VR， This popular word has given birth to all kinds of industries, and gradually these things have begun to be integrated into our lives. We have also gone from viewing content to production content, which is why various VR cameras have sprung up like mushrooms. The Insta360 Air in the author's hands is also one of the best. In this review, we will also show you whether this small panoramic camera is worth paying for.
Packaging and appearance
The package of the Insta360 Air is very simple, refined and compact. The outer package is printed with some relevant information and characteristics of the product. After pulling out the package box, you can find that the Insta360 Air lies quietly in it. The machine, as its name suggests, is really very small, just like the size and weight of a large Buddha bead. The 26.5g Insta360 Air is really like air when placed in the pocket.
After pulling it out, there are instructions and accessories inside, including a USB Type-C to USB-A data cable, which is used to connect to the computer for shooting, mostly for business meetings, ordinary users（ Such as the author ）It may only be put in the cabinet for vacuum cleaning. In addition, there is a card pin that can be inserted into the burning hole for use when upgrading firmware.
We（ WeChat official account: Love to play computer games ）The Insta360 Air in hand is a black version, in addition to pink, yellow and white. The main body of the camera is protected by a U-shaped silicone cover to prevent the most precious lens from being worn. This design is excellent, and it does not add much weight. Every time you use it, it is stuffed back into the silicone cover. There is an indicator light on the top of the camera, When the phone is connected, the green light will be on.
The Insta360 Air is made of black and gray plastic body, with two fisheye lenses slightly protruding, and a USB Type-C head below, which is used to connect mobile phones. In addition, there is a microUSB version. Users like Galaxy S7 are also perfectly compatible. If you are an iPhone user, there is one Insta360 Nano It is specially used to adapt to the Apple Lighting interface. This is the overall appearance of this panoramic camera. It's very simple and beautiful. I can't say where the design is particularly outstanding, but I think it's very beautiful and I have a desire to use it（ Important things are to be repeated for 3 times ）The light and thin fuselage is really easy to take anywhere.
user's experience
It can be said that it can't be simpler to use it to take photos. Of course, first of all, you need a mobile phone. What I use here is Xiaomi Note 2 . Go to the app market to download an Insta360 app first. There is no special connection method. Just plug the camera's Type-C head into the phone's Type-C interface, and start creating content directly.
（ Plug and play, perfect ）
In terms of compatibility, the author uses Xiaomi MIX 、 Xiaomi Note 2 as well as Meizu PRO 6 The Type-C mobile phones were tested without problems, and they are perfectly compatible, plug and play.
App&Software
Since the mobile phone interfaces are located at the bottom, the mobile phone needs to be turned over for use when shooting, so the app is also turned upside down by default after opening. The entire UI interface is very simple and clear, highlighting two themes - creation and sharing. The homepage is the content created by Inta360 users from all over the world. The yellow photo key is located at the bottom right of the homepage, which is very conspicuous. There are three buttons at the bottom, and the "photo album" in the middle is your own photos and videos.
（ Application UI interface ）
The function and logic of the whole app are very clear, and the difficulty of getting started is very low. When your own shooting IDEA is in short supply, you can check the works of others, and you can adjust the shared image quality in the settings.
（ Use mobile phones to operate and watch works ）
After clicking the capture button on the home page, there are three options: taking panoramic photos, panoramic videos, and conducting panoramic live broadcast. In addition, you can set two options: beauty mode and filter, which can be said to be very fun.
In addition to the app on the phone, it can also be downloaded on the computer and The former is used to watch works, while the latter is used to edit works. It is the same as the mobile app, and the operation is also very simple. When viewing works, you can directly drag the files from the mobile phone to the computer.
（ Insta360 Studio Clip Page ）
（ Insta360 Player viewing page ）
Studio is a software specially used for secondary creation of panoramic videos, which is also highly playable. Its recording mode can be selected at different time nodes to set different viewing effects（ Such as asteroid, fisheye and other effects ）, can be output as Video format, easy to spread and share.
What's more, you can also turn it into a computer camera and use it for video conversation. The author uses QQ here, which is matched with the Win10 system notebook, and downloaded it on the official website After that, you can have a perfect panoramic video chat with the other party, which is very suitable for business meetings with many people and departments. Not only that, but also VR live broadcast can be carried out in the App. YouTube is used by default. Of course, in China, you can't watch the video of tubing, but you can enter the streaming address to broadcast.
Photo&Video
The Inta360 Air is equipped with two 210 ° wide-angle lenses, f/2.4 aperture, 3008 x 1504 for pictures and 2560 x 1280 for videos（ Some phones support 3008 x 1504 ）, the video frame rate is 30fps. From the practical experience, this panoramic camera highlights two words "fun and sharing". After shooting, there are four display modes, namely fish eye, perspective, asteroid and crystal ball. The author thinks that asteroid is the most interesting, focusing on the shooting point, and surrounding objects around you. If you can find a particularly good location, Sharing in the circle of friends will be particularly compelling.
（ Asteroid and fisheye display mode ）
In general, the splicing between the two shots is very natural, even more natural than Samsung's Gear 360 There is no obvious defect, which is commendable. Due to the weakness of pixels, the definition of image quality is slightly lacking, but the author mentioned the word "sharing" above for a reason, Insta360 Air is a product that is very suitable for spreading on mobile phones and sharing with friends. Most of the time, the works taken by users will be viewed on the screen below 6 inches. In this way, it does not need too high pixels.
When sharing to WeChat friends or circles of friends, it is done in the form of external links. After clicking the link, you can browse panoramic photos and videos just like in the App.
During the shooting process, a certain amount of imaging time is required, so it is better not to shake your arm immediately after pressing the shutter key, especially at night, otherwise it is easier to blur the sample, but the overall speed is fast anyway.
Next, let's take a look at the panoramic video (unedited):
Let's see another video edited by Insta360 Studio, which is displayed in normal mode:
For more samples and videos taken by Insta360 Air, please click Download.
summary
It can be said that Insta360 Air is a panoramic camera with high comprehensive quality. It has many excellent features, such as smooth picture splicing, various play patterns, high secondary creativity, etc. In addition, it is extremely simple to operate, almost without any difficulty, and belongs to that kind of "It just work" What's more, such a small size makes creation more arbitrary. If you put it in your pocket, you can't detect it at all.
This product is very considerate in all aspects. It comes with a silicone protective case, a connection cable to the computer, a pin for upgrading firmware, and the app is also very easy to use. It is also easier to share the content taken with friends around. In such a bland circle of friends, Xiangxin can use this panoramic camera to make friends exclaim "Wow", let alone seven hundred and eighty-eight The price of RMB yuan also makes it more competitive. After all, products of the same type are almost always thousands of yuan.
If you like VR content and want to try to make it yourself, you can strongly consider this Insta360 Air. Among entry-level products, its comprehensive quality is very high, and if you book before March 21, you can also enjoy seven hundred and fifty The preferential price of yuan is still the old saying: "What kind of bicycle do you want?"?
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