GoPro Hero 12 - The MOST HATED Action Camera.... But Why? (My Longterm Experience)

[@RobHK]

What´s your honest opinion about the Hero 12?👇 🎥 Get my Cinematic Video LUTs robhkvlogs.com/products/signature-luts

[@jonmnelson]

I have a Hero 12 and an Action 4. Both are great, but I find I reach for the GoPro more often. The image quality is very good, although I do believe the Action 4 handles low light and white balance better. I’m keeping and using both.

[@SedriqMiers]

Go Pro selling lube too ?

[@salmacanvics]

These are good points, Rob. And well done on the battery tests, very thorough! I usually find these tests quite…unbalanced? For example, some cameras are in use longer than the others, so I suppose the battery capacity won’t be exactly the same. Or in other cases the resolution matters as well, like when you test Go 3 at 2.7 K while other cameras are 4K. What matters is the real usage and how fast it charges (so here I cannot complain about my Action 4 at all, it’s doing amazingly well). What would be your thoughts?

[@timoklap]

After fan of gopro since 2011 with 5 generations of cameras i had enogh and switched on dji. To many times had gopro cameras shut themself off, overheated.. told that battery was to low while it had 39% charge.. frozen many times.. did update.. factory reset or what ever.. still same problems. Also customerservice is a nightmare and slow.. waited many times in line for 47minutes..

[@SM321-k6i]

I have GoPro 4, 8, 11 and a 12 and two Sessions 4&5. I use for windsurfing,kitesurfing and motorcycling and I have never had issues with freezing or overheating and I believe this is down to what I use the cameras for in my world. I also use top quality SD cards which can reduce the risk of issues. My friends swear by their Action 4s and Ace Pros but when we view our footage mine just looks better. It’s warmer, lusher straight out of the camera with minimal tweaking in post. In my opinion, there’s something inside a GoPro that just has it nailed for image quality and that’s why I shall stay loyal to the brand. Image quality is everything to me not features.

[@anaymakan6989]

This. Owned a DJI Action 4 and a GoPro Hero 12. While the DJI was amazing in low light for stabilisation compared to the GoPro, there was something I really liked about the GoPros colours and the way the image looks soft but clear, the DJI looked too over processed. And I only use Lexar/ SanDisk/ Samsung/ Kingston high endurance cards. Nothing else.

[@Mastermind501235]

I have a Gopro 11 and pretty happy with it. I would prefer 11 over 12. Just don't understand why they wiped off GPS. Sometimes it is useful to overlay speed for example. At the same time GoPro 11 does better in low light over Gopro 10

[@xenay911]

My biggest issue with GoPros is the horrible distortion. I’ve always hated them for it. Most people don’t use Linear so their footages, no matter how pretty the landscape might be, makes me seriously nauseous and dizzy. Or when they walk through a door and the doorway turns into a friggin pipe. Or they turn it towards the floor for a moment and the floor is bulging straight into my face (it feels like). I have to look away when you show the clips of using the additional wide angle lens, bad timing on my part for watching this whilst eating lunch 😅. I was so happy and relieved when I discovered the DJI thanks to your channel. I have the Osmo Action 4 since October, and even if I need to switch to wide instead of dewarp, it’s such minimal distortion that I can ignore it.

[@RobHK]

That is so true tho😅

[@snowboard_nico]

To avoid lens distortion you can eiter just shoot in linear mode or correct it in post, you wont notice it belive me

[@worldtraveler5016]

@@snowboard_nico Correct in post. More $, more time,

[@JoseHernandez-wv3ee]

idk man i feel like the audio comments are unnecessary. when you buy an expensive video camera you still have to buy a microphone too. So, i get it the gro pro should be small but dont except to have great sound.

[@MOTOUK1]

I stopped using GoPro years ago when too many corrupt card issues and shutting down. Went to DJI and while on the action 1 it wasn’t the best i never had issues with dji. The latest DJI action 4 camera blows Gopro out of the water.

[@Ttnorth11]

Gopro 12 is good. No overheating

[@damo.hutchinson]

Upgraded from the 7 to 12 and it's fantastic

[@RobHK]

Thats definitely an upgrade 🙌

[@PippoLux]

I have a Hero 12 and use it all the time for my surf Vlog. So it was used in the water constantly. After 8 month of usage, it suddenly soaked water through the locked battery compartment and died. I wanted to get another action cam with similar video quality. But the only two options had magnetic mounts which are a no go in the water (whiping out, they come off to easily). So I just got another Hero 12

[@WesMoto]

Go Pro for Standard Video, Durability, High resale, Customer support, Can be repaired easily. Still Go pro for me =)

[@nicolesaunders081]

Just got the Hero 13 a few days ago and love it so far.

[@Itellthetruth58]

Now that the Insta360 Ace Pro is out, I truly think GoPro has come to an end...they've fallen behind all these challengers in the market. It's only a matter of time for us to witness its failure

[@CandidRVer]

I have had no issues with my GoPro 12 and enjoy it very much. Many people rave about DJI, but that company has some really shady ties. So even if it might be better, i will stay with my US made GoPro.

[@markrich9619]

Bluetooth pairing to a Sena in my helmet and the quarter inch screwhole mount were reason enough for me to upgrade

[@dadlifetravel]

Gopro has gifted the action market to Dji I think. Ii really love the action 4. I I have Gopro 5-11 .

[@ugpfpv361]

Think it depends on how you're using it, in fpv it's always been king, as video quality is above all and we don't run them for much over 10 minutes at a time.

[@haystack1]

Had the GoPro 10, shut down in snow resort after like 2m, switched up DJI action 3, then later upgraded to action 4, never had to worry about shut down any more and each camera lasts over 1.5h, with the combo, i could shoot my entire snowboarding day

[@819772]

Go pro 12 is a very stable camera that works very well with all the approved multiple accessories that the Chinese are trying to make less good with well-renumerated influencers

[@scottwaddell298]

whatever... GP 12 is NOT a pocket 3... try mounting a pocket 3 to a bike... it falls apart (literally).... low light... no action cam works good ...GP12 with max lens 2.0 is KING in well lit situations

[@cyberlife514]

my Hero 10 black is doing a amazing job i just got the insta 360 x3 and i love it im gonna wait for Hero 15

[@octny]

same here. i think the hero 10 has the best features still and it has a GPS, unlike the 12.

[@ForestWanderer_YT]

@@octny for what is the GPS needed?

[@octny]

@@ForestWanderer_YT if you have to ask, you probably don’t need it.

[@ForestWanderer_YT]

@@octny i never used it, that's why i'm asking!

[@octny]

@@ForestWanderer_YT tagging photos when you travel in remote places to see them on a map, adding telemetry and maps to videos on the go, motorsports, cars, airplanes. before it could be enabled when needed. not anymore.

[@nauglefest]

I still like my Media Mod for my GoPro Hero 9. I use it when I am mounting my GoPro to the dash so I can power it externally and when I clamp the GoPro to the headstock of my guitar and burn up the fretboard of the guitar like it's a dance floor.

[@HMoyn215]

I have a 5 black, 9 and 12. The 12 gets burst into flames hot when @ 4k 60fps even outside I haven't had the problem with the others the only thing I haven't done is put it on the Bike with air flowing over it to see how hot it gets

[@crazyobservations3080]

Cant speak for the 12. I have a 11 and its not so bad. I think its a bit overpriced for what they are. I also have a action 4 that I am even less impressed with for the price, but I do like the integrated mic receiver.

[@runkostyan]

Thank you for your videos, I was thinking about changing the GoPro10 to 12 or Action 4. But after watching a lot of videos I decided to stay with my camera.

[@zoesmith1536]

Thanks for the insight blood

[@calmlands]

I really liked recording in 360 and then refreaming the scene I want, so I use instaX3 and for now I'm not even thinking about GoPro

[@markockwell]

Just ordered the Hero 12 - Been using Canon V10, but the stabilisation is not quite there.... Your Video looks good so I thought why not .....

[@octny]

it seems to me that the hero 12 black is in the same situation the hero 9 black was in. it was the last camera with GP1 processor so it was slow, and had a laggy screen. it was replaced by the hero 10 black with the GP2 processor, which was used for the hero 11 and 12. Possibly this processor is causing the overheating, not the GPS which was taken out of the hero 12.

[@drdavetexas]

I have the 11 & yeah, I'm tired of the battery issue. You shouldn't have to hard reset every time you want to use it or chatge it like an iPhone Gen 1 -5 that glitched all the time. I wish i had gone with the 360 brand.

[@DuoChamberger-uv6zb]

holy moly! my gopro 10 lost like the same way you threw it into the powder snow....and pfff....its gone

[@2wheelswings]

This is the BEST of the best IF, IF, IF you wana know how to use it... simple. i mean firmware labs, customs modes for YOUR activity, and post production, and nothing beats it....

[@Amadwaqas-h6f]

Hi rob. You offeted a wonderful comparison here. Im into making driving vids. Do u think Go pro 13 is a good choice for this with new battery etc. I.also love to make timelapses specially of sunsets and sunrises. Generally gopro is famous for creating excellent timelapses.

[@DavidReynolds-kr6yh]

I’m thinking that I would get the DJI action 4, ease of use straight out of the box and with the adventure pack it’s probably the best value. That’s just my opinion of course, but I’ve seen a lot of people agreeing with my opinion. It would be a big investment for me here in Australia with the ridiculous taxes that the Australian government would put on it, but it’d still be the best value for me, unless I were to go overseas and pick one up in a country that doesn’t tax us so much.

[@averykienbaum2904]

As a cold weather usser, hero 12 blwck with enduro batteryz, or dji action 4? Reliability is the biggest thing to me. Easy to use and will always work 🤣

[@Tingtvph9226]

I am a GoPro user. My GoPro hero 10 is really over hate. But if I am using a power bank is ok. But next time I choose DJI action camera.

[@admin_OutdoorEd]

It annoys me that the Hero12 doesn’t allow me to shoot 4:3 in 4K. I know, I can use 8:7 instead, but why not have the menu option of 4:3, it’s only software and will better match my Hero9 footage. Add features, don’t add new ones at the cost of removing an old one.

[@alanbitts]

You can connect an external microphone via Bluetooth.

[@AbelVlogsRD]

In terms of picture quality, imma keep using GoPro. Insta360 One X4 looks better but the audio really sucks so...

[@drbeardo6960]

I've used GoPro 8 Now rocking DJI action 2 Happier

[@fazlyrabbi1209]

Yes it's a honest video That's why I subscribed good work man

[@michaelthorne209]

i first bought into GoPro with the 9..Loved it at first. THEN started getting audio clips and pops..AND also noticed random vibrating shakes that would make the video a pain to watch..I want another action camera but god..I swore off gopro once i experienced it..Anyone having issues with those things in the 12?

[@ruhtra-ey6vf]

im on the gopro 7 black, and im thinking about getting maybe a 360 cam or the gopro 11 because of the 8:7 sensor and the gps does anyone here have any opinions?

One question you need a protector for the water?

[@daninthevan]

No you dont ^^

[@goktugortaalan]

Merhaba ellerinize sağlık. GoPro 8 ile sattım. Yeni almak Gopro 12 mi yoksa gelecek Gopro 13 ?

[@FelixPollex]

I love this camera

[@nikyabodigital]

can we also have test for go pro for A rolls and indoor shot we wanna stretch the versatility here.

[@SomeHyena]

16:44 I guess good thing I bought my GoPro 12 for $240 second hand And looking in to getting a creators edition for $300 second hand.

[@mtbboy1993]

Have they fixed the lag in a firmware update? Would be nice if you showed the Linear mode. I do mountain biking POV vids, so for me having as little to no distortion is important, to represent the trails as accurately as possible. So the trails and trail features, terrain, obstacles don't change size, deform and look easier, and terrain look flatter.

[@Jiannis_Smalios]

all good points, but i guess it all depends on the user and what you need the camera for. personally the last gopro i had was the hero 3+ and now got the 12. For me as well many features are gonna be unused but the horizon lock, the 8:7 ratio and the ruggedness of the camera is what made me choose it. I intend to use it on my mirrorless cameras for POV shooting on shoots that i do as a photographer for that BTS. I also use a DJI pocket 3 for BTS but with tracking so i can have it stationary to film me from further away (and because of the actual mechanical stabilisation). For my work i think this will be a great action/BTS/POV camera and i do appreciate every input i read or hear.

[@seb1things1]

Yeah funny as I had the Action 4 the Ace pro and sold them both as the image quality is still better on Gopro 12. As I do cycling mtb and for holiday, so I don’t care about low light, as in holiday in low light or evening I use my iPhone. So yeah, real life usage is another story. So for me gopro 12 it is.

[@AndreBeverage]

Unless it is a lens update this is all software which is just a way to keep making money buy limiting features until the next version!

[@YouTube-Spinx]

Nice! Very honest and straightforward review! I like it.

[@mtbboy1993]

8:22 Weird sharing glitch, some of the footage in the middle is moving while the rest is not.

[@halimrahman]

I dont think people hate it. It's just that there's nothing "new". Just a GP11 packed into a new body and sprinkled with some paint; old body in a new swim suit.

[@WalkSpot]

Love mine. Gopro 12

[@Meinan4370]

Been noticing a lot of bot comments

[@lupo10]

I bought one, just like my Hero 4 Silver - I just never use it.

[@FerociousPancake888]

If you have like a lav mic, can you connect it to the GoPro if you have a media mod? Or does media mod only work with the mic that comes on it?

[@RobHK]

Yes you can connect a mic to it, not sure if you can plug a lav straight to it tho. But connecting a receiver from røde or dji for example works fine

[@AdventureTimMedia]

@@RobHK Hey mate, you can plug a lav mic straight into the Media Mod and the sound is really good. I normally use a wireless Hollyland Mic and connect the receiver to the 3.5mm input with a short cable TRRS I believe and then I wear a wireless mic.

[@TheForeigner68]

I've been using GoPros since the Hero 6 and I'm on the Hero 9. I love the colours, the ruggedness and I'm not bothered if I waste 10 or 20 seconds more one time, to set up the different presets that I use. You're right about the media mod though. The thing sucks, you can't trust it to record anything from the external mic although I don't think the added bulkyness is an issue. Think Ace Pro, that's really bulky in itself and then you have the extra magnetic thingies you need to buy for each place you want to mount the camera to (way too much money to "save you" 10 or 20 seconds twice a day when switching between mounts and, if you think about it, it's only for adding the finger mount thingies that GoPro already has built in) and the mic adapter for the wireless mic and you've got yourself quite the rig. Lomg story short, I'm quite happy with the Hero 9 and don't think that any of the newer cameras would bring anything extra to my workflow. I think that the "hate of the GoPro" is a recent trend created by extremely well oiled marketing machines that has everyone joining their band wagon. Cheers.

[@CiroAbreu]

Gopro sucks because they push their expensive chunk accessories (media mod and pro 3.5mm mic adapter) with NO waterproof. DJI is gain space listening their clients. They offer 3 options: use their genuine tinny mic adapter, use a generic usbc to trs adapters, or using Dji MIC 2 (maintain camera waterproof).

[@79glastron]

No GPS, it was a downgrade

[@thomasusheriii971]

I had a Gopro 10 and bought tons of accessories for it. I only used it a handful of times. Sold everything for $500 taking a major loss. I recently bought the Insta360 Go 3 and have high hopes for it. Its so tiny and versatile.

[@khamkeo6]

Hi my name is kham what would be a first action camera to get I want to use it for dash cam mostly and taking film on e scooter

[@emooahmed463]

Get the Hero Max will give you a better experience ( go pro support agent

[@adventureswithcrystal]

GoPro 12 constantly overheats on my motorcycle

[@BigTurtleSC]

is there a way to overlay garmin cycling stats over gopro videos? is VIRB still an option?

[@TwoTubesADV]

Just stopped using GoPro recently after several iterations of the product still completely unreliable and therefore totally useless. Moved to DJI.

[@mtbboy1993]

7:56 Is the L+ mode the same as Linear + Horizon? I saw it in another video, a guy scrolling trough the menu. It seems like it is.

[@NorCal-refrigeration]

GoPro hero 12 with max lens mod 2 is great. Zero issues so far. Enjoy they cloud service for storage

[@romelhyn]

DJI all the way...🤜💪

[@JandyElijahYT]

Gopro is fine for me

[@xmontanaxcadwell6864]

Overheating and burnt ..they will change the cam.. I ll sell even after new one I hate it will go for insta

[@travel4food4life]

"The reckoning of gopro" - Peter Mckinnon...

[@miladzhd10]

Please show me how you use your GoPro 12 with your Dji Mic 2 , thank you

[@LordQuiche]

Still using the 10 with just the onboard mic. It’s a good compromise 🤩

[@the_reel_doctor]

nice

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

Where did you get that multi-camera gimbal? I could use one.

[@froznfire9531]

I think people don't dislike it because its bad, rather because that the upgrades in the last years and after the hero 9 were so small. So it has gotten a prrety boring camera

[@sadetwizelve]

So it's become the iphone?

[@froznfire9531]

@@sadetwizelve yeah they are the apple of action cams ^^ Not bad but nothing new thats hyping up really.

[@sadetwizelve]

@@froznfire9531 understood

[@johnny_bravo9990]

Straight 4:50 out of Avatar movie

[@Finland.Travels]

Gopro wide lens distortion so ugly. So of no use.

[@mcoffroadinaz4075]

GoPro12 has no GPS. They should change the name to NOPRO12.

[@RonaldBrown59]

I have no issues with freezing or overheating with the Hero 12. Good review, thanks for sharing.

[@Dangzag]

dji app removed due to the invasive permissions.... I'm guessing you like ccp products, perfect for recording for tic tok

[@jakeC-d4i]

I've had enough overheating issues with my gopro 10. seems like the ace pro is the latest one in the market and would you recommend it?

[@SakleshpurJune2024]

How is GoPro 13

[@RobHK]

Decent. But wouldn’t buy one again. Comparison coming in 2 days

[@SakleshpurJune2024]

@@RobHK would you suggest DJI action 5 pro over this then

[@babyboy1971]

I have never has a GoPro and I’m jumping in with the 12.

[@metromaster2010]

I've been using GoPro's since the Hero 9. I have and love the Hero 12. Everyone has their preferences, likes and dislikes

[@SedriqMiers]

Because its the same dead tech repackaged with the same cosmetics yet they demand more money for less. We're halfway through almost 2024 and until i see 8k 240fps with a battery life of at least 2hours at the max setting without the overheating in hot conditions then i will avoid this trash until a worthy competitor can give me what i need.

[@RobHK]

Them demands bro 😅

[@dave.1981]

You'll be waiting a long time. 😂

[@3markaw]

Nobody has that in a small action cam.

[@adivinaca]

yeah so sad, plus accesories and stuff need to have a 1000 euro capability to spent without sleeping problems jajajajajaajaj

[@jesusgjchuza6491]

😎😎

[@Cameraflyer-]

You throw GoPro under the bus in another video and expect us to subscribe? You don't have to buy the media mod to connect an external microphone. GoPro does sell a separate mic adapter. Just because Bluetooth Airpods Sound awful doesn't mean other Bluetooth microphones will sound awful. There you go throwing GoPro under the bus again.

[@octny]

I tested the hero 12 black and was not impressed. first of all it lacks the GPS which is a big downgrade. then there were loads of software issues and incompatibility with sandisk extreme pro memory cards which work just fine at high bit rate on the hero 10 black. then the media mod can use both mics on the hero 12, unlike the 11 and the 10, which is a ripoff for previous buyers. the max lens mod 2.0 could have been enabled by firmware on the hero 11 but no. ah, and it still overheats in normal use scenarios, even outdoors. what's the point of having 10 bit high bit rate settings if your camera shuts down after a short time and even without the GPS? they added that bluetooth chip to which you can connect 4 external devices but there is no bluetooth gps remote in sight, and the audio quality is bad with bluetooth devices, any devices. so they messed up their camera with the latest 12 black. there's that.

[@Cameraflyer-]

@@octny I've had the exact opposite of your experience with the HERO12. I think it's the best GoPro to date. I have no need for GPS data. The sheer amount of accessories available for GoPros makes up for any of its short comings. The Ace Pro is good but it lacks compatibility with Apple products and the magnetic clip mount is not to be trusted for extreme sports.

[@octny]

good for you that you like it and have no need for GPS data. Other people do. The fact that they take the option from you is bad. They could have left the option to enable it or disable it by software like in the past. For me many camera settings that they added are useless bloatware that slow it down and heat it up. There is only so much that GP2 processor can take being the third camera with that chip.@@Cameraflyer-

[@Cameraflyer-]

@@octny my HERO12 works fine. No heating up or slowing down. There are things GoPro can do that other cameras can’t.

[@octny]

@@Cameraflyer- i got it at launch and it had many problems: dead pixel in the lcd, random horizontal green lines on the lcd, sd card error on the sandisk extreme pro sd (which works fine on other gopros). And it shut down outside on my bike due to overheating. I bet it does the same thing when scubadiving with the protective housing. I like to take long videos around the highest resolution. But you would think that it cannot overheat in the dive housing in the water but it does!