OUR EARLY VERDICT
The Hero5 Session is a major specs boost for GoPro’s tiniest action camera. It now shoots stabilized 4K video and has a variety of new field of view modes. It’s more expensive, but worth the upgrade if you’re okay with no replaceable battery.
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Small, unobtrusive design
Captures stabilized 4K video
Several new field of view modes
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No replaceable battery
Simple controls can be confusing
Can’t match Hero5 Black’s camera
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Update: The GoPro Hero5 Session release date is here and our review has been updated with a new video to show off the Karma drone that launches at the end of the month. Now that the official editing apps have launched, we’ll refresh to a full review this week.
The GoPro Hero5 Session is the small, cube-shaped action camera that’s now capable of shooting stabilized 4K video and capturing all sorts of new wide angles.
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It’s the scrappy alternative to the new GoPro Hero5 Black, and surprisingly it shares many of the top-end specs within its more compact camera frame.
This is a big improvement over last year’s GoPro Hero4 Session thanks to a more advanced camera sensor and the addition of video stabilization.
Here’s our test flight with the GoPro Karma drone equipped with a GoPro Hero5 Black camera in high wind: