The subject (me) is at the front of the scene, but the light above the trees (the cameras are facing straight up) is causing me to come out darker. That's because it's not something that causes a problem, until you find yourself in a situation with funky lighting, such as the one above. Many people probably never even think about dynamic range when buying an action camera I know I don't. The Hero4 Silver shows a punchy green, whereas the Hero+ LCD and Hero4 Session look too strong - and unnatural because of as a result.
GOPRO HERO 4 SESSION VS SESSION TV
But, like watching a TV with the colors juiced right up, or with added saturation, natural tones can feel a bit pale by comparison, even though they are actually more authentic. When viewed side by side, the Hero4 Silver can appear a bit weak. At 3PM on a hot day in Valencia, Spain, the sky is much closer to that as captured by the Hero4 Silver. Conversely, the blue of the sky is paler in the Hero+ LCD and Hero4 Session, and more vibrant in the Silver. Both the red tiles in the mosaic and the terracotta tiles surrounding the column are considerably warmer than the more natural tones as captured by the Hero4 Silver. The screen grabs/video stills above are a good example. Reds are slightly hot, and blues are cool. One thing I noticed while doing this test is that the Hero+ LCD and Hero4 Session appear to have a very similar color profile. The Hero4 Silver on the other hand is, one might expect/hope, consistently sharper, with images looking finer and clearer across the board. Sometimes the image clarity is very similar, but in my testing, if one of the two cameras comes out looking worse, it's usually the Hero4 Session. The difference between the Hero4 Session and the Hero+ LCD isn't always as pronounced as this. Converting it to a GIF loses a good amount of detail, but all three went through the same treatment, and the difference is still striking. It looks pretty terrible compared to the other two, as you'll see in the GIF below. Edges are blurred, and there's much more noise. The Hero4 Session, however, is a smudgy mess. The Hero+ LCD does an OK job at making out the individual palm leaves the Hero4 Silver is the clearest by far, with visible definition on each leaf. When I view the images at 100 percent, the difference is quite dramatic. The biggest difference is in the sharpness/detail. The Hero+ LCD and Hero4 Session have a very similar color tone the Hero4 Silver is a little more washed out. At the size here (630 pixels wide) it's not easy to see the different levels of detail captured. The image above is a composite of the same shot from all three cameras. Larger images are available in the gallery above. All the images in this article have been resized in Photoshop to fit the post width. When it comes to image quality, there are a number of factors to consider, but two of the biggest concerns are color reproduction (how authentic they are) and image sharpness/detail. It doesn't matter what the spec sheet says it's real-world results that count.
The Hero4 Silver was set to the nearest equivalent, which is seven megapixels (wide) it's possible to shoot at 12MP, but I wanted to keep things as close to like-for-like as I could. For images, the Hero+ LCD and Hero4 Session were set to their default/highest setting, which is eight megapixels (wide). For video, I set all three to 1080p/30fps (wide), with Protune turned off - a standard configuration for multiple use cases. All three GoPros are mounted on a K-Tek Norbert Sport Junior (as seen above, and recommended in our accessory guide), and controlled via WiFi remote to trigger them all at the same time.
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