The former ended up being 461MB in size, while the GoPro’s file was 213MB.Ī huge difference. To prove the point, I shot a couple of 27-second 4K 60fps videos on both the Xiaomi Yi 4K+ camera, which shoots 4K/60fps in H.264, and the Hero 6 Black. That’s the same one that the new iPhones use and it means 4K 60fps files occupy roughly half the space on your hard disk than with H.264.

The other big news is that this footage is encoded with the new HEVC H.265 video-compression format. This is thanks to the camera’s new, more powerful GP1 processor. The headline is that the Hero 6 Black 4K can capture 4K video at 60fps (or 50fps if you’re shooting for a PAL audience) rather than 30fps, as was the limitation for the GoPro Hero 5 Black. So what is new? Why should the discerning extreme-ironing enthusiast consider buying one over the previous model (which, incidentally, is still on sale)? Well, that’s almost as tough to discern as the physical differences between the cameras, but it mainly boils down to performance and video formats. That may not be especially useful for consumers, but it’s great for professional videographers who may have already invested in a few Hero 5 Black units and want to add some 6 Blacks to the fleet as well. On a more serious note, the Hero 6 Black also has exactly the same physical proportions and features as before: the same 2in colour touchscreen, protruding lens housing and rugged cubic chassis, plus the same ports (USB Type-C, HDMI and microSD) and buttons, so it will fit into and onto all the same mounts and attachments.

It’s waterproof to 10m depth, pretty darned light at 117g, and as compact as you need a wearable camera to be at about the size of a small child’s fist.

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