The Insta360 Nano S! There you go there's a second Insta360 Nano now
it's coming out this year I believe this is going to be available in January and
opening it up it seems to be a black version of the previous Insta360
Nano the design seems exactly the same from what I'm seeing here you have the
Lightning port there you have charging and micro SD slot on the end and
everything is basically the same there's no tripod mount that's a little
disappointing but maybe they've made enough improvements to make up for this
let's take a look resolution 6272 x 3136 that is quite a nice improvement on
the last nano Oh 4k videos and 20 megapixel photos great 360 video chat
there you go bang this is a feature that gyroptic IO added and they were the
first in the world to introduce 360 video chatting it's like Skype but it's
in 360 it could be totally amazing and groundbreaking or it could be something
we all forget about in a few months it also has freecapture, real-time
stabilization so everything that the One has, 360 live-streaming, great the Insta
360 cameras are among the better live-streaming cameras so that's good to
see that they're keeping that up we have a pouch and this is basically the same
one that the Nano came in so this looks like a new and improved Insta360 Nano
with the black design black is always a good color for cameras because it marks
less easily and it shows general signs of age a lot less so I think that's
definitely a good move making it black I would have liked to see a tripod adapter
here maybe they're going to sell another separate adapter but that is a big
complaint a lot of people have the first one of all the cameras you plug
into your phone I've got to say the Insta360 cameras have probably been
my favorite I just love the ease of use and I love the big screen the way they
integrate with iPhones and androids. Jump cut! So I've had this camera for about a
week now and here are my first impressions
Dear Mr. Ben, we have a brand new camera! Do you want to be one of the first people in the world to get your hands on it?
k! okay I'm gonna send it to you right now
oh wow this is actually pretty cool tell me more about it
well our brand new camera can do 4k video, has freecapture, has a really
cool app, video calling in 360, all kinds of cool shit! Oh you mean like
the Insta360 One? Oh no no no this is a completely different camera it's for a
different audience and it's just, it's just different.
The One is more for sports and adventures whereas the Nano S is more for everyday use
so with that said I'm going to go through all the key features that they
announced about this camera and see if it really is any different to the Insta360
One I know you would expect me to compare the Nano S to the Nano but
newsflash there already is an updated Nano and it's called the Insta360 One, this
is Insta360's latest iPhone compatible camera and I don't see it as
an upgrade from the insta360 nano rather another version of the insta360 One
and I do actually like the Insta360 One do check out my review of the camera to
see what it can do it's got an awesome app there are many awesome features
about it so really I do think it's a fair comparison putting these two in the
same ballpark one thing it definitely does improve on from the one is the
stitching because the lenses are physically closer together you're going
to get a better stitch at near distance so if you do spend a lot of time up
close to the camera the Nano s will leave you looking a lot more beautiful
While I haven't had time to compare the photos and videos of the Nano S to the
Nano and the One (sorry about that I've been kind of
distracted by all these new toys I've been getting) to the naked eye they look
more or less the same it's inherited good stuff like shooting in RAW and
having an awesome app to re-edit the 360s as well as the bad stuff like flat
colors, lack of clarity, this also doesn't handle mixed lighting well like the Insta360
One, sometimes I can see visible noise despite the photo being taken in the
middle of the day. Overall though it's passable however I would say check out
my Insta360 One videos to get a real feel for the look of the photos and videos that Insta360
produces the Insta360 app is one of the best apps out there for a 360 camera and
it's freecapture is just amazing it allows you to re edit your 360s into a
conventional 16:9 video whether it be a cropped in window or
completely zoomed out view into a tiny planet or inverted planet it also retains
smart track which allows you to draw a window around your subject which it will
then track and keep the perspective locked on whatever you like we got this
with the One, we're getting it again with the Nano S, awesome.
Oone thing they added which is actually quite cool is the ability to change the
viewing window, it allows you to choose from a wide range of fixed perspectives
like tiny planet, it chops the screen up into three or four windows sometimes and
that's quite cool for really utilizing the full 360 another issue it
retains from the one is not many SD cards are compatible, to save you hours of
looking around here is the best card for this camera it's one of the fastest
microSD cards out there and it won't let you down with the Nano S or the One
Michael from 360 Rumors and I gave the 360 video chat a spin and while it
didn't work at first and at second and a third and fourth on the fifth go we got
a connection and it was looking pretty decent
I feel like this feature will rely on having a steady internet connection on
both ends because if you think about it you are transmitting a lot of data from
a 360 camera all the way through to another country via the internet so you
will need fast internet the chat was choppy and laggy but it did work I was
able to broadcast live from my gym to Michael over in California and show him
around I was able to change the view on my end he wasn't able to change anything
this is a one-way thing at the moment you can't do it insta360 nano S to nano s
it's only a one-way thing right now and the person with the camera in their hand
is the one that chooses the angle it was cool but I didn't really see the point
of doing it in 360 and not just doing it the normal way and pointing my phone, 360
didn't really add that much more to the interaction given I was controlling it
anyway and I was needing to interact with the phone to change the angle it's
something you can just easily do like this so I think 360 video chatting is in
its infancy it's going to be amazing one day but it's not there yet so after
releasing some of these new features to the nano s I just can't see them
withholding them from the Insta360 One, the Nano and the air when it's just a simple app
update or firmware update that can then empower cameras like this to do cool
stuff like 360 video chat and changing the viewing window one thing that most
certainly is different about these two is the price the One is currently
retailing for around $299 and the Nano S is going to debut for $239US so that's
60 dollars cheaper so you need to ask yourself am I willing to pay 60 dollars
more for the one to have independence of the camera and not have to rely on a
phone to use it well you will be able to use the Nano S independently, it's going
to be a lot harder given that there's no tripod mount and it's just a hard camera
to really interact with when it's not on your phone so I would probably rule this
out from independent shooting so is it worth in my opinion it's worth sticking
with the Insta360 One but for those on a lower budget this is an awesome camera
look if there were no other cameras out right now just pretend
there's no Theta V, there's no gear 360, there's no GoPro fusion if this was the
only camera I'd be like holy shit this is the coolest thing I've ever seen it's
got so many amazing features you should definitely go out and buy this however
we're not in that situation we've got so many 360 camera options to choose from
it is worth looking around the Nano s is going to be an awesome choice in 2018
however you should look around check out the other videos on my youtube channel
and you'll see some of the awesome cameras on offer so you can really
decide if this is a good camera for you if you're a live streamer this could be
a good option if you're someone that likes keeping it super simple pointing
and shooting from your phone and having it download automatically and uploading
to your social network then this will be a good option for you however if you're
someone that isn't an absolute beginner this is probably too beginner-ish it has
awesome features like 4k but having to tether the camera to your phone is too
limiting for someone like me however if it was the only camera I had on me I'd
definitely get a lot of use out there's so much you can do with the camera like
this so do consider it and also considering that subscribe button down
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