♪ These sidewalks liquid then stone ♪
♪ Building walls and an old pay phone ♪
♪ It rings like all through the daylight ♪
(audio scratching) - What's up, Sam?
So, check this out.
Brand new camera from Insta360.
You actually bought a Go2, right?
- Twice. (laughs) - Twice?
- I like that you just have it on you.
You forget about it,
and then every time you're gonna do something cool,
you just go (blows raspberry).
And you just get like memories. It's so easy.
You don't have to think about it that much.
- Also, thanks to Lickd for sponsoring this episode.
Because of them we get to use this kind of music.
♪ I'm a Barbie girl ♪
♪ In a Barbie world ♪
- That guy definitely saw us. - Well, that guy
was definitely just watching us, yeah.
Now, the original Go, when that came out,
it was pretty surprising
how small of a camera it was, right?
And then the Go2 came out,
which was way better image quality, bigger sensor,
and you could actually remote trigger the record
and run stop from the case.
But this is the Go3.
What do you notice different about it?
- It's definitely heavier.
So I feel like, there's more stuff in here.
- This is 35 grams up from what used to be 26 grams.
So it is definitely heavier than the previous one.
The GoPro Mini, that's 130 something grams.
So, this is still like a small fraction.
But this is what really- - Oh-
- makes it interesting. - snap.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- Literally snap...
You put it in backward. - Oh yeah. (laughs)
- Yeah, just like that. There you go.
Yeah. - Oh.
- Kinda cool, huh? - And it lifts up?
- Yeah, vloggy screen.
So, check it out.
We're just logging on this little teeny Insta360.
So super simple.
You got the camera with the screen, the flip up screen,
a few buttons here.
So power, quick menu button, and a record button.
But over here is a release button to release this,
so it actually does lock into place.
'Cause before, you know, how everything was magnetic?
So with enough pressure- - Yeah.
- it would come out.
Like here- - Okay.
- it actually has latches, so it holds on.
So we're gonna go ahead and pull it out.
- And it's still...
Oh that's cool. - It's still connected.
Yeah, huh? Look at that. - That's cool.
- I really like that. - Still connected.
When I first pulled it out, I was expecting it to disconnect
and then like, you know, just use this by itself.
But this monitor is wirelessly working right now.
It's the fully evolved version of the Go basic.
You know, it used to be the Bulbasaur,
and then it became the Ivysaur,
and then now it's the...
what's the...
Venusaur? - Venusaur.
Yeah. - Venusaur.
So slightly bigger size, but one of the benefits is like,
50% more battery life.
So at 1080p 30 frames per second,
they stay up to 45 minutes.
So that's pretty bad standalone.
And then you put it in what they call the action pod,
which is this 170 minutes.
Real world would probably be a bit less than that.
Another benefit of it being slightly bigger
is the heat dissipation is better, so no record time limit.
- Does this mean it's waterproof?
- [Gene] So yeah, this camera is waterproof,
up to five meters,
but not this whole camera,
just this part of the camera itself.
And the rest of the case is splashproof and rainproof.
It's IPX4, I believe.
First thing we did when we got it,
was take it out on Eric's boat
to go out to the Channel Islands.
We took it down for a (chain rattling)
shallow scuba dive.
(water sloshing) (water barbling)
Visibility this day was not good in the water,
so the footage doesn't look epic.
But overall, I thought the image quality held up.
The limiting factor here is that five meters, so 15 feet.
We did test our luck a little bit
and we took it down a little bit deeper down to 31 feet.
I would definitely not recommend this.
If the manufacturer says
don't take it down past 5 meters, you probably shouldn't.
But lucky for us, it came back to the surface working.
- Is your camera still recording?
- When we come back to the surface,
notice that it's all purpley.
That's because the white balance adjusted to Underwater.
So if you wanna take a camera diving,
you want to get a underwater filter for it
to extract some of the green.
Some cameras have a Underwater mode, or AquaVision,
or something like that.
But this camera seems to pretty much do it by itself.
(upbeat music) All right,
so I'm gonna be trying to vlog
on this teeny, little camera right here.
We're gonna vlog our first-time golfing.
It's actually my first time golfing.
Kari's gone quite a few times.
Sam, how's your golfing experience?
- [Sam] Yeah, I see "Happy Gilmore."
(Gene laughs) (golf club thumps)
- Oh. (bright music)
- Not bad, right? - Hey. (chuckles)
(gold club thumps) Check this 360 shot, huh.
120 feet footage right here.
(Kari and Gene laughing)
Sam, you know you're suppose to hit the ball?
(Kari and Gene laughing)
You suck.
- [Kari] I'm gonna pee my pants.
Oh my God. (Sam grunts)
Shoot. Oh my God.
- Where'd it go? - This is really your ball?
- Yeah. - How did you even do that?
- I told you I've watched "Happy Gilmore."
- Okay, so we're gonna play, like, celebratory music
when I make it in the hole.
You ready? - Okay. Yeah.
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♪ But today is my day, it's my day ♪
- [Gene] Oh that was great.
- And know I'm still keeping that revenue (blows raspberry).
And know I'll still making that sweet, sweet revenue
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this episode. (gold club clangs)
Didn't go very far,
but, I mean, I put a lot of motion to it, okay?
- I think the knock-it-out-of-the-park reference
is for baseball. - Oh, well.
(Sam laughs) - I mean... (chuckles)
- [Kari] (gasps) That was actually pretty good.
You didn't use a putter either, Sam.
Here. - Oh wait, is this not the...
Oh. - I thought this is what
the P stand for.
(all laughing)
- [Gene] Wait, is that not what it stands for?
- No, it's for pitching wedge.
- Oh. (all laughing)
♪ I need la la la la la la ♪
♪ I need oooh la la la la ♪
♪ I need la la la la ♪ - It's just fun
driving those golf carts around, honestly.
I did a little Timeshift thing,
where I think it just records a regular video
but then in the app I speed it up
so it looks like we're going super fast...
- But we're really going like five miles per hour.
- (chuckles) Yeah, exactly.
- Yeah, we should do this again.
- Are we gonna become golfers now?
- Yeah. - It's a new thing?
We definitely need to wear, like,
the right clothing and stuff.
We need to get some slacks, and some golf shoes,
and some golf faces.
We're back at the best coffee shop in town or the world.
Quite possibly the entire planet, I think.
- Planet. And other planets. - Yeah. Yeah.
- Like the universe. Top secret stuff?
- Yes. - You wanna see it?
- I'm on a permanent NDA.
- [Sam] It's magnetic, so...
But check it out, you can still see-
- Oh wow. - on the camera itself.
- You can use that as a monitor and then this is your...
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Mateo] Oh that's pretty cool.
- Oh that... - Oh snap,
that actually looks pretty sick.
We got some bling for you.
- Ooh. - Yeah, so you wear that
under your shirt. - Just like Flavor Flav.
(both laughing) - So this thing is like
a little wedge to kind of tilt the camera down a little bit.
- Okay. - You have a little tilt now?
- I think it does. - Yeah.
The wedge helps a lot because it kinda makes it,
so you can kinda see what's on your hands,
'cause otherwise it's gonna be just like
looking straight ahead.
The only thing I noticed about the wedge
is that it seems like the magnet's not as strong.
But, I mean, in here it's plenty strong, I'm sure.
- (scatting) All right, fine. - Whoo.
- [Mateo] This is where I work.
- [Gene] Dude, this is pretty sick.
- [Mateo] It's like coffee simulator.
This is finely ground green tea leaves.
So we have to make sure that they're not sticking together.
- [Gene] It looks like it's a little out of frame
for the 16 x 9,
but we could easily do the 9 x 16 out of this.
- Just feels weird that you move this
and the image doesn't change. - Yeah. (indistinct).
- It's like, what's happening? - Right.
- 'Cause you're used to moving this.
(device whirring) (soft gentle music)
- [Gene] Nice.
- Can I get mine with the Mona Lisa on it, please?
(Mateo laughs)
- All right, so this man, Frank, loves his Insta360 Gos.
- Yes, it's actually my favorite portable,
pocketable camera.
- Well, I have here, the Go3.
- Oh, Go3?
- Yeah. - So it's got these little
clamps on the top and the bottom, and unlock.
Oh and it still has a magnet. Okay, cool.
- [Gene] Yeah, 'cause before you were just magnet,
like this, right? - Yes.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. - So, with a hard enough bump,
they'll just kinda... - Yes. And it has, and it has.
It has fallen off. - Yeah.
- What about the case, the charging case?
Is it the same?
It's a lot different. - Huh. Yeah.
- It's almost like the size of a... (gasps)
No way. (Gene laughs)
Oh they did it.
And it's gonna still keep recording, right?
What?
Oh.
- (laughs) Oh yeah.
- So that acts like the phone now, like it's connected?
- Yeah, you can still use the phone app, but-
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I mean, it's just
so much easier- - No. No.
when it works like this. - That's way better.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
What about like mounting options for this guy, right here?
What do we have here? Okay.
- So, notice how we were able to take this-
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- and mount it on there?
We can essentially do the same thing.
- Oh okay. - Like this.
This is a Monkey Tail
and it works well for this size camera.
You could wrap it around stuff,
but you could also kinda use it as like a tripod, right?
- This is from 360? - Yeah.
(groans) Ow. Ow. (Monkey Go thumping)
Put that thing away, Frank.
- I love this with the little stickiness.
Look how sticky it is.
Look. Pull it off.
- And then you...
Okay, so you said you've been using
the sticky for a while, right? - Since day one.
Like a yea, or two, or whatever, yeah.
- And then it gets dirty
and it's not sticky, right? - It gets dirty.
So then you just... - Soap and water.
- And then it's like- - It dries out.
- good as new? - Brand new.
- Yeah, interesting.
This comes with the camera
and it also has that same type of
stickiness, right? - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- It's like that same type of material.
I'm pretty sure I've seen you wear the hat mount too.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Right?
- Oh okay. We have that, yeah.
- Just tap it (Go3 beeps)
to record, and hello. - And we're good to go.
- Hey. - What's up?
- All right, this is- - Yeah, this is fantastic.
- Frank's hat count. - FPV, I'm doing FPV.
(Franks imitates device whirring)
- (laughs) My gosh. Stay away from me.
- I've actually placed this guy here.
- Huh. - Like, yeah.
Okay, I love this. - Oh.
- And now- - Recording-
- I'm taking pictures- - now.
- taking pictures.
Left leg out, left leg out. - Left leg out, yeah.
- [Frank] Yeah, there you go.
- Now, one of the things (engine revving)
that I actually think is pretty impressive about this camera
is the sound quality.
So here is the audio out of this microphone.
But just like any other microphone,
the downside is when there's wind.
So I actually put some right covers onto this
to try to suppress down the sound a little bit.
So I'm kind of curious to see (sea lion grunts)
how this audio sounds right now.
Please just ignore my sea lion friend over there.
He has something to say apparently.
(sea lion grunts)
That is just straight up rude.
(sea lion grunts)
I know I'm working on it.
I'm trying to figure out a good workflow
so that we can have weekly uploads again.
(sea lion grunts)
But I feel like with this microphone,
as long as there's not wind blasting it,
it sounds pretty good.
So I would actually love to see
someone make like a microphone sleeves,
or even a cage that holds (siren blaring)
like a little mic cover on top,
or something like that. (sea lion grunts)
Of course, as I'm recording the audio segment of this video,
there's all kinds of like police sirens and sea lions here.
I also think this would be a great option
for travel too, you know.
You wanna be able to capture all the things
that's going around,
but you also don't want to be distracted.
So this is one of the ways I've seen people
get really creative with the Go cameras,
is that since it's so lightweight
you can kinda boom it out like this,
and have it look back at the drone itself.
And this actually might look interesting
if we completely unstabilize it.
So I won't turn on flow state stabilization or anything
so that the thing actually is super locked on.
So this is the new GEPRC Cinelog 35 V2.
(device whirring)
Hopefully the shot looks cool
because my angle is covered with this camera
so I can't really see in front of me.
- [Kari] I thought it was supposed to be behind the drone.
- Yeah, that's probably the ideal situation, so. Ooh.
All right, so we're gonna go ahead
and try putting it on this iFlight X8.
Yeah, usually when I see people do it,
they have it on something bigger like this.
Sam, do you trust me enough to chase you with this?
- Never, but let's do it. (Gene laughs)
It's a little bit off the top.
(device whirring)
- [Gene] It's really interesting 'cause you can really see
what the drone itself is doing.
You know, instead of just seeing
the perspective of the drone,
you actually get to see it literally flying
through the spaces and all.
We're taking the doggies and this Insta360
out for a little hike today.
User interface is pretty good.
So here you can change
between your different camera angles for wide to linear.
Linear, I generally like, it doesn't look too distorted
and you go through your different frame rates,
16 x 9 or 9 x 16.
Now we can have this vertical video.
Looking at the top right, we can see the battery indicator
for the camera as well as the case,
because of course we can remove the camera.
And just like before, this whole face cover right here,
is a giant button, so I could always press that
and start recording it here,
instead of recording from up here.
We could always swipe left and right
for the different modes.
We have Starlapse, Loop Recording, Slow Mode,
Timeshift, all that stuff.
But the main ones I use is Video and FreeFrame video.
So let's start with Video.
This is kind of your simpler version right here.
What you see is kinda what you get, you know.
If you wanna get a vertical video,
you turn it over like this.
And these files are easy to work with.
You just connect it to your computer
and you could just download the files,
and all of these stabilization
and all that stuff is pretty much baked in.
Speaking of stabilization, if I scroll down like this
you'll notice there's different levels.
So there's level two and there's level three,
and it says that there's going to be more preview delay.
You'll see a lot of latency.
So that's quite a bit, huh?
So up...
- Oh. - Yeah, that's quite a bit.
So this is level three.
So the more you want to bake in your image stabilization,
the more latency you're gonna see.
I'm not a huge fan of filming with latency in my display,
so I actually shoot in this mode here.
So let me cut and we'll go over to FreeFrame Video.
So notice there's a lot less latency now
but the image that you're viewing is not stabilized
or really processed.
This is basically pro mode on the previous version,
where it records the whole square sensor.
And then from here, you could stabilize it
and crop out a 16 x 9, 9 x 16, or a square.
It gives you a lot of flexibility.
You will have to take this footage
and process it through either the app
or you could download it onto your computer
and then process it through the desktop app.
Though it is an extra step,
but I do like the flexibility that it gives me in post.
And I could also do like horizon lock.
So even if I decide to turn the camera like this,
I could go ahead and stabilize out a horizon lock version.
I have been recording in the Standard Color profile.
So it usually comes by default in Vivid.
So if I hit record right here, it is nice and colorful,
but I generally like it to be a little bit more neutral.
And then there's Flat,
which is obviously gonna be the closest thing to log.
And we actually have a bunch of options.
So Standard, Flat, Biking, Urban,
like all these different looks out of it.
Also, if we go into the settings right here,
there's Video Sharpness, and I have that on low.
If I put it back on high, this is what it looks like.
It definitely makes a lot of the details look really sharp,
but I think it just looks a little too intense.
With pretty much any action camera that I get,
the first thing I do is go into the sharpness thing
and just turn it down.
And if I want to add a little bit up again in post
I could do that.
So loop recording has been really useful for Kari
on her metal detecting adventures.
Basically, the camera is always recording,
and when something happens,
then you could hit the camera for the end trigger.
Of course it still drains the battery
but it can save you hours of footage of waiting
for something to happen.
Also, check this out,
I'm in like a little village made out of driftwood.
It is a perfect FDV obstacle course.
You just have to be really careful not to crash,
because sand and drones do not go well together.
So check it out, Kari got this little harness for Peta.
The fact that these clip in actually
instead of just being magnetic is huge,
'cause then you could actually rig it out
like an action camera and not worry about it falling off.
Oh look. See, perfect shot of us.
Maybe a little bit shaky
and her tail is definitely getting in the way,
but not bad of a camera angle
until she turns around and aims it the wrong way.
And it's Kari's birthday right now,
and she doesn't want me walking around
with a big old block camera.
So this is our vlog set up.
They said they're also working on this thing
called a Fetch Stick..
So basically, it protects the camera.
You can throw it.
Let's try to get a shot of us in front of our tree.
This is where I propose to Kari.
We have Chiqui operating
the camera for us. (Kari chuckles)
He could breathe a little bit softer
to keep the camera...
Well, we'll see if stabilization
should be able to help with that heavy breathing, so...
Good girl.
By the way, these leashes right here,
these things are awesome.
I'll put a link in the description.
Kari found them recently and they're hands free,
and it's like, you just wear it and it just...
there's a bunch of different ways to set it up.
They're comfortable for you,
and like, you could always grab the leash too.
- They have a bunch on Amazon,
but this is the one that we like the best so far.
- Yeah, it's great. (water sloshing)
And your anchor point is up here on your shoulder,
so it never really drags
even if they're far away or close to you.
And if you need to tie them off to something,
it's very easy to do.
- Yeah. - Right?
Who's the brand? I don't know.
We need a sponsorship
from this leash company. - I don't know.
Some off brand from Amazon. (chuckles)
- Oh yeah, Amazon off brand, sponsor us. (laughs)
All right, so now that we've had
a decent amount of time with this camera,
time for some overall thoughts.
So, favorite thing about this camera
is definitely the wireless capability of the case
and how easy it is to just like remove this camera.
It's just super easy to do
and it basically auto connects if you lose connection.
It has like a 5-meter range from the camera to the case,
but it's always just been able to reconnect really easily.
My least favorite thing has to be, how easy it is to lose,
especially with the magnetic pendant.
It's just easy to forget that you're wearing it
and knock it off accidentally.
And I think it would be useful to have even like
a lost camera feature.
Like if it was like an air tag,
that would be awesome, right?
But even if it was just like a beeper, that would be helpful
in case it's lost in a bush or something.
We did also take this around Santa Monica,
and after dark, it didn't look amazing
because it is a smaller action cam-sized sensor,
but at the same time it's not terrible.
We also have some pricing information in now,
and it looks like it's along the lines of action cameras,
and it depends on the amount of internal storage you want.
You can't just swap out the memory card
so you want to choose kinda wisely here.
I've got this 64 gig version.
Now my settings, which is the FreeForm Video,
which records the whole sensor so it's more data.
I've got a little over an hour and a half on it.
So of course there's the big question, is it worth it?
And I would say it depends on what you're looking for.
If you were a fan of the previous version of the Go,
then yeah, definitely this is like a big upgrade to that.
It's just so much more functional when you have the case
and you could still use it as like the niche camera
that's like the size of your thumb, right?
But then you just throw it in the case
and then all of a sudden you have more functionality.
Yes, it is a little bit bigger and heavier,
but I think that extra 9 grams is totally worth it
to have that extra heat dissipation
and 50% more battery life.
Now what if you want an action camera more for pro use
than you want the maximum resolution and frame rates,
well, you don't really get
the 240 frames per second with this camera,
and this does max at a 2.7K.
You still get that 120 frames per second,
but at full HD, when all the cameras can do 4K.
So even though the image quality out of this camera
and capability is like really good
for something that's the size of your thumb,
it's still not gonna be able to compete with the horsepower
of something that's like five times bigger.
I think the people that are gonna appreciate
this camera the most,
are people that want to film or capture moments
with the camera just completely out the way.
Like, like I said,
just forgetting that the camera's even there.
It's like a great birthday party.
You know, camera.
Have something that's kind of invisible,
and yes, you can use your phone,
but now you're holding the phone and your focus is filming.
This, you can just attach to your magnetic pendant
and wear it and do your thing.
And then it's like, "Oh yeah, now I have this footage."
But yeah, that pretty much sums it up.
So link down there in the description.
It is an affiliate link, so if you buy with that link,
you're helping support this channel and our team.
So we all thank you and...
Should we read some comments?
We haven't done that in a while.
"Isn't it funny that legendary photographer
saying they know you and like your work, Gene?
You already have some amazing fans."
Yes, you guys are the best. I love you, guys.
I can't believe that you guys are still watching
after all this time.
Like, this channel's over six years.
And as I was thinking about that, that's kinda crazy.
You like this angle, by the way?
This should just be my new vlog angle, huh?
"This was quite fun to be sitting on another continent
and be able to see what's new
and what's hot in the topline cinema community.
You should do more of these events and show often."
Yeah, this was actually kind of a new format for us,
where we go to like an actual conference
and just talk to whoever we just happened to bump into.
It felt like we were just like
a news reporter running around,
and all of a sudden we're talking
to the cinematographer of these huge movies.
But anyways, that pretty much wraps it up for this video.
Thank you so much for watching
and have an awesome, awesome day.