In the final video of my One R reviews, we're going to look at the One inch mod to see whether it lives
up to the hype of being the best camera for action
type content in early 2020 Or if the GoPro Hero 8 Black is better we'll also look at 30 more pros and cons you should know before
you consider buying it. Finally we'll take a look at what the future looks like for this camera and whether you should upgrade
from your current camera or wait for the next Insta360 camera. So here's the 1-inch edition of the One R and it comes with the
same body, battery and cage as the other builds of the camera but this time it has a
wide angle Leica lens which has an F 3.2 aperture and equates to roughly
a 14 millimeter lens. It's also got a 1-inch sensor and I see that as a game changing feature for an action camera. As you probably know by
now, the camera is modular meaning you have to
assemble it brick by brick almost like you're a kid putting a piece of Lego together you attach the body part to the lens part and then the battery goes underneath. However with the 1-inch, you
also need to unscrew the lens in order to get it into the cage. That takes a bit of extra time. Here I timed myself and
it took about 20 seconds to assemble everything from scratch. Depending on how you intend on using it, you may only ever keep it assembled as one particular build of the camera. So if that's the case, you don't even need to worry about this. If you do plan on using it as a 360 camera and using the 4K module as well, this is definitely something
you need to factor in, it's gonna take time to change the lenses. And when traveling I
found it a bit frustrating having to do this over and over. However, I guess it's kind of like a DSLR where you change lenses and that's about the time
it would take anyway. So in exchange for the
flexibility of having lots of uses for the camera, you need to sacrifice a bit of time to change between the various builds. Also, it's never going to
be easy changing SD cards. This latch is the bane of my... argh stupid thing. On the plus side, it does
accept really big SD cards here I'm using the SanDisk
Extreme PRO 400 gigabyte SD card and it works great. You can fit well over 10
hours of 5.3K video on it and I strongly suggest
using a card like this, if you plan on buying the One R. I've noticed the sharpness is really good and 5.3K does genuinely
look better than 4K even when exported in a 4K video. We know already the stabilization
is good for the 360 build but with the 1-inch build
I was honestly surprised. It's actually doing a very decent job here given I'm not taking any care
whatsoever I'm just running like a maniac who forgot to take his meds. Here I flipped the camera upside
down and did the same thing and this shot is looking stable. The camera has a good
selection of frame rate options it does 5.3K at 30 frames a second, 4K at 30 and 60 frames a second 3K at 30 and 60 frames a second and HD at 30, 60 and 120 frames a second with the 1-inch mode. Here is the slow motion 120 FPS
at HD and it's looking good. That's no went down my back, by the way and it burned ouch! Okay, well I can't test this in the water because there ain't no
water inside it's all ice, I've got a bottle of water,
next best thing right? Let's do it. (upbeat music) It's a light! Yes, he's a hyperlapse I
shot at 5.3K resolution and it's kind of bumpy. I know for sure if I was shooting with the 360 build of this camera it would be silky smooth. So while I guess it's good to
have the hyperlapse option, it's always complete
better when shot in 360 due to the far superior stabilization you can get when shooting 360 video. That's my camera, it's
covered with a snow. Did it survive? Yeah, looks good to me. Well, it does seem to be
a snow right in there. Tried blowing it out and I can't get it. I just worried that if
I was to unscrew this maybe the snow or potentially water could get underneath the lens. So while I can't verify it I suspect that could be some kind of issue with people unscrewing the
lens, getting dirt and water and snow underneath the
big bulbous lens bit. Now you're probably wondering how long can you record
5.3K video continuously without the camera overheating? Well, here I tested just that. The temperature was 21 degrees
Celsius when I recorded this and the camera recorded for
28 minutes and 47 seconds before I got a message that
the camera was getting hot and had to stop recording. That's pretty decent and this is something that can be improved with
future firmware updates. Also, you're going to get
quite longer recording times when shooting with a 4K
module and the 360 module. You can plug the One
R into external power. It's got a USBC connector. So hypothetically, you could
shoot all day long connected to an external battery as
long as you button on and off at least every 10 minutes. Also I've had a few questions about how the design holds together because the camera's modular a few people have been worried about whether it's going to come apart, whether it the design is flimsy. Well, I've got to say once
you assemble all the pieces, you don't even notice
that it's modular camera it feels exactly like
a GoPro in your hand. And for my two months using it so far, I've not had a single issue with the connectivity of the parts. I found the inbuilt sound
recording to be a bit unreliable. It's still early days, and I'm noticing strong amounts of wind and handling noises of the actual camera while I'm trying to speak. And yes, I do realize I'm
wearing silly fluffy dog ears but they're warm, and it's
really cold down there right now. I find it really impressive
how much this camera can do. You can use it for 100 different things. So depending on the type
of content you create, you can use it just for that. You can build it just as a 360 camera, just as a 4K camera or just
as a 5.3K action camera. They have offered a workaround if you don't like the inbuilt
sound and that involves using an external sound recording device or an on camera shot you can mark that you can mount to the top of the camera. I've also noticed a
significant focus issue with the One R 1-inch tradition where basically anything at
close range within two feet is going to be slightly this soft. When I zoom into the background, those trees are looking
sharp but my face is soft and this is about standard of
long distance from the camera. I don't think this is something they'll be able to fix with firmware. So I do consider this to be a genuine flaw of the 1-inch edition. It's definitely not going to be the right build of the One R to buy if you wanna shoot anything close up, it would be better buying
the 4K or even the 360 build because those two have no issue getting close range objects in focus. Now here's one for you,
do we actually need 5.3K? Well, my first answer is no. 4K is the standard in 2020. However, I've been thinking about it and where I think 5.3K
will be a genuine value add to content creators is not
to end up with a 5.3K video. But to end up as a 4K video, just with different fields of view. Here I mean, Insta360 Studio
and I showed this in 5.3K, but it doesn't mean I have to
export it at that resolution. FOV Options are Ultra Wide,
Wide, Linear and Narrow. And when you look at the difference between Ultra Wide and Narrow,
that's pretty significant. So the 5.3K is giving me that
extra level of flexibility to have my shot Ultra Wide
or a little bit narrower and I'm not losing the 4K
resolution with either one. Whereas if you started
with this frame at 4K and then punched in, it would
be closer to about 3.5K. So you're going to get
noticeably sharper video quality no matter which field of view you choose. You know how 360 video
gives you the flexibility to choose your angle later? Yeah, it's a similar principle. Now I've been getting countless requests to compare the 1-inch
One R with a GoPro Hero8 so I went out and bought myself a GoPro and here's what I got. These deer were kind
enough to be my subjects and with both cameras I filmed them at the maximum resolution
possible, which is 5.3K with the One R and 4K with
the GoPro Hero 8 Black. Here they are without color correction and here they are with. If you're watching this in full screen you'll see there's a big
difference between the two. The One R looks better in most ways the colors look better and more vibrant, the contrast and
sharpness is significantly better than the GoPro all of the trees in the
distance look much sharper, the deer looks sharper and the shadows and highlights
have much better definition. I'm also noticing with the GoPro, there's visible noise in the
shadow areas of the trees and that doesn't look super good given it was only about
4:30 p.m when I filmed this. Also if I zoom into the
branches of the top, I'm seeing more color
imperfections and sharpness issues with the GoPro that I'm not
seeing with the Insta360 camera you could say the colors
look nicer with the GoPro and you also could say
the same about the One R. It's not enough of a difference to say one is significantly
better than the other. What I can say though, is
that the One R 1-Inch blows. the GoPro Hero 8 black out of the water in this type of shooting situation where the cameras are
locked off on a tripod and the lighting relatively even. Here I am running with the two, and the different isn't as obvious. Now I think they're both
doing a really good job with it stabilization can
bond with 60 frames a second the hero it is actually pretty impressive whereas it 30 frames a second at 5.3K, I'm seeing a bit of motion
blur with the One R. GoPro as a company has been around way longer than Insta360. So you can tell they've
got things like this a bit more down path. However, instead have a tendency of copying people's homework so expect to see vastly
improved stabilization from the One R coming soon. Okay, this is the second
test for this time. I've switched the One R into 4K 16 mode so they're both recording at the same resolution
and same frame rate. I found the One R ought to be exceptionally good in low light. Most other action cameras would barely even see this scene yet it's capturing it relatively clearly. Yes, there is noise but not that much. And if you're wondering what I'm doing, I'm making peace with the bread. We've got a tumultuous relationship, but I thought I'd be the
bigger person and make peace. Anyway, I digress due to
the warning to sensor, anytime you go out shooting at night, you're going to get the
best result you possibly can from a point and shoot camera capturing a very low light
scene with both cameras and I'm noticing a night and
day difference, unintended. But anyway, again, if
you're in full screen, it's going to be really
obvious for the differences you don't have to squint much, you can probably see it if you're not in full screen as well. Basically, there's a high amount of noise with a GoPro Hero aid and I can barely see any
with the 1-inch One R that looks damn good on the left. It could be sharper, but it's good enough. When I take it handheld again, I'm seeing noticeable motion blow if you look at the lamps on either side, it's moving left and right
a lot more with the One R. I do know for a fact that they're working on a nighttime setting for
video so the shutter speed isn't as slow and therefore, it won't produce this kind of issue. It's not ready yet but it should be soon. There's a lot more I could talk about when it comes to comparing
these two cameras. I only just scratched the surface here but I am going to give it to the one off for the better sharpness
better low light biggest sensor and also having the ability to transform into another kind of camera in a 360 camera with its other build. But hey, that's just my opinion. If you think differently
let me know in the comments. I do quickly want to
address the photo modes the One R has so many different
modes you can shoot in both with the 1-inch build,
the 4K build and the 360 build that you can properly expose basically any scene that comes your way. I shot some photos samples
with the One Inch build and I can say they look good a shot in raw, a shot in
HDR, I shot in night mode which is a really good mode
for the 360 build as well. And while firstly, I wouldn't buy a camera like this focus was strictly photography. When I took these samples,
I was pretty impressed with the amount of flexibility
I had later on in editing. to edit these raw files
and recover the highlights and the shadows quite significantly. This is another advantage of
having that One Inch sensor because it captures more
overall information, the image. Meaning if you mess up
your shot to begin with, you can recover it later. Now really quickly, I wanna
show you what the workflow looks like once you've
shot your photos and video, you can either import
directly to your phone through the One R App or you
can insert the micro SD card into your computer and process the footage in Insta360 Studio which is
Insta360 is free desktop program that is also a really good program for reframing 360 videoing. The mobile workflow is much
faster and what's great about it is you don't have to
download all of your footage before you start editing it, you can literally edit before you download and then you can export
directly from the SD card or the camera to the
camera roll of your phone without having to duplicate the files which would usually fill up
your phone storage pretty fast. That's a great way to
edit, it's really fast and something I'm extremely happy about is the app now allows you to export 4K video
directly to your camera. If you choose the desktop workflow you're going to get
slightly higher resolution however it will also take longer to stitch and process your footage. Right now you can't get
MOV files or MP4 files you need to put the INSV
files through Insta360 studio to eventually get to
a 4K or 5.3K MP4 file. Rumor has it they will be changing this at least with footage shot
with the One Inch mode also they do have a premier
plugin to LD INSV files directly and premier without processing them first, the file sizes of 5.3K
video a pretty reasonable each minute of footage
equates to about a gigabyte. They do give you a good amount of options when you're exporting to
do with the resolution the bit rate using color
plus which is the inbuilt lot however I found when you
make the quality super high and the bit rate super high the export times can turn into
a ridiculous amount of time like a day for 20 minutes of footage. So just be careful not to
put the bit rate up too high past let's say 150 megabits a second because it's just not necessary anyway 100 to 115 megabytes a second
is a really high amount and will lead to really
good image quality. Something else to note is
that a lot of the issues I pointed out in this video
are likely to be fixed Insta360 are a company
who listen to their users and if someone says a
feature is really bad, they'll most likely see the
post in their Facebook group and go off and change it. I'm pretty sure they follow
my YouTube channel as well. So when I say something
sucks, they're like - Hey, Mr. Engineer, Mr. Ben
says our camera sucks, fix it. - Oh, I'm very sorry Mr. CEO,
I will fix it right away. - You better or I will show
you my pimp hand once again. - [Narrator] So I do
expect they'll be watching this video as well. A lot of you already
own the Insta360 One X and a wondering whether you
should upgrade to the One R well, I'd say it's not an obvious upgrade because specs adjust to similar, the image quality is too similar and I honestly don't see
it as a worthwhile upgrade unless there's one thing you
think is particularly good and helpful for your situation. For example, you want a camera that's waterproof straight out of the box you've got that with the One R. If you just wanna shoot fun
social media type content then don't upgrade from the One X wait for their next camera. If you currently own a 360 camera that is noticeably inferior to the One R then I'd say you absolutely
should considering upgrading to it because it's like the
Inspector Gadget of 360 cameras. It's got 1000 uses and you can make so many different kinds of
amazing content with it. I've got four on the videos
on my channel already that cover the ins and outs of the One R and the various build so
be sure to check them out. If you are considering buying the One R and you're not sure which
edition you should get. I'd say definitely the 360 edition and the 1 inch edition
is definitely worthwhile. With a 4K build I just don't
see when you really need that unless you want a 4K underwater camera and you don't want the 1
inch for whatever reason, maybe it's budget I don't know. But really, it depends
on the type of content you plan on making. If you're a 360 shooter
and you don't shoot flat action type content then
just get the 360 version. If you're big on action content
and want a versatile camera to get you hundreds of
different camera angles in the same device then go for the 1 inch and the 360 builds. I do also want to add that if
you're into 360 photography, then you should probably
consider another camera. All of the best features with
the One R focus around video and the low photo resolution
is just the icing on the cake. It shoots photos good but not great. Only consider the One R if
video is your primary focus and photo is secondary. One thing that I'm pretty sure about is that there will be
more mods of the One R. They'll come up with
another cool way of using it maybe it's like strapping it to a horse and you put it where the horse's eyes are, I don't know but since they've
made the camera modular, it gives them flexibility to turn it into another kind of camera
they could always update it with a better lens or a better
battery or a better screen. There are so many things
they can do with this camera and most likely will and yes, I bet a patent the whole 360 camera idea 'cause I'm pretty sure
they're gonna steal it. The final thing you should know and this is just pure speculation is, will there be a One X 2? Well, this kind of is a One
X 2 and it's kind of not . It's not the camera we were all expecting. It's pretty different. Just like when the Insta360 EVO came out. We thought that was
going to be the One X 2. So they've released three
cameras after the One X that all haven't been
the Insta360 One X 2. So are they still going to
make this mythical camera or yeah, probably I've got no idea when but I'd say there's a good chance they're already working
on their next camera and we'll see it around the
middle to the end of the year. But again, who knows what it will be it could be the horse 360 camera and then if you decided to wait because you thought it was
going to be the One X 2 you might be a bit disappointed that the camera neighs (horse neighs) instead of having really high resolution. So anyway, this is just pure speculation. Take it for what you will. I've put a link to the
One R 1 inch edition in description as well. The various things you've
seen me using this video I'm kind of curious what do you think of the One R as a whole? Is having a modular camera good idea or is it better to have
a camera with less uses but better at those few things? Personally, I think there
are pros and cons in each and what Insta have done here is just given us something different. I'll probably post a few more videos featuring the One R in
the not too distant future as well as the other cool cameras of 2020. So be sure to hit that subscribe button so you can be the first to see them. And that's it, bye. (horse neighs)
