GoPro announced a new Hero8 action camera and the GoPro Max this October.

The new generation of HERO8 Black has a lighter and simpler design, and feature a quick-change mounting, new extended battery and accessory-mounting options. Evolving from the standard action camera wide-angle view, you can now simply tap on the HERO8 Black to switch between Narrow, Linear, Wide and SuperView digital lens modes.

The HER08 Black features the new HyperSmooth 2.0. While maintaining the crisp UHD 4K60 video capture, 33' waterproofing, and 1080p live streaming of the HERO7 Black, the HyperSmooth 2.0 offers a choice of a wide, stabilized view or a tighter view with maximum smoothness, while improving low-light performance, and featuring in-app horizon leveling for your more off-kilter moves.

Use the TimeWarp 2.0 feature to record super-stabilized time-lapse videos, you can shoot a large block of travel without complicated post-production.

Still photo options at 12MP have been ramped up with improved HDR (high dynamic range) in SuperPhoto and with the LiveBurst feature. This short burst of frames captures 1.5 seconds before and after your shot so you can choose the best frame or share it as a quick video.

The GoPro Max will be the follow up to the Fusion which was announced 2 years ago.

The MAX shares the same ability to “punch in” and reframe your 360˚ video as its Fusion predecessor, as well as offering 16' waterproof depth, built-in GPS, still photo capture, voice commands, and 360˚ audio. The versatile MAX offers both 360˚ capture with in-camera stitching and a HERO-style mode, 270 panoramic photos without the need to pan, and a large touchscreen display.

As with the HERO8, in the MAX HERO mode you can choose between Narrow, Linear, Wide and SuperView digital lens modes, capture amazing time-lapse sequences in TimeWarp, and use the Horizon Leveling to keep your craziest stunts or silliest antics on a stable plane.

The GoPro HERO8 is priced at US$399.99 and the Max is US$499.99. Now it has begun fulfilling pre-orders.

Source: GoPro

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