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What you are watching right now, it is the Qoocam 8K on drone flying above my house.
As you see the set up here.
So yes, you can fly the Qoocam 8K safely without extension.
Want to learn how to fly and what to get?
Comment below.
The stabilization of the Qoocam 8K is okay.
Not as good as GoPro MAX just yet but def better than ONE X - as you see right here,
I can easily smooth it out in post-production.
Please enjoy this video in a VR headset and try to watch it in 8K.
As we will compare the Qoocam 8K to the Insta360 Pro 2.
Let's go.
First, we have the Qoocam 8K production unit filming at the same time as
the Insta360 Pro 2.
Here is the setup.
The Qoocam 8K is in 10-bit, untouched.
I am standing 6 Ft. away and walking toward the camera - really close.
As you see the Qoocam 8K has an incredibly sharp focus even in the close distance.
This makes the Qoocam 8K a must-have for VR professionals to capture super close up without
dealing with stitch line problems, which you will see in the Insta360 Pro 2.
So now I am standing 16 ft away - you can see Qoocam still has pretty good sharpness
and details.
Now I am walking toward the stitch line - as you see the focus chart was perfect until
I cross the stitch line in the close distance - but that is very normal - it happens on
all 360 cameras.
I am now leaning toward the camera and touch the camera - as you see the stitching is still
really good.
It has breakdowns, but it snaps back quickly.
The chromatic aberration in the beta unit, it is significantly reduced in the production
unit.
But it is not entirely gone.
Any 2 lenses fisheye 360 camera has Chromatic aberration - including the GoPro MAX and ONE
X.
If that concerns you, Pro 2 is def a better choice.
It also looks sharp.
Pay attention to here - you see later on the Pro 2 is slightly sharper and clearer - you
see more Es in this area.
But they are really close, surprisingly.
Moving on, I am crossing the stitch line over and over again like an idiot... in 3 ft away
from the camera.
And now you see how impressive the stitching quality this little Qoocam 8K has - the stitch
line is barely noticeable.
Okay now, let's check out Insta360 Pro 2!
Pro 2 is shooting in stereo mode and stitch in mono in post - so we used all the available
pixels the camera can capture.
As you see, the dynamic range is better in Pro 2.
But when I come close, you see stitching artifacts on my right arm - b/c my right arm is cross
the stitch line.
Which make Pro 2 not an option for super close up VR
or micro VR - when you are trying to shoot really tiny objects in very close up.
This, again, makes the Qoocam 8K a must-have for any VR professionals.
You will also notice, even tho the Pro 2 has a very obvious better dynamic range, it is
also noisier than Qoocam.
You can check out the dark area and find out.
This is probably because of the sensor quality - as Qoocam uses a bigger sensor.
Moving on, you see the biggest issue Pro 2 has is stitching.
Because the sensors are further away than Qoocam 8K, it is really hard to stitch well
for subjects within 2 ft, inside the safe zoon.
As you see the microphone stand here is not really straight - but in Qoocam - it is perfectly
straight.
The color rendering tho, if you pay attention to the color chart - it is better in Pro 2
than Qoocam.
Qoocam 8K tends to look more purple than Pro 2.
Keep walking, you see the focus chart in 4 ft.
Again pay attention to the Es right here.
You see more details in Pro 2 - but they are very similar - you might not even see it b/c
of YouTube compression.
For fun, let's take a look at GoPro MAX upscale to 8K.
Please turn to your left and check out the focus chart in the stitch line first.
Looking at the chart, you can tell both Insta360 Pro 2 or the Qoocam 8K has way better details
and sharpness compare to MAX.
Everything looks soft and blurry in GoPro MAX - and you don't really see that until
you compared it to an 8K camera - and now you will appreciate the resolution jump in
Qoocam 8K.
In VR headset, the difference is really significate.
But again, if you are watching this on a browser, then GoPro MAX is perfectly fine.
Same stitching breakdowns when I get too close, but it is normal.
Again take this opportunity to check the chart in 4ft to compare it to Qoocam 8K.
Lastly, I am doing the stitch line test like an idiot again - and GoPro MAX also has excellent
stitching.
So hopefully, by now, you have an idea what the Qoocam 8K really looks like in 8K 360
video on a VR headset.
You can download this 8K file in H.264 150Mbps and sideload it to an 8K headset to play it.
Or you can watch it directly on Oculus TV.
I will upload 8K version directly onto Oculus TV - and it will give you the max resolution
depends on which headset you have.
Please comment below and tell me what you think after you watch this in a VR headset,
and I will see you in my official review of the Qoocam 8K in next year 2020.