Amateur Photographer

Go(Pro) take a hike

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What has a GoPro Hero6 ( News 14 October) to do with photograph­y? It’s a self-security camera and nothing else. If you find you are short of items to advertise, how about sticking to your magazine title? Bob Cooper, Kent That must be news to the many profession­al photograph­ers who also use GoPros on the side, such as wedding photograph­er Tom Harmon, for example. He put a GoPro on top of his main camera to capture the day in real time from his camera’s point of view – see the video at bit.ly/ goproweddi­ng. The Hero isn’t attempting to take on SLRs or mirrorless cameras for stills, but many photograph­ers find it a useful and fun extra, hence our story. And why would you only use a Hero for ‘self security’ when you can get a dash-cam from Amazon for a lot less money? – Geoff Harris, deputy editor

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The GoPro Hero6 – is it only useful as a self-security camera?

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