GoPro - HERO5 Black 4K Action Camera - black

This year I've traveled to Tahiti, Hawaii and soon I'm going to the Bahamas. I've made beautiful HD movies underwater swimming with sharks, sting rays and sea turtles. The images are crisp and clear. The videos look very smooth. It's easy to record underwater because the beeps are loud enough that you can hear it even while snorkeling and diving. I recommend buying the boom arm (which doubles as a floataion device) also, for water use. The only thing I had an issue with was getting used to the software and transferring the pictures/video to my phone. It tells me to use wifi to sync but it really uses Bluetooth, the instructions were not clear and it took me a while to find how to do it online. Overall excellent camera for action, underwater and general use. I take this anywhere I'm afraid to take my iPhone, its rugged and very high quality.

My recent trip to Costa Rica I was able to borrow my friend's GoPro Hero 5 along with my hero 3+ Black. Noticable improvements and ease of use I actually purchased one when I returned. Hopefully they are able to add optical image stabilization on the next model. I did try the sony FDR x3000 great video quality !!! but lack of being able to view images with a built in screen was a con for me for an upgrade . Both are great action camera but the GoPro won me over with the touch screen. 5 stars if they offered optical image stabilization

I have a GoPro 3 Black and picked up the new Hero5 Black to go with us on a trip to the Caribbean. What a great improvement over my 3. The camera is waterproof without having to add the housing. The images are very sharp. And I used the red filter for some amazing shots on the reef.

I previously owned a go Pro hero 3+ which I enjoyed using with my drones. I am a quadriplegic and since buying the hero 5+. I have enjoyed using it a lot more because of the voice control settings. It's a lot easier to use As far as in the water because you do not have to put the cover on it to use it. A1 plus camera.

I bought to take on vacation. My 3 kids and I was going to try scuba diving for the first time. The camera was real easy to use as well as the app. I tested it in the pool as I read some say that even know the camera was water proof theirs leaked but not even a drop. I did however buy the water proof case just in case but think it would have been fine without it.

Bought to use in ToughMudder Carolinas. Mud, Water, climbing, grinding. It met all my expectations. Fully submerged at times. No problem. I did find mud in crevices. I used a soft dry toothbrush to get clean. It took a pounding. Produced great footage.

Love the quality of image, 4K and the voice commands makes photographying much easier. Very good action camera overall the only downside is the battery who dies fast. Will get a extra one for sure.

I have owned all of the GoPros since the HERO 3+. For this generation of the their latest camera, GoPro broke their yearly release cycle and instead made us all wait two years before we got a successor to the HERO 4. Because I mainly use the GoPros as a B-cam on film shoots, many of the new features which GoPro added to the HERO 5 (GPS, voice control, electronic image stabilization, wide dynamic range photo mode, and auto cloud upload) are not really helpful to me. The occasional freezing is certainly not worth these features, but hopefully GoPro will fix that with a software updat down the road. The only new features which I've actually found helpful is the new LCD screen, the advanced ProTune options, and the RAW photo mode. I've yet to decide if the waterproofing is worth it (considering that if you scratch your lens you'll have to replace the lens rather than the housing the camera is in) but it seems like a nice feature overall. In summary, I'd recommend this camera to anyone looking to get an action cam as it is one of the best on the market despite the high price. However those who already have the GoPro 4 Black might not find the slightly gimmicky new features quite worth the upgrade.