GoPro HERO8 Black

VIDEO. The GoPro HERO8 Black takes good video, at a quality like nearly all Action camcorders. Pictures were a bit soft, which means it will be difficult to make out tiny details and very subtle patterns in the image. In low-light situations, the video was only fair: fairly dim, soft and grainy. It captures Ultra HD video at 3840x2160 at 100 frames per second (fps) and has an above-normal frame-rate mode 2704x1520 at 120p fps.

AUDIO. It captures very good audio in stereo, better than most.

PHOTO QUALITY. In Photo mode, it captures at best 12-megapixel stills with good quality.

LENS. The lens has a fixed focal length; it has no zoom capability.

IMAGE STABILIZER. Shooting in well-lit scenes, this model did a very good job of minimizing the effects of camcorder shake.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. It survived our repeated-drop test and our water-resistance test. It has a large 2-inch touchscreen LCD, which has good quality that lets you compose your shots and has decent playback of video. This model is about average in size and average in weight among all action camcorders.

The GoPro HERO8 Black is a 12-megapixel camcorder with no optical zoom. It has a 2-inch LCD with touchscreen capability. The camcorder has a maximum aperture of f/2.8. The GoPro HERO8 Black stores video and photos on MicroSD, MicroSDHC and MicroSDXC memory cards. It captures ultra HD video at a resolution as high as 3840x2160 at 100 (fps) and 12-megapixel resolution stills as JPG files. The image stabilization system for this camcorder is electronic. It has Night Lapse Video (4K, 2.7K, 1440p or 1080p), TimeWarp 2.0, HyperSmooth 2.0 stabilization, flip-updisplay screen, SuperPhoto + Improved HDR, attachable LED light (optional), horizon leveling, Photo modes: SuperPhoto + Improved HDR, LiveBurst: (8MP, 12MP output), Burst: (Auto, 60/10, 30/10, 60/6, 30/6, 30/3, 10/3, 30/1, 10/1, 5/1, 3/1 Intervals), Night: (Auto, 2s, 5s, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s shutter), additional photo settings: Touch zoom, Photo timer Protune, lens: (wide, linear, narrow, SuperView), time lapse (photo and video), 3 microphones for high-fidelity audio and reduced wind noise, GoPro App (capture, edit, share, repeat, portrait orientation display), voice control, live streaming in 1080p, 8x slow motion video, maximum video bit rate 100 Mbps (4K), comes with free 32GB SDHC card, switchable touchscreen presets (don't have to go into the menu to change settings). The GoPro HERO8 Black measures 2.6 inches wide by 1.9 inches high by 1.2 inches in length, and weighs 0.3 pounds.