The GoPro Hero9 was, and still is, a great camera. When it launched last year, it was the most stable and longest-lasting version of the camera—outperforming almost any action camera—we had seen yet, but it wasn’t without drawbacks. The small sensor still struggled in low-light or high-detail areas, basically anything below tree line.
With the Hero10, GoPro made the image even better. Now there’s less mud in the image and more on your shoes when you take it on a run. GoPro achieves this with its new GP2 processor inside, which enables the camera to capture better detail in lower light situations—things like leaves and trees—without making the camera larger. It also enables the camera to double its max frame rates at every resolution over the Hero9, up to 120fps in 4K.
Another feature we love for running is the new lens cover with an improved hydrophobic coating. So if you’re caught in a rain shower or exceptionally sweaty, moisture is less likely to stick to the lens and ruin your shot.
On top of the image quality boost and sweat-certified hardware, let’s face it, is most important, the Hero10 features a laundry list of spec bumps:
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- Double the max frame rate at every resolution: 5.3K/60, 4K/120, 2.7K/240.
- Demo Run First Impression: On Cloudrunner 2.
- Choose the Adrenaline GTS 24 as Your Everyday Shoe.
- Natural color profile
- Live streaming in 1080p. Awesome for following trail races that are increasingly embracing real-time video.
We’ve seen the ultra world adopt these cameras to broadcast live streams of big races, and it’s a nice touch that GoPro has incorporated Hypersmooth into the latest camera’s streaming function. That means we should continue to see entertaining and steady coverage of our sport. And we certainly won’t complain about more races to watch!
All that processing power affects battery life more than the Hero9, but we've worked around that in the past. I carried a Hero7 and a small Ziploc bag of batteries, which was plenty for me to film a 200-plus mile run over the course of five days in the Alps.
