- Oh don't fall, please don't fall.
- We are officially married now.
This is Mrs Nagata, isn't that weird?
(Carrie laughs)
Like you know how they say your wedding day
is like one of the happiest days of your life?
It's actually kind of true.
- It was.
- It kind of was awesome.
It was really, really awesome.
We had such a great time.
But yeah, right now we're currently filming on this
brand new insta360 x4 and we actually have another x4.
So I'm gonna try to film this entire video on the x4.
If I ever cut to a different camera,
like the iPhone or whatever, I will make sure I label it.
And I've actually had a decent amount of time
with these cameras.
I've had a chance to travel with it
to Japan and New York City.
But most importantly it was the camera that I decided
to use to film our wedding.
- I actually thought it was very smart.
It made it to where we could just plant it, forget it.
And if we did hand it to someone,
they didn't have to worry about what they were getting.
- A few years back when I officiated our friend
Jess and Zach's wedding, I planted the 360 camera
in different places throughout the night
and they could experience that day again in the headset.
Before our big day, I really wanted to make sure
that we capture some of those raw moments
even when things got kind of crazy and hectic.
And the reason why I think 360 cameras are so good
for things like this is because it's something that you can
record with and it doesn't really take away from the moment.
Bigger cinema cameras just require your full attention,
but then you have some smaller cameras or even your phone,
you're still looking at your phone
and experiencing everything through a screen.
It's still a distraction.
But what's great about 360 cameras is that you know
it's capturing everything and the thought of,
oh, am I getting the right angle
or do I have the right lens?
All these thoughts are not crossing your mind
'cause all you have to do is just set it down somewhere
and then 10 minutes later you go,
oh yeah, I forgot I was recording all this, cut.
Of course that means more post work afterwards
to do your reframing and all that.
But on days like a wedding day, who cares?
I just let that thing roll.
- It was fun 'cause then we got to like look around
and see what other people were doing.
- I don't wanna spoil all this footage yet
because I do want to put together a little wedding video.
What's up Sam?
- What's (indistinct) second?
- So what's the big new update?
Well, 8K resolution now, which usually I don't care
that much about 8K 'cause once you get past
a certain point, you can't really tell a difference.
But with 360 cameras it's kind of a different story
because I want to be able to capture me and Sam
and the ground and the ocean and these cliffs,
all these different angles, and then later just use
the part of the frame that I want to use.
So I'm recording myself right now
but also this lizard right here.
What's up little lizard?
So by starting with 8K we actually get to export in 4K now.
And one of the things I'm really excited about is,
is this quality good enough to do
like a interview setup now?
Like, hey Sam, how you doing?
- Pretty good, how are you man?
Do you like donuts?
- Well yeah, but I'm trying to be on a diet
and I think you are too, right?
- We're just talking about donuts.
We're not gonna get donuts.
What's your favorite donut?
- Now when I first heard that this camera was gonna have 8K,
I definitely had my doubts because there's so many
little cameras that come out or phones that say
8K resolution, but in the end they look like trash, right?
But this actually seems to have done it right
because now we have H.265 encoding which honestly I think
that's even more important than 8K
because now we have just much better compression.
We could make the data just so much more efficient.
File size efficiency is really nice, 'cause hard drives.
I feel like it's the one camera that's so easy to record
with that you get to enjoy the beauty that's right
in front of your eyes, like Sam spinning around on a pole.
(upbeat music)
So for my bachelor party, where did you take me, Sam?
- [Sam] To the muscle bar and you're welcome. (laughs)
This is in Tokyo and all the servers there
are much stronger than we were.
- [Gene] Oh, by far, they're all muscle mommies.
- [Sam] Muscle mommies? (laughs)
- [Gene] Yeah.
On the menu there's an option for them to slap.
- Why would we do that?
(Sam speaks Japanese)
- [Sam] Doesn't it help that you're like, hey,
if we tip you twice as much,
will you slap us twice as hard?
- Yeah.
She's like I'll do it for free.
(both laugh)
- Oh (beep).
(hand slaps)
- Oh!
- Took it personally.
I think she just had a rough day at work
and she's like, this is my whole,
this is where I can let it all out.
- Oh!
Not gonna lie, I legit like half blacked out
for a split second.
- You saw your whole life flash before your eyes?
All I hear is eee.
That's all I hear, I don't even know what you're saying.
- [Gene] So shout out to Muscle Girls,
definitely recommend it if you're in Tokyo.
You don't have to get slapped.
- [Carrie] I think you guys had a little too much fun.
- [Gene] Oh, I feel like we weren't the only ones
having fun.
(Carrie laughs)
Your face is still red.
- Yeah, I couldn't sleep on this side.
It just feels hot to the touch too.
It like stings a little.
- [Gene] It also in Japan, we were actually just using
the internal microphones on the camera
because we didn't feel like wearing microphones.
So we're at McDonald's in Japan
and we gotta try some churros.
- They don't have ice cream.
Even in Japan, the ice cream machine doesn't work.
- We're using the internal mic out of this camera right now.
We're not wearing microphones and...
Mm, there's corn and edamame.
- If we could become two foods it would be this.
- You mean corn and edamame?
- Yeah.
- But even the intro to this video,
yes, we were wearing microphones
but here's the sound quality straight off the internal,
off the camera.
You know how they say your wedding day is like
one of the happiest days of your life?
It's actually kind of true.
- It was.
- It kind of was awesome.
It was really, really awesome.
We had such a great time.
So in New York, basically everybody jaywalks
and it's not a problem.
If you jaywalk in Los Angeles though, instant ticket.
- Yeah.
- But of course it's gonna be case by case.
Like if it's really windy then it's gonna sound like this.
Lemme go ahead and switch the microphone,
look into the camera for a second
so you can hear the importance of having a good microphone.
We are wearing the wireless microphones now,
so hopefully that helps a little bit.
I mean, times like this where there's so much going on,
so many different noises like,
wireless mic is definitely important.
So there is a mount that goes onto the side of this x4
where you can use like a road wireless.
To accommodate for these bigger file sizes,
we have faster transfer speeds.
So wirelessly through the app.
- Dude, people ride their bikes fast here, dude.
- Dude, I know.
Almost as fast as the transfer speeds.
Okay, so we have actually USB 3.0
compared to the previous version, which was USB 2.0.
It's more than double as fast.
Like riding a bicycle in New York City
is definitely more of a thrill than riding a motorcycle.
I feel like really the only thing we have to be kind of
mindful of is the stitch line.
So basically where the two lenses meet.
So now Sam's in the stitch line right now,
he's about two feet away.
How does he look?
Does he look distorted?
This is normal Sam, and this is stitch line Sam.
How do you look?
- I like that nickname,
stitch line Sam. - Stitch line Sam?
Now you're about a foot away.
- I'm gonna start up a clothing company
and call it Stitch Line Sam.
- And this is gonna look like this.
- Yeah, that's gonna be my logo.
- But of course if you're gonna get this close to anything,
you want to just put 'em in the lens.
Anything that's at a distance is gonna be fine
because it just has enough overlap to work with.
So we started in Japan, went to New York,
and now we're in Las Vegas.
- Whoa.
- You don't seem as enthusiastic about Las Vegas.
- Well, once you lost $200.
I shouldn't have betted on black.
- I know, Carrie's here too.
- Hey! - Hello.
- I'm on this trip.
- We're here to announce our top secret,
well, by the time this video goes live
it's no longer top secret.
It's the super fast tripod.
- Whoa!
- Whoa baby. - Yeah!
- Thank you, thank you.
Honestly, I've been loving the image quality
we've been getting out of this 8K sensor.
We shot a bunch of side by side tests
with the 8K compared to the x3 5.7 K.
Definitely some improvement on wider shots.
Everything's just crisper
and you could zoom in a little bit more
and it's just that much more forgiving.
I also feel like the colors are a little bit better
on this camera too, but also when you start recording
on this camera, the response times are just a lot faster,
you know, especially when you're recording in slow motion.
So that's another upgrade is now we get 4K
at a hundred frames per second
when before it was 3K at a hundred frames per second.
So slow motion is gonna look a little bit cleaner.
Now more resolution needs more pixels, which is great,
but it also means more data.
Don't you love more data, Sam?
- Not really.
- This says for a minute of recording in 8K 30,
it takes about 1.5 gigabytes of recording.
Now before in 5.7 K in the high bit rate,
we're generally getting about one gigabyte
per minute of recording.
So it is 50% more data, but because it's now H.265,
we're getting way more than 50% picture quality
because of that H.265.
But what's nice about this 8K is that you could actually
go from high bit rate to standard bit rate,
which is actually also one gig a minute.
So it's the same file size in 8K as you would get in 5K.
And I was recording so much during the wedding
that afterwards I just kind of set it to the standard
bit rate and that 8K still looks pretty solid.
And of course if you're really worried about data,
you could actually record in 5.7 K with this x4,
and if you set it to the standard bit rate,
it's only 500 megabytes per minute of recording.
Again, that's a big part of why I really like H.265.
I mean it just makes everything so much more
compact and efficient.
So when recording 360, I think it's also a good idea
to have some sort of plan for how you're gonna
export all the 360 footage.
- Actually I never used a desktop app,
I just do the the app.
- The app is honestly great
and I think that's what most people use,
but we record so much so it's kind of nice
to have a batch export process.
So with this camera I'm basically going to turn on
the direction lock, so basically whenever I move the camera,
the footage moves along with it
so I actually can point it at whatever I wanna look at.
And in this clip I might want the reverse,
so I'll basically do the same thing backwards.
I'll queue those up and export them both out.
And then I have two clips
that I can just put into the timeline
and I have a multicam sequence.
- I really like the app because of the live view feature.
I could just point my phone wherever I want the shot
and then it records those key frames.
- And also it's nice that you have unlimited takes.
It just looks a little funny when you're just doing it
by yourself like running around.
- It does and I have really confused my mom
when she watches me do that.
- Right now I am in single lens mode.
So if you don't actually need the full 360 image,
you can put it in that mode
and it's kind of just like an action camera.
But here's how the x4 looks compared to the x3,
the previous version.
Definitely bigger, beefier, little bit more weight
and all that, bigger battery of course.
The 8K processing, especially in H.265,
it just requires so much more processing
and also thermal regulations.
So that makes sense on why everything is just a bit bigger
all around, but also definitely a larger display as well.
Definitely like this screen.
Weight-wise, I'm sure it is definitely a little bit heavier,
but it's not that different actually.
Do you think that now it's bigger and heavier
is it much harder to use as an action camera?
- No, no, not even a little bit.
I think it's the same, I can't notice it.
Maybe I'm just too strong.
Does it bother you, you weakling?
- Like obviously it's a bit bigger
but it's not as noticeable as say like the one inch sensor.
I actually do think that the x4 is a better action camera
because of this whole ring right here.
So that is for a protective lens cover.
Did come with some plastic ones, but these are premium
so they should look a little bit better.
Anytime you're gonna use one of these cameras
and there's a good chance of it hitting the ground
or anything like that, like if you're filming some action
or whatever, it would be great to be able to just swap
these out whenever you get a scratch
instead of having to send it in.
Downside of these covers though is that sometimes
you could see like a glare or reflection,
kind of degrades the quality of the image a little bit.
But these premium ones are supposed to be better.
This is the premium lens guard and this is the standard
so it doesn't protrude as much.
I do like how attaching and removing these lens guards
are way easier than they were before.
But I also thought this was thoughtful
where they actually have a spot for you
to put the protective covers inside of the little bag.
So I wanna see how some of this footage looks
with the lens guard on it,
but also check out this super extended.
That didn't work out the way I thought,
but basically it's just a really long stick.
Look at that.
We're in like a national park
where there's no drones allowed.
So you know times like this, it's very useful.
Parkour.
Have you ever heard of FPoleV?
- Yeah, I see them on Instagram and TikTok all the time.
- Drone shot.
Through your legs.
- Woo!
- [Gene] Sam parkouring on FPoleV.
(Sam grunting)
Whoa.
You're just gonna have to use your imagination.
- Yeah. - With this footage.
We don't really have that much experience with FPoleV
but there's some people that do really cool stuff
with these long sticks.
Times Square in 8K.
They're straight up at DeLorean right there.
Your review of Times Square, Sam?
- This is where you could find the, I Love New York shirts.
We got mugs, we got shirts, we got teddy bears,
we got rubber duckies.
It's kind of crazy that we went from Tokyo,
a giant city, to New York City, another giant city.
- I know.
You know how people have like a bachelor party?
This is like a bachelor world tour.
- Yeah. - An so in lowlight,
the camera actually recommends you drop down to 5.7K
and gives you an option to switch to it.
So this is 5.7K.
We've been on the search for Korean barbecue.
Don't you feel like we're like kind of like
Harold and Kumar kind of?
It's hard to get to because we don't understand
the train system, so we keep getting lost.
But then we ended up at a donut spot, so Sam's happy.
- He says that, but gets a donut with (beep) bacon on it.
- And maple, maple and bacon donut.
If you've ever tried that, it's delicious.
It's one of those sequels
that didn't have any budget at all.
So it's like horrible, like all the famous actors
are no longer in it.
- It's like a movie within the YouTube video.
- I know, right?
It's even worse than just straight to streaming.
It's straight to a scene in a tech review.
- A delicious tech review.
- But overall thoughts on this camera.
I mean I'm actually really impressed with how much better
it looks compared to the previous version.
- [Sam] Oh yeah, the colors are a lot more vibrant
on the x4.
- [Gene] Yeah, especially in the shadows.
It's nice and blue and it just,
everything just feels richer.
Like I think it's the same sensor though.
- What's that magic happening there, is that AI?
- I don't know and I don't care.
My wedding footage came out great, so I'm happy.
- This I feel like has crossed the threshold of quality
to now where it's like I kind of want to use this
a lot more.
Like, this is a vlog camera now?
How awesome is it that I'm capturing all three
of these angles with just one camera?
It just makes life so much easier.
It feels very casual, like it feels like we're just
sitting in a room.
- And it's so weird that we're so far away from each other.
Usually when we're vlogging
it's like we all have to like-
- Yeah, I know, we all have to be like, hey, hey guys.
And then Carrie, get in here tighter.
Come get in the shot. - Yeah, you have to
go like this and it's like- - Usually you have to be
like this, like, hey.
- Very claustrophobic.
- We just made a Sam sandwich.
- We can talk about the cons too.
What do you guys think the cons are?
- Actually, that's a very good question.
We should have thought about this.
- One of the things I did notice is that
in the single lens mode,
everything felt almost like over sharpened still
or a lot more noise that I'm seeing.
I felt like it was very digitally sharpened
even though I put the sharpness level to low.
I actually like the footage better when it's not
on single lens mode.
- For me, the 360 footage still has a little bit
of like that distortion.
- That wide angle? - Yeah.
- I just remember the time we were in Japan
eating at McDonald's, it was very hot,
but we were recording and charging it at the same time.
- [Gene] Did it overheat?
- It didn't overheat but it was a bit,
the camera itself got like really hot to the touch.
I was like, oh.
- Like hot or warm?
- In the middle, like I would say more than warm
but not like scorching.
- When you switch to 8K, the camera does give you
a notification that it will heat up faster.
So try to use it in windy or while moving if possible.
On our wedding, I had it out there and it was cold
and breezy, so we had it recording for really long.
- So, bigger battery, 135 minutes on 5.7K
and 71 minutes at 8K.
How does that compare to the x3?
- Well, if you're filming in 5.7K,
that's a lot more than we got with the x3.
But if you're filming in 8K it's pretty similar,
just slightly less I think by a few minutes
than the 5.7 K on x3.
And also what's nice is unlike the one inch,
it is waterproof up to 10 meters without a dive case
and further with a dive case.
Actually you can't stitch the footage underwater
without the dive case.
But we've been stuck in the rain using it
and it's nice to not have to worry about it,
that's for sure.
But anyways, my voice is pretty raspy.
- But you were talking for like
five hours straight yesterday.
- Yeah, from the tripod launch, which went really well.
Seems like it's getting really positive feedback right now.
So we're just so excited and we're really excited
to just kind of do the finishing touches on the tripod
and we're aiming for maybe late summer or so
before we can hit the market with it.
Anyways, that's it.
Thanks for watching.
- Nap time.