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- It's like the size of my thumb.
What's up?
Today we are reviewing the brand new Insta360 Go 2.
Now for those of you I think
that have never even heard of the Insta360 GO
or seen these cameras,
I am an average Caucasian,
183 centimetered white male.
This is my thumb, It's nothing extraordinary long.
This is the camera.
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Before I dive into details of the things I enjoy
and things I don't enjoy about this camera.
This camera is so fun to create
mobile first social media content.
And that in a nutshell is who I think
this camera bests speaks to.
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What's up guys?
My name is Jake Rich.
I'm in travel filmmaker and content creator.
And if you haven't already checked out this video up here,
or it's up here in the cards.
My beautiful partner and I, Anna, were super fortunate
to be able to create a showcase piece
with the brand new Insta360 GO 2
We created a little travel film in Tulum (Mexico)
because that's where all... because it was fun.
And that's where we could get to
as travel content creators in 2020.
I'd love for you to see sort of what we got
up to and what this camera's capable of.
Cause I think that really does showcase
exactly what the GO 2 is capable of.
But today in this video,
I'm going to give you my first impressions,
thoughts, and feelings about working
with probably the world's smallest action camera.
Having a quick sneaky peak at what's in the box.
First up is some sort of magnet
hidden amongst complex folds of cardboard
that I'm clearly unable to open with ease, be warned.
Yes, I remember my first unboxing.
- [Anna] Ooh, I love a good unboxing.
- [Jake] With a clean and satisfying rip of a sticker,
the camera connects to the pendant, magnetic pendant,
and we're onto the next item.
More cardboard and presumably instructions.
We'll leave those for you to munch on yourself.
Let's have a look at this big fat white box.
Okay, it's matte textured, smooth in the hand.
Has a USBC input and a 3mm screw mount.
Next up, a magnetic hat clip.
Pretty handy for all kinds of POV.
Back to the box though.
Letting the camera's slide on in, fits like a glove.
Tapping through the menu we've got
video mode, photo mode, pro video mode, time shift,
time lapse, HDR video mode, Slow-mo, a settings option.
And we're back to the beginning.
Last couple of gadgets
looks like your standard USBC charger cable.
Yeah, and finally, another mount
which probably could be used as a selfie stick.
It seems to have a ball and socket joint,
and adhesive section.
And for size comparison, here's the Insta360 GO 2
up next to the latest GoPro HERO 9 black.
Quite small.
Oh, there's one other mount
that isn't part of the box that we were using
when we were creating our showcase.
And that's this little, it's like a little housing for it
so you can connect it to a selfie stick.
You can connect it to GoPro mounts.
It's like your traditional action camera mount.
You can use a whole heap of other accessories like we did.
I used this to create a bite mount.
I used this to create the selfie stick, loads of stuff.
It's something that you can get through Insta360's website.
On the box, Insta360 labeled this
as a multi-use charge case
having three purposes, one being storage,
two being a remote, and three being a tripod.
Totally get the tripod element.
That's pretty basic.
It's pretty simple.
You can see the camera just sits up on the top there.
We haven't yet been able to use it as a remote.
Basically, if we wanted to fire or trigger anything
from the camera outside of the charge case, like this,
we would just use the phone through the app.
I was using an earlier beta version
when we first created our showcase.
So, maybe that's something that is now possible.
This button here activates record and there's four commands.
So you can hit it once, you can double tap.
You can long hold once, and you can long hold twice.
So there's four commands
which means you can program in four presets.
I have programmed this to just always shoot pro video
because that is hands down
my favorite feature of this camera.
And I'm going to talk about that more later in the video.
And quickly touching on my least favorite feature,
and that's anything other than mobile workflow.
So top three things that I absolutely love
about this camera.
Number one, is the form factor.
You can't deny that having a camera
the size of your thumb is cool.
It can literally go everywhere with you.
And obviously how well this actual lens responds
to the range of conditions that we put it through.
The third part that I absolutely loved
about this camera is its stability.
It's so stable for something so small.
You would think like, Oh, a camera that size,
course it's going to be shaky footage.
It's not shaky one bit.
It is super, super stable.
You do not need a gimbal.
You can literally just go out
and create fun social media content.
And the final thing which I like about this camera
is pro res video.
It gives you this option to shoot in one mode
which you can then, you know, after the fact,
when you come to edit on the Insta360 app
gives you a slew of options.
For example, here's a little clip
that Anna and I created for an Instagram story.
But the coolest part is that it doesn't just have to be
in the 9:16 aspect ratio.
It can be in 1:1 or 16:9.
Let's say you want to go out
and just create a little bit of social media content.
You want to mobile first edit something,
you want to go out and create a little vlog of your day,
which is something that I just did earlier today.
I just pretty much shot in pro video,
then edited everything on my phone
and export that content in 9:16.
So in vertical.
The coolest part about that is that
the video is not just in vertical.
If I want to export that video for a travel film,
or use that content for any other purpose,
I can just whack the GO 2 onto my computer,
import those pro video files, and I've got,
I've got 16:9 frame.
On to the not so fun stuff.
The stuff that maybe makes this camera less desirable
for certain creators.
For those of you that are NOT looking to be mobile first,
if you're looking to use more professional gear
to edit and post produce content on your desktop,
the user experience of a product like this
is not as desirable.
And the reason why I say that is because
in comparison to other user experiences of action cameras,
you have an SD card.
You can pull the SD card out,
you can just whack it into your computer and away you go.
That is something that I found more challenging
with this product.
Any tech first device that solely requires wifi,
I always have a little bit of a qualm with,
especially in the action cam world.
And I say this because
it definitely makes you think twice about, you know,
using the camera for rugged action purposes.
Let's say you're FPV droning
and you crash your FPV drone, and you smash the camera.
How do you intend to get the footage
off the little action camera?
There's no SD card that you can detach.
I guess I have a workflow that's not mobile friendly.
I started to question whether I would do as rugged,
or as crazy, or reckless things
with this because I can't access the SD card.
There's only [32GB] or 28 gigs of internal memory.
So for those of you that go out and create, you know,
like loads and loads of vlogging content
this camera probably isn't going to suit you.
And I say that because, some days I'll go
out and shoot 50 gigs of content on an action camera.
And then if I filled up that SD card
I can put in another SD card (without exporting anything).
So a huge limitation to this device is the fact
that you only have a set amount of storage.
And that set amount of storage is only accessible
through wifi, or, you know
if you plug in the USBC and connect it to your laptop.
Another thing which isn't quite practical
is the fact that the camera only has this one button.
Let's say, you're going out to shoot something in the water.
Obviously you're not taking the charge case.
That can be a little bit of like, I dunno
like a new language,
because sometimes you'll say,
okay I want to go shoot a time lapse
and you click the button
and you think it's shooting a time-lapse
and it's just shooting standard video.
Because there's no screen, you know, like there's no actual
that's just a pain point in itself.
Especially if you've worked with a camera
where you know exactly what you're setting up.
The area that I found a little bit frustrating
was the fact that I just couldn't review the footage
from the device.
You know, we don't always have our mobile phone on us.
And, you know, even if you're framing up your shot,
you don't really know what you're capturing.
Yes, shooting in pro video was awesome
because it captured everything.
So, you know, I could reframe, resize, and post.
But it would just be nice if you could just see the content
without having to connect it to your mobile phone.
You know, you look at the other action cameras
and they've come from not having these
these screens, led screens, to having them now.
And there's a really good purpose for them.
Like even having a front facing screen
on the newer action cameras, they're super valuable
just for framing up and making sure
that you nail your content.
So there's lots of pros,
there's lots of cons to this camera.
But where I think it sits best
is for someone that's just looking to go out
and create some really fun mobile first content.
For anyone that's looking to create
higher resolution content, 4K or 5K shots,
maybe those features do really impact (and influence)
the way that you work with the product.
So Insta360 have created a rad little mobile friendly
Insta360 GO 2.
I think it's a cool upgrade from the Insta360 GO.
Hope this video has given you some insight
and understanding as to whether this is the camera for you.
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Chaio, peace!
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