I tried using GoPro HERO12 Black for night photography, which smartphones are not good at.I tried to see how clear images I could record in a dark place.
Smartphones in recent years can take bright photos even at night, but when you try to take a movie at night, you tend to end up in situations where the subject is blurred or the entire image appears dark, with only streetlights and billboards shining brightly. The 60,000 yen range action camera '
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First of all, below is a movie taken at Ebisubashi of the moment when the Hanshin Tigers won the league championship for the first time in 18 years on September 14, 2023. The area around Ebisubashi Bridge is lined with brightly lit signboards and buildings, including the Dotonbori Glico sign , so when you shoot a movie, you tend to end up in a situation where only the signboards and buildings appear bright, and the top of the bridge appears dark. With GoPro HERO12 Black, you can clearly capture not only signboards and buildings but also people on the bridge. When shooting, I simply attached the GoPro HERO12 Black to a tripod and lifted it high, and did not use any anti-shake equipment such as a gimbal. In addition, the shooting was done with the GoPro HERO12 Black equipped with the interchangeable lens ' Max Lens Modular 2.0 ' for wide-angle shooting, the angle of view is 'Max SuperSuperView', the image quality is 4K, the frame rate is 60fps, and the image stabilization function is 'on'. ” was set.
The moment the Hanshin Tigers won the league for the first time in 18 years at Ebisubashi - YouTube
Next, the following is a movie taken while crossing Ebisu Bridge, which is crowded with people excited about the Hanshin Tigers' victory. Unlike the video of the moment of victory, it was shot while moving, but the blurring was suppressed by the blurring correction function ' HyperSmooth ', allowing smooth footage to be recorded even at night. This movie was also shot with GoPro HERO12 Black equipped with 'Max Lens Modular 2.0', the angle of view was set to 'Max SuperSuperView', the image quality was 4K, the frame rate was 60fps, and the image stabilization function was set to 'on'. did.
Hanshin Tigers cross the crowded Ebisu Bridge after winning the league championship - YouTube
The following movie was taken while walking along Dotonbori toward Nihonbashi Station after passing Ebisu Bridge. Although the surrounding area was darker than the Ebisu Bridge area, I was able to record the surroundings quite clearly. This movie was shot with the standard lens, the angle of view was set to ``wide-angle'', the image quality was 4K, the frame rate was 60fps, and the image stabilization function was set to ``on''.
Walking through Dotonbori at night towards Nihonbashi Station [GoPro HERO12 Black] - YouTube
This time, I fixed the GoPro HERO12 Black on the front window of a car and shot a movie while driving on the outer road of Expo Commemoration Park. When photographing the street at night, there is a tendency for the street lights to be too bright and the road to appear pitch black, but with the GoPro HERO12 Black, we were able to clearly record street lights, roads, and moving cars. The movie was shot with the standard lens, the angle of view was set to 'linear', the image quality was 4K, the frame rate was 60 fps, and the image stabilization function was set to 'on'.
A movie that goes around the outer road of Expo Commemorative Park at night [GoPro HERO12 Black] - YouTube
Finally, I tried shooting a movie with GoPro HERO12 Black while walking on a dark road at night with only the light of street lights as shown below.
When the only light source was a streetlight, the entire screen became quite dark. The GoPro HERO12 Black can clearly record scenery in places where there is light such as downtown or car lights, but it does not have night vision function like an infrared camera, so it cannot be used in places with extremely low light sources. The image will appear darker than the naked eye. The lens is a standard lens, the angle of view is 'linear', the image quality is 4K, the frame rate is 60fps, and the image stabilization function is 'on'.
Night walk movie taken with GoPro HERO12 Black - YouTube
In addition, GoPro HERO12 Black is available on the official website and electronics retailers. At the time of article creation, it is available at Amazon.co.jp for 63,800 yen including tax.
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We have published an article summarizing how to use the timecode synchronization function of GoPro HERO12 Black.
With GoPro HERO12 Black, you can synchronize timecode without any special equipment, so I summarized the synchronization procedure with an example movie - GIGAZINE
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