The GoPro Hero 13 Camera Is on Sale for Prime Day (October 2025)

I've been utilizing each 3 lenses for complete a twelvemonth now. At slightest I was, until I sewage nan Ultra Wide, and past that conscionable benignant of stayed connected nan camera. I only really usage my GoPro to sprout looking forward, mostly from nan handlebars of my bike, truthful nan wider nan shot, nan amended and much immersive nan footage becomes, hence my emotion of nan Ultra Wide.

What's WIRED About nan Hero 13

After complete 10 years of testing them, I person travel to person very debased expectations of cameras, and yet, contempt that, almost each camera fails what I see nan astir basal point it needs to do: move connected fast. What bully is simply a camera if it's not recording?

This is adjacent nan apical of nan database of why I emotion nan GoPro. GoPro understands a camera has 1 job, and if it's taking clip to commencement up, it's not doing its job. The Hero 13 turns connected fast. I property nan button, and very soon thereafter (about 1.5 seconds), it's recording. How is this truthful difficult that my Sony (which costs 10x arsenic much) cannot do it? Nor tin immoderate different camera I've tested (except nan DJI Action 5, which is besides speedy connected nan startup). I don't know, but nan GoPro tin do it.

The expertise to move lenses is besides very WIRED and unmatched successful this space. I besides hap to for illustration GoPro's colour rendering amended than immoderate of its competitors and find that location is little smearing and blurring successful accelerated action shots. Personally, I person ever liked GoPro's "fingered" mounting system, but I cognize galore group are happy that GoPro yet sewage connected nan magnetic mounting bandwagon.

What's TIRED About nan Hero 13

The battery. No matter really bully nan Hero 13 Black's artillery is, it still isn't enough. Maybe I americium asking excessively much. I mean, nan truth that you tin get almost an hr of 4K retired of a artillery this mini does look remarkable. But that's nan worst tally clip of immoderate action camera. The artillery could beryllium better. At slightest it doesn't overheat for illustration it utilized to.

The adjacent rumor for immoderate group will beryllium shooting successful debased light. The point astir nan Hero 13's low-light performance—there isn't any. Personally, I don't sprout pinch an action camera successful debased light, but if you do, drawback nan Insta360 Ace Pro 2. Its footage is overly processed and smeary-looking, but astatine slightest you tin sorta spot what's happening.

If you want much accusation earlier you perpetrate to buying a caller GoPro Hero 13, beryllium judge to read my afloat review and person a look astatine our GoPro buying guide.

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