GoPro’s new flagship Hero 13 Black gets key upgrades and a wide range of lenses

GoPro has announced 2 caller action cameras, nan GoPro Hero 13 Black and a smaller GoPro Hero. The Hero 13 Black will costs $399 while nan Hero will spell for $199. Both are up for preorder now and will beryllium released connected September 10th and September 22nd, respectively.

Some of nan caller features GoPro is adding to nan 13 Black see magnetic mounting and charging, 3 caller lenses, and a redesigned artillery that nan institution says has a 10 percent higher capacity than its predecessor.

The Hero 13 Black comes pinch in-camera sound simplification and tin grounds HLG HDR video and 10-bit video successful G-Log. It besides sports a caller burst slo-mo mode that tin grounds 720p video astatine up to 400 frames per second, 900p astatine 360fps, and 5.3K astatine 120fps. The camera besides sewage a bump to Wi-Fi 6, alternatively than nan older Wi-Fi 5 protocol, enabling “up to 40% quicker contented transportation speeds.”

Otherwise, arsenic The Verge’s Vjeran Pavic notes successful his video above, nan camera still has galore of nan aforesaid specs arsenic nan erstwhile model, nan 12 Black, including nan aforesaid 8:7 sensor.

New lenses for nan Hero 13 Black

GoPro is releasing a caller group of HB-Series lenses to spell pinch nan Hero 13 Black. The Ultra Wide Lens Mod ($99.99) captures a 177-degree section of position pinch a 1:1 facet ratio; its caller Macro Lens Mod ($129.99) tin drawback close-ups, though it can’t attraction nearer than 4.3 inches; finally, a caller Anamorphic Lens Mod ($129.99) will connection a 21:9 facet ratio signaling and movie-style lens flaring erstwhile it’s released adjacent year. (The Ultra Wide and Macro Lens Mods will beryllium retired connected September 10th.)

A smaller GoPro

As for nan Hero, GoPro’s caller miniature action camera is 35 percent smaller and 46 percent lighter, astatine 86 grams, than nan Hero 13 Black. The institution says its built-in artillery tin tally for up to astir 155 minutes erstwhile signaling 1080p video astatine 30fps. It besides captures 4K video astatine 30fps and tin do 2.7K slow-motion captures astatine 60fps.