Of course, I was very interested to see how the 4K wide-angle module would compare to the newest GoPro Hero 8 Black. Insta360 ONE R Twin Edition Compared To GoPro Hero 8 Black BUT be aware that a UHS-I V30 SDHC card will not record in H265 using the 4K wide-angle module! You have to use an SDXC card to enable H265 recording.Ī fact I only found out on the ski-slopes. The Insta360 ONE R offers H265 codecs for both the 360° dual-lens module and the 4K wide-angle module, on their homepage the specs for the SD card are listing a UHS-I V30 card. However, from version 1.0.12 to 1.0.20 the stitching issues did not improve.Ī big part of the image quality of any cam is the codec. I shot the skiing scenes with firmware 1.0.12, the mountain bike scenes 3 weeks later with firmware version 1.0.20 and at the time of writing version 1.0.24 is out (a nightmare for any camera reviewer -)).
That’s why there is almost no audio in the footage. Even without any movement or wind, the quality is subpar, and once you start to have wind the audio is gone. Stitching problem with the 360° dual lens module on the Insta360 ONE RĪudio quality is very bad, unfortunately. I understand this is a difficult task, especially with electronic image stabilization activated – nevertheless I hope this will / can be improved in future firmware updates. Stitching is an issue, however – throughout the video footage you will notice where the images of the front and rear-facing cameras are stitched together, see a frame grab from the opening scene in the video below. My preference was to shoot in the log mode – here, the colors are not so oversaturated, and it is less contrasty which preserves a bit more highlight/shadow information. Also, the image stabilization, called “Flowstate” works very well. At the edges distortion is high and details suffer, depending also on the “distance” that you set in post – the more distance, the more spherical the image becomes and the more distortion/loss of detail is happening at the edges of the frame.Ĭolors are really good, auto exposure and white balance works very well and the images are not too noisy (more on that in the postproduction section below). Well done Insta!įull HD video frame grab from the 360° dual-lens module, using the invisible selfie stickĪs you can see from the FullHD video frame grab above, details are captured very well in the center of the image. Surprisingly the dual-lens module didn’t show scratches.
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Build Quality of the Insta360 ONE R Twin EditionĪll the parts feel very well made, the build quality is solid and it showed – I accidentally crashed the camera two times into rocky ground (firstly because a mount broke at full speed over rugged terrain on my mountain bike, and secondly I crashed as a whole … have a look at the video).
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Plus the battery (the red part in the image above).
The Twin Edition basically consists of a dual-lens 360° camera module, a 4K wide-angle action cam module and a recorder unit with a little LCD screen that can be mounted forward or rearward facing. It took a while to get this review out but I really wanted to use this camera for an extended period of time (2 months) to get acquainted with all aspects including the various tools for post-production.įirst things first, I have to applaud Insta360 for coming up with such an innovative, modular design. I will concentrate on using this modular camera system while skiing and on the mountain bike. If you want to cut your footage you need at least two of these cams providing different point of views.
Now there is, of course, the issue with traditional action cams that you decide for a specific framing of your shot while mounting the cam in a certain position. More recently all the cams started to offer higher framerates and very good image stabilization – 4K at 60 frames per second, FullHD at 240 fps and a good color science – perfect for outdoor sports like skiing and mountain biking! What I love about these cams is the fact that they are super small, can be mounted almost anywhere and provide a decent image quality. Over the last years, I have used a lot of action cams, starting with the GoPro Hero 2 back in 2011, as well as some of the cheaper Chinese knock off’s but including also serious contenders like DJI. When my colleague Nino asked me to have a detailed look at the new Insta360 ONE R Twin Edition I gave it a shot and was pleasantly surprised … is this the future of action cams? I thought of them mainly as a nice gimmick not worth spending too much time on. So far, 360° cameras have not really caught my interest.
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