I compared the battery duration of the small action camera 'GoPro HERO11 Black Mini' with 'GoPro HERO11 Black'



The small and lightweight action camera '

GoPro HERO11 Black Mini ' that appeared in November 2022 has the same movie shooting performance as 'GoPro HERO11 Black' in a small body. Such GoPro HERO11 Black Mini has the feature that 'the battery is built-in and cannot be replaced', and the battery duration is a very important point when comparing with GoPro HERO11 Black. Therefore, we used GoPro HERO11 Black Mini and GoPro HERO11 Black in the same environment to thoroughly verify the battery life and the time required for charging.

GoPro HERO11 Black Mini (small action camera)
https://gopro.com/ja/jp/shop/cameras/hero11-black-mini/CHDHF-111-master.html

The GoPro HERO11 Black Mini has a built-in battery with Enduro battery technology that has the same low temperature resistance performance as the 'Enduro battery' attached to GoPro HERO11 Black. However, the GoPro HERO11 Black Mini battery is non-removable and cannot be easily replaced like the GoPro HERO11 Black.



The GoPro HERO11 Black Mini has a built-in battery with a capacity of 1500mAh, and the GoPro HERO11 Black comes with a battery with a capacity of 1720mAh. In order to see how much this capacity difference affects the movie shooting time, I mounted GoPro HERO11 Black Mini on my chest and GoPro HERO11 Black on my head, and continued shooting movies at 4K / 60fps while climbing a mountain with a temperature of 8 degrees. I tried.



The movie actually shot is below. The actual recording time of GoPro HERO11 Black Mini was 61 minutes and 16 seconds.

[Working movie] Mountain climbing until the battery of GoPro HERO11 Black Mini runs out [4K 60fps] - YouTube


On the other hand, the recording time of GoPro HERO11 Black was 70 minutes and 35 seconds. GoPro HERO11 Black is more suitable for long movie shooting because GoPro HERO11 Black can keep shooting movies for a long time compared to GoPro HERO11 Black Mini, and the battery can be replaced.

[Working movie] Mountain climbing until the battery of GoPro HERO11 Black runs out [4K 60fps] - YouTube


Next, I tried charging GoPro HERO11 Black Mini and GoPro HERO11 Black with a 0% battery level with a 10W power adapter.



Below is a graph of the remaining battery level recorded every 15 minutes. Although it is not possible to make a simple comparison due to different battery capacities, the GoPro HERO11 Black Mini could be charged to 79% in 60 minutes and 100% in 105 minutes.



GoPro HERO11 Black Mini and GoPro HERO11 Black can shoot movies up to 5.3K 60fps. However, as a result of standing still while shooting at 5.3K / 60fps indoors at a room temperature of 23 degrees, the GoPro HERO11 Black Mini was forced to terminate at 20 minutes and 10 seconds, and the GoPro HERO11 Black at 27 minutes and 14 seconds due to high temperature.



Below is the result of measuring the temperature of GoPro HERO11 Black Mini with infrared thermography when forced termination is activated. The temperature on the front where the lens was mounted rose to 53.6 degrees.



Also, the temperature rose to 58.3 degrees on the back.



For GoPro HERO11 Black, the front is 60.4 degrees.



The back was 53.2 degrees.



In addition to the impossibility of battery replacement, the GoPro HERO11 Black Mini has a smaller battery capacity than the included battery of the GoPro HERO11 Black, making it unsuitable for long-term shooting. For this reason, when comparing GoPro HERO11 Black Mini and GoPro HERO11 Black, it is better to simulate the total time of shooting using GoPro and select GoPro HERO11 Black if the total time exceeds 1 hour. Recommended.

The movie shooting performance of GoPro HERO11 Black Mini is examined in detail in the following article.

I thoroughly verified whether the shooting performance of the small GoPro 'GoPro HERO11 Black Mini' is equivalent to 'GoPro HERO11 Black' - GIGAZINE



in Review,   Hardware,   Video, Posted by log1o_hf