- Hey it's Justin Brown here from Primal Video.
In this video we're gonna take a look at Insta360 Air.
Now if you haven't worked it out already
this is a 360 video.
So you can click, and move around,
or if you're using your phone,
then you can pick your phone up and move around.
Or you can tap on the screen, and swipe around
to really get immersed in this 360 video.
It also means that you should set the
quality of this video playback
to the highest that you can for your internet connection
in order to get the best quality video.
If you just leave this on standard
it may look pretty rubbish so
make sure you boost the quality to as high as you can.
So a little while ago we released a video
talking about the Insta360 Nano, 360 camera.
Which was designed specifically for iPhone.
Now they've released the Android version the Insta360 Air,
and that's the camera that you're looking at right now.
So in this video, I'm gonna share with you my thoughts
on the Insta360 Air, the Android one.
And I'll also be comparing it back to the Insta360 Nano
in case you've got an iPhone as well,
or in case you're looking for the
differences between the two.
'Cause there are some definite similarities,
but there's also some really, really big differences,
and really big strengths
for each of the two cameras as well.
Now the Insta360 Nano is probably one of my
all-round favorite 360 cameras but it's iPhone only.
So this is the Android equivalent.
This is just for Android, and that's available
in either USB-C or Micro USB
to plug directly into your Android device.
So how this camera works is its got two cameras.
One facing me, one facing the opposite direction,
and the two are stitched together in real-time
to create one 360 video.
So the real-time element of that means that
you can broadcast Live to things like
Facebook Live, and to Twitter,
and to YouTube Live in 360
and really share the full 360
environment Live with your audience.
So that's really powerful
and I think that's something you should be looking for
in a 360 camera these days.
Some of the popular ones still don't have
Live stitching, or the capabilities to broadcast Live.
So that's a huge feature, and I think it's something
that we're going to see a lot more of moving forward.
Now this camera sells for 129 US versus
the iPhone equivalent that sells for 199.
So it's considerably cheaper than the iPhone equivalent but
there is definitely some big differences between the two.
The first, probably the biggest difference that you'll find
is that this camera will only work
if its directly connected to a phone.
The iPhone version, it can work stand-alone.
It does have a built-in battery,
it does also have a built-in Micro SD
so you can do all the recording directly on the device
without it needing to be plugged into your phone.
With this one it does use your phone storage,
and it does use your phone battery,
so there's definitely advantages and disadvantages to that.
There's nothing else that you need.
There's nothing else that you need to charge.
There's no additional storage
that you need to have or worry about
but it does mean that you're going to need to have
more storage available in your phone
to be able to store this video footage.
It also means that its going to chew through
your phone's battery a little bit quicker as well.
But in regards to battery life,
on the 360 Air and how quick it actually
de-charges your phone or burns through your phone's battery,
in my experience I've been able to get about an hours use
out of it before my phone is going flat.
So it's definitely still workable but
you'll wanna have some sort of battery backup
or battery power to be able to charge your phone
while you're out if you're gonna be
creating 360 videos using this camera.
Now just like the Insta360 Nano,
this camera connects to your phone through the charging port
which means that you're going to be
using your phone upside down.
So right now I'm holding my phone upside down,
it is connected to a tripod mount,
but the phone itself is upside down.
So that takes a little bit of getting used to
and a little bit of functionality difference
of using your phone upside down.
But it's definitely not too much of a
big deal once you get used to it.
It think this camera is really well designed
and I really like how they've improved upon the form factor,
especially from the iPhone one.
The iPhone one took way too much space
on the back of the phone which made it
really difficult to mount your phone
into a phone or tripod holder.
Whereas with this one,
it doesn't take up any additional space
other than sitting in your charging port.
So its so much easier to mount
because you can use pretty well
any tripod or any phone mount to hold this thing.
Now in regards to the quality of the camera
this is a 3K video camera,
3K 360 camera.
So it's exactly the same as
the Insta360 Nano in that regard.
But what you will find is that
you need to be using one of the latest
Android devices to be able to record in 3K.
If you're using an older phone,
like even a Samsung Galaxy S6,
you're only able to, at this point,
record at a lower resolution, not the full 3K.
So that's again something to be aware of
when you're choosing, and again,
one of the joys of being on Android
and having so many different Android
pieces of hardware out there.
If you're using one of the latest phones
then you can record in full 3K.
So what you're seeing and hearing here is
100% as it comes off the camera or off the phone.
So there's no audio adjustments,
there's no color adjustments to the images,
this is 100% as it comes off the camera.
One of the biggest things I like about
this camera is the design.
It is so well designed and so well thought out.
And the thing is absolutely tiny.
If you're gonna carry it around
and wanna put it in your pocket,
it is the smallest, most well designed 360 camera I've used.
It's an interesting space,
and it'll be interesting to see what comes next.
But this thing is tiny, it literally looks like
an eyeball with two camera lenses on either side.
And all you have to do is take it out of its
protective, rubbery casing, and clip it into your phone.
That's it, the APP then opens up, and you're good to go.
Once the APP is open it's just a matter of
picking photo, video, or Live.
So this camera does all the stitching Live,
so you can go Live in 360 to places like
Facebook, to YouTube, and to Periscope, or Twitter
directly from the APP.
And literally, just plug the camera in,
choose where you wanna go Live,
and press go Live, and that's it.
So both this one and the Insta360 Nano the iPhone version,
are really easy to use.
But in terms of simplicity for sharing files,
and sharing photos and everything over social media,
or just sharing them out online, this one has the edge.
The Insta360 Air.
Because everything that you're recording
is recording direct to your phone
instead of to a Micro SD card.
So there's no transfer back
to transfer the files to your phone
to be able to share them out.
The Insta360 Air is doing everything directly
to your phone which makes it so much faster
and so much easier to share and to get your files out.
So because this device is connected directly to your phone,
there's no need to worry about setup through
Bluetooth or Wifi, and wait for that connection to happen,
that you need to with some other 360 cameras.
Now on the Insta360 website, they give you free software
to download to be able to edit the video files together
to be able to create those tiny world photos.
And the software's available for free
for both Windows and for Mac.
Now one of the other really cool features with this camera
is that it ships with a long flexible USB cable
so that you can turn this into a panoramic webcam.
So a webcam that will pick up in 360
and you can use it for things like Skype.
So that would be pretty cool if you're gonna be in a
business environment, or in a boardroom say,
and you wanna do a Skype call with someone
and show everyone in the room,
and that's a really good option.
But at the time of testing this,
it's only available for Windows
so if you're on Mac, there aren't any
drivers or software available for there yet.
So those are my thoughts on the Insta360 Air,
360 camera for Android.
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And check out the video linked on-screen now
to my thoughts on the Insta360 Nano,
so the iPhone version.
I'll see ya soon.