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johansenfoto Posted at 9-17 01:05
Thanks for the video.
What I see, Gopro 9 have a little more wider FOV and Hypersmooth looks the same.
But with wider FOV you need less stabilization for the same result, so I think Hypersmooth 3 is a gimmick.
You're welcome There was one slight bit I could tell Hypersmooth 3 from 2 and that was when the camera was not moving (the lake scene). HS3 looked as if the camera was on a tripod. Probably they just optimized it to differentiate between smooth motion and non-moving camera, but still a neat trick.
5K zooms also baffled me. It is a significantly higher resolution than 4K (about 1.7 times higher) but the zoom samples did not look that defined (although they were better than 4K). I did not do the math, but there is a chance the sensor/lense combo could be hitting the diffraction limit way below 5K. First few 4K GoPro's could barely resolve 2.7K so they are shameless about putting out products like that.
A 1" sensor should outperform all, "should" being the operative word here. These cameras are %20 hardware and %80 software. At the moment GoPro seems to have nailed the software whereas OA suffers from inexplicable negligence.
Although it seems the $350 price is for US only at the moment, it might be the general price soon . I have read in the forums that they are already breaking their own rules; the promo should be only for new cloud subscribers but apparently they allow the old subscribers to buy from $350 as well. At that price point I think it is a very good deal. At $450 or more, I am not so sure...
I generally don't like GoPro as a company. Their philosophy has always been to use the cheapest, oldest hardware they can get away with and compensate for it through advertising. And thanks to their enormous fanboy base, it has worked so far. With the help of paid press and their fanboy army the smallest things they do becomes a big deal. I have seen people bragging about the Hero 9 front screen LOL. That being said, every once in a while they get certain things right.
The bottom line is, these cameras are all means to an end and if one does not get you to that end, you buy the other one
Sorry for the long post,
Cheers
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