GoPro put a light on its Hero action camera to illuminate your adventures

The GoPro Hero is present disposable with a airy for erstwhile your utmost adventures proceed aft dark. | Image: GoPro

If you’re bushed of juggling an enactment camera positive a flashlight, torch, flare, oregon lantern anytime your adventures widen past sunset, GoPro has announced an updated mentation of its Hero enactment camera with illumination built close in. The Lit Hero has a clump of 4 agleam LEDs positioned close adjacent to its lens, and portion GoPro hasn’t revealed precisely however overmuch airy they enactment out, they’re decidedly brighter than the LED connected the backmost of your smartphone.

The Lit Hero is disposable for preorder starting contiguous for $269.99 and is expected to vessel starting connected October 21st. GoPro’s modular Hero model, announced implicit a twelvemonth ago, is inactive $199.99. At 93 grams the Lit Hero is 7 grams heavier than the basal Hero, but successful summation to the added lights, it comes with a show bump from 4K/30fps to 4K/60fps and a artillery that tin grounds for up to 100 minutes astatine afloat prime with the LEDs turned off.

The caller enactment camera is inactive waterproof to a extent of 16 feet, and portion underwater photography is perchance wherever the built-in airy volition beryllium astir useful, based connected illustration photos captured with the Lit Hero, the airy doesn’t person an particularly agelong range. It whitethorn beryllium champion suited arsenic a mode to illuminate adjacent faces utilizing an included diffuser to soften the intensity, oregon near disconnected to marque videos and images look similar they were captured by an instant camera with an overzealous flash.