What is the best prosumer 360 camera if you want to upgrade from consumer 2-lens 360 cameras
like the Insta360 ONE X2, Qoocam 8K or the GoPro MAX? The professional 360 camera market is very
quiet for a while. As 8K 360 is the new standard for professional 360 videos, thanks to the release
of Oculus Quest 2 right here.
Oh I actually feel like I am in a club
till today, the best next level 8K 360 cameras for professionals are Insta360 Pro
2 or Kandao Obsidian. Both are now, two years old camera. Camera technology has been growing rapidly
in the past 2 years. Now we have new SONY CMOS sensors that can deliver better low noise images
in a smaller size. We have the new H.265 compression technology that allows 10-bit
color depth, as you can find in the Insta360 Titan or Qoocam 8K. We have image stacking technology
for Virtual Tour photographers like Qoocam DNG8 or Insta360 One R Night Shot that produce stunning
low light 360 photos. All these new features are missing in the prosumer world until now,
introducing a new player - Teche 360 Anywhere. If Insta360 Titan is the RED or ARRI Alexa of
360 camera, then, TechE, the maker of 360 Anywhere, consider this as the DSLR of 360 camera.
As a freelance 360 filmmaker, content creator or high-end Virtual Tour creator,
should you invest in 360 Anywhere? We will find out in this video. Let's go!
Hey what's up everybody! It is your boi Hugh here from CreatorUp,
the YouTube channel dedicated to 360 VR Video and immersive storytelling, for everyone.
This 8K 360 camera can probably produce one of the best looking 8K monoscopic 360 videos
with minimal stitching and post-production cost. As a no BS reviewer that works for you,
my viewers, I can tell you the reason why I am getting this camera is because its live
streaming image quality. I am not ever talking about 8K, just 4K on YouTube VR or Facebook 360,
this camera by far has the best image quality. And you can ever live stream in 60fps. If you
have not, I will highly recommand to check out my recent live stream with Grammy-winning song write
Printz Board right here on CreatorUp. Watch it on your Oculus Quest 2, and you know
what I am talking about. 360 Livestream is one of the easiest ways for content creators or
business owners to make money during COVID, as you saw my video right here.
So, this is important. So why Teche 360 Anywhere has a
better image quality in LIVE compared to Insta360 Pro 2, Labpano Pilot One EE, and even the Qoocam
8K Enterprise? Let's get a little technical here and talk about encoding, decoding, compression,
and data flow during 360 live stream. Traditional cameras like the Insta360 Pro 2,
they actually can not do in-camera stitching in 8K quality during live. So they have to compress
each camera data in H.264 in a max bitrate of 50Mbps and send that data to an external
stitcher like Voysys or cloud base stitcher to stitch. The external stitching computer can not
immediately understand your data. So they have to decode the H.264 into RAW format, stitch that
into 8K or 4K, re-encoder them and push it onto your RTMP servers - which will be YouTube VR,
Oculus or Facebook 360. So we have TWO encodings and compression of image quality loss.
360 Anywhere use camera internal RAW sensor data stitching. Each SONY CMOS sensor has about 3Gbps
data transfer internally using MIPI. And data are stitched RAW in 10-bit color depth. And then
encode and compress in neither H.264 or even H.265, supposed by selected 8K VR headset.
And then the data push to your RTMP server. So it only has 1 encoding. That
is why the image quality is so much better. According to this professional live stream
tutorial, you can even steam to 2 YouTube channels or YouTube and Facebook 360 combo
simultaneously. This means more money you can make using livestream.
So is that mean Teche 360 Anywhere a better 8K Livestream camera than Qoocam 8K Enterprise
or Labpano Pilot one EE. Well, not necessary. If it is 4K live stream, then yes, 360 Anywhere is
the best. But in 8K, directly live stream into a 8K VR headset like Skyworth S1,
360 Anywhere can only reach 20fps. Qoocam 8K Enterprise is the only camera that can live stream
8K in 30fps. For Sports Event broadcast, having 30fps is important within a VR headset. Watching
20fps will also create motion sickness within a VR headset very fast. Enterprise with software
like Qoocam Live, can do PiP - picture in picture - from a 2D DSLR, which is also very necessary
for professional ESPN like broadcasts. For Labpano Pilot One EE, they have deployable
software called PiPlayer that can livestream in 8K in any VR headset support APK. So potentially,
it will be the only VR camera that can live stream 8K on the brand new Oculus Quest 2.
Don't worry, all these will be covered in my next tutorial.
Okay, if you don't care about VR live streaming,
how is the 360 video quality compared to Qoocam 8K Enterprise and Insta360 Pro 2?
Well, we bring all three cameras and hike up to Hollywood Hill to do a side by side image quality
comparison in the exact same camera setting to really find out the image quality differences.
Okay 3 , 2, 1 ACTION! So what start walking? Hold there for 15 seconds.
And look behind you look at the the horses flip your hair like a Instagram star. I was kidding
but you can totally do that. The bird. Okay Flip. Errrr Flip the card not the hair
Okay, here is the side by side 8K comparison in ISO 100. From top to bottom we have Teche
360 Anywhere, Qoocam 8K Enterprise and Insta360 Pro 2. On the left, we have the
100% zoom circle so you can see the actual scale of our model Keeley's face and the color chart.
They all look really good. Definity better than GoPro MAX, ONE X2, or even the regular Qoocam 8K.
Here is the price of each camera, so you get a price per image quality perspective.
Comment below and tell me which is your favorite and why you like it!
Keeley's hair. Keeley is
a Red Head BTW. Or American People like to call it, ginger.
So her hair color should be RED. But in Insta360 Pro 2, her hair is blond. There is
a very subtle color swift. It is kind of a big deal tho to make a redhead look like a blond.
For a Prosumer camera, having color accuracy is quite important. Having
10-bit color like in 360 Anywhere and Qoocam 8K Enterprise is def better than Insta360 Pro 2.
How about distance object sharpness - which is very important for a professional level
360 camera. So the Hollywood Sign is in the frame but very far away. Let's zoom in 300%
and take a closer look. Before I tell you which camera is which,
how about you pause the video right now and take a wild guess.
Okay, I assume you have your answer. So from left to right, we have Qoocam 8K Enterprise,
Insta360 Pro 2, and Teche 360Anywhere. So the end result is pretty obvious.
Teche 360Anywhere surprisingly great in sharpness - like by a lot. You can clearly
read the HOLLYWOOD sign compared to Pro 2 or Qoocam. Pro 2 is slightly better in sharpness.
But it is more compressed and higher noise than Qoocam 8K Enterprise. Also, Pro 2 lens is not
that great - you clearly see flare spot right here, and it is in ALL THREE of Pro 2 lenses.
So if distance sharpness is what you care about,
than Enterprise is not as good as Insta360 Pro 2 and not even close to 360Anywhere.
Well, having more lenses has its disadvantage - which is the stitch lines. As you see,
the stitching right here in both Insta360 Pro 2 and Teche 360 Anywhere.
Even thos 360 Anywhere has only 4 stitch lines compared to Pro 2 6 stitch lines - but it is
still 2 more stitch lines than Qoocam 8K - and you need to rehears blocking with your actors
when filming your VR film. I will release a VR filmmaking masterclass which will go
in-depth in blocking in VR filmmaking. It will really help you to direct your talents
on set. If you want to be a VR director, you don't want to miss this course.
One noticeable mention for Professionals is that Mistika VR fully supports Teche
360 Anywhere - including stabilization. Using Mistika VR or Mistika Boutique
is the key to getting the best quality footage for VR headsets. You can check out the workflow,
including 1-click stabilization, right here. If you need a PTGui template, your
boy have you covered. Download my 360 Anywhere template in this video description down below.
For audio, Teche 360 Anywhere supports direct four channel ambisonic input
using a USB cable from Zoom H3-VR. So no syncing in post production, which is great.
Professional Features
This camera has great features that are essential for prosumers and professionals.
Internal UFC storage upto 512G of storage space.
Having internal super fast storage is great. It eliminates the problem of SD card failure
and dramatically reduce the time for offloading footage on set in DIT.
IP66 Protection. There are not many professional VR cameras has IP66 production against dust
and water. With Teche 360 Anywhere, I can finally film VR in Burning man -
well, if Burning man is not getting canceled again next year due to COVID.
Internal and External battery. 360 Anywhere has a 6800mAh internal battery.
That can easily last more than 3 hours of filming. If that is not enough,
it can connect to the standard Teche battery brick - that can extend your filming hours forever.
Like any other Teche product, 360 Anywhere has no fan. It uses a unique liquid cooling system,
which is so important in livestream and capturing music performance like what we did here. So
if long hour recording and audio is important for you,
360 Anywhere is like the only choice. That is why I shot the Angele City Jazz festival,
and the Printz live performance with 360 Anywhere instead of other cameras.
The weaknesses
Now, let's talk about the not so good points about 360 Anywhere.
The first thing is its price. It is $3499, a lot more expensive for a monoscopic camera.
The second thing is the Wi-Fi connection. I am having a hard time to connect to the
camera using my iPhone or iPad. And the range is very limited compared to Pro 2.
Pro 2 with far-sight is ever better. So, most of the time, I use a 5G router to connect to
the camera. It is a hassle to have a computer and a router on set just for live monitoring.
The third thing is the software. The software of 360 Anywhere is very bad. It is very slow in
stitching and only provides H.264 or H.265 output. That is very not professional. So,
if you are using this camera, you better have Mistika VR. Luckily, you can get a bundle deal
with a full year of Mistika VR license when buying the 360 Anywhere - so it is a very sweet deal.
As the DSLR of 360 Camera, 360 Anywhere capture not only good video, but also
RAW 360 photos for virtual tour. The most noticeable feature is 10
DNG stacking capture to reduce noise in low light.
in the next review,
which focus more on 360 Virtual Tour photographers, I will review and compare
the DNG10 with Qoocam 8K DNG8 and dual fisheye plugins from the Ricoh Theta Z1.
If you are interested in using this camera for photo and virtual tour, don't forget to hit the
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