GoPro Mission 1 Pro Review: The Best GoPro, Just Not the Best Camera

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. When you tell me your GoPro costs $700 ($600 for GoPro subscribers), you need to give me more than just another action camera. Unfortunately, for the brand that started the idea of mountable, rugged fixed-lens cameras, the Mission 1 Pro is still just another GoPro. From the get-go, GoPro positioned the Mission 1 Pro as not just a larger alternative to a Hero 13 Black, but a “compact cinematic camera system,” promising to be an alternative to some less-durable, professional-ready cameras, like a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. I have no doubt a high-end videographer may have use for the Mission 1 Pro, but if you’re only flooding your Instagram feed with your latest snowboarding adventure, do you really need one that’s “pro”-level? Probably not. The Mission 1 Pro takes the best footage of any action camera currently available. It's just not a perfect camera otherwise. That being said, is the Mission 1 Pro a good GoPro? Oh, hell yes it is. It’s easily the best action camera experience I’ve had—which it should, cons