From The Verge: GoPro has announced its new Hero 11 Black camera, which has a larger sensor than its predecessor, capable of shooting at up to an 8:7 aspect ratio at 5.3K, “the largest vertical field of view ever on a GoPro,” according to the company. It also lets you shoot even wider in the more common 16:9 aspect ratio in a mode called “HyperView.” GoPro says HyperView will make action look even faster, which will hopefully help capture how epic / scary a downhill descent or big wave ride really was.
Ironically, the biggest news with the Hero 11 is that it’ll come in a smaller, less expensive version, starting next month. Like the GoPro Sessions of old, the GoPro Hero 11 Black Mini is a compact action cam that lacks the touch and front-facing screens of the main model and is controlled mainly via GoPro’s Quik app. It does, however, have a tiny display next to the record button, which lets you see which resolution and frame rate you’re shooting at and how much record time and battery you have left. It also packs most of the Hero 11’s specs into a smaller space (you’ll even be able to use it with the max lens mod with it after a future software update).
At 133 grams, the Mini is about 20g lighter than the Hero 11. And while it’s a few millimeters taller and deeper, it’s around 27 percent narrower than the regular size Hero. According to GoPro, the Mini is around 13 percent smaller in terms of volume and weight. GoPro also made the Mini a little more flexible to mount — there’s an additional pair of fingers on the back of the device, letting you attach it at a greater variety of angles.
When it comes to shooting video, the Mini is almost identical to the regular-size Hero — it’s got the same sensor and custom GP2 processor, the same 10-bit recording, and it supports pretty much all the same resolution and frame rate combos. It also comes with GoPro’s upgraded HyperSmooth 5.0 system, which the company says can now be automatically applied when your footage gets shaky, and offers a “dramatic improvement in stabilization” when shooting in 4:3 video when compared to the HyperSmooth 4.0 system from the Hero 10.
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