The other day adventuring Hadong in Korea, I realized that my iPhone SE was dead (forgot to charge it the prior night), so I just took my GoPro Hero 10 and the RICOH GR IIIX, and had insane fun!
Why GoPro?
First of all, just shooting the solo ‘Super Photo’ mode, in ultra-wide, I find it more fun and satisfying than just shooting with an iPhone.
Why GoPro over iPhone?
A simple thought:
With an GoPro, you cannot immediately share it, thus, you are more focused in the moment.
I find that iPhone is insanely good and easy and streamlined (you just shoot the photos, and video, and immediately send it), but the downside of this:
Less focused on enjoying the moment.
Then it seems the upside of a GoPro is the delayed satisfaction — the excitement of going home, and looking at your photos and videos again later, and using that opportunity to digest your thoughts, experiences.
For example the other day we took a day trip in Hadong, and went to see the green tea fields. The color rendition of the ‘super photo’ in-camera processing of the GoPro is quite stunning–very rich and juicy colors.
It is insanely wide
It seems the GoPro hero is even *wider* than the iPhone Pro in ultra-wide mode:
