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What鈥檚 tiny, cubed, and can shoot video up to 1080p at 60 frames per second?

GoPro鈥檚 new camera, that鈥檚 what.

The latest member of the GoPro family, the Session has been hailed by some tech pundits as a marvel in redesign that stays true, for the most part, to the company鈥檚 to build 鈥渢he world鈥檚 most versatile cameras.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 not just a pretty new face,鈥� TechCrunch鈥檚 Matt Burns . 鈥淭his camera is a significant step forward for GoPro.鈥�

The most evident change is in size: At about 2.6 ounces and 1.5 inches all around, the Session is 50 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter than a Hero4 Black, GoPro鈥檚 top-of-the-line camera. Despite that, the Session is waterproof out of the box and submersible up to 33 feet without an additional case, Engadget鈥檚 James Trew .

The camera鈥檚 new dimensions allow it to go pretty much where no other GoPro can, while making it more manageable all around.

鈥淚 went swimming with it strapped on my back, and then on my chest,鈥� tech writer Brent Rose for Wired. 鈥淣ormally there鈥檚 so much drag on your standard GoPro that it bounces around on you, slowing you down and ruining your shot, but not with the Session. I could barely feel it, and the imagery turned out nice and smooth.鈥�

It鈥檚 also simple to use: A main power button doubles as a record button, while another controls the Session鈥檚 Wi-Fi setting, Sean O鈥橩ane for The Verge, who took the camera with him on a white water rafting trip in Colorado.

The design helps with battery life, he noted, an issue that GoPro has struggled with on its other products. 鈥淲hen I started the hour-and-a-half rafting trip, the Session had two-thirds of its battery life remaining,鈥� Mr. O鈥橩ane wrote. 鈥淸B]y the end, it had outlasted a fully charged Hero4 Black and Hero+ LCD.鈥�

Another innovation is a dual microphone setup that prevents the camera from picking up too much ambient noise or becoming too muffled, Endgadget's Mr. Trew wrote.

The Session also shoots 1440p video at 30 frames per second, 720p up to 100 frames per second, and, as mentioned earlier, 1080p at 60 frames per second. As for photos, it can shoot in 8-megapixel wide angle, or 5-megapixel medium, and comes with time lapse and burst modes.

That鈥檚 not a bad list of features for a camera its size, Trew noted, but it鈥檚 far from exhaustive.

The Session, for instance, can鈥檛 record in the ultra-high definition and high-speed captures modes that other GoPro cameras feature 鈥� an absence that a variety of reviewers took issue with. 聽

鈥淸T]his step backwards in video quality feels lackluster,鈥� Mr. Burns wrote for TechCrunch. 鈥淎t $400 the Session is not cheap. It lives in the higher-end of GoPro鈥檚 range, and therefore should have similar video recording capabilities.鈥�

鈥淓ven though the Session鈥檚 video quality is good enough, for $400, I want it to be better than good enough,鈥� he added.

Still, 鈥渢here鈥檚 a lot to love about the size and simplicity of the Session,鈥� O鈥橩ane noted. 鈥淚t fits in so many more places, the battery will last longer than any other GoPro ... and if you鈥檙e not obsessive about frame rates and resolutions you鈥檒l probably be just fine.鈥�

And that seems to be just want GoPro is going for.

鈥淚 think this is going to expand our customer base,鈥� company CEO Nick Woodman told The Verge. 鈥淚 think a lot of people still scratch their head when they look at our cameras.鈥�