GoPro Hero 11
Also known as: Hero 11, Hero 11 Black
GoPro's 2022 flagship action camera, the first with a taller 8:7 sensor that lets one recording be reframed later for wide or vertical use.
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What it means
The Hero 11 Black arrived in September 2022 and kept the body and mounting fingers of the two models before it. The change was inside: a larger sensor with an 8:7 shape, almost square, instead of the usual 16:9.
That taller sensor is the headline. Recording the full 8:7 area means a single clip can later be cropped to a widescreen frame or a Vertical video (9:16) for phones without filming twice.
It also brought 10-bit color to GoPro for smoother skies and more room in the grade. Many riders still use it because the gap to the GoPro Hero 12 that followed is small in everyday shooting.
How it works in practice
For riding, 5.3K or 4K at 60 frames per second with HyperSmooth on is a sensible default. The 8:7 mode suits footage you plan to reframe; plain 16:9 gives files ready to use as they are.
The Enduro battery helps in the cold, but long sessions still drain it. Many owners run the camera from a Power bank on a tripod or desk, which works with the side door open and is not waterproof.
For clean voice, the Media Mod or a USB-C mic adapter connects an external or Wireless microphone receiver, which matters a lot for Self-filming and talking to camera.
What to watch out for
High resolution and high frame rates heat the body up, especially when it sits still with no airflow. Expect a shutdown on a hot table long before it happens on a moving bike.
A battery that dies mid-recording can leave the last clip without its index, the Moov atom, so the file will not open. Swap batteries between runs, not during them.
The full 8:7 view looks odd if published uncropped. It is a source format, and the wide distortion at the edges needs a crop or a lens setting chosen on purpose.
How RawClip handles it
Hero 11 files go into RawClip straight off the card: 5.3K, 4K or 1080p, H.264 or HEVC, alongside clips from any other camera. The .LRV and .THM side files are skipped. Stabilization stays with HyperSmooth in the camera, since RawClip does not stabilize or reframe the 8:7 view.