GoPro HERO6 Black for $399
Lowest price in Norway, NOK 4489,-
https://www.xxl.no/gopro-hero6-black-actionkamera/p/1144081_1_style
GoPros christmas offer in USA was first 50 USD off. Then additional 25 per cent off on top of that for a total discount of more than 160 USD.
A sign of bad christmas sales? An additional 300 person lay off this january is not good news.
I think I read that the layoff was primarily from their drone division - which makes some sense since Karma was/is pretty lame.
Well, the Hero6 is a working prototype. And is probably not selling well enough either. Sales numbers for Q4-2017 should be a revelation.
Two features missing on the Hero6 which was on the Hero5:
"SAVING A VIDEO FRAME AS A STILL PHOTO" in the playback menu."
"VIDEO + PHOTO -Video + Photo captures photos at set intervals while you record video. "
These options can only be found on the Hero5 which uses the great Ambarella SOC...
Not possible on Hero6 thanks to shitty GP1 SOC.
Today there is a mayor price dump on the Hero6 at GoPro.com.
From NOK 5600,- to NOK 4400,-. A whopping saving of 1200 NOK (approx 125 euro).
Saving is probably the same in euros etc.
Firesale.
I found out why the VIDEO+PHOTO mode is missing for the Hero6 with the GP1 chip.
Ambarella, Inc has US patent 9,179,046 called "Camera with high-quality still capture during continuous video capture" which covers this feature.
Official GoPro price cut press release: https://gopro.com/news/gopro-hero6-is-now-399-99
This is not nice for GoPro.
GoPro HERO6 Black Camera with 32GB SD Card for $399
Almost excactly 100 days after the last firmware update GoPro has finally released the 2.01 firmware for the Hero6. It again tries to adress a lot of shortcommings found in the original firmware as well as the 1.60 version from last november. After trying out the v2.01 firmware I can say that things finally seems to be on the right track. But this is like 6 months after the camera was released for sale. In the mean time buyers have been beta testers...
HERO6 Black v02.01 | February 27, 2018
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS:
Enhanced low light performance
Fixed frame corruption bug in 1080p120 videos
Reduced purple/blue fringing in videos
Video Stabilization improvements:
Enhanced performance to look more natural
Upgraded auto exposure to reduce blur in medium and lowlight shots
High Dynamic Range (HDR) improvements:
Reduced color distortion
Automatically turns off HDR in lowlight conditions to prevent noise
Automatically turns off HDR to prevent blur if there’s too much movement in the shot
USABILITY IMPROVEMENTS:
General bug fixes
Does someone have experience what memory card works perfectly with hero 6?
In general Gopro seems to recommend the SanDisk Extreme V10 cards (100 read/60 Mbps write).There is just a new version out called Extreme Pro /(100/100 Mbps speed).
https://gopro.com/help/articles/block/microSD-Card-Considerations
GoPro Hero6 Black 4K, $329
Use code - 6AV64
https://www.rakuten.com/shop/6ave-electronics/product/GOPHERO6BKU/
Nice price for new, thanks.
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