So now we have another wonderful product from insta360, which is the most recent and finest 360 degree camera.
and I have to admit that before I even get into this box, I watched some of the clips on their YouTube channel, and my goodness has 360 come a long way they've had to build out all this software that's necessary to take advantage of it and now it's so much smoother than some of the last times that I had experimented with it like some of the stuff they're doing with the car shots is just like I gotta watch it a few times and be like wait where did the camera where is the
So, let's have a look around the gadget itself, and you can see some of the situations you might use it for. You could just use it for vlogging extreme activities, such as skiing, or you could use it for group gatherings.
One of the reasons that 360 is now kind of the go-to for action related footage is that you don't have to frame anything you're capturing everything and then just figuring out what you want your video to look like and where you want the point of view to be as opposed to not getting the shot in the first place because you were busy capturing only a portion of the activity instead of all 360 degrees here for uh like a motorcycle of course I mentioned previously
So, what are they saying here? 360-degree capture at 5.7 k resolution flow state stability in steadicam mode selfie stick that is invisible That's the removal of the selfie stick from the frame so you don't see it it just vanishes inside of their software they have software for your smartphone but also for your desktop depending on how you choose to edit it is waterproof up to 10 meters ai based editing so some of the editing functionality is taken care of by the app now this also has a horizon lock feature similar to the 360 go 2 which I recently featured on the channel so This can be really disorienting in point of view content if that happens, so horizon lock takes that concern out of it sensors and the software are capable of just keeping that portion locked even when the camera turns, spins, or pivots it's also got a touch screen for mic array while you're doing 360 video you've got to be doing 360 audio as well it's got a hyper lapse feature and voice control is in there
However, it suits here aesthetically and functionally because you're collecting 360 degrees. It also fits the design. There's a button over here, a tiny led indicator, and you can see the microphone down below there microphone here. This side has a microphone, this side has a microphone, and the whole thing seems very solid.
uh fairly ruggedized now as mentioned they say it's waterproof to what was it they said it's waterproof to 10 meters 32 feet but then also I mean i'm just guessing looking at it here it could probably deal with some bumps and bruises because it has this rubberized finish on the outside like it could look pretty decent on the bottom here you have a quarter inch
connector so that'll connect it to a selfie stick or to a permanent location like a a little paperwork some stickers um microfiber cloth to clean the lenses that's another important thing to remember because these lenses protrude out from the camera body you're going to want to give them a quick wipe because you want the best image quality possible so you give them a quick wipe with the little microfiber keep it clean
This is a little neoprene style case so extra padding on there and I guess you just yeah there you go simple stuff so even more protection there when you travel I mean the whole thing is quite small 5.7 k capable 360 camera easily into the pocket and you're just really not going to worry about it that much I saw some of their clips they got it hanging out the window you know with the selfie stick it's just the whole thing is quite compact and has a sturdy feelin
The car footage is probably the coolest thing they've done with it so far because you can get down by the tire down by the rim and still move the shot to the other side you can have these crazy moves go with it and then just as quickly swing up to a high point of view and really just capture perspectives that previously would have required a separate crew to achieve like you'd have to have some sort of car following or a drone it's actually in there
good enough So the key here with this device is ruggedness, as I mentioned before, they expect you to get out there and get into extreme sports situations, so that's exactly what we ended up doing take it over to the skate park and not worry too much about it with the rubberized finish on the outside and also kind of uh giving you the opportunity to shoot by yourself of yourself without the need to reframe shots It's actually wild what you can do with 360 coverage and then go in and edit the video inside the app where you can see this insane number of different modes and editing processes you can do like clone trail split jump flash dash I mean this expansive list over here that really lets you express whatever you want through this 360 capture so even though it's 360 at first and you can look at it in like a tiny planet mode and see everything that you captured the real opportunity is to capture everything that you captured.
You can do anything within the app, which is convenient for social networking. Since you're most likely posting from your smartphone anyways, you can quickly get an edited clip and then push it out and post it. It's really up to you, you just capture the shot and then figure out what you want to do with it after the fact now this particular example obviously focuses on skateboarding and shooting yourself doing it but there's so many examples on the insta 360 youtube page of like shooting cars where you can get these impossible shots or at least previo There are hyper lapse edits that feel like hollywood level camera moves and pace to it there's just like I said it's endless if you're a creative type you can dive in there and truly configure whatever type of shot that you're looking for and the angle here 360 camera as opposed to the typical action camera is that you have way more flexibility after the back because you're capturing everything instead of one strict field of view which would require more input from you
and I'm sure anyone who's used an action camera has missed the action at some point or another when you're shooting 360 now you know you've got it and if you're going to need to zoom or reframe after the fact no problem you can do so now I should also remind you about the giveaway that insta360 is doing i'll have a link down in the description of this video as well as some details on how you can win your very own insta360 one x2 and an iphone
Another important feature of this device is the ability to track moving subjects, and not just people, as evidenced by the ability to track a dog running quite quickly or a human or some other human yourself. It's actually quite smart in that it can figure out which object you want to track and then lock onto it.
The editing process is this process of setting up different frames as you can see Mo did in this particular clip. It's important to note in this clip that you can't see the selfie stick so that thing completely vanishes it is subtracted and the whole thing ends up looking pretty natural and it actually looks not only like you have a separate camera man but also that that separate camera man is fairly talented to be able to move himself around the skateboard now. Another thing you can do within the program when editing your footage is changing the aspect ratio to a format that may be more appropriate for whichever platform you wish to submit to.
So there you have it, the insta360 one x2 pocket 360 steadicam. I'll remind you one more time that you can win one of these insta360s in a giveaway of a 1x2 and an iphone. The details for that giveaway will be in the description of this video, so make sure to check that out.
