Insta360 X6 Review (2026): A Great 360 and Action Camera Hybrid Leave a comment

At evening, although, the X6 wins. It’s a lot brighter than the X5 or the GoPro for starters, and whereas generally it does render colours a little bit wonky, with blues tending towards inexperienced and yellows going extra orange than they’re in actual life, it nonetheless produces the most effective 360-degree low-light footage I’ve shot. The Osmo 360 is an in depth second, however at instances I discover it has fairly a little bit of bizarre blur-like artifacts in low mild.

One of many extra thrilling new options is single-lens mode, which, at the least on the spec sheet, goes an extended approach to making the X6 a viable motion digital camera alternative. I dream of 1 digital camera that may do all of it, and the X6 is unquestionably nearer than different 360 cameras in fulfilling that want.

The X6 can now report as much as 5K video in single-lens mode (up from 4K within the X5), however even higher is the brand new InstaFrame 2.0 characteristic, which is Insta360’s title for the flexibility to report each 360 video and a single-lens shot on the identical time. This significantly simplifies modifying since you will have a flat file to work from, and when you miss the shot in that one, you will have the 360 footage to fall again on. This was all the time an incredible characteristic, however within the X5 the non-360 file was capped at 1080p, which made it lower than helpful. The X6 bumps that footage to 4K for the single-lens recording and as much as 8K at 30 frames per second for the 360 footage recorded concurrently, which makes this very usable and is, actually, how I shot more often than not.

As I’ve stated many instances, nobody needs to see uncooked 360 footage (yeah, yeah, I do know VR goes to catch on in the future, however I’m not holding my breath), and whereas InstaFrame makes modifying it right down to a standard linear video file about as straightforward as is feasible, it’s nonetheless form of a ache. Superior customers will even discover it annoying that you just can’t use Insta360’s I-Log format (video log modes are to video what a RAW file is to nonetheless photos, and seize a a lot wider dynamic vary) with InstaFrame 2.0, however there are some fairly good preset colour modes, and I like to recommend utilizing them for on a regular basis photographs.

With I-Log, the X6 helps 10-bit recording when recording in 360 mode. In single-lens mode, you may solely shoot in 8-bit I-Log. The upper the bit fee, the extra colour data is accessible (1,024 shades in 10-bit versus 256 in 8-bit). That’s a disgrace as a result of, at the least for my wants, this stops the X6 from changing an motion digital camera in my equipment. Maybe we’ll get this within the X7. For non-pro customers, that is probably a moot level.