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GoPro has surprised fans with a new feature for its smallest camera – a powerful LED light array… as the kids would say, it’s lit
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GoPro launched a surprise camera alongside the much anticipated Max 2 today, the ‘Lit Hero’ – an upgraded version of the company’s smallest camera with a screen, the GoPro Hero (2024), boasting a LED light array.
GoPro describe the Lit Hero as “a miniature lifestyle camera” and the light as enabling “whatever, whenever” capture.
The light can help capture a ‘retro vibes’ look according to GoPro, and there are filters in GoPro’s Quik app to help bring these out. (Image credit: GoPro)
The new camera captures 4K video at up to 60fps, and offers up to 2x slow mo, while weighing just 93g – only slightly more than the 86g GoPro Hero 2024 which lacks the light or the ability to shoot in 4K60.
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It is waterproof to 16ft (5m), and can shoot for over 100 minutes in 4K on one charge. GoPro note that the 12-megapixel 4:3 sensor makes cropping for social media less lossy than a 16:9 video. The camera includes GoPro’s magnetic mounting system with flaps and screws so all the expected mounting options are available.
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Announced alongside the Max 2 and the GoPro Lit Hero was another new tangent for GoPro, a phone or GoPro gimbal stablizer with AI subject tracking called the Fluid Pro AI. The device has swappable mounts so it can be used with a GoPro or a phone up to 400 grams (14oz) – for reference the iPhone 17 Pro Max weighs 233g.
The subject tracking can lock onto a subject in both forward or backward directions, and the system has a built in fill light.
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The Lit Hero, announced today, will retail for $269.99 / £239.99, while the Fluid Pro AI gimbal – will retail for $229.99. Both are available for preorder now from GoPro, and will hit stores on October 21.
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