htmlOn September 8, Shadow Stone Insta360 released the upgraded model of its own panoramic camera flagship One X series - Shadow Stone Insta360 X3, with a price of 2,998 yuan.
Like before, X3 is a steady upgrade model of Shadow Stone One X2, and it is also an upgrade model with the theme of "big".
large screen, namely, Zhengyi
Let’s talk about the body first. The front and back sides of the X3 use a gray panel with matte anti-slip treatment, and the sides are hard plastic edges with mesh details. The feeling of holding it in your hands is still full. If you hold it like a regular camera, it can be fully fitted with a body with a thickness of enough, and the texture and comfort are good. The shape and size of
X3 and Shadow Stone One X2 are not much different. The camera protection package and the 360° panoramic lens protection cover launched previously are also compatible with each other.
But in terms of weight, X3 will be heavier than One X2, increasing from 149 to 180g. If held in your hand, the X3's pound increase is not obvious, and there will be no changes in the requirements for fixed equipment. I used to putting Shadow Stone One X2 on the pocket of my clothes for first-person shooting, and I can also do it by changing to X3.
But if you implement the most popular way to shoot before, put X3 directly into your mouth and run wildly, the weight gain of less than 40g will not be much affected. The overall design of
has not changed much, and the update of X3 is mainly in details and screen.
▲ One X2 on the left and X3
on the right. In terms of details, the battery compartment and interface of X3 are concentrated on the left, and the USB-C interface is placed above. The hatch is changed to a structure that is up and down, which is easier than the design of Shadow One X2 Connect to the charging cable.
battery compartment and Micro SD card compartment are integrated. The battery compartment maintains the same anti-moment design as Shadow One X2, but the battery and opening have become smaller, so the battery on Shadow One X2 cannot be universal to X3.
But the most amazing thing is that while making the battery smaller, X3 has increased the battery capacity from 1630mAh of One X2 to 1800mAh, to cope with the battery life pressure brought by comprehensive updates of configuration and recording specifications.
has little impact on new users, but for old users, they have to leave some budget to update the battery.
and the Micro SD card slot is still placed in the battery compartment. Although this can reduce the opening on the side of the body and make more space for the X3 side space to add new buttons, each time you get the card and change the card, you must first The operation of removing the battery is still very troublesome.
If possible, I still hope that the card slot can be placed on the outside independently.
▲ Shadow Stone on the left, X3
On the right side of the camera, there is a opening key and a quick menu key for saving and switching shooting modes, with the opening holes for the speakers and microphones on the body.
According to Shadow Stone's official description, the number of microphones of X3 and One X2 is the same, but the update has been made on the X3 microphone, reducing the impact of the X3 microphone in solid vibration and noise alignment, and at the same time, it uses the new 48kHz sampling rate audio processing. There will be significant improvements in wind noise reduction and other aspects, thereby improving the audio effect.
At the same time, X3 has replaced it with a larger speaker, and the playback volume will be One X2. This will be more intuitive than the audio experience, and you can feel it as long as you turn on the power at the default volume.
However, the default volume is still a bit high, so users still need to adjust it in the quick settings by themselves. After explaining the details of
, we finally came to the screen, the biggest improvement of the appearance of the entire machine.
X3 replaced the small circular screen on One X2, and this time I used a 2.29-inch vertical touch screen. The operating space is much larger than that of X2, and the overall response is also very sensitive. The sliding operation will be slightly unhurried when the initial firmware, but it should not be used as a whole. According to Shadow Stone's habit, it is not difficult to fix this problem through later firmware.
screen directly occupies most of the position under the body. Although the border thickness of a shadow stone logo is retained on the upper and lower sides, the display area of the screen is still very large. You can still see the existing framing clearly with the selfie stick. This function is The X3 is useful when turning on the one-way lens.
There are also new shooting keys and lens switching buttons at the bottom of the screen, which are paired with the side switch and quick mode selection buttons. The main operations of the machine and the menu call out have physical buttons. With a UI that conforms to the logic of the action camera, the X3's operating efficiency will be higher than the One X2 with a small round screen and a single button. In terms of external accessories of
, the bottom of X3 retains a standard 1/4 screw interface, which can be used to connect to the shadow stone to launch various selfie sticks, from the regular length to the previously launched 30cm long selfie sticks, as long as it is a shadow stone, it can be used. The official selfie sticks can all show the "disappearing selfie stick" effect in foreground mode.
In addition to the selfie stick, X3 can also connect to the bullet time module to achieve the bullet time effect of the X series signature.
Shadow Stone has also launched a dedicated USB-C to 3.5mm microphone connector for X3, which facilitates X3 to connect to external microphones.
Shadow Stone has also launched a flash companion for connecting to the USB-C and Lightning connectors of the mobile phone. Users can also take out the card in X3, connect to Android and iOS devices through the flash companion, and then read through the official application Take it so that the material can be exported quickly. If
is connected to X3, you can connect to an additional TF card through the storage card slot on the flash companion to expand the memory of X3.
is stronger and more comprehensive. The experience update of
X3 is mainly divided into three aspects: hardware upgrade, specification update, and function supplement.
hardware, X3 replaced it with a new lens, and used a 1/2-inch sensor under the lens, which is larger than the 1/2.3-inch of One X2. The lens aperture has increased from F2.0 to F1.9, and
The aperture, viewing angle and bottom have all become larger. The 1/2-inch sensor replaced by
X3 also supports higher pixel shooting, which allows X3 to take 18-megapixel photo shooting mode, and also adds a 72-megapixel 360° panoramic photo shooting mode. After the pixel volume is greatly increased, more details can be presented when the photo is enlarged. In the presence of sufficient light, outdoor shooting can see richly layered images. After the pixels of static shooting are improved, the specifications of video recording have also been improved. In
panoramic mode, X3 has added 4K 60fps shooting mode. Panoramic camera video recording has also added a panoramic motion HDR function, which can preserve more picture details and light and dark levels through the HDR function.
Single lens mode, X3 Multiple recording specifications have also been added:
Compared with the panoramic mode, the single-lens mode has richer updates, and the recording size and frame rate have been improved. Basically, the common specifications in daily sports cameras are supplemented. Up, improved X3 single-sided recording capability.
X3 can also present good picture quality in an environment with sufficient light. Although the Shadow Stone Panoramic Camera is still straight-forward, after replacing with a new camera, the sharpness and picture details of the picture in the default mode are pretty good, which can meet the picture quality needs of sports cameras and special cameras.
▲ X3 bullet time shooting, GIF has compressed
shadow stone signature bullet time function has also been upgraded. The recording mode has been upgraded from the previous 3K 100fps to 4K 120fps and 3K 180fps, which can achieve clearer pictures and slow motion with high multiples .
From the perspective of direct playback, the X3 bullet mode shooting clip has obvious clarity improvement. In shooting in a sufficient light environment, the performance of X3 is still better than the machines launched before. The menu integration of
X3 has also become more comprehensive. When using single-lens mode, users can directly set the recording ratio, frame rate and anti-shake settings in the menu. All options are achieved by sliding left and right, which is convenient for users to quickly set.
The FlowState technology that has been launched for many years has been relatively mature. In addition to the advantages of the panoramic camera's own properties in anti-shake, the X3 will not only go down the stairs but also cause slight shaking caused by handheld on the Z axis, and there is no problem with going uphill and flat ground.
The actual appearance and experience do not have much impact, and the overall anti-shake is already at the stabilizer level.
As for some small jitters, Shadow Stone should be able to update the stability algorithm through firmware to optimize the anti-shake performance, making the overall smoother.
In addition to basic upgrades, X3 has also added many new functions.
For example, the cycle recording mode with its own cycle recording effect can be up to 30 minutes. It is most suitable for fixing it on the car or for riding time shooting.
combined with the updated Insta360 application and Insta360 Studio, X3 can produce "light and shadow flying" time-lapse shooting that presents light rail traffic, and can also achieve automatic editing effect of a close-fitting camera.
In this function, mobile applications can automatically complete the effect of angle selection and mirror change in the later stage to achieve the goal of one-click filming. For users who have not used a panoramic camera and have no experience in shooting and running mirrors, this function is still worry-free.
Overall, X3 is a very comprehensive panoramic action camera.
In terms of configuration and functions, X3 has enhanced the body hardware configuration, and the performance, recording specifications, and picture quality are all improved immediately. They also provide users with options such as HDR recording, high-pixel shooting, etc. to further release image quality and shooting performance, so that middle and high-level users can unleash their creativity.
On the other hand, Shadow Stone adds more functions such as light and shadow flying, AI creative library, automatic editing, etc. to X3. Even users who do not have a deep understanding of sports cameras and panoramic cameras, it is not difficult to quickly get started with the X3 through the product's own matching.
So, X3 does not have a very clear targeting of the people.
provides high picture quality for experts and provides high-automatic support for newcomers, allowing both to experience the shooting fun of random viewing and composition after combining panoramic cameras and sports cameras. This should be the most worthy advantage of X3 , and where the core cost-effectiveness is located.
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