Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “I love this camera, but I’ll never use it”.
This little camera entered my life three weeks, ago., It’s Insta360’s One X and it’s good.. You know what Actually it’s great. And I know what you’re thinking “, Becca, 360’s dead.” But hold on.. Take a look at these clips..
The One X uses dual 200-degree-angle f/2 lenses to create really unique 5.7k spherical, video or 18-megapixel photos.. So I set out to test it. And there was literally no better timing for me to do so. I was going to be leaving this crowded hot low-key gross city for a beautiful vacation. Upstate.
I mean I’m talking flowing waters, I’m talking hiking, I’m talking sunsets on the water. Mmm And a week later I came back with a whopping two clips off the One X. It’s not because it’s hard to use or it didn’t work., It’s actually very easy to Use – and it works very well, But this has happened to me before and I got to show you something. Come on ( upbeat, music, ) And this one.
And nice and easy. And watch your head. And then this last step is kind of broken..
All right. Got camping, stuff, blankets, for when people come to visit all the winter clothes, and here we are. Okay. Here we go. Back up..
What is in here ( grunts ). This is my tech bin and it’s filled with all of the things I thought were the latest greatest and best in tech, and I needed to have them., And then I used them for a few months and never touched them again, which is why they landed in This bucket in my basement., I’m talking about Thetas, I’m talking about a Hero. 3.. It’S all the things I needed to have and then didn’t really find them in my daily life., Which brings me back to the One X and those two shots that I took on. Vacation., Let’s first break down the good stuff.. The first clip was from the drive up there and something I noticed right off. The bat is that no matter which way the camera was oriented, the image was always oriented, upright, which is really helpful when you’re just blasting.
The camera out of a window., It’s also really helpful that I can put the camera out in front of the car without having to mount it to the car.. I can just hold it out there and bring it back in the car when I’m done.. Therefore, I don’t have to stop take off a suction mount or put a drone up into the air.. The second shot I got was from the boat we had to take to get back to our car to go home.. For this I extended the selfie stick as far as I could and just held it off the side of the boat., And you got this amazing shot of the whole side of the boat.. Also, the stabilization really impressed me.. I mean this was one of the bumpiest boat rides. I have ever taken and you would never know if you looked at the footage. Now.
Insta360’S whole goal with the One X is not necessarily to shoot 360 video for VR, which it can do if you want.. It’S more to get 360 degrees of angles.. So take this clip on the boat. I could reframe here or here or here or just a shot of the boat over here..
I mean you get the point: the possibilities are endless. And everything is super stable because of the internal stabilization, which Insta360 calls “ FlowState.”. Even the audio is passable. ( city noise, ), Let’s ride Ugh.
I hate puddles. In regards to those two clips from my vacation. Do you notice what’s missing, Maybe my entire vacation., You see One X, it’s not you! .