GoPro Hero 6 Black Review! Uh...why would you buy this? [4K] 

"Annabelle"?! Did you mean Ambarella?

What about the much improved color, low light and better dynamic range?

Have you had any issues with any of your Yi cameras so far? Would you recommend the GoPro hero 5 black if I wouldn't be using the stabilization and just using it for the video quality or is there something better? I've been using 1 canon g7x & 3 sjcam4000's for like 3 years now mounted on a Samson MK-10 boom mic using their frame mount + a 1/4 male to female thread - And they still work fine (though I don't know if one is a fake or not, but it still works lol) BUT, one of my cameras gave out on me the other day.. I think I've narrowed it down to these, but if you know something else that would fit my needs better Please let me know. Cuz if the one I get is way better than my Sjcam's then I might get 2 more (so, cost is a factor) GoPro Hero 5 Black refurbished = $220 each ($170 after $50 trade in for my sjcam4000) Yi-4K (not 4K+) = $150 from their website...but no trade in offered. *I do like that the GoPro Hero 5 Black has the Linear mode (cuz fish eye looks weird on drums) **I also use Screenflow 7, if that makes a difference with those 2 cameras above. These will be for RU-vid drum videos, SO... 1. I don't really need stabilization (unless it will help with #6) 2. I don't really need 4k either actually.. 3. I'll be shooting in 1080p 30fps, MAYBE 60fps (if I feel like it would look cool) 4. The cameras will be on a Samson MK-10 boom stand using their frame mounts + GoPro Tripod adaptor. 5. I don't need the audio to be great (I get my audio edited) 6. I've noticed my bass drum does cause the video to shake with my Canon G7X (1st one, not mark 2), but that could just be because it's heavy while attached to my boom stand. 7. BUT they will be in low light. I use 2 neewer 176 LED lights, black background on my walls, no other lights on. Thoughts? 🤔🤔 Thanks in advance! 😊

So if I'm not overly concerned about 4K, will the Hero 5 do just as well? I have a gimbal for handheld image stabilization, and for the most part my Hero 3+ is still working for my forward camera, and my Fly 6[v] for the rear. Most of what I do is cycling video.

Its 2.7k 120 and 1080/240 footage is in a class of its own in cameras of this form factor. That alone makes it no question. Also, the comment about "if you want full control of the image then you should be looking at a different camera" doesn't make sense. Sure if you want that and can afford the physical size of a bigger camera, but that's the whole point of good action cameras. The hero 6 has full iso control and shutter speed control along with a fairly flexible flat color mode. That makes it far easier to integrate with a production using other professional grade cameras. You aren't sticking a full camera rig on someone's helmet or on the outside of a car. We'll see how the RX0 does, but limited to 1080/60 internally is not helping its case. So, significantly better EIS than any other action camera, better manual controls, flat color mode and slow motion 120/240 that holds up incredibly well (Look up Nurk FPV and watch his "First day with the hero 6" video, its awesome.). I guess my mind was made up when I got mine.

Great for water sports, fishing, pool time videos, and water parks... Summer FUN sports action camera with no case needed or muffled low hard to hear sounds that go with those cases.

Hi, tnx for the video. i got the hero 6. when i shoot indoors i get a lot of times a flickering footage because of indoor lights. but i d'ont get it when i use my GH4... do you have any info about that issue? thanks

Auto rotation doesn’t work and my videos are being recorded upside down, 4K recording is very grainy, RU-vid doesn’t even support anything over 60fps. And GoPro tech support is pretty useless not to mention the language barrier and they can’t even understand your issue to resolve any issues.

Video is fantastic but for photographic use don't expect it to even out perform a flagship smartphone, I use the GoPro Hero 6 Black mainly for recording videos because of 4K 60fps & superb image stabilization. The videos are vibrant, sharp & with a wide range of settings, but I wished it could have perform better with taking photos to the standard of smartphones at this price level.

Thanks for this! I've been using the hero 4, then hero 5 and now hero 6. It really is great and a step up from the 5, but I find there are issues with playback on my computer, they save the hero6 clips as a strange format GX...mp4 so I have to edit every one. Do you find this an issue too?

Greetings, I would like to get the best video quality, without any curvature, fish-eye, warping, etc, on the edges. I see in the on-line manual that there are a few resolutions where you can choose "linear". Is the recording quality compromised, in any way, by choosing linear? Any loss of color or detail? Thank you.

The audio from that Sony really sounds more muffled than the GoPro. GoPro's audio has been pretty good, even in the Hero5. It's not perfect, and the Hero5's audio issues are due to the microphones being too sensitive rather than muffled. It sounds like they reduced some of the audio gain in the Hero6, or perhaps just didn't add any gain compared with the Hero5 (I'm not sure which it is).

Hey Pops. I searched for GoPro processor specs, and found an article that has ripped your video off exactly, that or you read their article word for word. Ha. Titled: "Should You buy Gopro Hero 6 for $500???" from Tec Zeen. Anywho, call it internet fame when your content gets duped. Good work. Any buzz on GoPro 7's or are they in suspended animation for a while?

The stabilization is the only thing that’s got me considering going from the 4 to the 6.

Great video. Thanks for putting it together. My number one priority is stabilization. My understanding is the 5 has it, but is 6 better? $200 better? (GoPro's selling the 5 for $100 off as of this writing) Also, there is no comparison between the side-by-sides that you show here regarding video capture. The footage from the 6 is ten times more brilliant than the 5. I'm still torn, though. I've been using my trusty 3+ Black for years, and have Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket. I can't decide. I will probably never shoot 4k 60. I typically shoot vacations and outings in 2.7k 30 that I piece together and post to RU-vid and Vimeo. I'm also concerned about the h.265 vs h.264 wondering if it'll present an issue in Premiere Pro and/or Final Cut.

Your voice sound higher pitch on the sony voice mic test than gopro. Also go seemed to have more bass. I thought was just me but ivlisten again with headphones and now a third time i put it through my old home stereo and sure enough the bass frequency move morebon gopro but mid abd highs go higher on sony. Were they both adjust to same mic gain?

How about setting up the 6 with an external mic setup and the gimbal? Is there such a combo such as with your Feiyu 5?!

It's got problems. You can plug it in to charge; however, four hours later the light saying it's charging is still on. I also noted you have to stop recording before the battery dies cuz when it dies while recording the camera freezes up and it's pop da battery out time if you wanna charge it....

Ultimately, I decided to use the same money and upgrade to a Pixel 2. Even better video and optically stabilized. I wasn't super happy with the hero6 in my testing. Terrible low light and the EIS looked jerky.

Hey TEDD just picked up a HERO 6 Black for $330 new w/ USA warranty on eBay using a father's day coupon. I had been waiting to pull the trigger on this until I could get one sub $400 and this is great! Can't wait till it gets here and have watched a lot of your reviews making the decision.

What do u think about phones? Like the Sony phones that have stabilization and 4k? Is the GOpro that much better? (sry about the double post lol)

great review :) i'm not change my x3000 :) waiting for something new :D gopro is disappointing me again. Nice to have manual setting but how often people use when go to vacation and doing sport ? it isn't normal destiny for type of cams to sit and change setting in cam before there taken something :)

Is the image cropped before or after the RAW capture is compressed and stored to the memory card?

Has there been a firmware update to fix that?!? I would hate to record the perfect take only to see it didn't save..

YOU DESERVE WAY MORE SUBS!!!

Hey I'm Jennifer, since your a camera genius.. Lol.. what's the best camera for beginner RU-vidrs.. well a affordable camera?

Is it worth it now since the price was reduced to $400? Assuming I don’t have any other action camera.

This seems better for head mounts being attached to the front of the head rather on the side of the head where your head would block some of the view.

Should I upgrade from the hero 5 session to this?

Freezing issue might be the SD card, my hero 5 had the same problem and when I changed the SD to a faster one it worked fine

great review. this helped me pull the trigger in upgrading from my hero 4 to hero 6. image stabilization is impressive

Can you please review gonoise vlog edition?

Lol at 5:30 it seemed like you were talking live on the GoPro. Which you do later on in the video. I have a Hero 3 White at the moment and while it's served me well from my first couple of years on RU-vid, it'd be nice to upgrade to 4K. I am going to look into the difference between 60 FPS and 30 FPS because if I don't need 60, I'd probably go with the helmet friendlier Hero5 Session. It's really too bad the microphone accessory is overpriced and oversized, I know you've recommended a separate voice recorder before but I feel like combining an audio and video track is going to further deter me from editing my videos on a regular basis. However I only use my GoPro for special recordings like motorcycle reviews and rely on my Sena Prism Tube day to day otherwise which I still need to review. The not saving videos issue would really suck though, if I'm done a day of test rides and get home and find out I have no footage, that would be disastrous.

Nice review but one thing not mentioned with regards to the new processor is how the Hero 6 is much better in low light environments than the Hero 5.

This title is clickbait. I expected a neg review. I got mine as a gift. Was looking forward to trying it out, even turning it on. Could not shut the battery door. I laughed with excitement, and returned it for a refund. Maybe go pro 7 (like my silver 4) will offer advanced battery door technology. Can’t wait.

So should i just go with the GoPro 5 and save the cash?

The 6 is also truly waterproof -- the 5 leaked and had lots of returns because of it.

I think the two only really awesome things about this camera are the stabilization and that it is waterproof without a case.

I like you're video. Great job.. I know you will agree with me on this... What's the point of having a expensive Camera (Specially a Action Camera) if you're not sure the footage you capture will actually save?

I preffer the audio from go pro hero 6 ...

Yes, yes it is. Finally retiring my Hero3 + Black and the difference is night and day.

One of the reasons I got the Go Pro 6 part of the Karma Drone package from Best Buy. along was included a Spare Battery, & spare propellers (A &120 option Free) they didn't have the spare propellers in the store,they shipped me 4 Props ! I belong to a model flying club, there is a lot of Drone Activity, so the local support is available. What Go Pro doesn't supply, is good operating instruction on their products. If it wasn't for people like you,and others who post videos on RU-vid, I would have NEVER took the plunge ! I plan on getting a "Core" Karma, basic drone,for "Spare Parts" should the the unfortunate event of a crash. probably get 2 Go Pro 5s for my weekend AutoCross Racing, Scuba Diving, & Travel. though in my view of Go Pro products I think are expensive,I think Go Pro has finally figured that out by lowering the price by $100.

Haha you said what I am saying about GoPro, it is like Apple XD

Well i got one, but way before i saw all the reviews, and you forgot to mention the iso performance, its so grainy compared to the Hero 5.

Liked when he admitted it at 4:27 lol

I need 4K 60 and I don t want to spend 2k for a GH5, so yeah GO PRO6 is for me ^^ ;-)

Very nice but not in the budget......

In the uk it 599 dollars if you convert pounds to dollars wtf unfair

hey the reason why it cant save your videos is because you need to update your sd card. like to a 64 GB ultra. I use to get the same thing but just get a better sd card.

Now that's is $399 it's quite an awesome camera for the price.

the gopro audio actually sounds better than the sony in that example lol although both suck in that department

Frankly my hero 3+ Silver feels ancient now.

Your channel is so underrated 😭😭

I’d score at least 3 or 4 of those Sandisk 64gig extreme Memory cards for the GoPro.. at that steal price under $60 each! You say that GoPro is the Apple of sport cameras.. yep they over price extremely well. I value my hard earned $$ too much to give in to GoPro. Thanks for the video and take care, Bill

I would buy it to strap it too my quad

good review.... subbed ❤

I think the gopro audio is better LOL!

In Norway the Hero6 costs a whopping 50 per cent more than the Hero5!

Sony x3000 is the best. Needs a firmware update though

I want the GoPro 7, it will be 8K.

Didn't see this video yesterday

Because it cost me $100 at an rei garage sale.

Because my little session can’t stabilize footage for sht-

The gopro has better sound

Give it away bro 😁

ohhh, you payed $500 for it. HaHa ;)

Don't buy this junk there's so much distortion! You're recording 4k but it looks like 360p.

Can I have yours?