For this week’s blog assignment we are talking tech. Honestly, I love tech; ever since my first Gameboy and iPod I’ve been pretty fascinated with all sorts of different devices that has led me through projects and hobbies including building computers, modifying games consoles, repairing electronics, and digital and film photography.
Lately I’ve been trying to distance myself from the idea the the best products come from using the latest tool, and experimenting with older methods. I think this is pretty big trend in general, I’m not the only one feeling this way. However, a modern product that I think is pretty cool is action cameras. From my research action cameras really started to appear in the early 2000s, though cameras have long been used in action packed scenarios. GoPro has long been an industry pioneer, but other manufacturers who’ve produced action cameras include Sony, DJI, and Insta360 to name just a few.
For this review I am going to talk about the GoPro HERO12 Black. I would love to own a GoPro action camera. They look really fun to use on the go. I am someone that greatly enjoys outdoors hobbies such as biking, swimming, surfing, and skiing, and would love to have a small simple camera capable of rugged handling. GoPro’s are designed exactly for this purpose and the latest iteration seems to be packed with features including high resolution video capabilities, slow motion capabilities, bluetooth to connect to audio interfaces directly. It seems like a super smooth way to capture footage while out and about. I’ve tried to capture footage of my adventures in the past, but I often feel limited by the hardware that I have, often getting out a camera and setting up a shot takes more time than I would like and therefore I’m either unhappy with the results or I just don’t end up taking the photos or videos that I had hoped to. A dedicated action camera like the GoPro is designed to solve exactly this issue and I’m super interested in trying out this kind of camera at some point in the future.
I would love to eventually involve my non-design hobbies with the skills I am learning in this design program and I thinki that an action camera could be one avenue to capture memories and create projects using content from my personal interests.