This is the GoPro max 360 degree action camera whereas ... whereas this is the
Insta360 One X. What are you doing? I just thought you might want someone to help
with the introduction. Look thank you I appreciate the offer but this can be
really hard for me to do this kind of split-screen editing thing all the way
throughout this video so yeah maybe.
GoPro Max. Insta 360 One X, but which is better?
Now straight off the bat I just want to be honest and say this is not a sponsored video however insta 360 did
send me this one X for free with no obligation to say anything nice. If I
think it's rubbish I'll say it's rubbish but they know I like tech on this
channel and I did want to compare it alongside the GoPro max 360 because
let's be honest those are probably the best - 360 degree cameras out there very
similar in price range and if you're looking to buy one you're probably going
to end up with one of the two. So let's compare them side-by-side.
Now in order to properly compare the two side-by-side I needed to make a contraption where I
can compare the two cameras and you can see it in a split screen here however
when I did first invent this large 360 side-by-side selfie stick and
demoed it to my wife saying that I would use it next time we go out on a walk she
laughed at me. So what I thought I'd do is come down to Albert Park where
there's not as many people here in the evening and test it out.
The other thing you can use these cameras for of course is vlogging if
you want to you can just use them as a normal camera. So I'm going to walk from
the sunshine into the shadows you can see how the light changes I'm also going
to put the audio on the GoPro now so this is you listening to me talking on
the GoPro Max and this is the audio on the insta 360. There's a fair bit of wind
tonight as well so you can see how that wind noise is affected on both cameras.
Now remember both these cameras export at 5.6 K which you can then down res
to 4k for your 360 degree videos using these software.
I should just talk about pricing if you buy the GoPro max online through the
GoPro Store 499 US dollars that retails for the insta 360 1 X is $100 cheaper
that's 399 US dollars.
Much as I'm enjoying carrying these two cameras on a
stick and being stared at by the joggers here in Albert Park I wanted to show off
the stabilization side-by-side on these 2 cameras but walking that's just not
testing it well enough I need some other way to show the stabilization on these
two things side by side.
Yeah of course if you do really want to test out the
stabilization on these things may as well attach them to a plane right?
So I've got the Insta 360 One X attached to the left wing here and over on the other
wing of the aircraft I've got the GoPro max. Now do remember you can't just
attach cameras to the wing of an aircraft willy-nilly you do have to get
permission to do it we have approval from CASA that's why this is in a metal
bracket on a metal mount screwed into the wing. We have approval from CASA to
have the GoPro mounted on the wing we don't have the same approval for the
Insta 360 so we're not actually going to be flying with the cameras on today
we're only going to be taxiing around the airport but you can see it's pretty
windy and things are moving around a lot so should be a really good test of the stabilization anyway.
I have to make a decision on which of these two cameras to take with me on the
round-the-world trip. The GoPro Max versus the Insta 360 1 X. There's one big
consideration I think and one big difference between the two if you are
thinking of attaching them to the wing of your aircraft and that is the Insta 360
is a lot taller than the GoPro max. What that means is it's
sticking up into the airflow as you're flying a lot and therefore there's more
pressure being placed along against the camera when you're flying through the
air and that could have an implication when it comes to the attachment on the
wing because the more pressure on the side of the camera means there's more
pressure on that attachment. I often think it's very good when you got a
camera attached to a plane to make sure that it's still attached when you land
and that's why we've got the GoPro Max in a metal bracket with a metal
connector on a metal plate that's screwed into the wing and that's all
approved by CASA to actually use. It's a very solid structure.
The other thing that both these cameras offer is they have their own apps where
you can connect them via Wi-Fi and control the cameras remotely. This is the
one for the Insta 360. You basically just jump onto the Wi-Fi network like
that and then you got all your controls, you've got your tools you can pan round
you can change between photos you can change between camera you can start stop
recording as well remotely which is what I'm doing there. Then the GoPro is pretty
much exactly the same you just got your cameras listed you connect to the mby
Wi-Fi and then same thing you can start and stop recording change your settings
format your card. Now the insta 360 does give a very good picture I do like
it as a camera but like I say it sticks up higher into the airflow. The GoPro on
the other hand out on this side doesn't. However as a camera just to take
traveling with me the Insta 360 I think is actually a really good option because it
is cheaper it's got a really good picture quality the audio is good on it
and there's something else that you can do with that camera that you can't
do with the GoPro Max, now let me show you what that is.
So you've all seen The Matrix
right? You know that scene where they're shooting at Neo and he kind of
like lays back and you see these bullets flying past him and the cameras panning
all the way around kind of in this 360 motion they coined the term 'bullet time'.
And Insta 360 have got this feature where you can do something similar by
getting the bullet time handle which is this thing which they also sent
to me, attaching your camera to the end and spinning around your head.
I have no idea how that's gonna look.
You know before I shot all the footage and
made this video I was thinking that the conclusion was going to be the GoPro is
the better camera. I was just expecting it to be so but having played around
with the Insta360 One X a little bit more I have to say I'm really impressed. To
sum it all up let's just look at a few key factors the things that I think you
need to focus on most when you're looking at you know which of these two
cameras you might want to buy. First of all picture quality.
Now both shoot 5.6 k resolution 360 degree video which you can then down
res to 4k export into your vlogs videos whatever you want. But I've got to
say side by side the picture quality I was expecting the gopro to be a lot
better but the Insta 360 is as good if not even slightly better from what I've
seen just in terms of the raw camera footage that comes off the camera when
you take it straight out the box. And secondly there's audio quality. Now you
may not be using these to record audio a lot of the time but if you are using
them like as a vlogging camera which you absolutely can then I have to say again
the audio quality on the insta 360 it just seemed a little bit clearer and
less muffled than what was coming out of the microphones on the GoPro max.
Then you've got to look at price and obviously you're paying 499 US dollars
for the GoPro max only 399 for the Insta 360. But then in terms of size look the
GoPro is smaller it's a more compact unit than the insta 360 and if you are
sticking this on the wing which I know not many of you might be doing that but
if like me you fly and you want to put one of these on your wing this is going
to stick up into the airflow a lot more than the GoPro Max does. In terms of the
interface I have to say it is easier using the touchscreen on the GoPro and
navigate through all the controls than it is using the the click-click function
that you have to do and I know I haven't really shown you that on here but the
buttons on here link you can get to the same result just a lot slower on the
Insta 360 than you can on the GoPro and I found you have to use the iPhone app
more when you're doing things like formatting your SD card changing between
different modes updating your settings whereas you can pretty much do all of that
through the GoPro without having to connect it to your phone.
So which of these cameras will I take with me on my round-the-world trip then
and which do I recommend you buy? You're probably going to hate this answer but a
little bit of both. If you're only gonna buy one of these cameras and you have no
intention of mounting it to the wing of an aircraft I'd actually say you're
probably gonna get better bang for your buck spending $100 less and getting the
Insta 360. However if like me you are planning to mount this externally on
something and moving vehicle and motorcycle or airplane whatever it is
the GoPro max to me feels a lot sturdier it's a lot smaller
it's a neater package and it's a little bit easier to use I find and if you
don't mind spending the extra hundred dollars then the GoPro Max is probably
the one to go for. What I'm going to be doing is because both of these are
pretty small to be honest and they're both pretty light we're gonna be putting
this on the wing of the aircraft but I'm gonna use this camera a lot when I'm
traveling just taking it with me sticking it in my pocket and if I want
to have access to a 360 degree camera quickly I can just whip it out press a
couple of buttons and yeah I can hopefully get some interesting shots with it.
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