GoPro Macro Lens Mod for Hero 13: Review and Comparison

[@drnet24_de]

Very helpful video and good comparison. Thanks for your time spend to prepare this video.

[@Yuchai_Thailand]

Thank you for the great details on the lens especially the macro lens.

[@ttl_channel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TVNetworld]

thanks for this perfect comparison

[@ttl_channel]

Glad you liked it!

[@Bluemoon1-h3w]

Ace review thanks ever so much for your time taken doing this , the photo images of that tiny humming bird was amazing btw ! Just ordered this for my wife as she loves the close up stuff .

[@ttl_channel]

Thanks - glad you liked it.

[@tattoobysanto]

HI ..Very Profesional Review...Thanks For video..Thumb UP

[@ttl_channel]

Thanks for liking

[@MassimoBolognaItaly]

Excellent video ! Any idea if the hero 12/13 with the Neewer lens on can still fit inside the underwater case properly ?

[@ttl_channel]

unfortunately I don’t have a UW case to test, but my guess would be that it fits.

[@markgerlovin3866]

Excellent video! So much detailed information, very useful. Have you tried medium focus ring setting in terms of min/max critical focus distance? Or, is it only min and max setting and nothing in between?

[@ttl_channel]

Because the depth of field (in-focus range) is so big and actually overlap at the close and far settings, I don’t think the mid-point would have much purpose.

[@CarlosFranciscon]

Tks for sharing the test. Amazing bird footage! Greetings from Brazil

[@ttl_channel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@HigherJr]

great review, thanks

[@ttl_channel]

Thanks for watching!

[@peteabdu9179]

Great video, thanks for making this. As I understand it neither of these are for use underwater?

[@ttl_channel]

A GoPro employee commented on this video that the GP lens is actually waterproof. Not sure how it would perform, but apparently possible.

[@peteabdu9179]

@@ttl_channel THe GoPro website says it's waterproof when installed but also lists a disclaimer saying "1Macro Lens Mod is not intended for use under water." My understanding is that it's waterproof but the video won't be sharp.

[@Jobenhaim]

Is the macro gopro lens waterproof? Can it go underwater? I think the neewer cannot

[@ttl_channel]

According to GoPro, the macro lens is waterproof, and no the Neewer is not.

[@alexamplatz]

Great review, thank you for that!

[@ttl_channel]

My pleasure!

[@kllaskas810]

does the lens have the same amount of fish eye as the normal lens?

[@WalkingWithGodVlog]

Can you just keep the macro lens on all the time and still use it in wide view with the same quality as the standard lens?

[@ttl_channel]

Yes. The more distant background may be slightly less focused than with the standard lens, but in most cases should be fine.

[@gregoryowain2073]

I'm impressed by the sharpness of the Neewer, its focus range is much narrower but when the subject is right it really works. However while it's fine for stationary setups like this, it’s clearly nowhere near as practical as the GoPro version for shooting out and about.

[@ttl_channel]

Agreed. Thanks for sharing and for watching.

[@JonS]

Thank you for all your testing and for sharing the results. At the far end of distance range of the MACRO Lens Mod, the focus beyond 750mm is not as sharp than the base camera. As you noted, the near focus distance remains closer than that of the base camera, and that comes at the cost of far focus. However, this loss is quite small and you may find it acceptable, depending on your use case. Regarding the 3rd party close up filters, as you said the performance towards the edges of the image is very poor. There's only so much they can do with a single lens element. For use cases where the subject of interest is only at the center this may not matter, but for other uses it's a significant limitation. However, perhaps the biggest drawback of these filters is they don't play well with HyperSmooth stabilization, which you did not test. The Macro Lens Mod is designed to maintain the excellent HyperSmooth stabilization performance that users expect. One final difference is the Macro Lens Mod is waterproof (once it's mounted to the camera). That's not the case for the 3rd party filters which may leak water in to the space between the filter and the camera lens. While that won't damage the camera (which is waterproof without the lens cover glass), it could leave you with a difficult clean up. Full disclosure: I work for GoPro.

[@gregoryowain2073]

Which department do you work in?

[@ttl_channel]

Thank you for contributing.

[@monzonfastwrap4686]

Macro lens is water proof

[@ttl_channel]

According to GoPro, yes.