today insta360 have released a brand new camera the one rs and a few days ago they sent me one
to have a play with today's video is going to be a first look at what this new camera has to offer
first up this is the twin edition so this is actually two cameras in one you've got the
4k lens and then you've got a 360 lens and the whole thing is modular so you've got this red
battery base which comes off just like that and you have the brains of the camera and the screen
and the lens part it all clips together nice and neatly and then slides inside this cage
thing which lets you fit it on your existing action camera mount now over the course of this
video i'll overlay some footage and label it as well so you can see exactly what lens i'm using
for the appropriate shot this is the 4k lens and probably your most familiar action camera style
lens it's a 16 millimeter equivalent so actually similar to what i'm shooting on on my dslr it's
called the 4k lens because it shoots in 4k and that's what you're seeing right now all of the
footage here is shot with the settings out of the box so it's already set to 4k it includes in
camera stabilization which is what they call flow state and it's safe to say this thing is really
stable here's some footage where i took tony's cycle cross bike which has no suspension mind you
down a little bit of single track with the uh 4k camera in my mouth attached to the grill mount and
well i think the footage speaks volumes it is very very smooth that's with no post-production
stabilization or editing at all i'm really not sure what kind of magic they use to achieve this
and i wish this technology existed in bigger cameras it really does blow my mind and it does
it all in real time as well when you're using the camera and you're looking at the screen as
you're riding along it's smooth it's not doing it afterwards anyway back to the features build
quality feels premium which is something you want from an action camera particularly because
it's probably going to take a bit of a beating unclipping and removing the modular parts feels
solid and quite confidence inspiring it all feels very positive once you do
put it in its cage thing it's then waterproof to up to 16 feet i'm not sure exactly
when you'd end up 16 feet under water if you're cycling but if you do it's waterproof you crash
into a river or something like that the 4k module which i'm shooting with now has a half
inch sensor so that's bigger than most other action cameras which should mean the low-light
capabilities are better all action cameras tend to perform quite well when you're outside
in broad daylight and it's sunny but this is a great example of what it would be like indoors
and even further back in my studio where there's no natural light still looks pretty good on here
over the last few days has been excellent the camera turns on quickly when you want it to there
is a feature inside which is indicated on the menus by a little bunny rabbit which once turned
on means you can activate and turn on the camera start it rolling with just one button press you
hit that red button even when the camera is off and it starts recording after a few seconds it's
been very reliable i haven't missed any shots over the last few days when i've been using it
so very happy with the reliability of this so far they have updated the core processor
since the last edition of this camera so it is faster the little touchscreen works really well
the wi-fi transfer is faster and the stabilization is better too so lots of upgrades to the core
functionality of the previous camera which was the one r now if you have a 1r you can actually
use the parts that come with this it's all interchangeable so if you want to try out the new
4k lens you can actually use that on your older camera and upgrade things slowly piece by piece
one massive upgrade that i'm very happy about is the audio as some of you may have experienced when
you cycle a bicycle with a camera audio can be an issue because it's very windy and if it's not
windy you're going fast so you create the wind my solution to this in the past has been to put
little fluffy things over my camera's microphones whether it's a big camera whether it's an action
camera it always seems to do the trick quite well but it's a bit of a compromise because then you
have to stick them on and sometimes they fall off the case of this camera has a fluffy thing
just inside the microphone hole uh you're not gonna be able to see this you're just gonna
have to trust me basically there's a little foamy windshield inside there that covers the microphone
so here's a clip of what it sounds like outside little audio test for this camera out in the
lanes today where there is a breeze not as windy as usual in the penins but uh a good
opportunity to test it while moving out on the bike to see how well the audio picks up they've
changed the microphones they've actually added an extra one uh to improve the audio quality so
this is what it sounds like loud noises hallelujah thank you so much camera designers for putting
that in so useful like with all the previous insta 360 cameras there's loads of accessories too
like the hot shoe mount rubber lens cap thing for your 360 lens microphone adapter which is
actually really small and neat compared to the ones i've used in the past which means you can
fit an external microphone for improved audio quality if you're shooting something that needs
you know crisp voices spare battery bases so you can carry more than one of these and then switch
them out when it's getting low the battery on this camera is actually 21 more capacity than the old
one you then have an assortment of uh clips and clamps this is the bike bundle you can buy but
it will fit all existing action camera mounts so if you want to use something third-party right i
throw it on the grill mount then you can it's your normal fitting with your little screw now regular
viewers of this channel will know that this is kind of what i default to because it's small and
easy to carry and i think it's the best and most versatile way to shoot when you're on the bike
but filming this video i was allowed to get a bit creative so i took the uh selfie stick which is
well it's really long and uh wanted to see what i could get with firstly the standard action camera
you can get shots like this where you hold it up in the air and it basically looks like a drone
really cool bear in mind we found a nice quiet road to do this on but the results are fantastic
and that's just with the stabilization with the 4k camera where things get even more interesting
is when you add the 360 camera into the mix and combine it with the uh invisible selfie stick
why is it invisible so when you put this 360 module in this camera becomes a 360 camera
which means the image it takes is literally 360 degrees around it to explain how it actually
does that it's two cameras and they both take significantly over 180 degree images and then
they get stitched together afterwards now that might sound a bit daunting but it's actually much
easier than you think you install the insta360 app connect that via bluetooth to the camera and then
it can actually do it completely automatically if you just choose one of the ai shots you can then
reframe it as well or you can go the whole hog and install the computer software which is what
i've been using to reframe my images that you'll be seeing on the screen now if you've done any
video editing before it will seem quite familiar and what they've included is keyframes so you move
the image around with your mouse you can zoom in and out which is where the 5.7k resolution becomes
really important because you want as much data as possible so when you do zoom in you don't lose too
much quality and then when you're happy with the image you plonk a keyframe down do that over the
whole timeline and then you can export the clip and uh and it will move nice and smoothly through
all of the transitions now one very cool thing is that when you put this camera straight onto the
selfie stick like that it actually edits out the stick so you can't see it at all hence the name
invisible selfie stick you might have seen this on my good friend lawrence carpenter's channel before
where he rides along with this in his hand but you can't see the stick i tried to copy that um
i hope i did it justice it's a really fantastic perspective particularly if you're riding on your
own and you want to get a shot of yourself you can basically pretend that there's someone out
in front of you filming backwards which is cool in the past i've actually stuck the selfie sticks
to my bike and had them out the back and it kind of gives you like a video game style look uh so
really the possibilities with this are endless and um yeah i think it's one of the coolest features
with this camera i was just gonna do a shout out for your channel and tell everyone how good you
are using an invisible selfie stick we're actually in italy right now but we're staying in front
can you ski no everybody subscribe to lawrence
thanks to him for giving me the idea with the uh invisible selfie stick
so in conclusion i'm very happy with how this performed and excited to try it out over the next
few weeks in some different scenarios got a couple of bike builds coming which won't be road bikes so
stay tuned for some more videos filmed with this on the new bikes if there was a word to sum up
this it would definitely be versatility because of the two different cameras you get i hope this
video was useful and showcased some of the ways you can shoot with an action camera while cycling
any questions you have please put them down below there'll be a link in the description of
this video to the insta360 website and if you buy one of these cameras through that link then i'll
earn a small portion of revenue so a big thanks to insta360 for supporting this channel and sending
me one of these guys a few days early thank you guys for watching and see you out on the road soon
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