Insta360 X3 – BETTER than GOPRO?

22 thoughts on “Insta360 X3 – BETTER than GOPRO?”

1. you did inane view- see ya!,Matt. :))

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2. very great video, Matt! very detailed and well thought out. I have the one X2 and am very happy with it from a creative standpoint, there's so much you can do!! thank you so much for creating this video! 😁

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3. I am New to your channel great reviews!

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4. Great review!

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6. correction: single lens 4k does NOT allow active HDR (for now)

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7. This might seem like a silly question but does it take 360 photos too?

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8. I think that it's best used in situations where the reframing and general creativity possibilities outweigh the inevitable quality loss you get when cropping in from the 360 degree original image – even Insta360 say that the quality of a typical reframe is 1080p. When comparing that with genuine conventional 4K images, no amount of bitrate is going to help. Apart from the creativity element, there's also what could be thought of as the social element – when you are making a video of a family party, or a walk in the woods with your partner or kids or both, or you are soaking up the atmosphere at an amazing tourist location, with the X3 you can fully participate in the event or place, while not having to have your eyes glued to a screen or viewfinder. To me, that's worth a bit of quality loss too.

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9. What you think about lens guards?)

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10. Not better in IQ! But way better in versatility!

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11. Are you using a wireless mic setup.. if yes then pls share the details..

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12. Oh my goodness!! I am wanting one of these sooo bad! Going to have to save up my YT money for this. Thanks so much for a wonderful demo of what this little gem is capable of. It would be such an asset to both my channels.

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13. 2 difference
    1:if you are vlogger don't want speedy video & and explore any city in day you should buy 360
    2: if you make a video in speed or you need best pixel in day night straight forward you buy hero 7 or hero 8 this is overall best camera

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14. How did you get such good audio quality with the 360 x3 footage? Lapel Mic with Rode Wireless?

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15. Another dud from insta360 for me, been waiting for a better quality version of their cameras to come out and again this new one is not it at all

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16. You're comparing Apples with Ferraris here!

    A 360 Camera is NOT the same as a traditional Action Camera… at all. They are fundamentally different.

    Yes, a 360 camera is for capturing Action, but it's for capturing Action in scenarios where a conventional single-perspective camera cannot.

    If you're using a 360 camera as a lazy way of skipping the requirement of composition and framing, then you're ABUSING a 360 camera for purposes for which it was definitively NOT intended.

    A 360 camera is for capturing footage in scenarios where composition and framing at the point of shooting is NOT possible (for example, solo-shooting when on skiis, or skates, or skydiving etc… where you have the need to capture "variable-perspective footage" but CAN'T logically, reasonably, practically or PHYSICALLY attach multiple framed and composited cameras to capture those variable perspectives simultaneously.

    What a 360 camera is NOT for is typical PoV video, vlogging, capturing framed shots with super high resolution and quality.

    You wouldn't for example, substitute a fixed-perspective camera (be it an action camera, your phone, a DSLR or Mirrorless camera) in situations where you could just as easily use one of those.

    You complained that the X3 needs higher bitrates, but that's actually not true either. 5.7K 360 footage is being captured at 200mbps (FYI, on a desktop, you can export the 360 equirectangular footage at 200mbps… which is higher bitrate and ultimately quality than with the mobile App), which is extremely reasonable. Typical 4K action cameras actually record at lower bitrates, but they're only capturing footage from a fixed perspective, not stitching two spherical images together to produce an equirectangular 360 shot.

    The Single Camera Mode on an X3 does provide 4K capture and output as you've said, and it is SIMILAR to a typical fixed-perspective 4K Action Camera… but, again, this is NOT the same as recording 4K footage from a traditional Action Camera, or even from a quality modern smartphone camera. This is because the lens and sensor in a 360 camera are designed to capture 180 degrees… not 135-160 degrees like on a typical fixed-perspective Action Camera or smartphone camera.
    What's actually happening behind the scenes is that the software on the camera is performing "lens correction" on the footage to provide a fixed-perspective shot where the perspective is comparable to a fixed-perspective lens (with the lower viewing angle). This causes some data loss, cropping, and even interpolated stretching within the crop.
    Basically, the 4K video you're getting isn't "true 4K" footage. Yes, it's a 4K resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio… but the image you see in each frame is a "manipulated" image, which has been cropped in and "deform corrected" to eliminate the barrel warping you would otherwise see from a 180 degree fish-eye lens.

    Ultimately, you should always use the best tool for the job… instead of seeking one tool that can do it all.

    If you're trying to capture something that cannot reasonable (or physically) be captured with a fixed-perspective camera (or multiple cameras), that's where a 360 camera comes in.
    If you're just trying to be lazy and eliminate the need to compose and frame shots at the point of shooting… well, you're going to compromise on quality as a consequence of that decision.

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17. Yeah GoPro Max still better.

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18. I feel the Insta360’s slight loss in quality is more that compensated for by the ability to “shoot now and frame later” aspect. My conventional action camera is best used when on a tripod doing a time-lapse or other “stay put” video. BUT … if filming action is what I want to do, I use the Insta-360 X3. I always feel I have multiple photographers capturing an action scene when I’m in post-processing and have so many options in framing.

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19. Brilliant review

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20. Wow amazing..baka naman po🙏 New subscriber tnx

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21. How to get rid of the fish-eye effect?

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22. Much better than gopro

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