GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition

VIDEO. The GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition takes only fair video, lower quality than many Action camcorders. Pictures were sharp though not as much as the better models, which means you can see much but not all details and subtle patterns in the image. In low-light situations, the video was only fair: fairly dim, soft and grainy. It captures full HD video at 1920x1080.

AUDIO. It captures good audio in mono, better than most.

PHOTO QUALITY. In Photo mode it captures at best 10-megapixel stills with good quality.

LENS. The lens has a fixed focal length; it has no zoom capability.

IMAGE STABILIZER. This model lacks image stabilizer, so your images may look shaky.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. It survived our repeated-drop test. It survived being dunked in 3 feet of water for 30 minutes when used with its waterproof enclosure. This model is smaller and much lighter than the average action camcorder.

The GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition is a 2.1-megapixel camcorder with no optical zoom. It lacks an LCD. The camcorder has a maximum aperture of f/2.8. The camcorder allows manual white balance.

The GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition stores video and photos on MicroSD, MicroSDHC and MicroSDXC memory cards and has no internal storage. It captures full HD video as H.264 files at a resolution of 1920x1080 at 60p frames per second and 10-megapixel resolution stills as JPG files.

The GoPro Hero3+ Silver Edition measures 2.4 inches wide by 1.6 inches high by 1.2 inches in length, and weighs 0.2 pounds. With its included enclosure it measures 2.8 inches wide by 2.8 inches high by 1.5 inches in length, and weighs 0.3 pounds.