Gopro Media Mod Review

With a bigger battery more pixels and a seemingly endless list of shooting options gopro s new top camera is a life capturing machine.

Gopro media mod review. The light and the fold out screen looked handy but the media mod added much needed. The gopro media mod one of the core upgrade accessories introduced with the hero8 won t fit the hero9. The media mod is an accessory designed by gopro to house the gopro hero8 black giving it more options and usability. Instead you ll have to buy a new hero9 specific version of it which is disappointing.

Gopro hero8 black media mod review is it worth it. When gopro revealed the hero 8 s mod accessories there was a clear favorite. All the tools to tell your story. Furthermore the media mod has two cold shoes one at the side and one on top.

The top corner opposite the lens is home to a directional microphone with what appears to be a figure 8 polar pattern. While we had previously tested the light mod on its own for our hero8 black review it wasn t until we later received a media mod that we could use it attached to the camera. The media mod 80. However plug in an external mic and utilise the two cold shoes for an external mic and lamp and there s no doubting that the media mod does the job.

Gopro hero 9 black hands on. The gopro media mod is a mixed bag and your opinion of the accessory will largely depend on what you intend to use it for. Media mod is a robust but lightweight plastic construction for the hero 8 that encapsulates the camera except for the front and back. Last spring gopro released the media mod for the hero 8 with a built in directional mic hdmi outputs and a cold shoe mount.

If your desires center entirely around the 3 5mm input then you ll likely be quite pleased with the more streamlined option compared to the clunky adapter gopro has previously had for years. Gopro s goal with the. The added options are a 3 5mm port for an external microphone a micro hdmi out port a built in directional mic and two cold shoe fittings.