{"id":51529,"date":"2015-02-05T19:32:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T19:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=51529"},"modified":"2015-02-05T19:50:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T19:50:24","slug":"gopros-updates-hero4-firmware-adds-240fps-720p-60fps-2-7k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/gopros-updates-hero4-firmware-adds-240fps-720p-60fps-2-7k\/","title":{"rendered":"GoPro Updates HERO4 Firmware: Adds 240fps at 720p and 60fps at 2.7k"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"gopro-is-at-it-again-adding-more-functionality-to-their-already-awesome-hero4-line-of-cameras\">GoPro is at it again, adding more functionality to their already awesome HERO4 line of cameras.<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"hero4-black-firmware-update-2-0\">HERO4 Black Firmware Update 2.0<\/h3>\n<p>The GoPro feature updates come via a new firmware update. The most notable new feature added to the <strong>GoPro HERO 4 Black<\/strong> is the ability to shoot <strong>240fps video at 720p.<\/strong> Unfortunately this added feature won\u2019t utilize the entire field of view, so it&#8217;s almost like shooting on a cropped sensor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Features on the HERO4 Black Firmware Update 2.0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time Lapse Video mode<\/li>\n<li>720p 240fps video mode (Narrow FOV only)<\/li>\n<li>2.7K 60fps video mode<\/li>\n<li>Auto Image Rotation<\/li>\n<li>Shots 30 photos for 6 seconds Burst Mode<\/li>\n<li>Default ISO is now 1600<\/li>\n<li>Added Reset option for camera Wi-Fi settings<\/li>\n<li>Now Displays Night Lapse shutter time on the camera status screen<\/li>\n<li>LCD Touch BacPac Improvements<\/li>\n<li>Delivers the ability to add HiLight Tags during playback<\/li>\n<li>Adds new gesture to display the last photo or video captured<\/li>\n<li>Automatically locks the display after the camera goes to sleep<\/li>\n<li>General Improvements + Bug Fixes: Night Lapse stability improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr width=\"85%\" align=\"left\">\n<h3 id=\"hero4-silver-firmware-update-2-0\">HERO4 Silver Firmware Update 2.0<\/h3>\n<p>The<strong> HERO4 Silver<\/strong> improvements are very similar to the <strong>HERO4 Black<\/strong>\u00a0updates. However, you won\u2019t have the ability to shoot at 240fps with the Silver model. It should also be noted that there is now a time-lapse video mode included in the HERO4 line. This might prove to be an awesome feature for <strong>outdoor travel videos and photography<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Features on the HERO4 Silver Firmware Update 2.0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time Lapse Video mode<\/li>\n<li>Auto Image Rotation<\/li>\n<li>Adds 30 photos for 6 seconds burst mode<\/li>\n<li>Default Video ISO is now 1600<\/li>\n<li>Add HiLight Tags during playback<\/li>\n<li>New gesture to display the last photo or video captured<\/li>\n<li>Automatically locks the display after the camera goes to sleep<\/li>\n<li>New Reset option for camera Wi-Fi settings<\/li>\n<li>Displays night lapse shutter time on the camera status screen<\/li>\n<li>Night Lapse stability improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>It is also rumored that a<a title=\"New GoPro Drone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/multi-rotor-gopro-drone-to-be-unveiled-at-ces\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"> new GoPro Drone<\/a> will be announced at <strong>NAB 2015<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of these new GoPro firmware updates?<\/strong> Share in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can now shoot 240fps video at 720p with the GoPro HERO4 Black, among other impressive new features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":51532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,583],"tags":[2300,3723,3724,3725],"class_list":["post-class-post-51529","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-industry","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-tag-black","post-class-tag-gopro-firmware-update","post-class-tag-gopro-hero-4","post-class-tag-silver"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GoPro\u2019s Updates HERO4 Firmware; 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