My GoPro 9 has had a reasonable amount of use over the past few years, but I've never been enamoured with it. It seems that every second time I take it out, it screws me over somehow. If it's not failing reconnect to my phone if I've been rude enough not to use it for a couple of weeks, it has a wonderful habit of giving me SD card errors during a dive, or deciding to corrupt videos never to be seen again. And just this weekend, after 25 seconds of recording at the start of the dive it froze up - screen stayed on and viewfinder was updating, but neither the record nor power buttons were responsive either to push or long holds. After the dive I had to remove the battery to get it working again.

And these things happen with SanDisk Extreme, Ultra, and Extreme Pro SD cards, so I'm not exactly cheaping out on SD cards. Some of these cards have worked flawlessly in my DJI Mini 4 drone.

I've been considering an upgrade to a GoPro 13, but I'm really struggling to find a good reason not to ditch GoPro in favour of a DJI Action 4 - there's a good deal going at the moment - has anyone else had similar experiences with GoPro 9 (or similar vintage) GoPros that have improved in the later ones? Or do I just cut GoPro loose and try the DJI.

Given that the action cam is just a secondary that usually sits atop my mirrorless housing, I'm not sure the the noted edge distortion which has been reported on the DJIs is too much of a concern for me.

[Edit: few grammatical errors]

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by stiebs

I've had several GoPros and I've never had a problem. You probably got a faulty one.

For your use case, just grab the best deal you find.

DJI's frame distortions can be mitigated by using a smaller FOV.