Got a GoPro Hero4 to record some video for YouTube. It's a great camera. Small, waterproof, great quality video, a ton of different mounting types.
The Hero4 I have has an odd issue where videos recorded with WiFi enabled have ticking sound throughout the recording. Googling for the issue turned up a ton of similar issues, some reported a year ago across a range of GoPro cameras. It was surprising to me that new models like the Hero4 would have the same issue.
Update: Received a replacement through Amazon, where I ordered it from, and it has the same issue. I had contacted GoPro but they won't do cross shipping, even if you offer to pay for the replacement. Without cross shipping it would have been a couple of weeks wait for the shipment there and back on a camera I've had for less than a week.
It seems like there might be something wrong with the design of these cameras and I'm surprised GoPro hasn't owned up to it. Its not a debilitating defect. WiFi does drain the battery at a pretty high rate. It is handy when previewing video and its certainly possible to forget to check if its off before recording. In any case I'll probably just try to make sure to keep WiFi off when recording, I'm not sure its worth the effort of returning it to GoPro if two new cameras have the same issue.
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