After a full week of intensive testing of the brand-new Kandao Qoocam here is
my initial No B.S. reivew. I'm going to share with you my personal takes on Qoocam. The
good the bad and the ugly and I'm going to show you
Apple to Apple comparison between the Qoocam and the other popular
360 cameras like the GoPro Fusion, the Insta360 One, the RYLO and etc in terms
of stitching quality the image quality stabilization and even 360 slow
motion as Qoocam claims to be the first 360 camera that can do 4k 60fps
slow motion with up to 120 fps in 2k
In VR180 I would compare to Qoocam with Lenovo Mirage in terms of minimal stereo
distance how close it get to the camera vertical parallax and stabilization I
will also show you some depth mapping techniques and how I used to be focusing
2 very cool unique features introduced by Qoocam. If you are on the fence
trying to figure out if you should purchase this camera or if you already
purchased this camera and trying to figure out all the new features this is
the exact video for you.
So what's so special about this Qoocam the camera that kind of look like a
it that allows doing 360 and 3d VR 180 in one single body with three 220
degree fisheye lenses like a transformer literally he transformed from a 360
camera into a VR 180 camera you can capture 4k 360 video in 60fps
although with a catch it can generate depth maps for 6DoF - 6 degree of freedom and
fancy feature like refocusing replacing background in post and much
more look at the design of this camera it is a full metal body compared to a
cheaper camera which have a plastic body the benefit of having a metal body is
for the heat distribution Qoocam never ever overheat and shut down on me it
increases the reliability of long hours shooting outdoor shooting and 360
live-streaming another noticeable feature is the long lasting battery
built inside the camera GoPro Fusion definitely has the best
and long-lasting battery among all the 360 cameras I have tested but the Qoo
cam last more than twice as long as the fusion so in order to test the
reliability of the Kandao Qoocam in long hours shooting we line up with the GoPro
fusion and the Insta360 one and all three cameras fully charged and we film the
digital clock and here is the result
so the GoPro Fusion actually overheat after around 40 minutes and shut down
and cannot continue film anymore
and for the Insta360 ONE the battery go out around an hour also but
as you see the Kandao Qoocam is continue filming and keep going
keep going keep going after almost three hours when the battery ran out with
these two feature alone never overheat a long-lasting battery you make qoocam
the perfect director camera for professional 360 production if you are
not used to professional 360 film set and have no idea why would you need
a director camera for the director well hit the explanation video right here for
360 cameras I always look at the stitching quality first before anything
else I did a very in-depth comparison video in 360 to show you a Qoocam
stitching quality compared to GoPro Fusion
RYLO Insta360 one, Yi, Mi Sphere and other popular 360 cameras you should
go check that out and watch it on a VR headset in summary Qoocam stitching
quality is very impressive the minimum safe distance is about one foot just
like the GoPro Fusion and Qoocam is really good at handling movement around stitch
line area like right here to minimize optical flow artifacts
and crossing stitch line in a safe distance usually it wouldn't generate Ghosting
but around the stitch line area like right here
image is not as sharp as the RYLO or Fusion and so you see the focus chart
right here in turn of image quality I will also recommend you to go watch my
360 comparison video with a VR headset in general I find that Qoocam
has a decent dynamic range although it can be better. As the time of recording
we can only rely on auto exposure so I cannot really protect highlight by dropping ISO
manually also Kandao promised a decent flat or even a log mode for Qoocam. If
you try the Kandao obsidian like right here the $7000 professional VR camera
by Kandao you know they're amazing it really gives colorsists a lot
of room to color their footage in DaVinci Resolve or Scratch VR. So I will
make and follow up video and tutorial when those features are released.
Current Qoocam footage are soft compared to RYLO, Fusion or even Yi it is sharper
than the Insta360 One but not enough Kandao aware of this issue and
adding sharpening in the upcoming build Unlike other 360 camera Qoocam can
handle noise really well the footage tend to have less noise even in
low-light situation I will release a new comparison video soon to talk about the
low-light of Qoocam and I will put a link here. Good stabilization is very
essential for any action VR cameras especially when you capture 360
video for VR headset currently in the market GoPro Fusion
RYLO, Insta360 one flow state all claim to have perfect stabilization
what about Qoocam well let's see the test result and find out. Right now I gonna
compare all these most popular 360 camera
right here from left to right we have the Insta360 one, Fusion, RYLO
and the Kandao Qoocam and see how good is the stabilization at a same time in
the same condition walking or riding on my one wheel it's right here
Insta360 one. The second one is from the RYLO the third one is from the GoPro
fusion and the last one is from the Qoocam as you see both the Insta360 one
and the RYLO have the left and right motion for GoPro fusion and Qoocam lock
really well. Both horizontally and vertically but as you see from time go on
the GoPro Fusion tends to drif upward and the Qoocam drif a little bit downward
but still keep really really good dead centers so just from this OneWheel test
I started walking with the all four cameras and see just a regular use how
good is the stabilization among these cameras and as you can tell they are
almost the same they all do pretty good while in the
normal use situation just walking around with a selfie stick with the camera and
then I start to pick up my pace and start running in running you can tell us a
slightly left and right motion both in the one and the RYLO and again the
fusion and the Qoocam also doing really well it's hard to tell which one's
better. Right now I gotta do a stay stabilization test of the brand new Kandao
Qoocam right here and it attached on to my DJI mavic pro platinum right
here if you wonder what is that in the middle that is actually a new design my
friend it developed and it's gonna release pretty soon but it's a new
design that can hold better hold my camera including gopro fusion or any
360 camera onto my Drone with a vibration damper right here the
vibration damper so basically all the movement and smoother
footage that's actually really good this is my new design actually fly all
my drone video and also have an extra stabilization attach the thing to
the Drone so right now I gotta fly the drone
so go ahead I'm gonna
camera keep it balance and just hit here to take off
so take off
and then from here I get to go up there you go as you see from the Qoocam
drone footage this camera capture one of the smoothest drone footage I saw pay
attention to the far left and far right the areas usually vibrate greatly by
drone mechanic vibration Qoocam handle it like a champ let's do a side-by-side
comparison with all four cameras I tested all RYLO and Insta360 one
has this front and back vibration in far left and far right which will render as
an unstable motion in a headset watch this comparison with the headset you
would know what I'm talking about the fusion is famously good with mechanic
vibration with its rolling shutter stabilization the Qoocam is just as good
if not better than fusion so in conclusion Qoocam stabilization is
very impressive definitely better than RYLO or Insta360 ONE and very close if
not better than fusion one of the unique feature of Qoocam is VR 180
I'm making and review and comparison video in VR 180 with Lenovo Mirage the
Yi horizon and the Qoocam here when it is finished I will post a link below
all right here it is better to watch it on a VR headset for 3d 180 instead of
just me telling you this to deal with you know camera is perfect even though
this camera is very innovative there are weakness. first the resolution of
360 photos is only 4k that is low compared to other popular 360 cameras
the design of the camera is specially in VR 180 is kinda in a funky shape it make
it impossible to use a regular handheld gimbal. Be WARN! Even if stabilization in
VR 180 like this camera this camera a physical gimbal is still needed for
movement even a small amount of we'll make people sick when watch it in
a VR headset as you see in the image quality that Qoocam is not as sharp as
other camera like the GoPro Fusion or the RYLO. hopefully in the future update
Kandao can adjust this issue. For 60 frames per second slow motion if you see
the original raw file from the camera it is actually 2 K by 2 K in a square shape
not 4K by 2K as shooting in 30 frame per second even though the
final output is 4 K in 60 frames per second with optical flow stretching with
the Kandao studio the footage still look a little bit soft
then the 4k in 30 FPS but with the possibility of having slow-motion 360
footage in 4k is still miles ahead of other 360 cameras I just wish they are
true 4k in the sensor level I will make a new 360 slow motion video
comparison between the GoPro Fusion and the Qoocam and expose some creative
use of slow motion in VR I will link here when it's released.