Insta360ONE X2 360 Degree Action Camera PREMIUM Kit includes Invisible Selfie Stick + Lens Cap

I bought this for a project I had coming up as I wanted to achieve the "tiny planet" effect.THIS DELIVERED ON IT AND MORE!Video:The stability on this is INSANE. when using this on non profesh camera people to hold and walk (mind there was a lot of shake) the camera paired with the invisible selfie stick was unmatched! Hardly any shake at all when viewed on the tiny planet effect.It films in 5.7k (way better than the 4k on my Sony a7iii) SO INSANE.It also has a time-lapse, time shift mode which are super cool and nice if you want extra b roll incase. Just set it up on the selfie/tripod and leave it in the background.Super happy with the video quality.Photo:I haven't used the photo features as MUCH but I will say it delivers on quality! It's even got self timers do you can easily take some great non distorted looking photos too!Editing:You can choose to edit on with a phone app (super easy as all touch screen) or there is a software for laptops also. You can also edit in premier pro now with a plug in, however it did not work for me.CONS:I really don't like how quickly it overheats. For something so powerful it's very small and does often heat up when filming in the max video quality.Although it's touch screen it's still a bit fidly and annoying.The battery life is not the best, it died mid shoot but can be charged via portable charger.I hate the micro SD slot, means I have to buy a micro SD. Never use micros so more effort and easier to loose.Overall worth the cost as I feel it can be an every day vlogging camera, BTS camera and overall second camera to your shoots!

Absolutely love this camera, my first 360 action camera that I’ve owned and it’s already replaced my GoPro as my “take everywhere” camera. No need to have to point the camera at a subject anymore as it films all directions at once

Not used much for video but the 360 images are great and have used this to map a room. Essentially the camera takes 2 fisheye images of 180 degrees and ‘stitches’ them together. The actual camera display is small and awkward so best stick to the app. Only down side (which is not the camera’s fault) is the lack of technology for people to view the images in full 360. However, the app gets round this somewhat by allowing you to manipulate the image taken to produce as many stills from it at different angles as you like. Similarly editing the video in Adobe Premiere, for instance, you can choose the best view to show from the source material which is pretty cool, and can change this view in the timeline.The camera itself is very compact and hardly shows in the 360 images (can be edited out with software) and is light enough to be used on a selfie-stick-tripod. The room mapping worked very well until I discovered that most host websites require a subscription which really wasn’t worth it for what I was using it for. I haven’t explored this as much as I should yet, especially not for filming, but it is great fun and good quality, no disappointments really.

Insta 360 One X2Really glad i got this camera, it's a cracking bit of kit. Just a few flaws.Pros:Great to just have with youDownloads images and videos fast and to your phoneEasy to set up and get goingCons:Voice comments DO NOT WORK at allHit and miss as to wether or not it's going to start when you want it to using your mobileCan't switch it off using your mobile, only onCustomer service is shockingApp forces you to have annoying notificationsSo lets start with a review, if the shortlist of bullet points isn't enough for you.The great thing about this camera is that it fits in your pocket and is really easy to get up and running. When you want to quick capture, its fast enough for most of my needs, but nowhere near as quick at starting up as any of my GoPro kit.It connects to EarPods so sound quality can be good using those, but to be honest, they've done a pretty damn good job on the audio, you can even clear it up in post or have it concentrate on your voice.Image quality is really good, no complaints there at all. Although on a bright day you might want to change a few of the settings as i shot in natural sunlight to get some views, but it turned out too bright and drowned out what i wanted to capture, possibly my own fault there..Setting up the app is easy and getting connected to the camera is very straight forward, although the REALLY annoying thing is, you can't use the app unless you have notifications switched on. Imagine opening your email inbox to a load of spam.... oh wait... we all do that every day already... well it's just like that. Pointless and irritating. Fortunately it's not constant and so far I've only had a few over the course of a month. (Almost).I'm a truck vlogger and using it while driving is almost impossible because the voice commands do not work. I have to pull over, start recording and then pull over again to stop recording. I don't want to spend more money on a remote, besides, why should i have to if it supposedly has voice commands!?Then there's technical support.. You know when kids ask "why?" So you give an answer and they reply with "why?" and so on? ..... it's like that. All I asked was "is there a wake words to use the voice commands".. like "Alexa play my music" or "hey siri, call my aunty" .. it's been 2 days and I'm now being asked about the firmware version. I have honestly given up all hope of ever using voice control on this camera.Don't get me wrong, it's a really great bit of kit and as a whole, I'd say I would recommend it to anyone, but this seems like it's aimed more at people starting out with 360 or a younger generation that want to show off on social media.Which brings me nicely to the social media side of it. Apparently it's possible to go live with this handy kit on numerous flavours of social media. "Why not give it a whirl" i thought. Another face palm moment struck after 40 minutes of trying to get it to work.. gave up in the end!I mean, you're better off exporting your files and uploading them without using the app. As for YouTube, I couldn't get it to connect to my channel at all... maybe some perseverance is needed on my part.To that end, I am very tech savvy and still some of this baffled me.Final thought : great kit, water resistant and a really fun thing to have. Just don't expect it to be flawless.Congratulations on reading this far, you must be an insomniac!!*** EDIT*** the desktop software is shocking.. every time it updates, I've had to put windows into safe mode, delete the entire program, download it again and install it.. Beginning to wish I'd have bought a GoPro now..

Captured much better action footage than a GoPro as you don't need to try and frame the action at the time. The 360 camera just captures everything and you can frame it in the app later. So many comments on how good the footage looked and how the invisible selfie stick is like magic. Highly recommended