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"It can do that?!?" 17 remarkable undocumented features of the Insta360 Pro

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The Insta360 Pro is an amazing camera, and the marketing materials can't even capture all of its remarkable features (partly because Insta360 keeps adding new features!).  Here are 17 undocumented features of the Insta360 Pro.  Since there are so many of them, I tried to group them into Photo, Video and live streaming, and both Photo and Video. PHOTO 1. 60 second shutter speed .  It has full manual exposure and you can specify a shutter speed as slow as 60 seconds -- slow enough to capture night sky photos. 2.   Unlimited intervalometer .  The Insta360 Pro has an intervalometer (i.e., it will take a photo after every time interval), and the time interval is anywhere from 2 seconds to a practically unlimited time interval (I put in a crazy number like 200,000 seconds and it accepted that value).  Note: The intervalometer is in the video mode as "time lapse". 3.   The intervalometer / time lapse can be for 3D not just 2D . 4.   Stitched 360 Photos i...

Sample videos show Insta360 Pro's incredible low light performance!

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Insta360 Pro, Insta360's 8K 360 camera, is being released soon.  Meanwhile, Insta360 has been posting more samples from Insta360 Pro, including some new low light samples that show the Insta360 Pro's incredible low light performance. Insta360 Pro is a professional 360 camera from Insta360 with 8K 360 video.  It also features 6K 3D 360 video, 4K in-camera stitched video (2D or 3D), and 4K live streaming. It is also one of the very few 360 cameras with gyro-based image stabilization that can maintain a level horizon regardless of how the camera is rotated.  It does all of this at an unheard-of price of $3,500 (the price already includes stitching software), far below professional 360 cameras such as the $5,000 GoPro Omni rig, which has up to 8K resolution but requires tedious stitching of six video files from six GoPro cameras, and has no 3D capture or live streaming capability.  As far as I know, this is the lowest cost 8K 360 camera. Meanwhile, Insta360 recently post...

Rumor: Z Cam V1 Pro price and specifications

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Here are unconfirmed details about the Z Cam V1 Pro, Z Cam's flagship 360 video camera with nine Micro Four Thirds sensors. This information reportedly comes indirectly from the company director, although I can't confirm it. Here are the the reported key specifications of the Z CAM V1 Pro - Cinematic VR Camera Number of Cameras  :   8+1 (coordinated AE & AWB) Lens Specs   :   Premium 190 degree MFT fish eye, f/2.8~11 Image Sensor & ISP   :   4/3” Sony CMOS image sensor Video Format   :   MOV Stitched Output Resolution  :   8K x 4K mono, 7K x 7K stereo ISO : 100~3200, extended to 6400/12800 Frame Rate Supported :  Mono 8K 30fps or 4K 60fps, Stereo 7K 30fps or 4K 60fps Output compression  :   H.264 and H.265 up to 100 Mbps Camera IO  :   Ethernet port (video streaming & control), USB (external audio) Audio/Microphone Specs : 4 X Built in microphone MEMS Storage  :  9 x SD card slots, up to 128...