GoPro Mission 1 cameras use open gate to shoot now, edit later

When you think of GoPro, small and rugged action cameras come to mind. That’s not changing, but the brand is doing something a bit different with the GoPro Mission 1 range, tipped to be a series of “low-cost, compact cinema cameras” with interchangeable lens mounts.

Including the Mission 1 Pro, Mission 1, and Mission 1 Pro ILS, the new GoPro range sports a large 50MP one-inch sensor with larger pixels, designed to shoot pro-level footage in dim lighting. Both the Pro models support 8K resolution and 60fps. They also support ’32x Slo-Mo’, which is a whopping 960 frames per second, when shooting in 1080p in a 10-second burst.

GoPro’s base Mission 1 model also supports 8K footage, albeit limited to 30fps. All three cameras support open gate recording to varying degrees. A feature also seen in some of Canon’s cinema DSLR cameras, open gate recording shoots using the full height and width of a camera’s sensor without cropping.

In the case of the Mission 1 cameras, the sensor’s open gate setting records in a 4:3 ratio, which you can then crop for different formats in the edit suite. For example, you could shoot some skiing footage that captures the widest possible view, and then find the framing while editing to suit a 16:9 or a 9:16 video, depending on the platform.

For the Mission 1 Pro cameras, 8K at 30fps open gate recording is possible, while the standard Mission 1 model supports 4K at 120fps. There’s a bit of editing flexibility, too, with HLG and 10-bit colour recording file formats available to use.

GoPro estimates that the battery life of its new cameras lasts upwards of five hours, largely driven by what’s being advertised as a more energy-efficient GP3 processor.

GoPro hasn’t shared the price of the Mission 1 range yet. That information is set to be revealed this weekend, ahead of pre-orders opening via GoPro on 21 May.

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