You'll need to stay super still if you don't want any blurriness in the resulting photo. HDR images were a little disappointing though.
(Just keep in mind that even though an 18MP resolution seems high, it's being divided over all directions and not just one as with regular cams.) If you like tinkering with exposure and shutter speed, you'll love the results you can get here, and there's always the RAW mode if you'd like to process the photos later. In Auto mode, colors are well balanced, sharp, and detailed. I've found its results to be very satisfying, whether indoors, outdoors, or in low-light. Thankfully, that's not the case with the One X. I'd also like to batch process HDR content instead of waiting for them one by one.Īll of the features in the world wouldn't mean a thing if a camera can't get you good images.I'd like to batch export photos/videos to a usable jpg/mp4 format.There should be an option to disable the social/community tab for those who never check it.When deleting local images inside the app, some related files remain in the phone's storage, taking up tons of space over time.The app doesn't connect to the cam wirelessly unless my phone's data connection is off - an annoying bug.There are a few other things that need to be addressed in the One X's app for a smoother experience: Most of my photos and videos have the incorrect date and location. That's just wrong and Insta360 should fix it. But when exported to any other format, your media gets the timestamp and geolocation of when/where you exported it - sometimes even defaulting to an airport in China. It timestamps and geotags (when possible) everything correctly in the app. Insta360 uses a proprietary format to save photos (.insp) and videos (.insv). However, one issue remains true no matter the media type.
Those features satisfy almost every use case for 360 photos and videos. If you have the budget to splurge, this is easily one of the best 360 cameras to buy right now. This $399 camera fixes the main issue of its predecessor, adds some nifty features, and keeps Insta360's awesome in-app editing capabilities.
#INSTA 360 ONE X RUMORS FOR ANDROID#
The company makes three consumer-grade products for Android including the plug-in Air, standalone One, and its recently announced successor, the One X. This is especially true for video, where you can forget about aiming or framing.If this long intro helped you gain a new appreciation for 360 cameras, you should look at Insta360's offerings. Meaning you have to worry about composition in every single direction if you want a cool tiny planet, or you can be careless about angles or orientation if you'll crop the photo (just shoot now, edit later). But most appealing is the idea that a 360 cam, by definition, captures everything. Taking super wide angle images is another. Tiny planets, and the sheer number of creative ways and angles they allow, are one use case.
It's partly thanks to the number of cool "tiny planet" creators I follow on Instagram, but most importantly, it's because of a shift in my understanding of what a 360-degree camera can do.If you think that these cams are only good for photospheres and VR, you're missing out. I used to be in the former camp and my LG 360 Cam collected dust in a drawer for years, but over the past months, I've found a new appreciation for the product category. Depending on the tech circle you're in, 360 cameras may either be the most superfluous fad or the coolest thing.