GoPro’s new flagship Hero 13 Black gets key upgrades and a wide range of lenses

GoPro has announced 2 caller enactment cameras, the GoPro Hero 13 Black and a smaller GoPro Hero. The Hero 13 Black volition outgo $399 portion the Hero volition spell for $199. Both are up for preorder present and volition beryllium released connected September 10th and September 22nd, respectively.

Some of the caller features GoPro is adding to the 13 Black see magnetic mounting and charging, 3 caller lenses, and a redesigned artillery that the institution says has a 10 percent higher capableness than its predecessor.

The Hero 13 Black comes with in-camera sound simplification and tin grounds HLG HDR video and 10-bit video successful G-Log. It besides sports a caller burst slo-mo mode that tin grounds 720p video astatine up to 400 frames per second, 900p astatine 360fps, and 5.3K astatine 120fps. The camera besides got a bump to Wi-Fi 6, alternatively than the older Wi-Fi 5 protocol, enabling “up to 40% quicker contented transportation speeds.”

Otherwise, arsenic The Verge’s Vjeran Pavic notes successful his video above, the camera inactive has galore of the aforesaid specs arsenic the erstwhile model, the 12 Black, including the aforesaid 8:7 sensor.

New lenses for the Hero 13 Black

GoPro is releasing a caller acceptable of HB-Series lenses to spell with the Hero 13 Black. The Ultra Wide Lens Mod ($99.99) captures a 177-degree tract of presumption with a 1:1 facet ratio; its caller Macro Lens Mod ($129.99) tin drawback close-ups, though it can’t absorption nearer than 4.3 inches; finally, a caller Anamorphic Lens Mod ($129.99) volition connection a 21:9 facet ratio signaling and movie-style lens flaring erstwhile it’s released adjacent year. (The Ultra Wide and Macro Lens Mods volition beryllium retired connected September 10th.)

A smaller GoPro

As for the Hero, GoPro’s caller miniature enactment camera is 35 percent smaller and 46 percent lighter, astatine 86 grams, than the Hero 13 Black. The institution says its built-in artillery tin tally for up to astir 155 minutes erstwhile signaling 1080p video astatine 30fps. It besides captures 4K video astatine 30fps and tin bash 2.7K slow-motion captures astatine 60fps.