GoPro Mission 1 ILS Review: A Bad GoPro and a Worse Camera
The GoPro Mission 1 ILS is a chimera of a camera, and it should have been kept in the lab from which it spawned. It’s the first action camera of its kind with swappable third-party lenses, and as cool as that may sound, it’s worse than the sum of its parts. It fails at being a durable GoPro, and it’s not a great video tool for professionals, either.
- ▪The GoPro Mission 1 ILS is a chimera of a camera, and it should have been kept in the lab from which it spawned.
- ▪It’s the first action camera of its kind with swappable third-party lenses, and as cool as that may sound, it’s worse than the sum of its parts.
- ▪It fails at being a durable GoPro, and it’s not a great video tool for professionals, either.
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The GoPro Mission 1 ILS is a chimera of a camera, and it should have been kept in the lab from which it spawned. It’s the first action camera of its kind with swappable third-party lenses, and as cool as that may sound, it’s worse than the sum of its parts. It fails at being a durable GoPro, and it’s not a great video tool for professionals, either. When I sat down to write my previous GoPro $700 Mission 1 Pro review, I had to consider who would need GoPro’s latest, most expensive, durable shooter. That camera actually has an audience—the people who want a traditional (though high-quality) GoPro experience without having to opt for a 360 camera.
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