The Best Cycling Camera. Period. Insta360 X4 Deep-dive
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Insta360 X4: www.insta360.com/sal/x4?...
Headset Cap Mount: store.insta360.com/product/bi...
The Insta360 X4 is the latest and greatest 360 camera from Insta360. I really think a 360 camera is the best option for a cyclist because it gives you so many options to capture your ride, making videos of not only those around you, but videos of yourself. The new 8k resolution and the Garmin Data Overlays are game-changing for cyclists, you can now make AAA CZcams content for $500 and a few clicks in the app... mind-blowing.
Insta360 do and have been supporting the channel for many years as a sponsor. I was a paying customer long before they reached out to me. But full disclosure, this is sponsored content. However, I was free to say what I wanted and the only revision they had was when I incorrectly said "bigger sensor" instead of "higher resolution sensor"
Time Codes:
00:00 Intro Montage
01:02 Intro Summary
01:54 What is it?
02:44 8K Resolution
03:52 5.7k 60fps
04:14 Re-framing
04:50 App Editing
05:12 Invisible Selfie Stick
05:36 Garmin Data Overlays
06:13 Bigger Battery
07:11 Lens Covers
08:00 Gesture Control
08:58 Waterproofing
09:20 Image Quality
10:10 Shooting Modes
10:25 360 Video mode
10:58 Single-lens mode
11:30 Pre-record mode
12:00 Photo mode
12:30 Stem Top Cap Mount
13:58 Data Overlays
15:25 GPS Remote
15:50 The App
17:18 Motion ND - Motion Blur
18:25 About Insta360
19:07 Summary
20:10 Final Thoughts - Věda a technologie
I'd love to see more of how you mount it. Like play the footage then show the mounting to get that footage. I never know how to mount it to get the best shots.
Look at 12:30
You GO BIG BOY!
He was smoking a few peeps wasn’t he. Fast little bugger
I just put in the 10 seconds of footage where I'm keepng up. ;) Left the 10hrs of footage of me getting dropped on the cutting room floor...
@@ChinaCycling😂😅
Thanks for showing the Garmin integration. That seals the deal for me.
Its very impressive. I hope it comes to the PC, but doing it in the phone all is no biggie.
@@ChinaCycling Do they have pwr metrics?
Yes it shows power too!
Good review and I like the way you get the information out without the glamour and the pretense.
Great review. Planning to pick one of these up before taking a cycling trip to the Canadian Rockies this summer. Looks amazing, and so much potential for great shots.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the camera and the trip!
Image quality in 8K is insane, what a gamechanger
Its defo what was needed...
You're the first reviewer that I have seen that has mentioned the gesture control! A very useful and for me a clincher as to overall use. Cheers!
Thats good to hear! I was close to cutting that out of the video because over 20min video doesn't do well on YoUtube... but.. glad i kept it in now!
But would signaling a turn make it stop/ start recording? 🤔
Wicked. Considering to switch to the X4. Messed up that i bought the X3 3 weeks ago 😂😂
Hahaha... Thats always the way, but I think the X3 was on sale a few weeks ago...so... it makes it easier to swallow...
Been saying this since the first 360 X. Best cycling camera hands down. You never have to worry about camera angles & have infinite editing possibilities later. I can just focus on my ride. I sold my gopros & never looked back. 🚴🏼♂️ 👍🏼
Hey, what Bigrock model are you ridin, your thoughts and opinions on the bikes ?
thank you
I bought this camera; it's great for cycling - have used it for road and mountain biking; I find that the output is best suited for the small screen though.
Cool video! Especially the racing. Surprised to see you riding the Bigrock in a race! Please review the bike!!! How's is it in a race???
The bike (and )twoo erx) were perfect throughout. Very impressed.
Been waiting for verification that it shows watts. FINALLY somebody proving it. Thanks!
Glad I could help... even if they weren't very big watts - haha.
Any advice where to mount the camera on the bike for the best forward facing and selfie shots? Thanks.
If you're using a traditional handlebar, use the stem cap mount with a telescopic selfie stick. Collapse (retract) the stick when you wanna shoot stuff forwards, and extend it when you wanna shoot yourself.
Hi there,
I have a insta360 x4 but the issue is I have a canyon aeror oard bike and I don't know what I can use to mount it from the rear? Do you have any recommendations??
Prerecording mode is great! I wish my wahoo cycling computer had that. Once in a while, I forget to start recording the ride. Such a feature would be very useful.
Does the camera can connect ANT+ sensors and ODB-II? Thanks
Yeah Joe! Next level trip to California and the awesome riding here. Great filming as usual and keep up the awesome and informative videos. China Cycling. #pandapodium
Thanks! Will do!
Is there any type of cloud storage like GoPro offers? Those 8k vids have got to be some BIG files. I'm assuming an external HD is a must for storing footage. What's your system for that?
I process the footage to 2d footage while the files are still on the camera, save the 2d files to my portable hard drive, then delete the original 3d 8k files.
Hey, I have one question. Is it possible to use any other GPS data sources with this camera, for example, some GPS loggers or even phone GPS? Or is it limited to Garmin and Apple?
Limited to Garmin and Apple as it just gets it from their web api in one click.
@@ChinaCycling oh, thank you. I was really hoping for more alternatives like Lezyne, Strava, etc.
nice video! one question: your jersey and bib are amazing! where is possible buy it? 😉
Which one? The blue and pink arms one? Thats my skinsuit... maybe will sell it in the future, but not many people buy things like this, and the MOQ is pretty high.
@@ChinaCycling yes I am referring to the blue and pink one. it's true that not everyone likes them but they are increasingly widespread in street circuit and fixed gear races. I hope to be able to purchase it as soon as possible and launch a new trend in Italy!
La qualité est folle... la différence avec la X3 est impressionnante.
It's very impressive. Good to see you here. Keep making good content!
How are you getting the sound onto the 360 please? Inbuilt mic 🎤 or clip on one?
The intro when i'm riding and talking on the bridge I'm using the DJI mic with no receiver and just syncing in post.
Thanks, I have the Go mics I think they can record solo. I’ll look into that nice tip thanks!!!
Hi!
Thanks for yours reviews!
How is in mountain ?
🎉
Its great in mountains because you can look up to the mountain tops or down to the valleys
Can you add a video on where to mount on the bike and what it looks like ?
Sure, I'll maybe do a tutorial "how to get the best shots" including settings etc... this was already way too long of a video just going over the features...
@@ChinaCycling if you can show us how to mount on aero type bike too would be great
The X3 will be great value now, shame I bought mine a while ago! Agreed that with the X3, the 5.7K 'resolution' is not that great after you have framed the shots! But the image stabilization is out of this world.
Yeah, the X3 is still more than usable. While other camera tech has seemingly plateaued, its great to see 360 tech keep going.
@ChinaCycling well they plateaued for a reason, where do you go, if peak efficiency has been achieved? Sometimes the thrills and frills and not important
1:12 I recognize this scene. Isn't this the River Center in Fresno?
Yes! ;) Haha, Near pumpkin valley
So does the overlay also work with wahoo?
Not currently.
What head unit ru using? Garmin?
Garmin 1080. It also syncs with apple fit devices (Apple Watch,)
how did you actually have this mounted off the front where it wouldn't be catching wind?
Its on the stem cap mount that I showed. I'm using a DJI mic and syncing in post for the talking-to-camera pieces.
Thanks for the review. Honestly I'm not impressed by the image quality. I know it's of course better than the previous versions, but I'm watching this on a ultrawide 4k monitor and the image is not very sharp. Frankly it looks a bit grainy or blurry, especially from the race track.
I mean, its still a $500 360 camera, not a $5000 RED... everything is relevant. But, I think it can go toe to toe with regular action camera footage?
Its a bit blurry yeah not as good as a 3+ year old gopro. Which makes sense, its capturing probably 6x the area of a normal camera.
My image quality was horrible as well on my 38 inch 4k. Then I realized my CZcams auto sized the resolution. Then I manual set my CZcams resolution to 4K. 😳 NICE!
@@jaro6985 This is correct. My small DJI Action 2 shoots quite bit crisper 4K video than this.
...can I use an external battery a.k.a. charging while recording?
Its just USB-C for charging, I didnt try it, but 90% sure its no problem to do while recording... you'll just have to make sure the charge cable doesnt creep into the shot.
Looks like Joe is talking to the stuff panda toy giving him the cold shoulder. Cool review though.
Haha, my phone hides behind the panda toy which i use to control the camera. ;) So, he's strategically placed.
Make sure they pay you a fee on top of the commission links. These companies make bank of your exposure
What helmet you wearing?
By a brand called RANKING, I believe this model is the X1
The image quality is more than lacking still. It's definitely a lot better than before but during faster speeds meaning lots of change in pixels per frame it gets incredibly mushy and soft. The bitrate is as always the bottle neck. Even though it was nearly doubled, the increase in resolution probably eats that extra bandwidth up very quickly. Also very disappointing that they still didn't increase the sensor size. Low light ability is lacking.
It's an ok update but it's far from great. I'm guessing the upcoming gopro max might potentially do some of these things better, at least it would be laughable if it didn't having been in the works for 5 years at that point.
Ikr
Where is the discount code?
No discount code for their new products :(
Why you don't show any low light performance? Ar they so crappy you don't show it on sponsored video?
I had a section showing low light. Basically they recommend you drop down to 5.7k for low light (the device itself prompts you) where it will do pixel sub-sampling for a cleaner image. Didnt make the cut, because this video was already too long and it felt too nerdy. Go check out Potato Jet's video.
@@ChinaCycling I talk about low light not sunset or in shade sample. How about foggy day or after sunset record? Can i ride trail at night with this, or it's gonna be blurry mess?
Sorry but all you show just to good of conditions for action camera footage. Its dont show how it gonna work in not so grate scenario.
8K! I've only got VGA eyes!🤣
Ah, the good old days...
Im concerned that the cranks in the background have not balanced. Ahem bb.
I think they're stuck on the post thats holding the bike up. Hambini race edition BB in there geezer, best on the market, innit.
With this camera everyone literally looks like a NPC.
and the battery life??😂
Wait for aero bar mount !!!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
8k 360*. Substantially less when you output a video!
Yup... as I say in the video, you usually crop into about 140-170 degree FoV, so about 40% of that, which means around 4k...even if you do a 90degree FoV, thats 2k which is the same resolution as everyone's phone screen.
Gestures, huh? I guess no more waving to other riders :)
Hahaha, I was also thinking about people riding past you and waving and stopping your footage... hahaha.
This makes my 14 year old GoPro HD look bad by comparison
'You can shoot yourself like if you are a youtuber or if you make some content like that' - china cycling, 2024.
What's the best part of your head? Work on that and let the hair go. You are not your hair#BeyondtheHair
Please don't shoot yourself. Just film yourself will do.
Pro tip.
This thing is just yuge!!! Looks like 3x a GoPro...
gopro is better. no chinese spyware looking at all your content.
That's racist bro.
I purchased insta360 modular, over 2 years ago and it was the big mistake, absolutely useless camera. Overheating, I replaced 3 memory cards, replaced camera, and short battery life on HD mode, forget 4K mode) about 20min max. And you're are chained to mobile anyway, with soft and file previousand transfer. Now its a another junk. Never again! My iPhone is 10 times better and always work not a 400-500 USD for camera! Its a joke! I uses it nearly 2-3 time, and got frustrated with hick up and coamrea constantly shutting down due to overheating.Maybe a ne Insta360 is better, but I will not buy from them any products.
Great video! I'm using the Insta360 and I'm happy with that but I'm having issues big time regarding sync of GPS data, is not synced properly, it's delayed 🫤
Make sure you connect the camera to your phone some time before the ride. When the camera connects to the phone, it syncs the time and date. (Obviously make sure your phone is also getting the correct time and date from your wifi / cellular network etc.)
Guys, I cant sync stats from my Garmin watch to X4 at all (its says No data or something). How come it works for you? Ive asked insta360 support and they said Garmin stats are not available on X4 yet.
@China Cycling Awesome video!!! I’m a cyclist as well. Does this have gps /location data ? Also does it have a “find my feature “ to locate it if lost? @acone30
It doesn't have it's own GPS data, but you can pair it with the Insta360 GPS Remote which does. Dont think either have the "find my" feature.