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GoPro Expands Action
Offerings
GoPro has unveiled the
Hero6 Black camera. Powered by
GoPro's custom-designed GP1
processor, Hero6 offers 4K60 and
1080p240 video with advanced
video stabilization. The camera is
packed into a rugged design
that's waterproof to 33'. When
the camera is paired with the
GoPro App, users can automatically transform their adventures
into sharable QuikStory videos.
Developed from the ground up to maximize a GoPro
camera's capabilities, the GP1 processor enables twice the video
frame rates along with improved image quality, dynamic range, lowlight performance and video stabilization. The GP1 automates all of
these benefits, allowing users to shoot without having to navigate
complex image settings. The GP1 also advances GoPro's capabilities
in computer vision and machine learning, enabling the Hero6 to
analyze scenes and sensor data for improved automated QuikStories.
Additional features of the
Hero6 Black include a new touch
zoom, 3x faster offload speeds via
5GHz Wi-Fi, compatibility with
GoPro's Karma drone and existing
GoPro mounts, raw and HDR photo
modes, voice control in 10
languages, Bluetooth accessibility,
GPS, accelerometer, and gyroscope.
GoPro has also launched
Fusion, a mountable camera capable
of 5.2K30 and 3K60 spherical video
with gimbal-like stabilization. With
the GoPro App, users can play back and share their footage as VR
content, or they can use the app's OverCapture feature to recapture
and share spherical shots as a traditional fixed-perspective video.

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Waterproof to a depth of 16', Fusion can also capture 18MP spherical photos and 360 audio. The camera boasts time-lapse video and
photo, night lapse, and burst modes; other features include compatibility with most GoPro mounts, voice control in 10
languages, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, GPS, Accelerometer,
Gyroscope, and Compass. The Fusion also comes
with a grip mount.
Additionally, GoPro has updated Karma with
two new auto-shot paths: Follow and Watch. Using
GPS, Karma can now automatically follow the Karma
Controller while the user is on the go, keeping the operator
framed in the shot. The Watch auto-shot path will keep
Karma hovering in place while it rotates, keeping the Karma
Controller in frame wherever it goes. Other new Karma
updates include Hero6 compatibility, an expanded CableCam auto-shot path, and "Look Up" camera-tilt capability.
Current Karma owners can unlock the new features via a
firmware update.
Also new from GoPro are the Shorty, a
pocketable extension pole and tripod; the
Handler, an updated floating handgrip with a
quick-release mounting feature; and the Bite
Mount + Floaty, a versatile bite mount with an easy-to-spot float.
For additional information, visit www.gopro.com.
Sony Goes Full Frame With Venice
Sony Electronics has unveiled Venice, the company's first fullframe digital motion-picture camera and the next generation
of Sony's CineAlta systems. Venice was designed through close
collaboration with the creative community to ensure the
camera fulfills the needs of production professionals.
"We really went back to the drawing board for this one,"
says ASC associate member Peter Crithary, marketing manager
for Sony Electronics. "It is our next-generation camera system,
a ground-up development initiative encompassing a
completely new image sensor. We carefully considered key
aspects such as form factor, ergonomics, build quality, ease of use,
a refined picture and painterly look - with a simple, established
workflow. We worked in close collaboration with film-industry
professionals. We also considered the longer-term strategy by
designing a user interchangeable sensor that is as quick and simple
to swap as removing four screws, and can accommodate different
shooting scenarios as the need arises."
Venice combines a newly developed 36x24mm full-frame
sensor, which offers the advantages of compatibility with a wide
range of lenses, including anamorphic, Super 35mm, spherical and
full-frame PL-mount lenses for a greater range of expressive freedom with shallow depth of field. The lens mount can also be

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