hey guys I'm Ben from authentech and those shots are kind of like magic it's
a floating flying hovering 360 degree camera that's gotten me really excited
about shooting some fun new fresh content for my youtube videos and
socials like Instagram make sure you're following me there so know this video is
not sponsored they just sent me the products I'm honestly just excited and
pumped about this little camera and more specifically what these little
accessories can do to change the game from my shooting style cinematography
and more so here's the main idea I already reviewed the insta 360 1x when
it first came out but since then I've been able to play with it and test it
out a lot more and something has really changed the game for me are these two
little accessories so here's the best way I can put it if I buy a GoPro and
pick up a few extra accessories my shots might go from here up to here it doesn't
change it that much but when I get these two accessories matched up with this
camera it's almost like it's unlocking the full potential that it has taking my
shots from here all the way up to here first let me show you what these two
accessories are that I'm even talking about all the links will be down below
this first one is called the drifter and it's basically like a dart that you
click your camera right in it's made of really nice materials good weight
balance soft touch rubber plastic two of the fins are soft and bendy while the
other two have some sort of metal plates inside it's very rigid and sturdy so
that when the cameras clicked in both your lenses are protected as they say
this allows your camera to take flight and shoot airborne slow-motion footage
capturing every angle at once so here's just a few examples of almost impossible
shots from any other camera rig but since this camera is shooting in 360
degrees with crazy smooth stabilization we can change the angle of the camera
mid-flight after the fact keeping your subject always in frame the shots it
produces are sort of awe inspiring and you'll have a lot of people asking you
how the heck did you capture that it's super cool very awesome and if you think
about we can never do this with the other camera like a GoPro or a cell
phone because chucking it midair and be spinning around like crazy it's only
possible because it's recording in all directions and it's coupled with that
electronic image stabilization that's super smooth the other
game-changing accessory it seems a lot less simple on the outside but actually
has become a new favour of mine in the gear bag they call it the extended
selfie stick it's basically a selfie pull with a quarter inch tripod mount on
both ends however most selfie sticks out there usually max out lengths around
thirty to fifty inches that's around two and a half to four feet long and this
one however reaches all the way out to one hundred and eighteen inches that's
three meters or almost 10 feet it's made of carbon fiber super lightweight at
only eight ounces and compacts down to just twenty three inches so we could
easily carry it around maybe even fit it in a book bag now unfortunately it
doesn't have the twist to lock each section though this would be nice to see
in a future model instead it's sort of like those paper yo-yos where each
section of the pole extends fully out and then squeezes the tension and sticks
into place I sort of like that I can flick it outwards and fully extend in
seconds and same with compacting down it's super quick and easy we screw the
camera onto the end and that's it no need for a bubble level head or anything
as the horizon should always be level and stabilization is hyper smooth just
watch some of these shots as I wildly swing the camera all around down 10 feet
up 10 feet wide sweeping shots the use cases and creative ideas are almost
endless and the results are just impeccable in my opinion again you'll
get lots of people asking how did you get that shot and you can just smirk and
tell them it was magic sometimes it looks like a micro drone is racing
around now yes one thing I found when using the camera indoors or low-light
situations sometimes the stabilization caused a little bit of shudder blur but
it's not terrible and still produces usable footage yes they offer a shorter
lockable selfie stick still invisible which is very sweet too and it's perfect
for certain situations it's size goes all
it's size goes all the way down to just 11 inches but then out to 47 inches and
it's currently only 15 bucks on Amazon so it's probably worth the pickup but
again this crazy long lightweight selfie stick can be swung fast and wide into
almost any nook and cranny the whole pole is almost fully invisible even when
looking backwards towards the camera operator it's almost like having a
portable camera crane wherever you go even inside a car which those vehicle
jibs cost hundreds of thousands of dollars so the world's your oyster and
here's just a few of the fun and helpful use cases I thought that this camera
setup could change the game now of course the first and obvious is
filmmaking this is where I lie
to capture stunning high flying aerial like shots with the flick of your wrist
but then also super low down fast sweeping dynamic shots as well well it's
basically wide versatility I can also imagine this being an awesome tool for
vloggers imagine a KC or others raising the game for fresh and new perspectives
point the camera back at yourself for a walking talking head shots but then
swing the camera perspective anywhere around at the landscape and subjects of
which you want to show your audience how about the versatility of different
industries and businesses like property inspections this was a funny and small
example but I was able to fast and easy stick this camera right up into a light
post look all around with good clarity and detail and then swing out wide think
about roof or building or bridge inspections imagine strapping the camera
to a drone oh just joking I actually did that carrying the extended selfie stick
with camera from my phantom 4 was lightweight and easy and produce some
flying floating midair 360 shots very cool and fresh perspective
speaking of drones as a quick experiment I strapped my old insta 360 to Danny's
fpv racing drum he took flight and raced around and the results were crazy the
stabilization and perspective is out of this world and mark my words this is
just the beginning of 360 cameras on drones
another small but useful idea use this little guy as a dashcam it could record
and cover literally every possible angle in your vehicle and that way you're
always protected for those just-in-case moments if I was an uber driver
I would totally use this thing also just imagine real estate tours and marketing
videos I used to do that full-time and I would definitely use this whole rig
setup for shooting high-end real estate content okay so how does all the pricing
lay out and compare versus go pro well stay tuned and subscribe as I'm in the
works of creating a side-by-side comparison video the One X and GoPro
seven are the exact same price currently 399 some people might ask well what
about the GoPro fusion well I never actually had one to test hands on but
I've watched a lot of reviews and the summary is that the insta 360 is much
easier to use plus the price point the fusion is almost double the price at
$5.99 and it's lower resolution 5.2 K video verse 5.7 K on the One X and I
think it has the old stabilization not that new hyper smooth like the hero 7
has what about versus the Osmo pocket well yes I think you'd get much sharper
quality video on the Osmo of course which is important in certain scenarios
but definitely not always and of course you're not recording severe clay like
this one so they each have their own place each different uses another funny
thing to mention regarding quality I find it pretty hilarious when I make a
big deal let's say a camera can record 4k 60fps and then there's people out
there who say well who cares about 4k everyone's watching 1080p which sure
that's sort of true but then let me tell you that this camera exports 16 by 9
video at 1080p well then there will be people who just say that resolution
isn't good enough the moral of the story is you can't please them all and a few
key takeaways a the 1080p footage on here looked pretty dang good for
cropping in that close B there are a lot of people out there who are not obsessed
with high resolution and 1080p is more than sufficient but then again of course
higher resolution the better for myself I post all my videos in 4k
on YouTube hopefully down the road we could see an insta 360 model that maybe
has 12k resolution total 5 or 6 case sensor on each side so that's when we
crop in maybe we're exporting a 4k res that's the dream and hopefully we'll see
it down the road now I have two big wishlist items for
inset 360 a their new mobile app is hands-down awesome and powerful let me
show you a quick example of how I edit a clip to give you an idea of workflow and
processing time okay so here's the basic workflow I've just copied the files over
from my 1x you can do it wirelessly over Wi-Fi or with the cable it saves battery
and goes a little bit faster and come on in here's the clips that I copied over
this is a 32 second example clip what's nice is you can do 9 by 16 aspect ratio
good for the social medias or sixteen by nine let's go at this one since it's
going on YouTube there's a few ways of tracking like pivot points and smart
tracking the one I like the best is a viewfinder so it's kind of like a
virtual viewfinder as you maneuver your phone to explore the scene you'll
determine which fixed frame footage is extracted from that original 360 video
so what you see is what you record also if you're feeling a little dizzy you can
use your finger to swipe around ok so that clip was about 32 seconds it takes
about thirty two seconds to record them then we go to save and export right to
the album let's start a little timer to see how long 32 second clip takes
all right and boom we switch it over to our albums and there's our recorded
virtual viewfinder clip super sweet fast and easy then we transfer it over to
Final Cut and we're good to go so as you can see it's actually not that
bad and has some really nice features baked right in however as a full time
content producer like myself if I shoot 20 or 50 clips in a day I really really
need fast and efficient desktop software to process those files even faster insta
360 has some desktop apps but for this camera specifically it's right now super
basic and can't do half the things that the mobile app can do the key feature
for any professional filmmaker out there I would really like to see more
development for a more powerful Mac software or even better a Final Cut
plugin with those exact same mobile app features this way I could zip through
clips 100 times faster on my iMac over my phone if you guys want to see how I
currently edit some of these 360 files in Final Cut it's currently a lengthier
process but let me know down in the comments and I can make a whole video in
itself another possible downfall is audio GoPro and other cameras allow you
to record high quality crisp recording with add-on modules labs or shotgun mics
USB adapters it's not yet possible here and this is an audio test just if you
need professional audio well then of course you're gonna need a separate
recorder device and another wishlist idea I would love to see an option in
the settings to auto backup photos and/or video wirelessly to my phone
leave it as a toggle and off by default as I know I'll suck down the battery
life but it would be very helpful to have as I'm out in the field shooting a
couple of hours capturing all these clips and then later jumping on my phone
and those files are automatically copied right over so then I can edit on the go
boom that would be awesome no more needing to select clips copy
them over and then waiting times this would all be done for me so for my
conclusion this nuke camera and setup of the insta 360 1x
with the invisible extra-long a selfie stick and that flying at drifter dart it
will bring a fresh and new perspective to a lot of my content creation opening
up a world of new impossible angles I'll give you all the product links down in
the description and if you want to see more camera videos like this in the
future make sure you subscribe and ring the bell to stay up to date thank you
guys so much for watching and until next time let's live authentic