GoPro’s first mirrorless is coming – and creators will only have to wait until next month to get hands-on with one. During an update to investors, GoPro Founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman revealed that the company’s first mirrorless camera, the Mission 1 Pro ILS, will be debuting in September.
GoPro has already teased the upcoming ILS, but Woodman’s statement narrows down when the upcoming camera will arrive, as previous announcements only indicated a “third quarter” announcement.
Woodman’s confirmation of the Mission 1 Pro ILS timeline, however, also reveals a new detail: The Mission 1 Pro ILS will come with several tools for previewing shots and checking focus, including a new app for pro-grade monitoring tools.
Dubbed the GoPro Mission Monitor App, the app is coming to the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad and serves as a tool for previewing and monitoring footage from GoPro’s upcoming mirrorless camera.
“Mission 1 Pro ILS supports more than 300 readily available Micro Four Thirds lenses along with GoPro’s award-winning in-camera HyperSmooth video stabilization,” Woodman said. “The combination of HyperSmooth video stabilization with such a broad range of lens options in a small, durable 8K camera body has created enormous excitement and anticipation within the industry. And customers will only have to wait until next month to get their hands on it when Mission 1 Pro ILS launches in September.”
The Mission 1 Pro houses the same 50MP one-inch sensor as the already available Mission 1 Pro, with 8K30p and 4K120 open gate, jumping up to 8K60 and 4K240 without open gate. But the ILS pairs that same sensor with a Micro Four Thirds mount.
The ILS mix of a one-inch sensor and Micro Four Thirds mount gives the camera a 3x crop factor. The ILS is manual focus only, but GoPro is targeting the camera towards run-and-gun filmmakers and cinema creators looking for a mountable rig that still has swappable lens flexibility.
Woodman did not share an expected date beyond “September” for the ILS's arrival.
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