Although they had the event in Beijing, the company is actually based in Shenzhen. Make sure you won't go to the wrong city when you execute the steal LoL.
I truly love your video. Not only you talk but you actually show the pros and cons. SO many youtubers keep talking about some technical specifications what half the people do not even understand, yet you never see why something is important. Thank you, I was smiling half the videos of you proving something (for example stabilization)
SOLD! Thank you for explaining your pros and cons so clearly. I was able to align them to my own expectations of usage, and the cons became a non issue for what I'll be doing with it. So to me you effectively explained how this camera is very nearly perfect!
I just watched this video on 3rd December 2021 having bought the 360 Max in November after a bit of searching around the net. I don't think any of the Cons would have put me off 2 years ago, and they certainly do not today! The post-recording ability to Reframe is awesome and Horizon Levelling also. As 360 cameras go this one is still right up there with the competition, perhaps not with the 1080p but I can forgive it for that. The hardware, the software and the apps ... a nice little ecosystem right there.
I am watching you from India, you all 360 videos helped me to choose right 360 camera for my channel.. you are doing the good and learnt alot from you. Thanks
It seems that it falls short in photo and timelapse mode, I'll wait for Gopro to fix those before I get the Max. Additional underwater case is also on the list. Great review Ben, thanks
Good review, with the exception of the clear protective covers. I live in a sunny climate (Las Vegas) and when the sun hits a cover, glare and specks abound even after ensuring they’re clean. So I’m living dangerously and shooting without the clear covers
My GoPro Max just arrived yesterday and I took it out to a shoot immediately. Already in love and definitely think the pros outweigh the cons. I suspect a firmware update will bring raw photos to the max since I saw on GoPro's support page that max can take raw photos. I'm assuming the article is early in front of the software update. Here's to hoping!
nice review so thanks. The Max has some great selling points. We find the image quality of the output 360 footage to be somewhat disappointing when using it with our H7B; and especially compared with today's Insta360 cameras. Hopefully GoPro can find a solution to improving image quality. Thanks again for this review.
Thank you Ben for the highly detailed video! On the rocks on whether the get the Max or simply wait and see if some of the cons you mentioned will be addressed with a new version of it. My plan is to use it for scuba diving and that seamed stitching from your fountain test made my eyes burn! Keep up the good work!!! Greetings from Malta. 🇲🇹☀
I got 360 photos with my Dji spark and I like how you can view them in google photos on my iPhone and can use the gyroscope to look around it’s so sweet. I have a go pro 7 black and I’m happy with it
This Is How We Bingham the old Fusion extendable tripod/selfie stick obviously works perfectly too. BUT the GoPro El Grande mount shows up in the video so it's not great.
Nice review....straight to the main points....I've just purchased one but not done much with it yet...so early days....thanks for the video Ben....Cheers 🍺.
Very informative Mr. Claremont, thank you. The Gopro Max is my first 360 camera; never been a fan of all the distortion. Then I got one as a gift...being able to reframe, zoom, have an invisible stick and so much perspective is mind blowing. Technology is always changing and the world is devided when it comes to desktop ...Mac or PC. So far all my reframing has been through a mobile app not an issue there. Desktop users... need to remove the sd card to transfer files. The devision is clear Mac users don't seem to have a problem, Pc users should save themselves some anguish and edit on a mobile device until the Professionals at Gopro fix the bugs. Excellent video Mr. Claremont...Aloha.
I just bought one for my skateboarding videos. My channel is very unpolished, but I feel this camera will add another level to it. I have only uploaded 1 video with a few clips from it the first week but I am already filming with it more than my cannon M50. This is the first time I have upgraded my GoPro since the Hero 5.
I just got the GoPro Max for my birthday and doing some research about it since it is my first time owning/using one. This video is pretty helpful and informative. Thank you!
Another great video Ben 👏🏻I was watching this in 720 and when you were walking past the flowers doing a tiny planet, the flowers looked pixelated and messy. It’s probably because of CZcams’s video compression but it was surprising. The problem was fixed on 1080
I had a problem with the fx reframe plug in and it was a conflict with the insta360 plugin - once I deleted that it worked fine. Suggestion on one of Hugh Hou’s videos.
Thanks for the review, Ben - helped me to decide!! Just curious, what camera and mic did you use for the parts of your video taken in the room?? They're awesome.
Just gone one (second-hand) to film myself skating. The lens protectors seemed like a nice way to protect the camera, but I've found the stitching takes such a hit when they're on as to make the footage unusable. Didn't hear anyone mention this about the Max until I started googling this specific issue. Oh well, guess I'll just have to risk it and be careful without those on - that's also the reason I didn't want to splurge on a brand new 360 cam in the first place.
Just waiting for you to get a hold of the Kandao 8K!.. I think this is the one I've been waiting for to upgrade. The only thing that worries me is the non removable battery but with charge while filming and a suitably large external battery pack I think it will be okay. I like where gopro is going, but it's not what I want, I have 5 other gopros for that stuff.
great video.. I subscribed.. I tried the clear plastic lens covers at night, and it totally ruined my shots.. there was lots of glare, reflections and distortions.. Not good.. I like the camera.. lots of great stuff.. The one big down side for me is the lack of Slow Motion...
Can you record both cameras at the same time and separate the footage, say you put one on top of your Porsche, can you have separate clips to record the front and back of the car? @BenClaremont
I wonder if they could just have firmware that can detect when the camera is underwater and apply a different stitching algorithm to the footage when the lenses are being affected by being surrounded by water. I'm guessing the Max has no in-built barometer so any "underwater mode" would need to be manually switchable, but in future models this could most likely be detected automatically.
Love the review. How much of this stuff could change with a firmware update? And do you think Gopro will update the firmware to change some of these cons.
Let's hope they don't repeat the 'orphan' status they gave to the Fusion. The desktop software was updated once , still crashed , premiere pro plugins worked then didn't (sound familiar?) . New Player is not backwards compatible with the Fusion. Max looks like the beta version of the fusion, but isn't
Thank you Ben, great review. For me the best option is the Hero mode with auto Horizon leveling. Mountain biking in low light condition (forest), wet and muddy circumstances etc etc. The Insta was not capable to do this in bad light condition (always motion blur also with faster shutter turned on) and need to have the waterproof case. The Max is really good in this and will take away my use of gimbals Still I will be using the "great" Insta 360 One X for other shots like: drone-like shots and the b-rol. You can see the results in my latest video's on my channel, please take a look if you like?
Hmmm.. I seen another video saying that this camera stitches the video inside the camera. I have the original Fusion myself. You didn't mention the in-camera stitching. This would make the workflow much better. I'll stick to my GoPro Fusion however.
Thanks for the great video. I have been thinking about buying a 360 camera. After watching your video I know for sure I will not being purchasing one. The main thing I've hated about any Gopro cameras is the " fish eye " warp in the videos. I also realized there is really no practical use for the camera unless you are looking for warped videos. Thanks for saving me from spending $500+ on a camera I can't use. Thanks again for the video.
another great video! Please, you can buy with the insta360 one x?. I want to know if the image quality is better or worse. I don't think sound is the most important thing because it's best to record with an external recorder to get the best possible sound quality
Do you still use this camera, or has the Q8K taken over? I'm about to buy my first 360 camera and I can get the 360 Max for $400 through GoPros subscription deal. I REALLY like the camera replacement policy and this alone almost makes it worth it for me. I'd use it 100% for creating 360 videos for OC2. I carry DSLR's for stills.
Hello, great Channel! I haven't really been able to figure out how to make this camera stay still when doing 360 footage. Like it has an auto feature where it starts to rotate without telling, both in 360 footage and 360 timelapse. It's really bad. I use Davinci Resolve for edit the footage... there is no way to fix this and also in the Gopro App... therefore, it becomes extremely difficult and demanding to erase the Nadir and other things... Insta360 is the way.
OK, well I'm going to try to use the dome lens protector just under the water shooting Pano only. I bet I can get some stills and footage before the dome floods. More soon when the camera actually arrives. Great Pros & Cons review. Thanks Ben!! Good content and always entertaining.
One more CON...does not sync with the remote which means when skiing and snowboarding I am back to manual and checking its on vs tapping my wrist (I wear it on my cuff strap)...works with the Fusion.
Why don’t you just superglue the lens protector on to the camera that way you keep the water out of it and your lenses are completely clear just a thought you can always remove it later but it would keep the water out and make it watertight
Why does it default to Hero mode right out of the box!!! Mine arrived in the mail with barely enough time to top up the batteries let alone look at the settings before heading out on a camping trip. Luckily I had it pointed the right way to get my kids reactions before having time to play around with the settings and set it to 360.
Actually no, I have the MAX and whenever I use the protective bubbles I can always see them in the shot, it creates a odd effect and massive lensflares due to the bubble
yes I bought the Max, the PC software is very poor I said that it does not directly matter the 360 videos, I have to convert them first to MP4 and it seems to me that they lose quality ....... I am happy to have it anyway. I will be even more happy when I can use it when I can travel (Fuking Covit ..)
Hey Ben - love your channel! We are just getting started shooting 360 movie reviews using the Fusion. Is the MAX worth the upgrade or do you recommend a different model. We don't care about stabilization since our camera is stationary... For us - we are more interested in the final 360 video resolution/quality and ability to do modest color grading.
Hi, Ben... Thanks for your evaluation about GoPro Max - I agree that MAX could be better, maybe with 8K videos, buuuut... would this format feasible for us actually???... I also became curious about your comments, in general... Could I conclude it would be better to buy the FUSION instead the MAX camera?...
One year in and I’m just now considering getting the GoPro Max. I’m not really into the crazy globe effect. What I’d really like to see are footages of store facades along the street, for example, when you walk past by them using the Max. This can’t be achieved by non-360 cameras… so it would be interesting to see. And how the footage will look like when reframed or being edited. I mean… can they look linear/ as straight as a building w/out the crazy fisheye/ 360 effect? Hope you can respond to this. Thanks for this great vid, Ben, cheers!
Since when the bubbles in front of the lenses will not affect your recording? Since you have sun straight to the lenses you will have reflections because of the bubbles aren't Anti-reflective.
cons - lower frame rates in 360 mode and in hero mode. besides that it's about the perfect camera. if gopro does the gopro 9 just combining the 8 and the max as an all in one for the 9 and you would have the perfect action video camera !
Does the GoPro software for Mac/PC still have the 60second for each clip limit? I can't find any answer online, and this is the reason I'm hesitating to get the MAX.
@@VR2GO yeah. As much as 360 video and photos are novel to share on socials and an interesting medium for content creators that want to capture everything and focus on only a little bit... the main use for me is to take a photo today, that I will be able to look at in 20 years through whatever AR goggles or brain jack equivilant of an oculus quest is then and be able to look around in the reality I had at that moment. I was born in the late 80's so the first part of my life was recorded in physical media... I imagine that 360 for me is the upgrade of physical photos, a bit more purposeful, involved and immersive than any archive of 10,000 photos of your food you took from your cameraphone in 2016 will ever be. It's interesting that I don't see any 360 content creators talking about the future use of a 360 photo taken at the right time and place, just the present.
I’m just wondering? From what you said this would be a great camera for someone like me who vlogs all the time, And maybe records 360 video every so often!
p.s. Kandao Qoocam 8K has just been announced.. will get my hands on it ASAP. And if i can't, i'll fly to Beijing and steal one.
shxx up and take my money !!
lol
Although they had the event in Beijing, the company is actually based in Shenzhen. Make sure you won't go to the wrong city when you execute the steal LoL.
And one for me too ;-)
Can’t wait to see a video review
This is the one I'm getting! Let's see what Insta360 can come up with before I put in the pre-order
That stabilisation test should be part of every camera review you're doing from now! :-D
Done
I truly love your video. Not only you talk but you actually show the pros and cons. SO many youtubers keep talking about some technical specifications what half the people do not even understand, yet you never see why something is important. Thank you, I was smiling half the videos of you proving something (for example stabilization)
Glad you liked it 👊🏻
SOLD!
Thank you for explaining your pros and cons so clearly.
I was able to align them to my own expectations of usage, and the cons became a non issue for what I'll be doing with it.
So to me you effectively explained how this camera is very nearly perfect!
Good review, thanks! I don’t know if they changed it recently, but the max can do timewarp up to 30x speed and slowmo 2x!
Currently GoPro FX Reframe works in CC 2018 (Mac & PC), CC 2019 (Mac & PC), and CC 2020 (PC only.) Mac 2020 support is being investigated.
Good to know
I just watched this video on 3rd December 2021 having bought the 360 Max in November after a bit of searching around the net. I don't think any of the Cons would have put me off 2 years ago, and they certainly do not today! The post-recording ability to Reframe is awesome and Horizon Levelling also. As 360 cameras go this one is still right up there with the competition, perhaps not with the 1080p but I can forgive it for that. The hardware, the software and the apps ... a nice little ecosystem right there.
I am watching you from India, you all 360 videos helped me to choose right 360 camera for my channel.. you are doing the good and learnt alot from you. Thanks
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It seems that it falls short in photo and timelapse mode, I'll wait for Gopro to fix those before I get the Max. Additional underwater case is also on the list. Great review Ben, thanks
I remember when you use to shake the camera like you was ring a bell during an emergency. Good to have you back on CZcams
That stabilization is something else! Very, very impressive.
Guy playing “yesterday” on the saxophone 🔥🥶
Great seemingly unbiased review! Love hearing both angles. Thanks!
Pleasure
Good review, with the exception of the clear protective covers. I live in a sunny climate (Las Vegas) and when the sun hits a cover, glare and specks abound even after ensuring they’re clean. So I’m living dangerously and shooting without the clear covers
Good to know.. to be honest I haven’t used them much as they’re unnecessary for my needs.
Thank you so much for this video, it’s been 3 months i’m using my Gopro max and i’m still learning with it, but i do love it.
My GoPro Max just arrived yesterday and I took it out to a shoot immediately. Already in love and definitely think the pros outweigh the cons. I suspect a firmware update will bring raw photos to the max since I saw on GoPro's support page that max can take raw photos. I'm assuming the article is early in front of the software update. Here's to hoping!
That would be awesome!
Well done and a good show .. And to more comparisons with 360 cameras
nice review so thanks. The Max has some great selling points. We find the image quality of the output 360 footage to be somewhat disappointing when using it with our H7B; and especially compared with today's Insta360 cameras. Hopefully GoPro can find a solution to improving image quality. Thanks again for this review.
Thank you Ben for the highly detailed video!
On the rocks on whether the get the Max or simply wait and see if some of the cons you mentioned will be addressed with a new version of it.
My plan is to use it for scuba diving and that seamed stitching from your fountain test made my eyes burn!
Keep up the good work!!! Greetings from Malta. 🇲🇹☀
Thanks! Will post updates when I have them 👍
I got 360 photos with my Dji spark and I like how you can view them in google photos on my iPhone and can use the gyroscope to look around it’s so sweet. I have a go pro 7 black and I’m happy with it
Loved this! Very entertaining. Even bought an old Fusion case on the spot. Brilliant tip.
This Is How We Bingham the old Fusion extendable tripod/selfie stick obviously works perfectly too.
BUT the GoPro El Grande mount shows up in the video so it's not great.
Glad you liked it
Luckily when I dropped my first fusion in the lake I still had the case, now I get to put it to use.
Excellent review Mr Ben. I have a Fusion and a OneX, thinking I’ll save my money on adding this but will await your next comparison.
Thanks Paul 🙏🏻
Nice review....straight to the main points....I've just purchased one but not done much with it yet...so early days....thanks for the video Ben....Cheers 🍺.
Great review! I am waiting for the Kandao. First message yeay!!
Thanks- me too!
One major thing that i don't like is that if this is my only gopro i can't film slow-mo which is nice to have in a action shot.
Very informative Mr. Claremont, thank you. The Gopro Max is my first 360 camera; never been a fan of all the distortion. Then I got one as a gift...being able to reframe, zoom, have an invisible stick and so much perspective is mind blowing. Technology is always changing and the world is devided when it comes to desktop ...Mac or PC. So far all my reframing has been through a mobile app not an issue there. Desktop users... need to remove the sd card to transfer files. The devision is clear Mac users don't seem to have a problem, Pc users should save themselves some anguish and edit on a mobile device until the Professionals at Gopro fix the bugs. Excellent video Mr. Claremont...Aloha.
I just bought one for my skateboarding videos.
My channel is very unpolished, but I feel this camera will add another level to it. I have only uploaded 1 video with a few clips from it the first week but I am already filming with it more than my cannon M50.
This is the first time I have upgraded my GoPro since the Hero 5.
I just got the GoPro Max for my birthday and doing some research about it since it is my first time owning/using one. This video is pretty helpful and informative. Thank you!
Another great video Ben 👏🏻I was watching this in 720 and when you were walking past the flowers doing a tiny planet, the flowers looked pixelated and messy. It’s probably because of CZcams’s video compression but it was surprising. The problem was fixed on 1080
Interesting.. looks fine on my end
I had a problem with the fx reframe plug in and it was a conflict with the insta360 plugin - once I deleted that it worked fine. Suggestion on one of Hugh Hou’s videos.
Thanks! Yeah I heard this too.. pity you can’t have both
I love my new GoPro Max, I'm so glad I waited for it over the Insta360 One X.
Dude, you make the best and most informative content about 360 cameras and how to use them in business uses.
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Thanks for the review, Ben - helped me to decide!! Just curious, what camera and mic did you use for the parts of your video taken in the room?? They're awesome.
Thanks! I have them linked in the description
Just gone one (second-hand) to film myself skating. The lens protectors seemed like a nice way to protect the camera, but I've found the stitching takes such a hit when they're on as to make the footage unusable. Didn't hear anyone mention this about the Max until I started googling this specific issue. Oh well, guess I'll just have to risk it and be careful without those on - that's also the reason I didn't want to splurge on a brand new 360 cam in the first place.
3:47 , it does come with lens caps though i find it dramatically affects the image quality
Just waiting for you to get a hold of the Kandao 8K!.. I think this is the one I've been waiting for to upgrade. The only thing that worries me is the non removable battery but with charge while filming and a suitably large external battery pack I think it will be okay. I like where gopro is going, but it's not what I want, I have 5 other gopros for that stuff.
Can’t wait for it 👍
That stabilization test sequence and outro were quite fun
Just got this and enjoying it so far, uploading 360 videos seems a bit of a headache
This was great info Ben!
great video.. I subscribed.. I tried the clear plastic lens covers at night, and it totally ruined my shots.. there was lots of glare, reflections and distortions.. Not good.. I like the camera.. lots of great stuff.. The one big down side for me is the lack of Slow Motion...
Good to know!
Amazing in depth review. Thank you!!!
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Can you record both cameras at the same time and separate the footage, say you put one on top of your Porsche, can you have separate clips to record the front and back of the car? @BenClaremont
Very nice comprehensive review!!
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Goooood but i will stay with my Fusion for long term until further notice !!!!
Awesome review and honest points! I love to own one myself :D
I wonder if they could just have firmware that can detect when the camera is underwater and apply a different stitching algorithm to the footage when the lenses are being affected by being surrounded by water.
I'm guessing the Max has no in-built barometer so any "underwater mode" would need to be manually switchable, but in future models this could most likely be detected automatically.
Love the review. How much of this stuff could change with a firmware update? And do you think Gopro will update the firmware to change some of these cons.
Thanks! I think a bunch of stuff could be fixed like stitching, workflow, crashing, sound quality, image quality etc. with firmware updates 👍
Let's hope they don't repeat the 'orphan' status they gave to the Fusion. The desktop software was updated once , still crashed , premiere pro plugins worked then didn't (sound familiar?) . New Player is not backwards compatible with the Fusion. Max looks like the beta version of the fusion, but isn't
@@drsnowboard The new GoPro Player works with Fusion once exported into Equirectangular. It support HEVC, H.264, and ProRes.
@@SkaterStimm if only fusion studio didn't crash 9/10 times if you try and export
@@drsnowboard have you tried the command line version of Fusion Studio?
So far I like it. Using it on the Motorcycle is less worrisome being its water resistance. But I have not really put it thru its paces yet.
Looking forward to your results 👍
Go Pro has updated the firmware it now does 360 time-lapse photo and video
Brilliant review thanks @ben! FYI I’m having similar problems with premiere 2020 and iMovie on my Mac, I think it might be Catalina...
Thank you Ben, great review. For me the best option is the Hero mode with auto Horizon leveling. Mountain biking in low light condition (forest), wet and muddy circumstances etc etc. The Insta was not capable to do this in bad light condition (always motion blur also with faster shutter turned on) and need to have the waterproof case. The Max is really good in this and will take away my use of gimbals Still I will be using the "great" Insta 360 One X for other shots like: drone-like shots and the b-rol. You can see the results in my latest video's on my channel, please take a look if you like?
Thanks Hans, glad it’s useful for you!
Hmmm.. I seen another video saying that this camera stitches the video inside the camera. I have the original Fusion myself. You didn't mention the in-camera stitching. This would make the workflow much better. I'll stick to my GoPro Fusion however.
thanks for another great vid, ben.
Pleasure
A major con is that there is no video recording looping (over writing itself) function.
How is the quality on MAX in linear mode? On my Hero 6 it is much better than on MAX.
I’m saving my money for one
Good explanation
Great video buddy! Looking forward to your thoughts on qoocam!
Thanks Mic! Can’t wait to play with it 😎
Your footage is SO much better than mine. I need to learn!
Yes check out the tutorials on my channel :)
Thanks for the great video.
I have been thinking about buying a 360 camera. After watching your video I know for sure I will not being purchasing one. The main thing I've hated about any Gopro cameras is the " fish eye " warp in the videos.
I also realized there is really no practical use for the camera unless you are looking for warped videos.
Thanks for saving me from spending $500+ on a camera I can't use.
Thanks again for the video.
nice bro its good for beginner
another great video! Please, you can buy with the insta360 one x?. I want to know if the image quality is better or worse. I don't think sound is the most important thing because it's best to record with an external recorder to get the best possible sound quality
Will do my best 👍
Do you still use this camera, or has the Q8K taken over? I'm about to buy my first 360 camera and I can get the 360 Max for $400 through GoPros subscription deal. I REALLY like the camera replacement policy and this alone almost makes it worth it for me. I'd use it 100% for creating 360 videos for OC2. I carry DSLR's for stills.
Can someone tell me if the export resolution on the desktop & mobile app is still only 1080p???
Ben...You are awesome
Thank you so much for the review. Do you think there will be some future updates ? Such as HDR or other futures, etc. Thanks in advance for the answer
I sure hope so :)
In the mall pics and in some of the videosamples there was a very bright and big blue/purple lensflare. Did you noticed this often with the Max?
Not often but I did notice it.. also there was a massive blue spot in the photo sample from this location too. Weird.
I'm the same way , no foreplay I dive right inn for a swim
Hello, great Channel!
I haven't really been able to figure out how to make this camera stay still when doing 360 footage. Like it has an auto feature where it starts to rotate without telling, both in 360 footage and 360 timelapse. It's really bad. I use Davinci Resolve for edit the footage... there is no way to fix this and also in the Gopro App... therefore, it becomes extremely difficult and demanding to erase the Nadir and other things... Insta360 is the way.
OK, well I'm going to try to use the dome lens protector just under the water shooting Pano only. I bet I can get some stills and footage before the dome floods. More soon when the camera actually arrives. Great Pros & Cons review. Thanks Ben!! Good content and always entertaining.
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Did it work?
I like mine still getting used to using it, nice video 👍🏼
which underwater housing would you recommend since gopro doesnt make their own yet
One more CON...does not sync with the remote which means when skiing and snowboarding I am back to manual and checking its on vs tapping my wrist (I wear it on my cuff strap)...works with the Fusion.
0:28 focus?
Enjoyed learning some more about the gopro max. Any news of an update on the gopro max 2 release date.
Thanks Ben great video mate good to hear an Australian voice. Thinking about getting the Gopro max instead of the hero eight what do you reckon?
Go for it!
Love mine!
Glad to hear 👍
Big fan, can you please review the panono 360 camera with work flow explanation, thanks
Thanks! Although I’m pretty sure Panono have gone bankrupt so it wouldn’t be wise for me to send people their way..
Why don’t you just superglue the lens protector on to the camera that way you keep the water out of it and your lenses are completely clear just a thought you can always remove it later but it would keep the water out and make it watertight
Why does it default to Hero mode right out of the box!!! Mine arrived in the mail with barely enough time to top up the batteries let alone look at the settings before heading out on a camping trip. Luckily I had it pointed the right way to get my kids reactions before having time to play around with the settings and set it to 360.
Actually no, I have the MAX and whenever I use the protective bubbles I can always see them in the shot, it creates a odd effect and massive lensflares due to the bubble
yes I bought the Max, the PC software is very poor I said that it does not directly matter the 360 videos, I have to convert them first to MP4 and it seems to me that they lose quality ....... I am happy to have it anyway. I will be even more happy when I can use it when I can travel (Fuking Covit ..)
Have you tried the waterproof case and can you get sound from it?
I’m thinking of getting one of these for when I’m kiteboarding 🎉
Hey Ben - love your channel! We are just getting started shooting 360 movie reviews using the Fusion. Is the MAX worth the upgrade or do you recommend a different model. We don't care about stabilization since our camera is stationary... For us - we are more interested in the final 360 video resolution/quality and ability to do modest color grading.
Is this camera good for a smoker? Can I use one hand to control it because I don’t like to put down my smokes.
Hi, Ben... Thanks for your evaluation about GoPro Max - I agree that MAX could be better, maybe with 8K videos, buuuut... would this format feasible for us actually???... I also became curious about your comments, in general... Could I conclude it would be better to buy the FUSION instead the MAX camera?...
One year in and I’m just now considering getting the GoPro Max. I’m not really into the crazy globe effect. What I’d really like to see are footages of store facades along the street, for example, when you walk past by them using the Max. This can’t be achieved by non-360 cameras… so it would be interesting to see. And how the footage will look like when reframed or being edited. I mean… can they look linear/ as straight as a building w/out the crazy fisheye/ 360 effect? Hope you can respond to this. Thanks for this great vid, Ben, cheers!
Subbed because nice vid and an Aussie!
Since when the bubbles in front of the lenses will not affect your recording? Since you have sun straight to the lenses you will have reflections because of the bubbles aren't Anti-reflective.
To be honest I haven’t used them much as I don’t need them.. but I’ve now had a few people say this
Thanks for this Review🥳🥰
cons - lower frame rates in 360 mode and in hero mode.
besides that it's about the perfect camera.
if gopro does the gopro 9 just combining the 8 and the max as an all in one for the 9 and you would have the perfect action video camera !
Thanks for the video, it helps me a lot as i'm thinking of buying 1. May I ask what camara and audio equipment do you use to shoot the video?
I use Sony A7R II and a zoom recorder with a Lav mic
Does the GoPro software for Mac/PC still have the 60second for each clip limit? I can't find any answer online, and this is the reason I'm hesitating to get the MAX.
Gopro Max it can't take 360 photos timelape. I buy it on yesterday. It make me so sad.... ToT
oh shit! really? thats 70% of what I use 360 for! time capsuling moments for later
@@jaredneaves7007 really T_T
Yeah pretty annoying
@@VR2GO yeah. As much as 360 video and photos are novel to share on socials and an interesting medium for content creators that want to capture everything and focus on only a little bit... the main use for me is to take a photo today, that I will be able to look at in 20 years through whatever AR goggles or brain jack equivilant of an oculus quest is then and be able to look around in the reality I had at that moment. I was born in the late 80's so the first part of my life was recorded in physical media... I imagine that 360 for me is the upgrade of physical photos, a bit more purposeful, involved and immersive than any archive of 10,000 photos of your food you took from your cameraphone in 2016 will ever be. It's interesting that I don't see any 360 content creators talking about the future use of a 360 photo taken at the right time and place, just the present.
Great review! Would you recommend the Gopro Max 360? Or Insta360 onex2?
So im here almost 2 years after this release. would you still recommend this 360 camera from GoPro? Thinking of buying one for hiking and mc-riding
I’m just wondering? From what you said this would be a great camera for someone like me who vlogs all the time,
And maybe records 360 video every so often!
Almost bought one till I saw the Qoocam 8K announcement
Definitely worth waiting :)
Built-in battery is a deal-breaker. :(
@@SrslySylli I'm usually carrying a 20k mAh power bank and I honestly prefer using that as opposed to switching a battery every hour or less.
Do u think gopro will release a new 360 camera in September? I wonder if I should wait
Heh Sydney Smoke memories.