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0:00The two panoramic cameras released one
0:02after the other have made their rivalry
0:03crystal clear. So, which one is actually
0:06better to use? This video has no
0:09commercial partnerships and no
0:10manufacturer interference. [music] I
0:12will take you through a thorough look at
0:13these two panoramic cameras in the most
0:15authentic, straightforward, and direct
0:17way possible.
0:20[music]
0:22First, let's look at specs and color
0:24science. [music] In panoramic mode, DJI
0:27leads, supporting 8K at 60fps, [music]
0:30while Insta3 hits 8K at 50 FPS. These
0:33specs fall slightly short of DJI, which
0:36is underwhelming. However, Insta3's
0:39three 10-bit color modes, standard,
0:41Dolby, and Eylog are a definite plus.
0:43[music] As for the actual results, the
0:45best performance comes from Log. The sun
0:48is the brightest part, and below it is
0:49the shadow, so it's darker. In
0:52comparison, the color grading in Dolby
0:54is very overly bright and flat. Looking
0:56at the dynamic range with the sun in the
0:58same position, [music]
0:59the shadows look darkest in Log. But
1:01since it's a log profile, I can easily
1:04pull it up and see [music] that the
1:05shadow detail is actually the best. So,
1:07I log also wins on dynamic range.
1:10[music] When shooting people, it
1:11amplifies the tendencies of the
1:13threecolor profiles. LOG remains the
1:15most natural. Standard is also decent,
1:17but Dolby is still overly bright. I look
1:19like a glowing Buddha. Furthermore,
1:21after zooming in, we can spot another
1:23issue. Even though I set the sharpness
1:25to the lowest level for all of them, the
1:27sharpening in standard and Dolby is
1:29noticeably higher. Only log is the
1:31softest and [music] most natural.
1:33Therefore, there is no doubt that the
1:34best color mode for Insta 360 is log.
1:37[music] If you want to keep things
1:38simple, just choose standard. I wouldn't
1:40recommend Dolby for the time being. Now,
1:43moving on to DJI. It has normal and
1:46DLOGM color modes. Under normal, there's
1:48also an intelligent tone setting you can
1:50toggle. [music] I recommend keeping it
1:51on at all times. The image clearly has
1:54more depth. Let's look at dynamic range.
1:56With the same sky [music] conditions,
1:58there's no significant difference in the
1:59shadows. Either way, this DLOG M is
2:02definitely not ahead. I've been
2:04complaining about this log curve for a
2:06long time. It really only does a tiny
2:08bit. Often when I'm playing back
2:09footage, I doubt whether I even shot in
2:11log at all. Sometimes I even feel that
2:14if you use it directly without applying
2:15a L, this kind of understated subtle
2:18style isn't half bad. I don't even know
2:20if that's a compliment or an insult. Now
2:22looking at shooting people without the
2:24smart tone color grading turned on,
2:26[music] it really looks like the Insta
2:28360 footage from before. Stupidly bright
2:30and flat. By comparison, smart tone is
2:33much [music] better and the log tone
2:35falls somewhere in between, which is
2:36also quite natural, but my clothes ended
2:38up with a noticeable red tint. As for
2:40details, it's similar to the Insta 360
2:43[music] as well. With sharpness set to
2:45the minimum for all of them, only log is
2:47truly low [music] sharpening. The other
2:49two both have a bit of an oil painting
2:50effect. So, even though DLOG M is pretty
2:52underwhelming, it's still DJI's most
2:55natural color [music] profile. If you
2:56want to keep things simple, definitely
2:58go with standard and remember to turn on
3:00smart tone. However, some viewers might
3:02be wondering by now, it's a 360 camera.
3:05Why would you even bother shooting in
3:06log? Actually, [music] I think 360
3:08cameras are even better suited for log
3:10because no matter what, you have to edit
3:12the footage anyway. Otherwise, [music]
3:14you can't really post it at all. And
3:16applying a L is just a matter of a
3:18single click. The log sample footage I
3:20showed earlier hasn't been color graded
3:22at all. It's just a basic restoration,
3:24and it still yields better results, so
3:26why [music] not do it? For a slightly
3:28more advanced approach, I recommend
3:30capping the ISO at 800. [music]
3:32This ensures more consistent image
3:33quality, and you only need to set it
3:35once. After that, you can just shoot in
3:37full auto and not worry about a thing.
3:40Now that we understand their individual
3:41characteristics, it's time to get to the
3:43main point and see which one of them is
3:45stronger. Let's start with a high
3:47contrast scene. In the [music] raw
3:48footage, we can already see the
3:50limitations of DJI's DLOG M. Even before
3:53applying [music] a L, the sky is a bit
3:55too blue, and after applying the L, it
3:58becomes noticeably oversaturated. This
4:00is because its color gamut is too
4:02narrow. Insta 360 has its own issue,
4:04though. Its sky tends to lean a bit
4:06purple. Looking at the center area,
4:09neither of them has overexposed
4:10highlights, which is a good performance.
4:12[music] As for the details, Insta 360 is
4:15clearly sharper, right? But as soon as
4:16we pixel peep, we'll find that the
4:18readability of Insta 360's details
4:20[music] is actually not as good as
4:22DJI's. There are a lot of artifacts in
4:25the image, especially if we look at this
4:27ice cream cone. The difference [music]
4:28is quite obvious.
4:30Why is that? Because of noise reduction.
4:33These crawling [music] artifacts on the
4:34Insta3 are caused by its in camera noise
4:37reduction and DJI has a huge advantage.
4:40You can choose to set the noise
4:41reduction to the minimum which preserves
4:43[music] more detail and then use
4:45post-processing noise reduction to get a
4:47cleaner image with the maximum amount of
4:49detail retained. [music] The reason this
4:52set can be used as a typical example is
4:54that these details are far enough away
4:55from the camera. In this situation, the
4:58size of the noise is approaching the
4:59size of the details. So, the impact of
5:01the difference in noise reduction
5:02naturally becomes greater. Conversely,
5:05if the details aren't that far away, we
5:07can see that Insta3 has a clear
5:09advantage in resolution. [music] At the
5:11same time, let's take a look at the
5:12dynamic range in this set. With the sky
5:14not being overexposed, Insta3's shadow
5:17[music] detail is clearly stronger than
5:19DJI's. DJI's shadow performance here is
5:22also held back by DLOG [music] M. Now,
5:25let's look at their colors. Regarding
5:26the sky, DJI [music] is oversaturated,
5:29while Insta3 leans purple. DJ's tone is
5:32flatter and more pleasing, whereas Insta
5:34360's intense lighting and shadows
5:35create a clearer, more transparent
5:37image. Both shoot people well. DJI is
5:41slightly reddish, making skin tones
5:42rosier, while Insta [music] 360 leans
5:45toward realism. Which is better is just
5:47personal preference. However, when
5:49facing harsh lighting, DJI's reddish
5:52tint makes me look a bit overheated. In
5:55terms of stability, Insta 360's more
5:57realistic style is definitely better.
6:00Overall, Insta3 wins this round for log.
6:03They've [music] been proactive, turning
6:04their once unusable 8-bit eyelog into
6:07something decent. [music]
6:08Conversely, DJI's DLOG M is
6:11disappointing. I suspect they'll
6:13introduce DLOG or DLOG 2 in the next
6:15generation, as this one feels like a
6:17stop gap. All right, now that we've
6:19covered the standard image quality,
6:21let's talk about the stitching on these
6:23two 360 cameras. I want to specifically
6:25highlight DJI here. This is the
6:27stitching effect in the preview after
6:29shooting, which is incredibly off. But
6:31this is the stitching effect after
6:33exporting to a flat video, which means
6:35DJI essentially offloads the stitching
6:37to the post-processing stage. So, don't
6:39be alarmed when you see the stitching in
6:41the preview. It's highly likely that it
6:43won't be an issue after you export it.
6:45As for Insta 360, you don't need to
6:47worry about this issue. It's already
6:48stitched when you shoot. [music]
6:50Additionally, DJI has some special
6:52optimizations for faces. I held the
6:55camera right in front of [music] my face
6:56like this. This is what it looked like
6:58in the preview. And this is after
6:59exporting. [music]
7:01Immediately after that, I pulled the
7:02camera straight forward. In the preview,
7:04my head looked tiny, like a double door
7:06refrigerator. But after exporting, I
7:08immediately turned back into a human. As
7:11for Insta3, because DJI uses
7:14post-processing and has special
7:15optimizations for faces, [music] I even
7:17looked somewhat human in that close-up
7:19shot. After pulling back, we can see
7:20from the top of my head that this is
7:22indeed a scene, but you really can't see
7:24any issues with the main subject. The
7:26performance is very, very strong. So,
7:29DJI's approach is actually quite [music]
7:31clever. If my panoramic camera's
7:33internal processing isn't enough, I'll
7:35just do my best to save it through
7:36post-processing. After all, panoramic
7:39videos always require post-production
7:41anyway, so at least the final footage
7:43you get is okay. I have to [music] say,
7:44the gap is objectively there, especially
7:47on scenery like this doorframe. DJI
7:50still has some crawling or shifting,
7:52while with Insta 360, you can't find any
7:55faults. This is DJI's current stitching
7:58level. It looks fine from a distance,
8:00but if you look closely, you can still
8:02see some shifting. This is where Insta
8:04360 deserves credit. For all the footage
8:06shown, Insta 360 reached this level
8:09straight out of the camera [music]
8:10without needing post-processing like
8:12DJI. For 360° cameras, Insta3 [music]
8:17is the seasoned pro. Beyond stitching,
8:20edge image quality is crucial. Since
8:22holding the camera at an angle is
8:24common, you're often using the edge of
8:26the lens. [music]
8:27Using the same samples, Insta 360's
8:30highlight handling is clearly better.
8:32DJI's red channel blows out, though
8:35that's just DLOG preserving dynamic
8:37range. Next, [music]
8:38looking at edge quality, Insta3's
8:41resolution lead isn't as significant as
8:43before. [music]
8:44It's not clearly better than the DJI.
8:46This is due to the noise reduction
8:48differences mentioned earlier. Any edge
8:50enhancement causes some degradation,
8:51[music]
8:52appearing as lower resolution and
8:54increased noise. Since Insta 360's in
8:57camera noise reduction is weak, this
8:59issue is amplified at the edges. Looking
9:02at the faces, this problem becomes even
9:04more [music] apparent. The faces in this
9:06shot are back lit, meaning they fall
9:07into the shadows, so there's [music]
9:09even more noise. Ultimately, Insta3's
9:11noise reduction makes my face look like
9:13it's cracking apart, filled with
9:15crawling artifacts. [music] It looks
9:16really messy. In this situation, even
9:19though DJI is a bit softer, the overall
9:21look is still far superior to Insta 360.
9:24To wrap up the performance of both,
9:26DJI's biggest advantage is that its
9:27in-came noise reduction can be turned
9:29down, allowing you to handle the noise
9:31in post-production. This ensures that
9:33the footage remains natural at least and
9:35doesn't end up with those crawling
9:36artifacts all over the screen like Insta
9:38360. The downside is that DLOG M
9:41combined with its optical quality isn't
9:43[music] as good as Insta3's. Insta3 is
9:46quite strong in every aspect. Its
9:49eyelog, optical quality, and stitching
9:51are all its absolute advantages, but the
9:53noise reduction is really holding it
9:54back. [music] Personally, I hope they
9:56can take a page out of DJI's noise
9:58reduction playbook for this generation.
10:00It would definitely have an even higher
10:02potential. Okay, next, let's talk about
10:04the simpler out of camera colors. When
10:06shooting landscapes, there isn't much
10:07difference between the two. Though,
10:09Insta 360 handles highlights a bit
10:11better, giving [music] them more depth.
10:12The Insta 360 sky is now cyan, not
10:16purple. It's still less accurate than
10:18DJI, which leans red. This driver's
10:21uniform looks almost red.
10:23Resolution-wise, Insta 360 seems
10:25sharper, but the actual detail
10:28difference is minor. Its sharpening
10:30remains heavy even at the lowest
10:31setting. Shooting people in the shade,
10:34Insta 360 skin tones are smoother, while
10:37DJI is more realistic, the opposite of
10:39our log footage. Now, moving into direct
10:42sunlight. In this situation, thanks to
10:45its highlight advantage, Insta3 handles
10:47it a bit better. While DJ's entire face
10:49loses its definition. Next, we turn
10:51around, which puts us in back lit
10:53conditions. For this shot, I personally
10:55prefer DJI. It's more accurate for the
10:57face to be a bit darker when backlit.
10:59Insta3's forced brightening just makes
11:01it look a bit washed out. [music]
11:03However, we can also take a look at the
11:04lens flare in this set. DJI's lens flare
11:07is still very noticeable, just like the
11:09previous generation, while Insta 360
11:12performs much better in this regard.
11:13Finally, let's take a look at the Edge
11:15image quality. In this set, the face
11:17isn't considered a dark area, and
11:18there's enough light, so there aren't as
11:20many abstract artifacts on the Insta3's
11:22face. The visual impression is okay, but
11:24the aggressive noise reduction still
11:26causes it to lose quite a bit of detail.
11:28Now, looking at DJI's [music] strategy,
11:30even though it uses post-processing
11:32noise reduction, it still retains a
11:34certain amount of grain, [music] which
11:35means it doesn't lose too much detail,
11:37allowing its resolution to actually
11:39surpass the other. Also, I'd like to
11:41mention that this kind of scene, moving
11:43from shadow into sunlight, should be
11:45quite common for panoramic cameras.
11:46[music]
11:47Although Insta3's handling of highlights
11:49is a bit better than DJI's, it's still
11:52really quite [music] ugly. But this
11:54strategy is actually a last resort
11:56because panoramic cameras can adjust
11:58exposure significantly without causing
11:59issues. [music] So if it doesn't want to
12:01overexpose, what can it do? It can only
12:04force the highlights down through color
12:06grading. And this kind of facial
12:07appearance is a sign of overprocessing.
12:10This is also why I highly recommend
12:12everyone shoot in log because it won't
12:14force the highlights down. After
12:16applying a lot, even if the face is a
12:18bit blown out, the look is actually more
12:19natural and I can still color grade it,
12:21giving me more room to recover the
12:23footage. [music]
12:26Night scenes were definitely a huge
12:28challenge for previous panoramic
12:29cameras. So, with both of these now
12:32featuring larger sensors, how will they
12:34perform? Let's [music] first clarify the
12:36night modes for both. Insta 360's night
12:39mode only supports up to 8K at [music]
12:4130 fps. You can use eyelog and the
12:43brightness and color remain consistent
12:45with the default mode [music] with no
12:46difference in highlight performance. The
12:48main improvement is in noise control.
12:50The dark areas in night mode are much
12:52cleaner and the crawling artifacts
12:54caused by noise reduction have almost
12:56disappeared. However, the details
12:58haven't been enhanced. In fact, they're
13:00even slightly weaker than in auto mode.
13:02DJI's night mode still supports 8K at
13:0460fps, but it [music] doesn't support
13:06DLOG M. Enabling it activates a higher
13:09ISO, which essentially squeezes out some
13:11details by using higher exposure and
13:14then uses more aggressive HDR to pull
13:16back the highlights. In the end, [music]
13:17the highlights are the same as in the
13:19default mode, but the dark areas have
13:21more detail along with more noise. So,
13:24in the end, with one [music] having more
13:26detail and the other having less, the
13:28difference between the two becomes
13:30obvious when you put them side by side.
13:31Insta [music] 360's details are
13:33basically smoothed out, while DJI's
13:35remain very clear. The advantage is very
13:37obvious. Like I said before, noise
13:39reduction is DJI's biggest [music]
13:40advantage. However, that doesn't mean
13:42DJI's night scene detail is better than
13:44Insta3's. If the lighting is sufficient
13:47and the distance isn't too far, in
13:49[music] other words, in places where
13:50noise isn't as much of an issue, then
13:52that's when optical quality takes the
13:54lead. Clearly, Insta [music] 360 has the
13:56upper hand here. Also, their handling of
13:58highlights and night scenes is very
14:00stable. Actually, whether it's a sunny
14:02day or a high contrast night scene like
14:05this, it's not easy to see overexposure
14:07on either camera. However, did you
14:09notice a problem in these few sets?
14:11[music] DJI's highlight processing looks
14:13very greasy. Also, the reddish tint
14:16issue mentioned earlier gets even worse
14:18at night, and the logo on the power
14:20center is clearly blown out. This is the
14:23issue with DJI strategy of boosting
14:25exposure and then suppressing
14:26highlights. It's impossible to ignore
14:29that it almost completely loses the
14:30contrast between light [music] and dark
14:32in the image, resulting in a very flat
14:34final look with no depth. And the colors
14:37are also prone to oversaturation.
14:39Of course, Insta3's color isn't flawless
14:42either. Even [music] though it looked
14:43quite stable and natural in the previous
14:45scenes, it really struggles once it
14:47encounters strong blue light. [music] In
14:49this set, DJI's blue is accurate, while
14:51Insta3's is clearly leaning towards
14:53purple. [music] But that's not even the
14:55most ridiculous part. Let's look at the
14:57gray test chart. Insta 360's turns
14:59[music] completely purple and there's
15:00noticeable banding as well. Clearly,
15:02Insta 360 is aware of this issue with
15:05Eyelog, but for now, the only way to try
15:07and fix it is through LUTs.
15:09Isn't that quite interesting? [music]
15:11During the day, DJI leans red and Insta
15:13360 leans purple. And at night, these
15:16issues are just amplified. [music] Now,
15:18getting back to DJI, its night mode has
15:20more issues than just color. You can't
15:22even adjust the sharpening and noise
15:24reduction. So, will it be a disaster
15:26when shooting people? It's okay for
15:28simple scenes. Just [music] a bit too
15:30much noise on the face and heavy
15:32sharpening, making it look a bit dirty.
15:34But Insta 360 is just average, too. The
15:37face is almost completely smoothed out.
15:38So, I'd [music] say this set is a
15:40tossup. Let's turn up the difficulty a
15:42bit and have that blue light from
15:43earlier hit my face from the side. At
15:45[music] this point, DJI's handling of
15:46the blue light on my face and clothes is
15:48terrible. It looks like it's banding.
15:51The Insta3 said it performed well,
15:53though. Even with [music] the gray
15:54footage, there were no anomalies, just
15:55the blue light leaning slightly towards
15:57purple. It seems the banding I saw
15:59earlier only appears when facing strong
16:01blue light. Finally, the hellish
16:03scenario of backlit portraits. The Insta
16:06360's face is quite dark, but this
16:08brightness is normal for this kind of
16:09scene, [music] and since it's in log, it
16:11can be salvaged. As for DJI, it's
16:13naturally brighter to begin with. The
16:15Insta 360 is blurry, but compared to the
16:18DJI, it looks sharp. This DJI [music]
16:21segment really highlights all the issues
16:23with its night mode. To sum it up in one
16:26sentence, it looks extremely digital. As
16:28for using the DJI, I don't recommend the
16:31night mode because when you're shooting
16:32360, you're always going to end up in
16:34the shot. Sometimes catching a glimpse
16:36of your own expression at the time or
16:38even editing a video using that clip.
16:40That's all part of the fun of 360
16:42shooting. But the look of the DJI
16:44footage completely kills that kind of
16:46fun. By comparison, I would recommend
16:49using DLOGM instead. For the same
16:51backlit portrait, only the log footage
16:53has natural lighting and contrast, and
16:55it still has room for adjustments.
16:57[music]
16:57More importantly, regarding the details,
17:00only the log footage has a clean face.
17:02The other two are progressively messier.
17:03[music] As for shooting landscapes,
17:05although log looks the bluriest at first
17:07glance, [music] its highlight handling
17:09is truly much stronger. It doesn't have
17:11that digital look anymore, but the
17:13detail is indeed lacking. You just have
17:15to choose between visual appeal and
17:17detail. Personally, [music] I still
17:19recommend prioritizing visual appeal
17:21since, as I mentioned earlier, it's hard
17:22to avoid shooting people when filming
17:24panoramic video. Of course, it's up to
17:26you to decide how you want to choose.
17:29Switching to DLOG M contrast usable, and
17:33detail even surpasses Insta 360, which
17:36still suffers from noticeable smearing.
17:39While landscape lighting is more
17:40natural, [music] the highlight handling
17:42remains inferior, less clear and sharp,
17:45it's the same old [music] issue. Dlog
17:48M's optical quality, that persistent
17:50reddish tint, and [music] color
17:52bleeding. Clearly, this is an issue with
17:54the overall color pipeline. Finally,
17:56there are two more things. First, the
17:58improvement in motion blur. I don't
17:59recommend turning it on for either
18:00camera because even without it, their
18:02motion blur control is already very
18:04good. With Insta3, [music]
18:06you can only spot a tiny bit of motion
18:08blur if you look really closely at a few
18:10highlights, but it doesn't affect the
18:11viewing experience [music] at all. As
18:13for DJI, its motion blur control is even
18:16better, but it occasionally has some
18:17flickering, which slightly affects the
18:19viewing experience. [music]
18:21And then there's the ghosting issue. If
18:23you're facing a strong light [music]
18:24source from up close, the Insta 360 will
18:26have some ghosting, which is more
18:28noticeable in the flat profile. [music]
18:29It improves a bit after applying an LUT,
18:32but you can still see it if you look
18:33closely. DJI performs better in [music]
18:36this regard. Whether in the flat profile
18:38or with color correction, there are
18:39significantly fewer lens flares, and
18:41only the one closest to the center is
18:42really noticeable. However, I want to
18:45emphasize that these issues only occur
18:47[music] in extreme situations when
18:49you're very close to a strong light
18:50source. You won't really notice them
18:52during normal use, and they definitely
18:54aren't bad enough to affect your
18:56shooting like they do on Apple devices.
18:57All right, we finally finished talking
18:59about night scenes. Last but not least,
19:01let's listen to the audio recording. And
19:03while we're at it, we'll recap the night
19:04performance of both cameras.
19:08[music]
19:14[music]
19:21[music]
19:33>> [music]
19:38[music]
19:45[music]
19:50>> Next, let's briefly talk about taking
19:52photos. In this regard, Insta3's options
19:54are clearly more comprehensive. It can
19:56shoot in RAW and allows you to select
19:58autoexposure bracketing and HDR, whereas
20:01DJI's options are quite limited,
20:03offering only JPEG. At the same time,
20:05Insta3 has another feature. The photos
20:07it exports have HDR display mapping,
20:10while DJI's do not. What does this mean?
20:12Let's look at how they compare on an HDR
20:14supported screen. Insta3's display is
20:17clearly better and more vibrant. [music]
20:19This is the difference between HDR and
20:21HDR. But the downside is also obvious.
20:24Many of our monitors don't support HDR.
20:27So these photos won't display correctly.
20:29The highlights will be heavily
20:31overexposed, which is the same issue you
20:33see with Apple and OPPO.
20:35Also, many people are torn about whether
20:38they should even turn on HDR for photos.
20:41Let's first look at the comparison with
20:42HDR turned off. The sun in both cameras
20:44shows some overexposure with Insta 360
20:47controlling it slightly better.
20:49Next, with HDR turned on for both, the
20:51sun is visible again in both. Insta3's
20:54HDR is still a bit more aggressive.
20:56[music] Photo color grading is similar
20:57to their video. Insta 360's tone is
21:00heavier and leans toward realism, while
21:02DJI is flatter. Regarding resolution,
21:05Insta 360 still lets you adjust
21:07sharpness, while DJI remove those
21:09controls in photo mode. With those
21:11advantages gone and the inherent gap in
21:13optical quality, Insta 360's lead is now
21:16even more apparent. [music] For face
21:18photos, both perform poorly. Insta3s are
21:21dark while DJI's look reddish. Insta3
21:24smears details and DJI oversharpens.
21:26Neither matches their video quality.
21:28[music]
21:28The last set is a more extreme scenario.
21:31Insta3's tone is still more realistic
21:33and it retains more highlights, but this
21:36half and half effect actually [music]
21:37creates a disjointed look. I think it's
21:39even worse than just letting it blow out
21:41completely. And DJI is no slouch either.
21:44The massive color fringing on this
21:46building is even more abstract. Both
21:48cameras have obvious issues. [music]
21:57[music]
21:58Now that we've covered the main use
21:59cases for both cameras, let's talk about
22:01their additional scenarios and user
22:02experience. First up is slow motion,
22:04where DJI is the absolute authority. 4K
22:07at 240 fps supports DLOGM and allows for
22:10adjustments to sharpening and noise
22:12reduction. Panoramic slow motion is
22:14genuinely cool. However, the noise at 4K
22:16240 fps also becomes quite significant.
22:19Plus, with 4K panoramic video, each side
22:21is less than 2K. And once you refframe
22:23and zoom in, the final result really is
22:25just landline phone quality. It's not
22:28just DJI. Insta 360 is worse, offering
22:31only 4K at 100fps, falling further
22:34behind. Now, about their new tracking
22:37features. I initially thought this was
22:39great because panoramic video usually
22:41requires tedious post- editing which
22:44often leads to footage sitting unused.
22:46[music] This tracking feature leverages
22:48panoramic capabilities while making it
22:50convenient eliminating the need for
22:52post-prouction. [music]
22:54However, both of them only support up to
22:564K at 30 fps. To be honest, I find it
22:58quite annoying. Why isn't there 60
23:00frames per second? Insta 360 is a bit
23:03better. It can track anything and the
23:04output is a flat video directly. So no
23:06post editing is needed. Of course, you
23:08can also choose whether or not to keep a
23:10panoramic backup. But DJI is a bit it
23:13can't track anything other than people.
23:15It can only track people. If the person
23:18being tracked hasn't been registered,
23:20you also have to wait a few seconds for
23:21it to recognize them.
23:24Plus, what it records is still a
23:26panoramic video. So, we still have to go
23:28into editing. It's essentially just
23:30moving the autotracking you do in
23:32editing to the front end. It might save
23:34some time, but you lose the 60 frames
23:36per second spec. What's [music] the
23:38point? I think it might be because the
23:40stitching and noise reduction are both
23:42post-processed, but this feature just
23:44feels like it was done for the sake of
23:46doing it. [music]
23:47Now, let's look at the single lens mode.
23:49This part is where Insta 360 gets even
23:52more abstract. I mentioned earlier that
23:54I really like its eyelog and the gimbal
23:56mode has log, which is great. So, why
23:59doesn't the basic flat video recording
24:01have it? I said earlier that the Dolby
24:03implementation was poor, but it's only
24:05usable at 30 fps. It's not available at
24:0850 or 60 fps, which doesn't seem right
24:10either. DJI does a great job with this.
24:12[music] All the single lens modes have
24:14DLOG M as they should, but DJI has its
24:17own abstract moments, too. The most
24:19prominent being that their aspect ratio
24:21implementation is a total mess. In video
24:24mode, the highest spec is only 4K at 60
24:26fps, and the aspect ratios are limited
24:28to just 16 by9 and 4x3. You can't even
24:31use the lens's full sensor area. If you
24:33want higher specs, you have to switch to
24:35another mode, ultrawide video. [music]
24:37In this mode, it finally supports the
24:39maximum 1:1 aspect ratio, and you can
24:42also shoot at 4K 120 fps in other aspect
24:45ratios. So, why aren't these two modes
24:47combined into one? Insta 360 does this
24:50really well. They put a zoom bar right
24:52on the right side, and the specs are all
24:54there, supporting 4K120, and 5K 60. But
24:57it also has a lot of inexplicable
24:59quirks. First of all, this zoom bar only
25:02allows you to zoom between 0.7 times and
25:051.2 times when you're in 4K 120 and 4K
25:0830 modes. For other settings like 4K 60
25:11and 5K 60, you can only zoom between 1x
25:14and 1.2x.
25:16I don't have horizon leveling turned on.
25:18What if you switch the aspect ratio to
25:20variable? In this case, 4K120 and 4K 30
25:23can't reach 1.2x anymore. You only get
25:260.7x to 1x, while 4K 60 is stuck at just
25:301.2x, and you can't zoom at all. And
25:325000K doesn't even have 60 fps anymore.
25:35It's only left with 30 fps. What's up
25:37with that? Aren't you supposed to have a
25:38square sensor? Oh, right. Insta 360
25:41doesn't even have a 1:1 aspect ratio
25:43option, which means it can't utilize the
25:45full sensor. Overall, these two single
25:48lens cameras are really just competing
25:50to see who can be more baffling. The
25:52only real plus is seamless lens
25:54switching while recording. Perhaps they
25:56were rushed, as their focus is clearly
25:58on 360° capture, making the single lens
26:01experience messy. Hopefully, future OTAA
26:04updates fix [music] this soon. Moving to
26:07the camera body, storage is key. DJI is
26:10much stronger, offering over double the
26:12capacity of Insta 360, so you won't need
26:15an extra memory card. As for the Insta
26:18360, it's really just for emergency use.
26:20You can only record for about 30 minutes
26:22at [music] high settings. Next, the
26:23preview. Insta 360 has made huge
26:26progress. The image is clear and
26:28highlights aren't overexposed anymore.
26:30Plus, its near 3 to4 aspect ratio gives
26:32it an edge over DJI for playing back
26:35panoramic videos. Next up is the
26:37controls. I'll give you the conclusion
26:39right away. Insta3 [music]
26:40is much more modern than DJI. Its
26:43pressure sensitivity and haptic [music]
26:44feedback are really good. While it
26:46doesn't quite beat Apple's old 3D Touch,
26:49it's actually pretty close. Compared to
26:51Insta 360, DJI feels noticeably more
26:53primitive. As for the grip, [music]
26:55Insta 360 has made it shorter this time,
26:57so the handling isn't as good as the
26:59previous generation. However, one thing
27:01they did really well is changing the
27:03side button from the previous Q button
27:05to a simple straightforward record
27:06button, which is much more intuitive. We
27:08can hold it like this and [music] your
27:10fingers won't get in the shot. Your
27:11thumb rest right on it, so it's still
27:13perfectly usable as a little handheld
27:14camera. As for DJI, well, what else is
27:17there to say? It's just completely
27:19outclassed. Holding it the same way,
27:21there's only a power button on the right
27:23side, so you have to carefully stretch
27:25your thumb over to the left. It's
27:26basically unusable without doing that.
27:28Speaking of the stick, they both
27:30launched this kind of horizontal grip
27:31this time. I think DJI is better than
27:34Insta3 here. Insta3's version is long,
27:37heavy, and the grip is average. It's a
27:40useless big stick. Plus, DJI lets you
27:43adjust the angle, which helps avoid the
27:45edge image quality issues I mentioned
27:46earlier. It's a pity that it doesn't
27:48offer enough angle options. It would be
27:50even better if there were one more angle
27:52in the middle. Finally, [music] let's
27:54briefly talk about the post-prouction
27:55experience of the two cameras. To cut to
27:58the chase, DJI is incredibly difficult
28:01to use. First, when reviewing 8K 50fps
28:04footage in its mobile app, you can only
28:06select smooth quality, which is
28:07incredibly blurry. You can't switch to
28:09high definition, [music] whereas Insta
28:11360 defaults to high definition. Take a
28:13look at this difference. Just this one
28:15aspect makes for a night and day
28:17difference in the experience. Secondly,
28:19with DJI Studio, once you zoom in quite
28:21a bit, the scrolling starts to lag. at
28:24the same zoom level. Insta3 [music]
28:26doesn't have this issue.
28:30Of course, [music] Insta3 also has its
28:32frustrating points. Footage shot in
28:35Dolby Vision can't be previewed
28:36correctly in its own studio software,
28:39even though the current screen supports
28:40HDR, yet the mobile app and preview
28:43Dolby Vision correctly.
28:45[music]
28:51Time to summarize. On paper, DJI beats
28:54Insta 360 everywhere. 8K 60fps, 105 GB
28:59internal storage, and 4K 240fps slow-mo.
29:04Yet, Insta 360 offers better image
29:06quality and a more modern user
29:08experience. With DJI at $32.99 and
29:12Insta3 at $39.99 plus the cost of a
29:16memory card, you're looking at a 1,000
29:18yuon price difference. So spending
29:20[music] an extra thousand while being
29:22outperformed in every spec, that's got
29:24to be a tough pill to swallow, right? So
29:26if you want my advice, honestly, I'd
29:29suggest waiting a bit longer. Both of
29:31them have their shortcomings this
29:32generation, like the DJI's DLOGM or the
29:35Insta 360 lacking 8K 60fps, and these
29:38are 99% likely to be fixed in the next
29:40generation. By then, we'll definitely be
29:43able to choose a device that doesn't
29:44leave us with any regrets. But if you
29:46really want to buy one right now, it's
29:48actually quite simple. It just depends
29:50on whether you need to shoot in log. If
29:52you don't shoot log, just go with the
29:53DJI. It's cheaper and the image quality
29:56isn't that different. But if you want
29:58better image quality, a better
30:00experience, and can accept spending an
30:02extra thousand currency unit, even
30:04though the specs aren't as strong as the
30:05other one, then the Insta 360 is
30:07currently the best performing panoramic
30:09camera. Okay, that's all for this video.
30:12One last thing to [music] emphasize,
30:14this video is absolutely not sponsored.
30:17There's no partnership and no
30:18manufacturer interference. This is a
30:20purely authentic review. I honestly
30:22don't know if anyone will watch a sudden
30:25sideby-side review of [music] panoramic
30:26cameras, but I hope so because as you
30:29can tell from the length of this video,
30:31I really put a lot of effort into it. If
30:33you've watched this far and liked it,
30:35please be sure to show your support with
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30:38very least, please hit that follow
30:40button. It really means a lot to me. So,
30:42that's it. I'm Haju and I'll see you in
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