This is a 3D 180 video, meaning you can watch it
back in full 3-D, all you'll need is an Oculus Go,
a Gear VR or even a cheap foldaway headset
attached to your phone.
If you have one of these, you'll be able to get
the most out of this video, because you'll see
this comparison with full on 3D depth
that you couldn't see with the naked eye.
If you don't have one, and that's okay,
because most people don't, you can still watch this video
back in flat VR 180, but it's not going to look this good.
So today we're going to compare the Vuze XR,
the Kandao Qoocam, and the newly-released Insta360 EVO.
These are the top three consumer 3D 180 cameras
that also double as 360 cameras.
As you can see, they both have two modes, they fold
away and they can do two things at once.
So if you are considering buying your first 3-D camera
it's good to be able to have something that does
both of them.
However, in this video we're going to focus more on
3-D VR 180, I'm going to show you some sample photos,
some videos from all three of these cameras,
and we're also going to discuss the pros and cons of each.
By the way, this video was shot entirely
with these three cameras, I'm not using
any DSLRs or any other kinds of cameras.
And you might be wondering if I've got the three here,
then how am I filming this.
Well, this is how, a have a second Vuze XR. (laughs)
See what I did there?
Now let's look at some samples, and at any point,
you're welcome to hit the pause button, if you wanna
take more time to look around each shot.
I did my best with all these examples to make
these photos look as good as possible, and this first
one here was shot Kandao Qoocam in DNG 8 RAW mode,
which is Qoocam's version of RAW mode.
It's very good, and after color correction,
the dynamic range is looking really impressive.
Next we have Vuze XR, and you probably notice
an increase in sharpness and a decrease in dynamic range.
Those highlights are looking pretty blown out,
compared to the previous photo.
Finally we have the Insta360 EVO, this was shot in RAW
mode and color corrected.
Overall it's looking good, I'd say it's looking a bit dark
and contrasty, but otherwise I'm pretty happy
with this image.
And now, for a surprise contender, it's the Insta360 EVO
again, in HDR mode, I shot this in HDR with two stops,
and this looks by far the best of all four examples
we've seen so far.
The dynamic range is beautiful, the clouds have definition,
the shadows aren't too dark anywhere in this image,
this exposure is nearly perfect.
You may be thinking it's unfair to use two samples
from the EVO, but the fact is, the EVO has hdr mode,
and the others don't, and this is a really powerful tool
for getting excellent exposure in mixed lighting situations
like we have here.
And as you can see here, hdr from the evo blew
the others out of the water.
Aaaaah, cheers, here's a new mixed lighting situation,
this time we're inside, in a shopping center,
and again the dynamic range of this Qoocam shot
is looking impressive.
I was able to recover the highlights from the skylights
above, using dng 8 and overall
the exposure is looking good where
it's not looking so good is in
it's color vibrancy and also those
visible noise on my face and
in the shadowy areas of this shot.
Now for the XR, and again
I'm noticing a significant increase
in resolution when I look at the
kitchen area especially with the
depth you could really see a big
difference between this and the last shot.
The colors are definitely looking
impressive here, they're colorful,
while also being realistic to
what I was seeing with my eye.
The only place it falls flat really
is if you look up again the highlights
are blown out.
Here's the EVO in raw mode there's
nice sharpness, decent color although
I wasn't really able to get the colors
I wanted with shot, overall again
it's looking pretty good but a little
bit contrasty.
Here's the HDR version with the evo
and again it just fixes all the issues
I had with the previous shots.
The dynamic range is basically
perfect, the colors are really good
there's no visible grain, it's
sharp and if you're watching this
in the VR headset, the depth looks
so good in this shot.
It really feels like you could
reach out and take that coffee cup
from me, but don't you even think about it.
Now for some video samples and I found
everything we talked about with
the photos also applies to videos
similar things with dynamic range
sharpness, color and so on.
With the Qoocam the dynamic range
is impressive once again where
a significantly let down it's
a low resolution this is 4k and
it's just not enough.
When watching this back in the
headset the low resolution is
extremely noticeable.
By the way, I'm not going to color correct
any of these videos clips, you'll
see them exactly how the are when they
come out of the camera.
The Vuze XR again has exposure
issues but with the increased resolution
I'm also noticing an increase
in depth this image feels deeper because
it has more pixels overall it's able
to illustrate the sense of of depth
a lot better.
I'm talking about in 3D mode of course,
which to me emphasizes that high
resolution is extremely important
watching back 3D because those
are extra pixels that add to the
depth and therefore the overall
3D experience.
By the way, how good is my garden looking?
I'm getting to the age now where
gardening is a thing, and it's just
like so uh, nevermind.
This time the EVO doesn't win by
a country mile, but it still does
win overall.
The dynamic range looks the best
and this feels the most lifelike
because of those nice colors
because of the depth created by
those extra pixels.
This is the best 3D view point
of my balcony of all three.
The over blown highlights, the only
thing that really stand out to me
is a negative with this shot.
Now I want to draw your attention to
the boarder of this shot so look up, down,
left, or right and with the Qoocam
they include this weird black frame
which is noticeable when you look at
the rectangular image of this.
But you're also seeing some of the
black creep into the shot.
So this is no longer a full 180 degree
field of view it becomes more
like a 160 degrees because the
black is covering some of the image.
I'm pretty sure they did this to cover up the
other lens and other unwanted details
on the outside.
The lens is technically 220 degrees
so it is seeing all that extra stuff
but it's the software that's limiting
the field of views so hopefully they
see this and change it.
With the other two cameras if you look
to the boarder you'll see a clean circle
all the way around.
This means you are getting a full 180 degree
field of view and they're not covering anything up.
This is good in most shots but
if you look to one side sometimes
you can see a lens poking out
because if you think about it
the lens is a stick out of the camera
and if the other lens is capturing
180 degrees it's going to include
the neighboring lens in this shot
because technically it is in the 180 degree
field of view.
It hasn't been too bad with either
of these cameras but it's something
you gotta think about, you gotta
put yourself in the audiences shoes
think about where they're going to look
and you need to remove all the imperfections possible.
Finally here's a quick stabilization test
and the Vuse XR has really basic
stabilization and it's not doing a great job here.
The video is moving up and down
while it's not bumpy and shaky it is moving
and that's kinda annoying.
The Qoocam actually surprised me with
it's video stabilization because this
is looking pretty good.
I'm walking down the street bumping the camera
yet it remains relatively smooth.
Good job Qoocam!
But yet again the EVO takes the cake,
this is the best stabilization of all three
I'm shaking the camera quite a bit here
and you're not noticing anything.
I talked about this in my EVO review,
how this is probably my favorite feature
of the camera this creates a super smooth
moving 3D video experience.
So after seeing those samples
this is how I'd rank them in
third place we have the canned out Qoocam
which is what I'm filming this on now,
and it's a camera that does have it's pros.
Such as the DGN8 Raw, I don't know if
I quite did it justice in this video
but I've seen some incredible results
in 360 using the DNG8.
The battery life of the Qoocam
is mind blowing it lasts 3 hours
on one single charge.
It produces decent video stabilization,
it's at least stable enough to walk around in.
Next is the only one of the three that can
produce a depth map, which means it
essentially makes it easier to to isolate
different areas of the image later on if you
wanna animate them or manipulate them in another way.
Because of this depth map capability the canned out
software allows you to refocus your photos
almost as if you were shooting with a DSLR
and you can choose just me or just the background
and everything else would go out of focus.
That's quite cool, but it really only
looks good on a phone screen and this brings me
to the flaws of the Qoocam and the biggest one
you can't deny it, it's resolution
it's significantly lower in resolution
then the other two cameras.
Who doesn't want higher resolution?
If this was the only camera that offered
3D you probably wouldn't notice it as much but
because we have the other two they
shoot 5.7k video and 18 mega pixel photos.
The resolution just ain't that great with the Qoocam.
This factor alone puts the Qoocam
in third place.
In second place we have the Vuse XR
and the first pro I want to talk about
the design this is by far the best design
of the 3D 180 camera that also
doubles as a 360 camera.
It's so simply designed and easy to use
this thing is a pleasure to shoot with.
There's no confusion it's very easy to understand
also because the handle is so wide it's easy
to grip from behind and hide yourself from
your 180 shot.
Whereas, with the other cameras it's
kind of hard to carry them,
and there's not enough to grip onto
to easily hide from your shots.
Honorable mention, to the Xrs nice
looking colors and this is equal
sharpest of all three cameras.
The higher resolution is definitely
noticeable, and if you shoot with this
thing a situation where the exposure
isn't to tricky, you will get good result.
Which brings me to the main con
and that's the exposure because there's
no manual control of this camera
there's no HDR mode.
You're going to have issues when shooting
in mixed lighting situations like we saw earlier.
most shots I've taken so far in mixed
lighting has resulted in blown out highlights
and that is not good.
Another thing I'm working on the firm way
of this thing as we speak so hopefully
we see some kind of improvement with the exposure.
Also the word flow is a little bit clunky
you can't preview your 5.7k videos
on your mobile, you have to go to
your computer to do that.
So it will give you a decent result
but you will need to exercise patience.
In first place is the EVO and it didn't come close
by this much, it's more like.
As you saw from the samples it
has by far the best photos and videos
with the best sharpness, but also
dynamic range, and color.
These things are basically the most
important factor when comparing cameras
you want excellent image quality
and you get that with the EVO
The EVO actually has the highest
photo resolution over the Vuse XR by this much?
I'd also say the EVO is best for
360 shooting, I know we didn't talk about
that in this video, but after using
all three of them as both 3D 180 cameras
and 360 cameras, I can say the EVO
has produced equally excellent results
when shooting in 360 mode.
Do check out my EVO review if you
haven't already to get more of an idea
of what it can do in 360 mode but
it is definitely the best camera around in 360 mode.
One of the reasons is it has the
most features, how good were those HDR photos
I shot with it?
You can do that not only in 180 mode
but also 360 mode has raw
has amazing stabilization there's so many
things you can do with this camera.
It's not just a 180 camera and not just a 360 camera
a lot of these things can be done in
the insta360 EVO app which is also
the best app of all three cameras
It's very easy to use, well built,
well designed, it also has the fastest
word flow to both mobile, computer
one more pro is it's hall of fame
compatible which means you can view
your 3D content without needing
a dedicated headset, it just comes out at you.
Like I talked about in my EVO video
this isn't exclusive to the EVO but they
have made it extremely easy to do this.
With the EVO app, with the hall of fame
it all makes it easy.
Whereas I haven't yet figured out
how to do this effect with the XR or the Qoocam.
A con of this camera is it's definitely
the worst design of all three.
It's just big and clunky and kind of hard to
move between 360 and 180.
It's workable but the design is no where near
user friendly as the other two cameras.
Also because of this when you flip the camera
into 360 mode because the body becomes
so thick it does effect the stitching
a bit on the sides especially at near distance
objects, I know they're working on the
stitching algorithm and it's definitely
gonna get better don't get me wrong
but anything about this far away
from the sides in 360 mode is
definitely gonna get cut off.
So tell me who is your winner and why
leave a comment down there and let me know
I will link all three of these cameras
down there in the description if
you are considering any of them
you'll find them there
for the best price possible
I'm also going to include links to
some of the samples you saw in this video
if you want to view them yourself
in 3D, in a headset, if you just watched
this entire video in flat 180
you saw probably 1/10 od what these
cameras are capable of.
The depth aspect is truly incredible
so I would advise if you can do your
best to get your hands on even a
cheap headset and watch this video back again
in youtube VR.
The 3D effect is seriously cool
it will be worth your time I promise.
All three of these cameras also
have dedicated Facebook groups
so I'll link them again down there
and I would suggest joining them if
you wanna see samples and other cool
stuff based around these three cameras.
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alright woooh, it's my first ever
3D 180 video, feels good hope it
looks as good as I think it's
gonna look because I'm pretty sure
it's gonna look awesome.
OK
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