Insta360 Pro: Unboxing Together With Showtime Impressions Of The Close Affordable Together With Easiest 8K 360 Camera

I exactly received my Insta360 Pro finally night! Here is an unboxing in addition to my start impressions, or otherwise entitled, "How I spent my taxation refund!" lol

When Insta360 said they were going to practice a professional person photographic television set camera to competitor the $5,000 GoPro Omni rig, I honestly wasn't certain if it was exactly an exaggeration for marketing. Sure, the Insta360 Nano in addition to Insta360 Air were first-class cameras, but they were designed for consumers. Could a young company such every bit Insta360 actually build a photographic television set camera that could approach the character of the 8K GoPro Omni?

Those doubts were quashed when Insta360 Pro launched at CES, amongst specs that could brand whatsoever 360 shooter drool:
- 8K 360 video
- 6K 3D 360 video
- 4K alive streaming inwards 2D (30fps) or 3D (24fps).
- 4K in-camera stitching, also inwards 2D (30fps) or 3D (24fps)
- High-speed 4K inwards 120 fps (for super ho-hum motion)
- 3D photos can last upwards to 8K (7680 x 7680), whether stitched on a desktop or in-camera
It would last able to practice all this for $3500, drastically undercutting the GoPro Omni (the cost already includes the stitching software) in addition to most other professional person 360 cameras.

Later on, Insta360 also announced that the Insta360 Pro would cause got gyro-based realtime stabilization, which tin forcefulness out cash inwards one's chips along the horizon grade fifty-fifty spell alive streaming inwards 4K, the start professional person 360 photographic television set camera amongst such a capability.

Of course, specs in addition to features solitary don't hateful much without adept icon quality. Insta360 posted sample photos in addition to videos that showed remarkable icon character -- hence high every bit to competitor fifty-fifty the vaunted $40,000 Nokia OZO inwards my opinion. See the samples for yourself.

I ordered 1 (no it was not given to me for free!) in addition to finally got it finally night. Here is the unboxing video.

As y'all tin forcefulness out catch Insta360 Pro comes inwards a sturdy hardcase amongst IP67 H2O resistance. When y'all opened upwards it, y'all experience similar a super spy on a underground mission. :D

The Insta360 Pro has a beautiful gunmetal bluish complete (also available inwards silver) in addition to feels solidly built. It is a lilliputian heavy (1228 grams or 2.7 lbs.) - almost the same weight every bit a professional person total frame DSLR such every bit the Nikon D3 I used to have. It is almost the size of a pocket-size watermelon. Here is the Insta360 Pro side yesteryear side to the Panono in addition to the Vuze 3D 360 photographic television set camera hence y'all cause got an thought of its size.

Although I cause got many 360 cameras (IIRC seventeen of them at this point, non including ii that I've sold), I don't ain a rig (except for the Kodak SP360 4K Dual Pro, which is technically a rig). Although rigs to a greater extent than oftentimes than non cause got rattling adept icon quality, they are a hurting to use. Besides the rattling high cost of a rig, in addition to the cost of stitching software, they are also hard in addition to time-consuming to utilization in addition to a lot of things tin forcefulness out larn wrong.

I was worried almost the Insta360 Pro existence hard to utilization every bit well, in addition to I'm happily surprised to tell that the Insta360 Pro is a breeze to use. Of course of didactics it's non every bit fast to utilization every bit a 360 consumer photographic television set camera (for example, starting upwards takes almost a minute), but at that topographic point are surprisingly entirely a few steps y'all remove inwards gild to shoot in addition to part a photograph or video. In fact, if y'all utilization in-camera stitching, it actually tin forcefulness out qualify every bit 1 of the easiest 360 cameras to utilization (even compared to consumer 360 cameras)! You don't believe me? If y'all shoot amongst in-camera stitching, y'all only press the shutter in addition to it creates a fully stitched 360 photograph or video inwards the retentiveness card! Most of my other 360 cameras such every bit the Samsung Gear 360 can't fifty-fifty practice that.

But fifty-fifty if y'all run upwards the files on desktop using the Insta360 Stitcher software, I institute it is all the same rattling tardily to use. Definitely easier than the SP360 4K Dual Pro for example. First of all, at that topographic point is entirely one SD carte to utilization (not a split SD carte for each lens, different for illustration the Z Cam S1). The photos in addition to videos are saved into a split folder for each photograph in addition to video. Each folder contains all the individual unstitched files, a pocket-size preview file, gyro metadata for videos, in addition to the stitched file (if y'all chose in-camera stitching). If it is a 3D photograph or video, y'all volition also larn the left oculus panorama in addition to correct oculus panorama inwards add-on to the stereoscopic top-bottom stitched photograph video.

Stitching a file is every bit tardily every bit selecting the folder of a photograph or video (you don't remove to select the private files), specifying the desired resolution in addition to other settings, in addition to hence hitting Stitch Now or putting the files inwards a queue for stitching. How tardily is that???

There were pleasant surprises. For example:
- high speed means is upwards to 4K 120fps (not exactly 100 fps)
- RAW means for photos is really Raw. Is it roughly proprietary raw format that volition accept months for Adobe to add? No -- it uses Adobe DNG format!!! :D
- 1 of the modes is 4K 3D 60fps. I didn't fifty-fifty catch that means advertised.

I'm certain y'all cause got enough of questions almost it. The geniuses at Insta360 figured an tardily means to response questions without requiring y'all to slog through a thick operating manual -- using a menses chart!

Insta360 was careful to add together that this is role of the start batch of Insta360 Pros, hence at that topographic point volition inevitably last a few bugs. But hence far I haven't encountered many bugs, in addition to every bit amongst Insta360 Air in addition to Nano, I am certain those bugs volition last stamped out rattling quickly.

Anyway, every bit y'all tin forcefulness out tell, I'm rattling excited almost the Insta360 Pro. I volition accept roughly samples in addition to shipping them asap! If y'all wishing to larn the Insta360 Pro (yes at that topographic point is a growing waitlist), it is available on Amazon or B&H Photo. Thank y'all rattling much for using these affiliate links to back upwards at no additional cost to y'all hence I tin forcefulness out practice to a greater extent than tests in addition to reviews!