Ahoj! This is Zdenka. I really wanted this.
I mean, honestly, I really wanted this. I knew about this product, we've seen
some of the stuff online already about it but I didn't know
all the details. The reason I needed this is because
I live in a small town, we have an airport here, so using drone is out of
question. I would have to go somewhere outside
and I wanted something different other than drone to spice the content a bit.
Get different footage. This is it. Let's review Insta360 ONE R
Twin edition. And right at the beginning I'm going to say that this is not a
sponsored video, however Insta360 provided this product for a review. What
is it exactly? The Insta360R Twin edition is one of the
main configurations of this action camera system
ONE R. In this twin edition you are going to get two cameras,
one is 4K wide angle action camera, another one
is 5.7K dual lens 360 camera. Next is the core module which is as they
say the brain of this whole thing. This is where the
screen is, you put the memory card in, you charge it. This is where you attach
the camera module to and lastly we have the battery base
which will connect it all together. What is nice is that you can get few
batteries charged ready to go and throughout the
day you just pop in the fresh one whenever you need
to. It is 1190mAh battery and
can be charged via usb-c type cable. What also comes in the
package is cover for 360 camera module, cage so
you can attach it to anything, invisible selfie stick, charging cable,
manual and a few other goodies. It is a very powerful
professional system and I also received this giant 300cm
long invisible selfie stick. We are going to have some fun in this
video. What is not included is the memory card so you need to get
micro SD card. Let's start with the cameras
first and let's get a little bit technical. The first module is an action
camera with wide angle lens 16.4 millimeters and it
films in 4K. Here is the video resolution you
get with this camera and frame rates. It
takes photos in RAW or JPEG, video format is
.insv or .mp4. According to their notes the .insv video format will be changed to .mp4
in firmware update 1.2.16 and later, so it is going to be only
that .mp4. Video coding is .h264,
it weighs 121 grams and runtime at 60fps in 4k
is 70 minutes with single battery charge. Both of these cameras have 100Mbps
rate and with the help of 6-axis gyroscope
the video is very steady. This whole unit is waterproof, can be placed in the water
up to 5m as it is and also can be used in
temperatures ranging -20 to 40 degrees celsius. If you want to film yourself
then you attach the action camera this way. Basically
you're keeping the screen and the camera to yourself. Now if you're
filming ahead of you, all you have to do is switch the camera,
turn it the other way so now the camera is
facing forward but you are keeping the screen to yourself.
Because this is a module system, the screen
is much smaller than you would normally get
on standard action cameras. You just swipe up,
down, left and right to get through the menu.
In photo mode you get standard photos, HDR photos,
burst interval photos and night shot. You can shoot in automatic mode or in manual
mode. Video mode offers standard video, HDR
video, time lapse mode, time shift mode
and there is also star lapse mode and place where you can create your own
custom preset. The camera has built-in stabilization.
Once you export the video to Insta360 app or Insta360 studio which is desktop
version, you can apply flow state stabilization there.
So how is the sound with this system? The microphone is placed in the core
module and I believe it's this little tiny dot,
so let's test it out. So here's the first sound test, this is how it would sound if
I would be outdoors. I'm actually close to the highway, it's
not really the quietest area but this is the sound you get when you are
outdoors and this is the sound you would get if you would be sitting in a car
in the city and this is how I sound indoors
in the studio. Let's move on to the camera number two which is the
fun one, the dual lens 360 camera. Each camera is 7.2 millimeters and has
aperture f/2.0 Here is the video resolution
and frame rates you get with the dual lens camera.
When it comes to photos, they are taken in .insp format
which can be exported via app or studio app.
You can also take them in a RAW format. When it comes to videos
the format is .insv which again you need to export to the app
or desktop version of app. You can also film in LOG
and HDR videos. The weight of this module is 130.5 grams and runtime is
70 minutes if you film in 5.7K at 30fps. Let's start with
photo mode and just like with the wide action camera
the same applies here. You can shoot standard photos, HDR photos,
burst interval photos and night shot. In video mode you can do standard video,
HDR, time lapse mode and bullet time video
but for that one you need another accessory which I don't have here.
Starlapse is here as well and you can also create your custom presets.
With this camera you can also do 360 LIVE
streaming. There is also free capture live available
where user controls a visual perspective.
I really like the invisible selfie stick. Last two weeks I
took it with me pretty much everywhere I went. I wanted to catch
just anything. If you're going to be using the extremely
long selfie stick, the 300cm long, you obviously want to use it when
it's not too windy. The best shots are when it's not windy at all, the
same thing like with a drone. It sort of looks like drone shots even
though it's not again. There is the 300cm limit unless you are
super tall and you really stretch out.
What I really appreciate is that it has voice control. At first I was pressing
the record button to start recording and stop recording
but then I went to settings and I realized that you can turn that feature
on on both cameras, so you can actually just
use your voice to record and stop recording and all that. And it's
so much better. My life got so much easier from that point. You just need to
be very clear and loud because sometimes when I
was sort of a little bit quieter, when I said that, it didn't
do anything so you gotta be very clear and very
loud.... stop recording...... stop recording. Recording is one thing,
that is straightforward. How do we actually create
all those creative videos? You need to use
Insta360 app on the phone or you can also use
desktop version Insta360 studio where you can do lots. You simply upload
the files from the memory card. The desktop version is good but the
Insta360 app on the phone has so much more to offer. Because the app is
so complex, there's definitely a bit of a learning curve. It took me for a while to
figure everything out and I still don't know
everything. I didn't have a chance to go through everything, it will take me
literally few more weeks to experience all that. At first it can
get very overwhelming, there's so much but then once you go through a few
tutorials, you try it on your own, it will start making sense and it will get so
much easier and it is actually a lot of fun. I think
the whole app, the whole feature is the main selling point
of this whole system. Once you connect it to your phone
via wi-fi, you can download all files to your phone
so you do need a phone with a lot of storage and certainly newer version of
the phone to be able to fully use the app.
There is a list of phones on the website where you can check if your phone meets
the requirements and if you cannot use the phone, again
the desktop version will also work. Let me briefly show you what you can do
with the editing app. Here is one random clip. First of all you
can change the aspect ratio if you want to use it for social media or video.
You can trim the clip, you can speed it up, you can do multi-view at the same
time. You can add music, filters, adjust the
video and mark it. You can turn in any direction you want
to play the video. With the finger click on yellow plus
and here you can select the view you want at that point of the video.
You can choose also the width of the video, you can also do the tiny planet,
ultra wide, wide, linear and narrow angle. Then you can go to another part of the
clip and do the same. So once you play the video, you can show
off the best from the surroundings and then you save
and export. That's not everything though. You can also go to stories where you get
tutorials which are very well explained and easy to follow.
Next to it is shot lab where you can choose any of those fun effects.
They will show you what you need to do, select
use the theme, select clip you want to use or clips
and it will create one for you with music.
Themes have also a large selection of video templates
where all you have to do is select few clips and let the app create
final video for you with transitions, music
and all that. If you go to explore tab, you can learn all those tricks
and try to create them. Yes you can get busy with this tool for at least
one full month every single day. There is simply so much.
You can get featured in connectivity community participating challenges where
you can win points which you can use to buy
accessories, extra berries and so on. So what do I think about this product? I
definitely experienced a lot of positive things but I also experienced
some negative ones already as well. So what do I
really like about this? I'm not a fan of mounting cameras and
all that. What I really like about this is the fact that it's got this selfie
stick. When I was filming in a car I just stuck it in my purse. When I was walking
I stuck it in my backpack. I don't have to worry about framing, I don't have to
worry about you know positioning camera and all that
because it's 360. I just turn it on and done. Then when I come back I just
choose the frames I like. I choose the parts of the video which works for me
and that's a huge bonus. I film by myself, I don't have any help,
so to me it really saves me minutes. Definitely
I'm a huge fan of that and it's definitely something different which I
can bring to my videos. What I didn't like as much. When I was
using the super long selfie stick and I had it all
extracted like that, it's all fine. It's a little bit wobbly but it has to
be because again it's invisible stick and it's super light.
But when you're contracting it, you have to be careful... auch...
see, this part here it can kind of hurt your skin, it can stink you
a bit, so just you have to be very careful when
you're putting in back together. Also, the the doors I experienced it
few times to come out on me and I had a hard time
putting it back so you have to really make sure that
it is closed properly. It's not gonna pop out.
One more other thing. I wish the screen was a little bit bigger but I'm someone
who wears glasses but I understand it's a modular system so
that's the only thing which can be done and lastly the voice control.
Again, you have to be very clear and very loud for it
to work. I thought few times I was quite clear and it didn't recognize my voice
so that's one thing which I think could be a little bit
improved. Otherwise, this product is fantastic, what else can I say. The
creativity, the possibilities you get with this
is insane. You can use it for any type of situation,
all the time, anytime. For those interested to see
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