Gopro's Mission 1 Offers 8k 60p Video And Interchangeable Lenses

GoPro has seen its action camera marketplace stock diminish owed to beardown title from rivals for illustration Insta360 and DJI of late. Now, nan institution is fighting backmost pinch a caller statement of flagship cameras called Mission 1, designed to greatly amended nan video value offered by its current Hero 13 camera. The institution besides introduced a caller Wireless Mic strategy akin to DJI's Mic Mini, on pinch a point-and-shoot grip and different accessories.

"The operation of our caller 50 megapixel one-inch sensor and ultra-efficient GP3 processor sets a caller capacity barroom for compact cinema cameras, enabling resolutions, framework rates, low-light performance, runtimes and thermal capabilities ne'er seen earlier successful cameras this small," GoPro's elder VP Pablo Lema said successful a statement.

The caller statement includes 3 models: nan Mission 1, Mission 1 Pro and Mission 1 Pro ILS. All person a one-inch 50-megapixel sensor, caller GP3 processor and up to 8K video, but nan Mission 1 Pro supports higher framework rates. The Mission 1 Pro ILS (interchangeable lens system) comes pinch a lens equine truthful you tin usage high-quality Micro Four Thirds lenses from nan likes of Panasonic and OM System.

The Mission 1 has an updated lens creation pinch a 159 grade autochthonal section of view, nan widest successful its category. It besides features a caller OLED rear show that's 14 percent larger than erstwhile flagship GoPro cameras, on pinch bigger raised buttons for easier usage pinch gloves and a removable lens hood to trim glare and lens flare.

The 50MP 1-inch sensor has ample 1.6μm pixels astatine afloat solution aliases 3.2μm fused pixels erstwhile it's successful operating astatine 4K successful quad-bayer mode. That allows for higher move scope up to 14 stops and improved low-light capacity pinch "exceptional item successful nan darkest of shadows while protecting item details," GoPro claims. That low-light capacity is apt to beryllium amended successful quad-bayer 4K mode than afloat solution 8K, however.

Meanwhile, nan caller GP3 Processor offers a power-efficient 5nm creation that allows "best-in-class resolutions, framework rates and image quality," nan institution says. Those resolutions see 8K astatine up to 60 fps for nan Mission 1 Pro/Pro ILS models, 4K astatine up to 240 fps and 1080p astatine up to 960(!) fps. GoPro besides offers 10-bit HLG/HDR and a 10-bit GP-Log2 mode to maximize move range.

The Pro models support 4:3 unfastened gross seizure truthful you tin easy reframe shots aliases export video for different platforms. The Mission 1, meanwhile, captures up to 8K 30 fps, 4K 120 fps and 1080p 480 fps video, on pinch 4K 120 fps unfastened gross video. You tin seizure 50MP RAW stills astatine up to 60 fps burst speeds connected each Mission 1 models.

The lineup promises fantabulous artillery life acknowledgment to nan caller Enduro 2 battery, pinch three-plus hours of 4K 30p signaling connected a charge. You tin usage nan Hero 13 batteries arsenic good albeit pinch shorter signaling times. The institution is besides promising faster charging speeds. Thermal capacity is coagulated contempt nan mini size, pinch 8K 60p seizure imaginable for 37 minutes consecutive pinch nary airflow, aliases 74 minutes pinch airflow (when riding a motorcycle for instance).

Like its DJI and Insta360 rivals, nan Mission 1 cameras connection aggregate intelligent seizure modes, including taxable tracking, Dive (underwater stabilization) and Low-Light, on pinch Slow-Mo, Lapse, Sport POV, Vlog and Open Gate. GoPro action cams mostly person fantabulous stabilization, truthful it'll beryllium absorbing to spot if nan Mission 1 bid continues that trend, particularly successful low-light conditions.

GoPro isn't skimping connected audio either, arsenic nan Mission 1 models connection a four-mic strategy pinch 32-bit float on pinch stereo signaling and upwind sound reduction. You tin link wirelessly to compatible devices via Bluetooth 5.3 aliases wired mics complete USB-C audio.

The Mission 1 Pro ILS appears to beryllium nan first action camera pinch an interchangeable lens equine that's compatible pinch immoderate Micro Four Thirds lenses and adapters. GoPro's HyperSmooth physics video stabilization will activity pinch immoderate premier (non-fisheye) lens. It's "the world’s smallest, astir rugged and versatile high-speed cinema camera astatine a fraction of nan costs and size of comparable cameras," GoPro said. Most lenses will apt make nan camera excessively dense and awkward to connect to a helmet aliases body, but you could surely equine it to a motorbike, car aliases different vehicle.

Along pinch nan Mission 1 cameras, GoPro is introducing immoderate caller accessories. Key among those is nan caller Wireless Mic System designed for easy pairing pinch nan Mission 1 cameras, on pinch DSLRs and smartphones. With a charging lawsuit and magnetic clips, it looks a batch for illustration DJI's Mic Mini strategy and offers 24-bit/48kHz audio pinch Dynamic Noise Reduction, 150 meters of wireless range, 6.5 hours of tally time, adjustable summation and a information way mode.

Other accessories see a Media Mod kit pinch a built-in multi-pattern mic and expanded I/O capacity including 3.5mm mic and headphone ports, a micro HDMI larboard and a line-in larboard for timecode sync. GoPro is besides offering a caller Point-and-Shoot grip, M-Series ND Filters, a protective housing, a dual Enduro 2 artillery charger, Volta artillery grip and Light Mod 2 LED light. It's compatible pinch a GoPro subscription and Quick App, on pinch GoPro Labs that lets you unlock higher information rates (up to 300Mbps) and complete 1,000 analyzable settings.

The caller models will beryllium disposable individually aliases successful kits, including nan Mission 1 Pro Creator Edition bundled pinch nan Media Mod, Wireless Mic System and Volta artillery grip. The Mission 1 Pro Ultimate Creator Edition includes those while adding GoPro's Fluid Pro AI gimbal and Light Mod 2. Pricing and readiness will beryllium announced astatine a later date.