Be patient, test lots, find out how they impact your footage. ![]() The worst thing you can do when it comes to lenses is stick them on, not adjust the GoPro settings and expect them to just work. To conclude lens mods, check out a few reviews and sample videos, get the ones you like and have a play with them. This does give a wider, more cinematic feel over all. I found about 82% reduction of height is optimal but you will end up with the black bars at the top and bottom. This means footage will be squeezed in from the sides and you need some video editing software to return it to the correct aspect ratio. In addition the image will need to be “desqueezed”. Using the anamorphic lens will restrict hypersmooth and so you need to switch the GoPro to Linear or Narrow. They also create great lens flare but make sure the colour settings are Flat and not GoPro, otherwise you will end up with a lens smear. I am currently a little obsessed with it and trying to use it for everything I can.Īnamorphic lenses squeeze more footage in horizontally without warping the image. On the other hand I went straight for the Skyreat Anamorphic Lens. I am dying to get my hands on one and see what I can achieve. Having not yet tried the official Max Lens Mod I can’t comment on how good it is. Try and get something that will go longer than you need. There is a huge range of options out there. Depending on what you’re doing you can go bigger for more battery life or smaller for more compact size. I have a couple 20,000mah which seem to last me fine, more than 24 hours, when I remember to charge them. ![]() They come up on offer on occasions and they do the job well. When it comes to portable chargers, I like Anker. This will hold the battery but beware your GoPro is no longer waterproof ! In the event you have a 3D printer you can make your own door with charging hole. By removing the door you gain access to the charging port but your camera is no longer waterproof and the battery is free to drop out. Both the GoPro Hero 9 & 10 use the same removable battery door. With a couple of cheap additions you can boost the battery life to over 24 hours. You can not swap batteries mid time lapse. On the other hand when you want continuous footage over hours, an issue arises. ![]() You don’t have to do this but these are the things I use from time to time to make the GoPro do what I want: Extend Battery Lifeīattery life is fine when simply used as an action camera. I will expand more upon these in their own sections as I get chance. Always seems to yield satisfying results although not always what you would expect !Īlthough the GoPro is great as standard, straight out of the box, there are a few things you can do to adapt it to your own style/use. There is nothing like the feeling of pulling off a good night lapse after many hours in an exposed place. Night Lapse – Probably my favourite setting of all.Setting the time warp speed to a higher value (slower capture) does seem to make the end result smoother. Time Warp – Opposite of the time lapse, best used where the camera is moving.To film movement over time from a fixed point. Time Lapse – This is for creating footage where the camera is stationary or moving very slowly.To give a really quick overview of the time lapse modes and sum up what they do: Having an extra source of power comes in great here so you can keep the GoPro filming around the clock. I find a time lapse can make you aware of how much things move and the scene changes without your eyes noticing. As I love compressing time down into bite size chunks, these are features I use to extremes. These are the game changing features for me. I haven’t taken it on holiday yet but I see no reason that I wouldn’t take it in preference to my SLR. I find it better than my phone and it’s not an inconvenience to carry. On the other hand the Hero 9 is more responsive and processes the image faster, leading to better photos more often. Leading to a quick photo on the move being blurry and unusable. Although colours were great, it required holding the camera very still until the photo had finished being taken. I found the superphoto setting on the Hero 7 a little problematic. Importantly, unlike an SLR, it does just fit in your pocket without making you look very happy to see other people. ![]() You can narrow the lens and remove the fisheye effect on the GoPro if you want. But if you grab a camera, leave everything in default settings and just point and shoot what do you end up with. The intention was not to call one out as better than the other. I made a post on Instagram a while ago to show what happens when you take the same picture with an SLR and a GoPro. As a typical non-manual reader I cast instructions aside and just get on with doing. Night Lapse taken on the GoPro Hero 9 The Hero 9 as a Still Photo Cameraįirstly, photos on the Hero 9 never disappoint.
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