well all right so in this video we will talk about if the insta360 one x2
has any any role to play on a professional film production but before we jump into it let's
switch from flight simulator to this brand new winter sports game that i just got from a ps5
graphics are absolutely unreal let's jump into it i know this episode is sponsored by storyblocks
all right so first you have to select the mountain and the trail i'm gonna go local
up here north from here in wisconsin next you pick your athlete here we have mad p and
daring advanced skier i like the close combo it must be french and what's my other option
regular joe that sounds like me an overconfident amateur snowboarder let's go with that fella
bear with me here as i'm getting used to the controls press l1 to change the camera angle
let's try that okay third person view that's cool and another one oh full side view of the athlete
it's not very useful because you cannot see the track and i don't want to crash
oh oh oh oh my god where am i going oh oh through the bushes all right through the
trees okay and there we go whoa that was very close to the tree but made it through
oh oh second player requesting to join okay oh hey yeah hey no you were playing are you ready
how long have you been playing oh just just about a week i think i just got it it's pretty cool
okay we're ready let's go let's finish up that run and see who's first okay all right oh oh oh oh no
what are you doing uh i need to press l1 to get up again man dude you're so far away i don't know did
you take a different turn or like i'm staying i'm staying on the blues when when you turn
behind this third three there is a shortcut oh my god you're just going on the black since then
jump jump jump okay x right x yeah yeah press x for the jump the longer you press the higher you
jump did you save the princess that's a different game no no it's in there it's in there okay
yes come on bro okay i'm almost there i'm almost there okay ready for the high five okay yeah yeah
almost yeah xxx squared square round triangle right triangle and okay it was embarrassing
but i gotta say it was fun it was fun let's do it again let's go you cannot sorry sorry you know how
i'm addicted to to video games but we got to talk about 360 cameras now but tomorrow for sure okay
so let's have a conversation is the insta 360 1x2 a legitimate camera for a professional video
production should you as a filmmaker invest in such camera and what would you get out of it
let's get right into it let's zoom out for a second and talk about 360 in general i've been
working in the advertising industry for the past nine years and oh boy
about five years ago 360 became the new hottest thing for agencies and brands to flock around
and try out something that was never done before but honestly more often than not it was just like
a gimmick there were rarely ideas that were rooted in the 360 canvas and made really use of it
one a good example is actually a bmw ad with gigi hadid i will link it in the description below go
check it out after the video on the other side the people the general population has not really
fully adopted the behaviors and technology necessary for an immersive 360 experience
even if it's as simple just like as looking around on your phone eventually boils down to the added
value it provides to filmmakers brands developers and most importantly consumers and the viewers
you and i believe insta 360 must have realized it because they made a very savvy move while their
hardware innovation squarely sits in the 360 camera world what they do on the software side
is intended for an output on our traditional plane that we're looking at right now where we can't
look around before we answer the big question of this video let's talk about a few features that
made my inner creative smile but also a couple of downsides you want to be aware of with this camera
first and foremost it is unbelievably this selfie stick i mean it's not the stick itself but
rather what these two 180 degree plus cameras and the software behind it allow you to do basically
it makes this stick here disappear and the camera just float in the room and it opens up a butthole
of creative possibilities that you as a filmmaker can explore i mean it's simply fun that pretty
much sums up the emotions the feeling that i have when shooting with this camera and i'm definitely
i definitely have only scratched the surface of the creative possibilities and tried out only a
fraction of the angles that you can shoot with this camera especially if you have a setup with
a back pole harness you just hit record go about your life and you have a crazy unique
view on your life as if our lives are not crazy enough already in fact that is actually something
that insta 360 is promoting that you just hit record and don't worry about framing your shot
that stuff that you do actually in post after the fact that you can decide what direction you
want to look in and what you want to put out but this brings me to the next point this camera is
i would say actually a fair alternative to an action cam the x2 is now waterproof to 33 feet and
also fairly robust so you have to be careful with the lenses that are sticking out because
i already scratched one of them i found the image stabilization called flow stage actually working
very well very similar to gopro's hyper smooth and with the right adapter you can also use all your
gopro mounts that you already purchased so you can stick the camera on an airplane or if you don't
have an airplane you stick it on a model airplane all right here's our here's our pilot for today
what's his name lucky isn't lucky to still be alive he's not asking any questions about flight
safety he doesn't have much choice a little gaff tape perfect good to go ah lucky well that was
not good oh wow it's broken yeah no way i can gaff tape this shitty ring all right let's see if this
works it's beautiful all right lights ready
oh beautiful beautiful
and it's still recording it almost came undone what what what are your thoughts
on 360 cameras in general oh my gosh they're amazing you can put them on a
half broken styrofoam glider held together by gaff tape and i mean it's still on there thumbs up
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now let's talk about the downsides and it's getting dark outside i needed to adjust the
lighting a little bit hopefully that's looking quite decent well the first thing is that this
camera is clearly a consumer camera so it gives you a decent image but in terms of its color depth
its dynamic range and and the details it's it's not perfect this camera or better said these two
cameras combined are 5.7 k and this sounds like a lot at first but uh these 5.7 k pixels are spread
across the entire 360 canvas so once you reframe your shot you see the resolution dropping really
fast so with the image quality and the resolution it would not work for my commercial projects
because if you see it next to professional cinema cameras the footage of this camera
would stick out so if that is a factor for you too you can look into their professional lineup
with the insta360 pro 2 which is an 8k module spread around six cameras if you want me to test
the pro 2 let me know down in the comments below maybe we can make it happen who knows
another challenge that you have to keep in mind with 360 footage is the post workflow
well let me say first that actually editing in the insta360 app is quite great actually like it
enables you to compile your clips of your recent adventure and just share it out immediately on
social media and it has even like a deep track function which allows you just to track
objects within your photo in your 360 canvas and just focus on that so thumbs up for that though if
you're going to post you're encountering a whole new set of hurdles and the biggest one is possibly
the proprietary file format which basically can only be edited in their insta360 studio
software but also now in premiere pro to get it into final cut pro 10 though you have to first
transcode the files to mp4 in the insta 360 software and oh boy it takes just too long
it's just i mean i'll if you're in a rush don't even bother i had my clips convert basically
overnight and it took possibly like eight hours for like an output of 90 gigabytes or so
now should you as a filmmaker get this camera if you intend to use the footage on client
work i would definitely say no unless you are doing standalone 360 photos or videos
in the realm of real estate filmmaking then maybe it's it's a nice extra you can have and
offer your clients however i think you as a filmmaker will be definitely creatively
inspired and challenged by using this camera so if you want to dabble into this space i think 429
might be an interesting investment for you and worth the buck if you want to expand your horizon
a little bit and and try out this technology and the and the opportunities it opens up
i personally will likely integrate it into my workflow for my youtube videos as a bts camera
so that i can just film and you know like re-jigger after the fact
and also maybe as an alternative to an action camera when am i you're like out and about
biking traveling whatever might be nice to have around and see let's see if it replaces my gopro
who knows i hope you enjoyed this little video especially our intro sequence if you enjoyed
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also i have my first travel coming up in july once i'm vaccinated and if you want to guess
where i'm going comment below and as always thanks so much for watching have a good morning
have a good night whenever and wherever you are around this beautiful planet bye bye
oh request for a second player okay except oh hey yeah let's go for jump again no i'm trying to
fight with a squirrel let's try to find my vision please press triangle and center