Insta360 - ONE RS 1-Inch 360 Edition

My other cameras are: 1. ZV-E10 with Sigma 16mm and 30mm. I'm about to add a 10mm, because I want a wider main angle. 2. A7III with a 70-200 GM. That pair belonged to my office, but I've stolen it. 3. GoPro 11. 4. iPhone 16 Pro Max. 5. Insta360 One RS. I'm borrowing it from a friend who forgot I have it. 6. DJI Mini 3. I use each of them for different things. The ZV-E10 is my main angle when I'm shooting myself because the screen flips out. I use the A7III for a b camera when I'm shooting interviews and for telephoto b-roll. It's also my main photography camera. The GoPro is just for timelapses. My phone is for when I don't have another camera. The One RS is just for weird b-roll. The drone is just for establishing shots. Is it overkill? Yes. I could probably do the entire thing with the Pocket 3 and the drone. But for my specific usage, I would give up the Pocket 3 before I gave up the ZV-E10. I'm not saying that you should do that though.

Insta360 is the best we’ve used and the 360 has major benefits.

I have the one rs, and I like it, but is getting quite old. Quality wise is steps behind the x3 and even more the x4/x5. DJI released this month the Osmo 360 in that format with much better quality, and the GoPro max 2 should be coming out very soon.

DJI Osmo Action 5, GoPro hero 11 or higher, or my personal favorite, an Insta360 One RS. The One RS is cool because it can do traditional action camera shots but also can do 360 footage if you get the right bundle.

look at the Insta OneRS - pretty old now so you should get a good deal or find second hand. It has two lenses, one 360, the other 2d. Example here: [https://youtu.be/6u5SG5iJnQY?si=G\_cBMNKEKA1SQUaG](https://youtu.be/6u5SG5iJnQY?si=G_cBMNKEKA1SQUaG) \- make sure you have switched Youtube to highest quality setting! Other thing to consider is how to wear it when kite surfing. Helmet mount best betbut if you don't wear a helmet then this is a whole other thread for 360 camera positioning Lenses will scratch but i seem to remember Insta offering overlays - but may have dreamt that

tl;dr: Look for something with a big sensor like the Insta360 1 RS. Details... If you want to know a bit about cameras that might help pick something (assuming you might not be a camera nerd): the graininess in low light is because the sensor in the camera (the thing that literally captures the image) isn't getting enough light, so it does some signal processing to boost the dark image it does get to make a picture for you. Same idea as when you try to up the gain on a low quality audio signal and the noise boosts. The thing that controls how much light the camera gets it the aperture and the sensor - so, if you want high quality low light footage, you need a camera with a bigger aperture and a bigger sensor. Tough part - small action cameras have small sensors and small aperture (literally they're just physically smaller)... so they're always working without much signal in low light. Thus, even the good ones are going to be a bit grainy. iPhones have pretty good algorithms for boosting the low light signal, so they work better, but never as good as a full-size camera. I've got a Nikon D3400 - an older DSLR camera - and shooting video on it with a big aperture lens is miles better than any action camera I've seen. I've set it up on a tripod for booth footage before. Definitely more involved than using an action camera though. So I think it comes down to how professional you need this to be. Most action cameras are going to be better at recovering a decent picture from a low light signal, but it's always going to suffer a bit from garbage in - garbage out because the aperture and sensor are so small. Despite what their marketing says :)

I'm a Photographer who recently got into videos. I have to point out that the Insta 360 video quality is nowhere like the mirrorless cameras I've had, BUT, it's really about the spontaneous moment captured with it and not the quality that I'm impressed of. I've found footages of myself in the moments of serendipity that I know I will never achieve with any of my mirrorless camera unless somebody is following me around with it. I also tried the Osmo Pocket but I certainly love the convenience of the Insta 360 more because you can choose which frame, back, front, up or down you want to finally edit for posting. Really helpful the 360 view.

In theory, osmo would give you a better result as its sensors are bigger. By bigger, i mean the useful and exploitable surface of the sensors. So it should receive more light and result in a less noisy quality. That’s the theory. In the real life, in a “very low light” conditions, Insta360 One RS 1inch is giving me better results than my X5. Pure Video mode is not very compatible with club lighting, that’s better to use a manual settings with limited ISO for instance. DJI is promising a quality comparable to a 1inch sensor. I need to see it to believe it. but if that’s true, Osmo would be your best bet, added to the fact you’ll probably have a better result shooting in DLog 10bit, too. That said, if you’re not in a hurry, I’d wait for the first results people will share in the next weeks.

Hi op, one issue is you’ll now no longer be waterproof. I use the DJI mic 2 internal recording inside my helmet to a GoPro 13. You can check the sound here. [action camera with DJI mic2 inside helmet no wires retains waterproofing](https://youtu.be/y7ENSoDiaUg?feature=shared) Use the mini as the second camera, the 11 black as your main. I have a 13 as main and either an action 4 or insta 360 as handlebar.

I went with the RS One for the form factor. Quality wise, it’s okay. It isn’t cinema quality but it splices much more seamless than the GoPro 360. And it does have an interchangeable lens if you just want front facing. I haven’t tried that lens yet, as I really like being able to catch my opening on vid. I’ve got it on a snag free mount from adrenaline workshop. I have a buddy using the x5 on a Mohawk mount. But something about the positioning of the two lens being pointed to the left/right causes a weird center merge effect of things right in front of you. If that makes any sense? Like…it makes your head/face look squished together. Like your eyeballs are touching lol I’m not a camera person so idk how to explain it. Some new stuff from dji and go pro is coming out so those could be good options too.