There’s a new winner in town for the smallest action camera. Or at least the smallest action camera of a brand you’ve probably heard of. Although Insta360 has a more pronounced history in the 360 ° market, over the last few years they have started to make more and more effort to use non-360 cameras with single lenses. And today’s announcement doubles their previous small camera with an equally small camera, but now crammed with more specs.
The case will remind you of an AirPods case, through which the camera can appear here and be used without the case. However, it will still be connected to your phone and a preview of a video will be steamed, Or you can use the case as a remote control. Although, as one might expect, the size means a significantly reduced battery life for the camera – only about 30 minutes. While the suitcase can replenish it for another 150 minutes (2.5 hours), you can keep the container constantly loaded. You can use the camera in the suitcase, which is easier to hold in all respects.
Just like last week’s DJI FPV review, this review will be focused on video, because … well … it’s a video camera. It also tends to do the kind of content for me better. On top of that, it frees me up to complete my SRM X MTB testing for my review over the next day or so … among other endurance sports technology.
So if you want to find information about the camera, or … about how you can resize action cameras via Haribo, then press the play button above. Inside, I have divided it into nine core sections, which you can find using the YouTube Chapters option at the bottom of the video, namely:
0:00 Introduction and prices
1:05 The size and equations
2:13 The case contains
4:35 video modes, stabilization and footage
7:22 Trials and Tribulations
10:19 The apps (desktop and phone)
11:24 Battery life
11:52 Connections
12:07 Waterproof
12:49 What I Love & Hate (5 of each)
15:30 Settlement
Here are some quick specifications for you:
Video resolution: 1440p at 50fps and 30fps, and 1080p for 120fps
Sensor size and aperture: 1 / 2.3 ”@ F / 2.2
Stabilization: Excellent in Pro mode, terrible in non-Pro mode
Video modes: Normal / Pro / HDR / Timelapse / HyperLapse / SlowMo
Storage: 32 GB internal (no option to add)
Battery life: 30 minutes in camera, 150 minutes in case
Photo mode: 1920x1088px via INSP or DNG (this is quite low)
Weight: Camera 26.5g and Case 63.5g
Water resistance: Camera up to 13ft / 4m, but not case
Price: $ 299USD / 319EUR
With that, I’m on the bike to maybe get one last dataset for power meters. Enjoy the video above, and catch up tomorrow!
Thanks for reading … wrong … look!