Understanding GoPro

[_Paz_]

http://abekislevitz.com/understanding-your-new-gopro/

[momoffduty]

Thanks Patrice, very informative. Guess it answers my recent question:

Some important downsides – Protune will NOT look better at night.

[sidd finch]

Abe is a great resource. But the 4 does have a low light setting.

Sidd

[_Paz_]

Thanks Patrice, very informative. Guess it answers my recent question:

Some important downsides – Protune will NOT look better at night.

Mom,

I think this is the link I meant to post in your vacation video instead of the ProTune link.

Abe is a great resource.

Definitely. I'm glad I found his articles.

I believe in one of them he said he sets his ISO at 400, that it didn't change things much in bright sunlight, but would (help) eliminate noise in low light conditions.

Currently I have my settings at ISO 400, EV at -1, more or less the same setting I use on my Canon 7D. I hope it will be enough to prevent totally blown out white ducks!

[Bob]

The article you linked to is for the Hero3 Black which had the original Protune. That version had no ISO limit setting and automatically boosted the ISO as needed in low light up to the maximum gain possible. The higher the gain, the higher the noise. In later models, Protune 2 introduced the ISO limit setting which allowed you to set a cap on the amount of ISO boost that it would use. It still uses an auto ISO gain boost as needed in low light, but, by limiting how much gain it can use, you can reduce noise. Of course, that means that those shots which would have used a higher ISO than the limit will be darker.

[_Paz_]

Thanks for the correction and clarification, Bob!