- In this video, we're talking
about one of the smallest cameras
that I've ever worked with.
Check this out.
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So this camera is like completely bonkers.
It is literally the size of my thumb.
This camera is absolutely tiny.
This is the Insta360 GO and basically this is a stabilized,
less than 20 gram action camera that you hook to your phone.
You don't have a screen, you have nothing like that.
Basically all you have with this is a lens
and on the back you have a magnet and you have a button.
And that button allows you to switch
between some different modes pretty easily actually.
And you can do video, you can do photos,
you can do time lapse, you can do hyper lapse.
And yeah,
it's so small!
This thing is incredible
and it gets some decent footage for the size.
Yeah I'm actually pretty impressed
with what I'm able to get out of this.
So this camera is less than 20 grams.
It captures a video image that's HD 1080p.
You can do photos up to 3040 by 3040.
Your white balance and exposure is all controlled auto
and it has an aperture of 2.1.
Now beyond its size,
you have this crazy gimbal-like stabilization.
It's the same type of stabilization
that they use in their 360 cameras,
the FlowState stabilization, crazy smooth shots
no matter how you're holding this little camera.
You have instant slow motion
that goes up to 100 frames per second
and also the camera is water resistant.
So you can get it wet, you can splash it.
And you can put it into shallow water
for up to 10 seconds they say.
Okay so for doing like talking to camera,
any sort of audio, you don't have a whole lot of options
because you have 15 or 30 seconds of recording time.
And you basically just have a hole in the side.
I'm actually very impressed with the audio
that I'm getting just straight out of camera.
It just has this tiny hole on the side and that is it.
But you just have to keep in mind
that it was perfect conditions for audio
up here where I was hiking.
It was super quiet and there's no loud sounds.
So depending on the situation,
you can get some decent audio out of this little camera.
So with this camera, no matter which direction you flip it,
it's always gonna keep it upright.
You never have to worry about moving it around.
It kind of always just adjusts no matter
how much you're kind of spinning it.
Now one thing I noticed as I was editing this footage is
that if you're moving it around a lot,
you start seeing on the edges
where the stabilization can't keep up
with the movement and it's filling in the edge of frame.
And you can see right here,
it has this weird streaking going on.
So with extreme movements,
you might some of this on the edges.
It's like summer, super hot up here in the mountains,
but we got this crazy marine layer coming in.
Awesome hike for sure.
This is a place I always go hiking
to train for my big climbs.
Always seems to be some sort of a surprise
when I come up here, whether it's a snake
or you know cool weather.
I'm actually training for a climb
that I'm gonna be on when this video comes out
'cause this video comes out today.
You're watching it right now,
but I'm up in Canada right now climbing a peak
for something else that I'm doing.
But I'll definitely have this camera with me
because it's so small there's no reason you can't bring it
with you wherever you go.
That's one of the crazy things about it.
It is tiny!
Now there's a couple ways that you can operate this.
So either you can just use this camera as is
and there's a little button on the back.
And depending on how many times you click it
you can turn it to photo, video, time lapse, or slow motion.
So you just double click or double click,
triple click, or single click,
and it goes into the different mode.
And how you know it's in the mode is that it vibrates.
(buzzing)
And so that's interesting.
You have this little vibration that happens
and you can tell if you're recording,
if you took a photo, or if it's finished recording.
And it's very easy and intuitive
once you figure out the vibrations
and how easy it is to flip on and go.
You don't really ever have to power this up.
You just double click it, it starts recording video.
Or you hold it and then double click it,
it goes into a hyper lapse mode.
You hold it, you triple click it,
it goes into a slow motion mode.
Or you just single click and you got a photo.
Now with the phone, you go into the app
and you can see on the app,
you just connect through Bluetooth.
You can't see what you're filming.
Now that might be one downside.
You might want to see what you're actually getting.
But the camera lens is super wide.
You're not gonna really need to know
what you're filming 'cause you just know
that you're gonna get a super wide shot.
Now the way that the Insta360 GO is recording is
that it's recording a spherical form.
And you can see this when you go in the app
because you have this ability to edit in post.
Just like if you were working with their 360 camera,
you can go in and reframe a bit.
So if you are shooting and you want a 16 by nine image
for video like I'm doing on this video,
you could easily go in here
and just export out a 16 by nine.
But if you want vertical social media
for Instagram stories or something like that,
you just click this button right here.
It's gonna switch it to the vertical mode.
And you can also do a square.
So what that shows me is
that it's recording the entire image
and then it's allowing you to go in there and reframe later.
This is why you can spin the camera
in any direction and still get a shot that is upright
because it's recording in a spherical form
rather than recording just a 16 by nine
or nine by 16 image.
In this way, you can record this camera in any position
and still get a perfectly level shot,
one of the huge benefits to using this camera.
But one of the things that I find really interesting
about this camera is that it's set up
for people doing quick shots.
So you're not gonna be recording
like 15 minutes on this camera.
This camera is set up to do 15 or 30 second intervals.
So if you're shooting video,
you really only have 15 or 30 seconds
to be able to shoot that video.
Same thing with like hyper lapse and time lapse.
There's limits on it.
So you can only record so much data.
So it's really set up for getting short,
quick, capture the moment, move on.
So you're not gonna be doing long takes.
Now in the app, you can go into what's called the story mode
and then you select a series of shots
and it will stitch them together
to make quick edits that then you can post on your social.
So for this one, I have eight shots here
and it automatically cut it together,
created my little video.
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Okay so let's talk about storage capacity and battery.
So there is no place to put an SD card in this camera.
You basically have the storage that's on it.
It has eight gigabytes, that's it.
That's all you have access to.
So it's around 20 minutes of footage.
Now in terms of battery life, what it said
in the paperwork that I got with it is
that you can do about 200 shots of around 20 seconds.
So that equals around an hour,
a little bit more than an hour.
But there's no like turning on and there's no like idling.
You just click the button and it starts recording.
So you have about 200 shots
when you're out using this camera.
But it does come with a small little charging case.
It's very similar to Apple AirPods.
So you just pop this thing in the charging case
and the charging case will keep it charged.
Now I don't know how many times the charging case will work.
I'm sure there's information more on the website.
But I have a pre-release version
and I've been playing around with it all day.
I just keep it on the charging dock
when I'm not shooting with it.
And it seems to just keep it going
and I haven't had really any issues
with battery at all when I'm out here working with it.
Now if you go into the app,
there actually is a pretty smart feature
that will delete the footage as soon
as you download it to your phone.
So what you can do is if you're worried
about data just open it up the app, transfer clips.
They auto-delete like that.
You can just go on and keep shooting.
Eight gigabytes, I know it's not a ton of data,
but you're not shooting at these super high resolutions.
So it'll get you about 20 minutes worth of footage
before you'll have to dump.
But like I said, if you just connect your phone,
transfer to your phone, auto-delete,
you'll get a flow for how it works.
And the thing is
because you're not doing these super long takes,
you're not really gonna be burning up that much data.
You're gonna be doing short, quick takes,
15 seconds, 30 seconds.
It just depends on what kind of content you're shooting.
It's all about like quick (snapping), quick, quick.
And it's not really about getting this long,
tons and tons of data.
It's more about capturing the moment.
And that's what this camera's all about.
It's about capturing the moment,
just getting the shot
and having it just on you all the time.
Because you can really put this anywhere.
And you know have it in your pocket
no matter what you're doing.
I think that's probably the most powerful thing
about this camera is that it is so tiny.
It's the size of my thumb.
You can have it on you anywhere you go
and you just you know.
It does get audio and as you can hear,
as we've been going through this video,
I've been just playing the audio straight from camera.
So it will get audio.
You don't have to worry about plugging anything in
because you wouldn't really ever plug something into this.
It's simple, it's super, super simple.
And that's one of the key things with it is
that you don't have to fumble with gear.
You click the button, you go, you get the shot,
you move on.
It's definitely geared for people
who wanna just capture things.
They don't really care so much
about getting like the best quality stuff
and having like microphones and all these different gadgets
that go along with the camera.
It's really about just capturing the moment.
And that makes sense why they called it GO
because when you're always on the go,
it's an easy camera to grab those shots.
Obviously the record limit is one
of the downsides of this camera,
but even beyond that,
if you're just shooting some quick things here and there,
30 seconds is definitely enough
to capture the shot and move on.
I would love to know your thoughts
about this tiny little camera in the comments down below.
So guys, let me know if you're gonna go out
and get one, what you would use it for.
What do you think this camera is good for?
And guys, I'm gonna finish up my hike
'cause I am gonna go climb a big mountain,
which I'm on while you're watching this right now.
All right, I'll see you on the next one.