The 4K Boost lens can be purchased as an upgrade ($300) and connected to your Insta360 One R, and you can cease there. You’d get the higher-resolution sensor, and every part else would stay the identical.
Photograph: Insta360
However, as I famous above, the largest drawback with the One R was that some of the motion digicam must-have options—like picture stabilization—had been tightly coupled with Insta360’s cellular enhancing utility. Because I favor to edit video on a bigger display, utilizing software program of my alternative, I at all times disliked this facet of the system. Clearly I’m not alone, as a result of the core module of the brand new One RS has been upgraded with built-in help for Insta360’s FlowState stabilization system and horizon lock. There’s no must run your footage by the Insta360 cellular app simply to get stabilized video.
If you are upgrading from the One R, which means you can purchase simply the core bundle ($270) and stick together with your present 360 or 1-inch lenses. However, when you seize the entire system, you may additionally get a bigger battery and a a lot improved case along with the brand new modules.
On the One R, you wanted the case to waterproof the digicam and to connect it to any mounts you may need, however it was fiddly and awkward to get on and off. The new case is far simpler to make use of. You slide the physique into place by the facet, which signifies that you probably have the 1-inch Leica lens module you now not must take off the lens cowl to get it in and out of the case. For me, that alone makes the total digicam system definitely worth the improve.
There’s additionally now an adjunct to connect an exterior microphone, which isn’t backward appropriate. The One RS has a further mic port. I examined this with a Rode wi-fi mic and, as you’d count on, audio high quality was noticeably higher than what you get from the digicam. The less complicated case additionally makes altering batteries much less of a trouble.
Hold the Apps
I do know I stated I did not like utilizing the app. But what I actually did not like is passing my video by the app simply to get the picture stabilization. Now that that occurs within the digicam, the app feels much less cumbersome and allows you to deal with enhancing your 360 footage. That’s the place it actually shines.
I nonetheless actually just like the Auto Frame characteristic, which parses by your clips and makes use of artificial-intelligence-powered picture recognition and monitoring to border pictures for you. It’s the quickest approach I do know of to show 360 footage into one thing you may truly share with pals. Even when it would not get precisely what you need, it provides you a superb place to begin to return and refine it by hand to get the shot you needed.
So all that stated, do you have to get this or the GoPro? It’s a bit of a false comparability. To me, these are very totally different cameras with very totally different objectives. If you simply need an motion digicam, get the GoPro Hero 10. It’s smaller, lighter, and shoots barely higher video.
On the opposite hand, if you’d like a GoPro and a 360 digicam in a single package deal, the Insta360 is the system to get. Yes it is bulkier and considerably heavier, and the picture stabilization is not fairly pretty much as good, however it provides you choices. It is available in a spread of configurations. The 4K version has the brand new 4K Boost lens with the brand new core and new battery, and will set you again $300. If you need the 360 lens as properly, and when you’re new to the system, you need the Twin version at $550. The 1-inch version comes with the 360 lens and the Leica-designed 1-inch lens, and additionally prices $550.
Personally, since I export video at 4K anyway (typically 1080p), the video high quality trade-off is negligible. If you need 360 video, get this digicam. It’s the very best of each worlds. Assuming you need each worlds, of course.
