New gizmo

My GoPro (Hero 9 black) has been giving me a lot of grief lately with it deciding on the day whether it wanted to record or not and for how long.  I persevered with it (even when it lost what would have been some sensational video of us blasting out of the Nevis in Colin's buggy) and tried different cards and what not, but it sucks when it dies halfway through recording a hyperlapse of the NI800 and things like that.

Over Labour weekend there were all sorts of sales on and there were deals on GoPros and others, so I decided to go for it.  I had already decided that if it was going to be a GoPro that it would be a 12 rather than a 13 as I didn't really see any benefit in the 13 over the 12 for my basic uses but then I saw the DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro on a site - then the umming and arring really started...

With the Action 5 being dearer than the 12 but cheaper than the 13 and me loving the video and photo quality from my DJI drone, I really needed to do some research.  Naturally, there were plenty of differences to mull over but in the end, it came down to memories of past issues with other GoPros (as well as the current one), the apparent build quality of the DJI and nearly double the battery life that had me going for the DJI.  The two OLED touchscreens are nice but really just gimmicks - one rear screen would be fine.

It's actually a whisker smaller (height) than my 9 but very solid little sucker and it came with the protective cage and quite a sexy mount that of course is compatible with all my GoPro mounts.  Ali-Express and Temu seem to have plenty of accessories for it too...

Apparently the DJI App for editing video on your phone is pretty good (and I've edited drone footage pretty easily on the phone too) but I'll be using the computer mostly for this.

Anyway, it needed a trial run last Sunday.  I only recorded in 1080 and then Youtube stuffs the quality anyway, so you'll have to believe me that the video looked good on my computer.  But most importantly it worked on the day...