exports. For example, if you shoot in 8:7 and export a 9:16 vertical video from that footage, its resolution will be about 20% higher than 4K. So this feature is certainly a big boon for social media creators, particularly those posting on platforms that are stylistically different like YouTube and TikTok.

Control the GoPro to your liking. The options are two-fold: point & shoot or full camera control. With full control you can make manual adjustments to the modes and settings. The point & shoot option is configured with versatile recording settings that are suitable for the majority of recordings. Select an angle, press the button and the camera does the rest. video shot at maximum quality at 60fps took between 25 and 28 minutes before recording stopped, while 120fps content lasted a little shy of 14 minutes. All these tests were conducted with no airflow, in other words, when the camera was stationary. Action recording will take longer to overheat as movement promotes air circulation. If you want to film your latest adventures in full 360-degree vision then the new GoPro Max is the action camera you've been looking for. Its launch price is much cheaper than the older GoPro Fusion was on day one too. The camera is also compatible with GoPro’s smartphone app. In fact, you’ll need to first pair it with your smartphone before you can complete the initial setup process. Available for Android and iOS devices, the app allows you to control the camera remotely, edit your footage on the go and upload your clips directly to social media.Given GoPro is renowned for point-and-shoot simplicity, this feature is therefore a little niche. It's also slightly at odds with the fact that GoPro doesn't offer any desktop editing software, and is instead funneling everyone towards its Quik app instead. But it's definitely something that'll please pro shooters who are looking to drop GoPro footage into a timeline shot by more advanced video cameras. The revamped GoPro also features the tried & trusted power tools. Never miss a golden moment with HindSight. With this, up to 30 seconds worth of footage is captured before you even start recording. Set the GoPro to Scheduled Capture. This ensures the GoPro automatically powers on and records a time-lapse video up to 24 hours in advance. Record video clips lasting 15s to 3hrs with ease, with Duration Capture. Whether recording immersive 360˚ videos or shooting in HERO mode with unbreakable stabilisation, maximise your creative freedom with Max. For maximum freedom to crop footage and photos with minimum quality loss, no action camera can do what the GoPro Hero 11 does.