A brand new 1800-mAh battery will get you first rate shoot instances. I managed over 1.5 hours taking pictures 4K. Insta360 claims 81 minutes taking pictures 5.7K video at 30p, which feels about proper, primarily based on my testing. It’s value noting that the bigger battery and different adjustments do make the X3 barely heavier, however I nonetheless discovered it fairly snug to hold round and never an excessive amount of weight on the top of a selfie stick.

As I’ve famous in different Insta360 cameras, the corporate’s FlowState stabilization compares very nicely with anything available on the market, together with the GoPro. When utilized to 360 footage, I do typically discover a little bit of a shimmery impact, significantly across the seams the place the video is stitched collectively, but it surely’s not laborious to reduce this by ensuring your predominant topic stays centered.

Keep in thoughts that whereas the video high quality right here may be very spectacular, 5.7K isn’t almost as sharp when it’s unfold throughout a full spherical scene as it’s whenever you shoot with a conventional single huge lens, which covers roughly 160 levels. This gained’t be all that noticeable whenever you’re viewing your footage in Insta360s app (or one other 3D video participant), however whenever you go to export video to a conventional flat format participant like YouTube, you’ll solely get a 1920 x 1080 decision video (to export “flat” video in 4K, you’d must shoot 360 footage in 12K). 

That mentioned, the one digicam I’ve used that outputs a better-looking 1080p reframed video is the far costlier One RS 1-inch Edition I talked about above. The X3 produces actually spectacular video, particularly whenever you do not forget that it is a digicam that is simple to carry with one hand. If you need most decision, the X3 is able to taking pictures 8K timelapse video, which seems to be superb, even exported to flat codecs.

Good on the Go

As with the corporate’s different cameras, the X3 connects with Insta360’s cellular modifying app, which stays top-of-the-line I’ve used. No, it’s not Final Cut Pro, however for an app that runs in your cellphone it’s spectacular. 

Even in case you have no thought what you’re doing, you’ll have the ability to work out keyframes, bounce cuts, and different edits, because of the built-in tutorials. There are additionally some automated modifying instruments, together with nostril cam, sky swap, and avenue lapse, that are all enjoyable to play with. But what impressed me most in regards to the app is these tutorials. Honestly, even in case you don’t personal an Insta360 digicam, the app is value looking only for the how-to data. For those that would love one thing extra highly effective than a cellphone to edit with, Insta360 additionally affords a desktop-based editor for Mac and Windows.

If 360-degree video is your factor, the brand new X3 represents the very best worth digicam available on the market proper now. Insta360’s One RS 1-inch Edition produces higher outcomes, but it surely’s $800 versus the X3 at $450. If you principally shoot motion footage and sometimes veer into 360, the One RS might be the higher purchase (if nothing else, it’s a lot simpler to mount to a helmet). But for anybody who’s offered on 360 footage and desires to dabble in motion footage, that is the digicam to get.