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- I'm not really an extreme
guy, as you can probably tell.

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But I like to hang out with
some pretty extreme people

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and they always seem
to have a GoPro around.

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The company has become one
of the most standard names

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in the action cam biz for rugged,

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easy use point and shooters.

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What it hasn't been up until
now is the kind of device

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most TikTok influencers
would immediately grab

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for one of their latest escapades.

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The company's trying to
change that with the $400

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Hero 12 Black, making its
premier camera a bit more

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user-friendly and more
compatible with existing mounts.

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Question is whether any of
that is worth the upgrade.

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First, the Hero 12 can
shoot in 9 by 16 vertical

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even when it's recording in
its usual horizontal fashion.

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This alone isn't the end all be all

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but it is a nifty feature for
the live bloggers out there

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who want to shoot 4K video when doing

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whatever extreme stunt
might get them clicks.

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However, the vertical really is

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just a small function for this device.

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There are far larger variety
of angles to choose from,

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including the 16 by 9 and the 8 by 7.

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GoPro has also finally
added mounting threads

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to make it more compatible
with your regular tripod,

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which is a big step up for
the proprietary only focus.

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Up until now.

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For the average person who just wants to

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share their snowboarding trip on Facebook

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the Hero 12 is very similar
to last year's iteration.

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I took the Hero 12 out
in all kinds of light,

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indoors and out, and no
matter what you won't get

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the kind of image quality you
can with a professional setup

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or even a more expensive phone.

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The simple friendly controls
offer more than enough

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resolution and aspect ratio
options for your average user,

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but there's nothing so big here to truly

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make it stand out from the Hero 11,

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which introduced the
eight by seven FOV option.

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Then there's the new Max Lens Mod 2.0,

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an expanded sensor casing that
bumps up the field of view

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to a max hyper view setting

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to get the full range of wide open space.

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There's also a new interval photo mode

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which is akin to the existing
time lapse feature but instead

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it shoots independent shots
set up at 0.5 second intervals

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to try and get that just right moment.

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I can imagine myself using
the Hero 12 for quite a bit

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of my strange weekly adventures.

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GoPros are good because they're rugged

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and you don't expect to break
it with every little tumble.

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Still, it's good to know what
kind of footage you expect

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to get from a GoPro before
you go out and buy one.

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