That is arguably private style. Actually for those who’re trying to cease eyeballs mid-scroll with oversaturated, eye-popping coloration, the Insta360 X5 is your good friend. Personally although, I like the colour coming from the GoPro a lot better, even when taking pictures in 8-bit coloration. It is in all probability price testing some video from each to see which look you like earlier than you make investments. One benefit of the GoPro is that for those who do need to get into postproduction coloring in apps like DaVinci Resolve, the 10-bit coloration possibility offers you much more latitude.
I additionally discovered that, in brilliant mild, taking pictures the type of issues I typically use an motion digital camera for (bike rides, hikes, and so forth.), the Max 2 footage was sharper than the identical scenes shot with the X5. The distinction is just not large, however particularly in scenes with a variety of foliage, the Max 2 comes out forward with sharper edges and higher distinction.
Like most 360 cameras, the Max 2 provides a single-lens mode, which is helpful for instances when you do not need the second lens (for instance, when you’ve got it mounted to your chest). In single lens mode the Max 2 basically turns into a 4K Hero 13. All the identical lens modes can be found, a lot of the video choices as properly. The large distinction being that you simply’re capped at 4K moderately than the Hero 13 Black’s 5.2K. However single-lens mode is helpful as a result of it saves you from having to reframe that footage.
Whereas the Max 2 wins on picture high quality (barely) and coloration science (together with 10-bit assist), it sadly doesn’t win in audio. The Max 2 manages to pack in 6 microphones, which it then intelligently makes use of (for instance when there’s wind coming from the left it ought to dampen that mic and rely extra on the right-side mic). That every one sounds very good, however sadly in my testing the audio was subpar it doesn’t matter what I did. It was noticeably quiet and flat in comparison with the X5, taking pictures side-by-side in the identical situations.