HERO 7 Black -vs- HERO 8 Black

[JohnnyUtah 0]

Looking for opinions on function quality during skydiving between these two:  

HERO 7 Black -vs- HERO 8 Black

[JimmyDurden 1]

The 8 will give you better video quality, but it does not have a replaceable lens cover

[weldingninja41 14]

I have the 7 black (limited Edition Dusk White) version. My buddy has the hero 8. The 8 does have a little bit better video Quality, but to me it is really not that significant a difference to warrant spending the extra coin on an 8 right now. The non replaceable lens on the 8 is also pretty crappy on gopros part IMHO. If I eat shit and crack the lens on my 7 I can get a replacement for 20 dollars from the gopro website. if you crack the lens on the 8 they will happily sell you another 8 as that is your only option. I don't really use the Gopro's as a professional would though so some of the more advanced features might be a lot better between one or the other, I just want to get clean clear video of my jumps that I can edit with a few simple steps and post that shit to social media and induce moisture bombs to explode in the panties of all who see them. But hey, that's just me....

[Binary93 65]

As far as I've managed to follow, 7 and 8 have the exact same sensor. The major difference is, yet again, more RAM and with that better stabilization (and the obvious physical design/appearance differences you've mentioned). I'd say "better video quality" comes from GoPro's fancy colormaps which amplify color saturation to make videos look more vivid. You could always do this manually during editing, probably do even better job. Stabilization on 7 is already very good in my opinion.

You can find many comparison videos on YT to actually see the difference in image and stabilization.

[Bryguy1224 12]

If you are a working jumper doing handcam stick with the 7. You have to remove the battery to get to the memory card on the 8.