Review on Capturing Adventures: Discover 📸 the GoPro Camera HERO7, Silver by Chef Buntiloy

I've never owned a GoPro before this HERO7 Silver, so I can't say how it compares to previous models. I look at this camera as a newcomer to GoPro: how the setup went, what the camera can do, how the Silver differs from the Black and White models. The first thing that struck me about the GoPro was its size: 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 inches. I read the specs but was amazed to see a feature-packed camcorder that fits easily in the palm of your hand. GoPro offers a downloadable product guide, but I find YouTube videos on getting started with a GoPro are the best source of advice. The first thing you need to do is charge your camera and install a micro SD card from GoPro's list of recommended cards. You do both from the control panel on the left side of the camera. With a 32GB micro SD card, you get 2 hours 8 minutes of video in normal resolution, 1 hour 5 minutes in 4K resolution. Thirty minutes of standard definition video consumed 25% of my battery. My installation did not go smoothly. Your GoPro won't work without a firmware update, so you won't get past the screen that asks you to install and connect to the app. You can update the firmware using the mobile app, the Qwik desktop app, or manually download the update to your computer. I chose the Qwik app for Mac. I connected the camera to my computer via USB. Downloading and installing the firmware update took about 30 minutes. Then he said that the camera could not be updated. I tried again without success. I wondered if the camera battery might be the problem, so I charged it. Apparently the update was installed earlier. When I went through the camera setup again, it stopped at the app install page, but I was able to hit the back button and go to a page where I could skip this step. So I was in business. Make sure your camera is fully charged before trying to install an update. GoPro is pretty easy to use. Swipe down from the top to access Settings. Swipe up from the bottom to access the videos and photos you've taken. Swipe side to side to cycle through video, photo and slow motion modes (one frame every 0.5 seconds). Or you can do this by pressing the power button on the right side of the camera, which usually happens randomly when I try to turn the camera off (hold the button to turn it off). GoPro Silver offers two resolutions and aspect ratios for video: 4K video in 16:9 aspect ratio (3840 x 2160 pixels) at 30 frames per second (fps) and 1440p video in 4:3 aspect ratio (1920 x 1440 pixels) at 60 fps gives me a second. Default 1440p; You can switch to 4K with a single tap of the screen. The specs for this camera also list 1080p video as an option, but the camera actually records 1440p 4:3 video, which can then be trimmed to 1080p 16:9 video in the app. I don't do any active sports. I use this camera to film architecture, especially the relationships between buildings that aren't very visible with a camera. I have to move between buildings. A few tips that will be clear to an experienced user, but not to a beginner: when you take the camera out of your pocket and hold it with your hand, do it with your right hand. When holding the camera with my left hand, my finger was often in the picture. To avoid this problem, you can keep the camera in the frame and hold it by the mounting buckle. It's a little uncomfortable. GoPro wants you to buy something to hold the camera: a shorty, which is a telescopic pole and mini-tripod, or, if you're using the camera in water, a robotic arm that floats. Another tip: By default, the screen turns off after one minute to save power. It's useless if you're holding hands and trying to video what you see. This can be changed in the settings. The Silver model offers the standard GoPro image stabilization software. I didn't jump much, but I walked, went up and down stairs, and sometimes ran. I found the stabilization very good. The video I captured is much smoother than the one captured in video mode on my Nikon DSLR, which shakes a lot. I once photographed outdoors on a sunny, very high-contrast day with washed out highlights and deep shadows. It was inappropriate. The camera isn't bad in these conditions, but it's not perfect either. When I zoomed in, it was grainy in low light, but that's to be expected. Two zooms are available in 1440p mode (cannot zoom in 4K). These are digital zooms, not optical zooms, so they're just crops. In terms of a 35mm film camera, you get the equivalent of 15mm (no zoom), 23mm (medium zoom) and 35mm (full zoom). I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't get a 'normal' (50mm) zoom and the digital zoom is far from perfect. After making my videos, I wanted to watch them. I used the Qwik desktop application. GoPro splits all videos into 4GB "chapters” due to memory card file system limitations. It's inconvenient since I recorded long videos, but at standard definition (1440p) 4GB it's 17:40 minutes. The video ended up in a "GoPro" folder created in the My Pictures folder, but you can manually change the destination folder in Qwik's settings. You can view videos in Qwik or double-click them in a folder to play the videos in the program of your choice. Qwik also lets you crop, rotate, take photos, or set up sensors that require you to turn on all GPS data in your video. You can add Speed Tracker (line chart), GPS path, Speedometer and G-Force to display on top of the video image. Advice. If you rename video files, Qwik will not recognize them. You need to go to "Settings" and click "Scan" under "Media Folders" to find the files again. I do not agree to use the mobile app as there is not much space on my phone. However, I installed it on my iPad. I couldn't connect it to my camera via bluetooth. I was able to connect it to Wi-Fi with no issues, but make sure your mobile device and camera are on the same band. By default, the camera is set to 5 GHz. You can watch saved videos from the camera or from the cloud in the app, but the cool feature is that you can see what the camera is seeing in real time when you're in range. The GoPro Silver also takes 10-megapixel photos, and this automatically uses the WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) feature, which pulls more detail out of the shadows. Still images have a resolution of 3648 x 2736 pixels with an aspect ratio of 4:3. If you wish, you can take continuous photos at 4 frames per second by holding the shutter button down, or at 15 frames per second by selecting burst mode. There's also a self-timer, and you can activate voice control to tell the camera to take a picture without pressing your finger on the shutter button. The voice control works reliably and can be activated at the touch of a button by swiping down from the top of the screen. See the list of commands in the user manual. If you're wondering why you should buy the black model or why not the white model, here are the main differences: The HERO7 Black offers an additional RAW format for photos. Has a removable battery. It uses Hypersmooth image stabilization, which should be better than stock. After watching YouTube videos comparing the two methods, I think Hypersmooth works better for certain types of movements and not others. SloMo slows down 8x in Black instead of 2x in Silver. The black color is compatible with the diver's case, making it waterproof to a depth of 60 meters (197 feet) rather than just 10 meters (33 feet). Black offers many more frame rate, field of view, and resolution options. The HERO7 White does not support 4K video or WDR for still images, nor GPS, so there are no GPS stickers etc.