DJI, Insta360 and GoPro have stayed in the market, but why?
Last week, we had the opportunity to spend some time with DJI’s latest 360 camera, the Osmo 360 II. It features replaceable lenses, dual Type-1/1.1 (92mm²) sensors (which, when recording 360, are combined to roughly the area of a Type-1 (128mm²) sensor) and can record 360 video at up to 8K/60p, or flat video at up to 4K/120p*.
I thought it’d be a good opportunity to check in with the state of the 360 camera market, having been an early adopter of them in the mid-2010s, when it seemed like the future of content consumption may involve a cardboard headset with a phone in it.
Spoiler alert: it didn’t. In the video, I go through how people are using 360 cameras these days, if not to create 360 content, and take a look at some of the pros and cons of cameras that capture the entire world around them. You’ll also get to see a lot of footage shot on a 360 camera, as we filmed it almost entirely using the Osmo 360 II (giving me a new appreciation for how DJI’s cameras can automatically sync with the wireless microphones I typically use.)
If you want a higher-level overview of the camera, you can also check out our unboxing below.
*- You can also choose to sacrifice some resolution to go even slower with the camera’s “4K” (3840×1920) 240p mode.
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