Insta360 X3 Waterproof Action Camera - 5.7K 360, 72MP Photos, Stabilization, Touch Screen, AI Editing, Streaming, Webcam, Voice Control, 64GB Card

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It costs slightly less than the GoPro Max, although you can generally now find that dated camera for less online, while the Ricoh Theta X seems extortionate by comparison.

Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Whether or not it’s worth the money compared to Insta360’s other products depends very much on how useful you think 360-degree footage is. It has only increased slightly in depth, at 180 g the action cam is around 30 g heavier than the One X2.While I liked the modular Insta360 One RS, it was a small upgrade on the original One R, and the recent One X 1-inch edition – a modular 360 camera with 1in sensors – was far too bulky and expensive. The modular cameras have tiny little square screens, while in the Insta360 One X2 there is a small round porthole instead. We'll also point to the Insta360 One RS for folks who aren't quite sold on the 360-degree concept but want to try it out. It’s the one quirk of the Insta360 interface: needing to disambiguate between horizontal swipes and similar swipes that begin at the screen’s end. Tight textures like gravel, tree leaves and the patina of old walls get filled in with too many unnatural-looking straight and horizontal patterns.

A new voice control algorithm makes it easier to control the X3 when your camera is mounted out of reach. This upgraded version features a bigger battery and a larger screen than previous models, plus voice control.Rather than attaching the X3’s mounting accessories, I used the provided Selfie Stick and walked around in the sunny Bahrain paddock. Its sharpness is significantly better than the single lens mode of the GoPro Max, which is limited to 1080p.

It’s an incredibly crucial part of how you use the X3 camera, and it works wonderfully, with little concern about the camera's safety or missing the perfect shot. Scan Computers International Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Register no. Subscribe to the What’s The Best Newsletter to keep up to date with more of the latest reviews and recommendations from the What’s The Best team. If you have any further queries relating to the products or anything else; please don't hesitate to contact our friendly team of experts.Desktop editors can also take advantage of plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Apple Final Cut Pro X if they prefer, but it's also possible to change the projection and look of your 360 video and set keyframes for pans and other simulated camera moves within the spherical frame, from right within the desktop software.

Unleash your creativity with 360° capture, or shoot 72MP stills - and sharing is quick for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and more. One of the best things about the Insta360 during testing was the 'Quick Start' and 'Quick Standby' buttons. The footage from Bahrain wasn’t blown out, and the X3 was able to balance the cloudless skies with the sandstone buildings while keeping all the detail you’d want. Insta360 has also nailed one of the most important parts of the pocket 360-camera workflow – editing your footage is a blast, and only takes a few minutes for shorter clips once you have a grip on the fairly intuitive and wide-ranging tools. The additional pressures involved when moving through water means anything below fairly surface-level capture is a bit risky.However, we saw little obvious benefit after manually changing this to 4K resolution in the desktop Insta360 Studio software. Fully upgraded, immersive audio4 mics and an advanced new algorithm ensure X3’s audio is crisp, natural and balanced. Creators, adventurers and athletes can now make fun and viral-worthy content with ease, helping you capture content not possible with a smartphone or a traditional camera. It's painless, though; our Mac Studio ripped through the conversion process, which stitches the footage from the two lenses together and saves it in a standard H. Swipe gestures are available to switch to playback mode, access the main menu, and take manual control over exposure.