Is this new offering worth the upgrade?
The GoPro Hero 11 Black is here, following on from the powerful and well– received Hero 10 Black. GoPro claims its new, larger sensor delivers the highest resolution, 10–bit color depth, video stabilization and the widest field of view ever featured natively in a HERO camera. But is this upgrade too incremental?
When you go to the official specs, you’ll find the GoPro Hero 11 Black is exactly, to the half–millimeter, the same physical size as the GoPro Hero 10 Black. Indeed, apart from the new “11” gracing the side of the unit, the two are indistinguishable.
So what’s the difference? The first key change is a new, upgraded 1/1 9–inch sensor. This opens up a new world of “full–sensor video modes” in 8:7 aspect ratio, on top of the usual 16:9 or 9:16, as well as increasing the available photo resolution — now up to 27MP in 8:7.
The new HyperSmooth 5.0 video stabilization, now "Emmy Award– winning" according to GoPro, is an improvement, but another incremental win — better, but not mind–blowing.
A key plank in the GoPro Hero 11 Black’s armory of easy–to–use tools is the new auto–highlight video, which takes a maximum of 75 photos + videos, no limit on length, captured within a 12hr window, and automatically creates a highlights video from them in the cloud.
The GoPro Hero 11 Black is in many ways the ultimate in incremental evolution. It’s a better camera than the GoPro Hero 10 Black in several areas, and identical in most of the others. As an upgrade for existing GoPro Hero 10 Black owners it’s an unlikely shout, but as an upgrade for earlier model owners it’s a good one to go for.
Features: HyperSmooth 5.0 stabilization, automatic highlight videos, waterproof to 33ft
Price: $500
A better camera than the GoPro Hero 10 Black in some areas, but it’s identical in most other ways you can measure.
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