On the evening of November 21, Yingshi Insta360 Ace Pro sports camera was officially released. Unlike the previous modular ONE R/RS series, Insta360 Ace/Ace Pro is a pure sports camera. Insta360 Ace Pro uses a 1/1.3 inch 48 million pixel sensor+5nm AI chip+flip screen+Leica's jointly developed logo, priced at 2998 yuan.
2023 is the big year for Vlog/sports camera enthusiasts. In August of this year, Dajiang Action 4 (1/1.3 inch CMOS, 2598 yuan), in September, GoPro HERO 12 Black (still 1/1.9 inch 8:7 sensor, improving HDR, anti shake and endurance, 3198 yuan), in late October, Dajiang Pocket 3 (1 inch IMX9893499 yuan with PTZ), and in late November, Insta360 Ace/Ace Pro also came (the latter is 1/1.3 inch CMOS, 2998 yuan).
The latest masterpiece of flip screen enthusiasts:
Insta360 Ace It is a 1/2-inch 48 million pixel sensor (IMX586?), supports 4K 120fps video recording, 2.4 inch flip screen+0.7 inch front screen, The price is 2398 yuan.
Insta360 Ace Pro It is a 1/1.3 inch 48 million pixel sensor (OV48C?), supporting 4K 120fps video recording, 2.4 inch flip screen+0.9 inch front screen, The price is 2998 yuan. Other specifications:
The nearest focusing distance is 0.4m
Support 4K 120fps, 2.7K 120fps, 1080P 240fps video recording, and the maximum bit rate is 170Mbps
2.4 "400x240192ppi flip screen
1650mAh battery, 4K 30fps, 100 minutes of endurance
27W PD fast charge (9V 3A), 22 minutes to 80%, 46 minutes to full
Bare machine 10m waterproof
Friends:
Dajiang Action 4, 1/1.3 inch 48 million pixel sensor, 1.4 inch 320x320 front screen+2.25 inch 360x640 main screen, 18 meter waterproof, 1770mAh battery+160 minute endurance (1080P 24fps)+30W PD fast charge (80% in 18 minutes, 50 minutes), 2598 yuan.
GoPro HERO 12 Black 1/1.9 "8:7 sensor, up to 27 million pixel photos+5.3K video, 1.4" front screen+2.27 "main screen, 10m waterproof, 1720mAh Enduro battery, 150 minute endurance (1080P 30fps), 5.3K 30fps video is 90 minutes (although 4K 120fps is overheated for half an hour)+charging time is 110 minutes, 3198 yuan.
Appearance and accessories
Insta360 Ace Pro factory accessories, including the ancestral logo and slogan sticker, a sturdy double C-port cable, a magnetic quick release board and an adsorption base.
Traditional sports camera layout, metal frame, front and back edges are covered with soft glue, and the front screen glass cover protrudes from the body.
The most special ones are the magnetic suction quick release opening at the bottom and the flip screen design similar to Insta360 GO 3 (and the front screen and front indicator light still remain).
Insta360 Ace Pro and Dajiang Action 4 ↑ in the upper row
Lower GoPro HERO 10 Black, Insta360 GO 3 ↑
Insta360 Ace Pro and Dajiang Action 4 ↑ in the upper row
Lower GoPro HERO 10 Black, Insta360 GO 3 ↑
Insta360 Ace Pro on the left, Dajiang Acton on the upper right, GoPro HERO 10 Black ↑ on the lower right
In terms of thickness, Insta360 Ace Pro superimposes the flip screen structure on the basis of friends. It weighs 26 to 35g more than that of friends (size and weight data have not been released at the deadline).
Insta360 Ace Pro is 71.9x52.15x38.5mm, weighing 179.8g
Dajiang Action 4 is 70.5x44.2x32.8mm, 145g
GoPro HERO 10 Black, 71x55x33.6mm, 158g weight
GoPro HERO 12 Black, 71.8x50.8x33.6mm, 154g
Insta360 GO 3， Expansion cabin body 63.5x47.6x29.5mm, 96.3g, 131.8g
Insta360 Ace Pro magnetic quick release accessories and multi-functional folding foot rest self timer rod ↑
The magnetic quick disconnect accessory has a 1/4 nut adapter, which can also be used for Insta360 X2/X3.
The multi-functional folding tripod selfie rod is also a familiar taste of shadow stone accessories - it is exquisite and has many small structures: 285g weight, three fold design, folding 21cm, unfolding 51cm, and even an upside down hook (which can be hooked on the pole or the top of the board) and a rope hole to call the good guy.
Shooting comparison
Insta360 Ace Pro is 1/1.3 inch, 48 million pixels, 1.2 μ m unit pixel sensor+equivalent 16mm F2.6 lens 。
From the perspective of sensor size, pixel and the highest recording specification of video, the sensor used by Insta360 Ace Pro is probably the same as that of old friend Howei OV48C 。
Although only one Xiaomi 10 Ultra mobile phone is used in the mobile phone field, who would have thought that it would brush its face N times on drones and sports cameras.
This comparison, of course, is the domestic duo, the big Xinjiang war shadow stone. The GoPro HERO 12 of the 1/1.9 inch sensor will not be seen first, not because there is no money to buy it. Don't misunderstand.
Dajiang Action 4 There is also a 1/1.3 inch OV48C (sealed with 48 million pixel mode like Dajiang mini 3), 155 degree field of view, equivalent to 11mm, F2.8 lens.
Comparison of camera angles (default 12 million pixels, compared with high pixel mode of 4800/50 million pixels) ↑
The equivalent 16mm focal length of Insta360 Ace Pro is significantly longer, and the aperture is slightly larger (F2.6 vs. F2.8). Its picture angle of view is half a circle smaller than Action 4 (there must be one out of two with disordered focal length). Theoretically, the details will be more dominant (the same pixel, the more objects in the picture, the less pixels can be divided by the unit object).
When comparing the "2x zoom" below, you will find that there are obvious differences between their field of vision and the size of the central scenery.
The maximum field of view of Insta360 Ace Pro is between the wide angle (equivalent 12mm) and ultra wide angle (equivalent 11mm) modes of Action 4.
But the most interesting thing is that the two lens designs are different. After the maximum distortion correction+the first anti shake is turned on, the size of the object in the middle of the picture is almost the same, but the Insta360 Ace Pro still has a certain degree of barrel distortion.
In order to make the lateral angle of view close to each other, Action 4 is unified to use the standard mode (maximum level distortion correction), and Insta360 Ace Pro uses the lowest level distortion correction (maximum angle of view).
4K 60fps Comparison
Notice that the building curtain wall at the right highlight ↑
Buildings in highlights, leaves and roads in darkness ↑
In 4K 60fps mode, neither of the two motion cameras can trigger automatic HDR, but the difference may be due to the difference in the internal algorithm. Insta360 Ace Pro's High dynamic range , highlights and dark parts are obviously stronger.
Maximum upgrade anti shake (Ace Pro is the highest gear below FlowSate) ↑, then the dynamic range of both is "55 on". Insta360 Ace Pro has some dynamic range advantages even at 2.7K 120fps.
Insta360 Ace Pro's noise reduction and sharpening are much lighter than Action 4 At first glance, Action 4 has a sharper picture, but the actual picture details are more abundant in Insta360 Ace Pro.
4K 30fps Comparison
Notice the highlight of the signboard ↑
Notice the highlight of the signboard and light box below ↑
It is also the highlight of the signboard ↑
Don't circle the highlight of this scene
At 4K 30fps, HDR will be used by default for both. The overall dynamic range of the two images will be closer at this time, but the Insta360 Ace Pro The highlight suppression will obviously show several positions, The kind that is far ahead.
Weak light contrast
With a 1/1.3 inch sensor, now The motion cameras of Dajiang and Insta360 can shoot 4K 30fps dim light night scene video, surprise！
The ghost control of Insta360 Ace Pro in automatic mode and night scene video mode is slightly weaker than that of Action 4 in "weak light stabilization mode", but significantly better than that of Action 4 in "weak light stabilization mode".
The "weak light stabilization" of Action 4 will reduce the image drag, and at the same time, the image brightness will be significantly lower than that seen by the naked eye. So in the weak light scene, Insta360 Ace Pro uses the night scene video mode, Action 4 uses the low light enhancement and manually turns off the weak light stabilization, and uses two weak light modes with the strongest image quality to compare ↓
Insta360 Ace Pro's night scene video mode will significantly increase the noise reduction and smudging force, and the sharpening is lighter.
We are tired of saying this: Action 4 is still dominant at first sight, but the details are a little more than Insta360 Ace Pro, but the gap is not as big as daytime and lighting scenes. In low light scenes, the difference between white balance and color saturation is more obvious.
"2x zoom" compared with photography
In "2x zoom", the obvious difference between the two machines in the focus section/field of view can be seen visually.
Also 125% magnification, Insta360 Ace Pro has a smaller field of view and a larger object in the picture.
4K 60fps 2x contrast 1
4K 60fps 2x contrast 2
2X contrast of 4K 30fps 1
2X contrast of 4K 30fps2
4K 30fps 2x contrast 3
4K 30fps 2x contrast 4
4K 30fps 2x contrast 5
Unexpectedly, the biggest difference is the effect of the double magnification mode.
Action 4 and Dajiang mini 3 do not provide a 48 megapixel camera mode. I don't know whether it is software or hardware restrictions, which do significantly affect the effect of "2x zoom". Whether it is in 4K 60fps, light scenes, there is an eye gap with Insta360 Ace Pro.
Comparison of photographing modes, global and amplification (pay attention to the antenna on the roof) ↑
(Here, Insta360 Ace Pro's 12 megapixel JPG image is 3.3MB, 48 megapixel image is 8MB, and 48 megapixel DNG image is 83MB. Ordinary users do not need to use RAW format at all.)
When taking photos, Insta360 Ace Pro has significantly less noise, and the gap between high pixel modes is even greater.
48 megapixel jpg image ↑
In addition, Insta360 Ace Pro, a high pixel photography mode, can also be used in complex light environments, and its dynamic range is completely different from that of a sports camera.
Simple use experience
Insta360 Ace Pro gives you a feeling closer to GoPro, which may be due to the improvement of the main control performance, Or new computer brain supplement The system UI has obviously become smooth, cold start for about 4 seconds, close to Action 4.
The definition (ppi) of the main screen is lower than that of Action 4, and there is no light sensor. The brightness of the official logo main screen exceeds 800 nits, which is basically enough in sunny days and the sun.
The rotation axis of the flip screen is very tight, and it can hover almost at 0-180 degrees. The experience of self shooting is much more comfortable than that of the front screen, but now the requirements for eye control will be higher (when looking at the screen, the angle of eye deviation will be more obvious). In fact, the front screen function of Insta360 Ace Pro has been basically replaced by the flip screen. Individuals prefer to remove the front screen to reduce weight and cost.
The Insta360 Ace Pro lens is equivalent to 16mm, and the color temperature is warmer. With the option of face metering, it is obvious that it wants to be a vlog camera.
These days, the radio doesn't need to beep more. The default recording noise reduction level of Insta360 Ace Pro is higher than that of Dajiang. There is nothing else to say.
The official logo 4K 30fps+turns off the AI highlight assistant, which has a 1 hour and 40 minute endurance (we just don't understand why there is no power percentage display in the aircraft).
Insta360 Ace Pro The heat of is slightly lower than that of Action 4 (after all, the body is large, and the main control range may be more advanced), but it is still a passionate sports camera: the room temperature is 25.6 degrees, use the 4K 30fps with its own sports HDR to record and turn on the AI highlight assistant function (this should be the combination with the greatest pressure). After 20 minutes, the highest temperature is 53.4 degrees, 56 degrees in 30 minutes, 59.2 degrees in 40 minutes, and 62.1 degrees in one hour, and then it will not be measured again, The machine didn't overheat and shut down until it ran out of power.
The 5nm AI chip that Insta360 Ace Pro claims to carry has an unknown model, but the main controller seems to have more advanced performance and process:
It can run a stronger multi frame synthesis algorithm to make the strongest highlight suppression of current motion cameras. No kidding, the highlight suppression is stronger than the main photography of some high-end mobile phones, which is very close to the mobile phone's computational photography.
Organically AI Highlight Assistant , highlights will be recognized automatically when recording, equal to AI marking points automatically, And it can synthesize highlights in the machine (How dare you believe that the motion camera can roughly cut AI in the machine?)
48 million pixel processed photos can be directly displayed in the machine (although, pictures/videos can't be magnified when viewed in the machine...)
You can also take photos during the video recording
In machine direct underwater color mode
With gesture control and voice control
The battery is smaller than that of friends, but the heat is slightly lower, and the endurance is close
It doesn't have professional functions such as time code and log mode, but it has some interesting functions for ordinary users to shoot and later.
Insta360 Ace Pro Yes Three "material management" functions ：
When recording, long press the shutter to cancel directly and give up saving the recording (good civilization, no need to delete manually)
Pause the recording (Good Civilization x2! You can pause the recording like a mobile phone, without producing N segments of material)
Start shooting after powering on (it can be set to automatically trigger the video after powering off, and the bike/motorcycle guy is ecstatic)
There are timed shooting (all modes can be selected), the ancestral FlowState anti shake of Shadowstone (free video can be selected, and the picture angle can be ignored automatically in the later stage), AI elimination of selfie stick, and this generation has also made "algorithmic ND mirror effect" (can you play like this?).
Summary: All motion cameras have computational photography!!!!!
The evaluation of Insta360 Ace Pro is bound to conflict with the advertising law: it has the strongest HDR/dynamic range/highlight suppression/2x zoom/high pixel mode in the current sports camera, but none of them.
It is the only regular sports camera with a flip screen, and it is also the sports camera with the strongest comprehensive image quality at this time point in 2023: the one with strong white balance, light metering, dynamic range/shading details. The motion camera also has the highlight suppression effect of modern computational photography. What year is this?
The most shocking moment during the use of Insta360 Ace Pro is when you open its 48 million pixel photos. This is the super wide angle that the Maoist Party most hopes to see on its mobile phone! Which flagship can kill one? It's a pity.
The main disadvantage of Insta360 Ace Pro is its larger and heavier body, And the name is really too long.
In Dajiang Action series, an Action 4 Pro/Action 5 with a 1-inch bottom is required in order to draw up the image quality. Pocket 3 has a 1-inch outsole, but it has different types and uses. It has a superior image quality+PTZ, but it has a small angle of view and is not waterproof.
The very balanced Action 4 has a price advantage of 400 yuan. GoPro has high-speed video (5.3K 60fps/2.7K 240fps), while Insta360 Ace Pro focuses on image quality and flip screen. Each has his own strong point, and everyone needs what he wants.
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