GoPro Max 2 360 Camera Review: It’s Finally Here Leave a comment

That is arguably private style. Definitely in case you’re seeking to cease eyeballs mid-scroll with oversaturated, eye-popping colour, the Insta360 X5 is your good friend. Personally although, I like the colour coming from the GoPro a lot better, even when capturing in 8-bit colour. It is most likely price testing some video from each to see which look you like earlier than you make investments. One benefit of the GoPro is that in case you do wish to get into postproduction coloring in apps like DaVinci Resolve, the 10-bit colour choice provides you much more latitude.

I additionally discovered that, in vivid gentle, capturing the type of issues I usually use an motion digital camera for (bike rides, hikes, and so forth.), the Max 2 footage was sharper than the identical scenes shot with the X5. The distinction just isn’t large, however particularly in scenes with numerous foliage, the Max 2 comes out forward with sharper edges and higher distinction.

Like most 360 cameras, the Max 2 provides a single-lens mode, which is useful for occasions when you understand you do not need the second lens (for instance, you probably have it mounted to your chest). In single lens mode the Max 2 basically turns into a 4K Hero 13. All the identical lens modes can be found, many of the video choices as properly. The large distinction being that you simply’re capped at 4K quite than the Hero 13 Black’s 5.2K. However single-lens mode is useful as a result of it saves you from having to reframe that footage.

Whereas the Max 2 wins on picture high quality (barely) and colour science (together with 10-bit assist), it sadly doesn’t win in audio. The Max 2 manages to pack in 6 microphones, which it then intelligently makes use of (for instance when there’s wind coming from the left it ought to dampen that mic and rely extra on the right-side mic). That every one sounds very good, however sadly in my testing the audio was subpar it doesn’t matter what I did. It was noticeably quiet and flat in comparison with the X5, capturing side-by-side in the identical circumstances.