I messed up taking a time lapse using my hero sessions. Showered it with sparks. Won’t take heat, trust me. So I thought I’d upgrade and got the Hero 7 Black. For lack of a better avenue I wanted to share my experience so far. Few days after getting the camera I took three time warps totaling maybe 20 min of run time. Four separate ones. Each one left the camera hot. And Killed the battery. When I charged it and turned the camera on I got a black screen that was powered on. Just no video. Hit every button. Had to pull the battery and reinsert and repower to get it back on. Today I went to the lake and bragged on my new camera. Turned it on and nothing but a black screen no responsive. Took the battery out and back in. Functioning. Got home and took three, five minute long videos with my head mount. Almost killed the battery. Took it off to plug in. Camera almost burnt my fingers it was so hot.
Is this normal? Black screens and intense heat? I love the camera it’s just these few things a few days out of the box that make me wary of a $250 purchase. Hoping to get community feedback but more importantly Gopros answer if this is normal for the camera to get so hot it won’t even charge. It is now it has cooled. But I don’t think this is what it’s supposed to do two days out of the box.
Waterproof is what I was going for. Bought my sessions second hand. Loved the gopro so much I wanted to replace it and can’t afford the 8. But don’t make sense that the camera should get to almost 100 degrees just recording a normal video. Need some help.
