Insta360 has announced their latest action cam, the Insta360 GO Ultra. This unit attempts to shift forward the Insta360 GO lineup from being less full-featured, to now having more higher-end features from their Ace Pro series.
This includes a bigger sensor size, increase to 60FPS in 4K, better low-light performance, swappable microSD card, and tons more. In virtually every way, it’s a very substantial and solid upgrade. But, that’s only half the picture. You see, the price is now $449, the same price as the Ace Pro 2, and even more critically, now the most expensive action cam on the market, above even the GoPro Hero 13 Black & DJI Action 5. As such, one simply has to compare it against those cameras, both in features, but more critically, image quality. And that’s where things unravel a bit.
Down below, you’ll find all the chapters for my review video, diving into all those sections. Furthermore, this was not a good time span for me and killing action cameras. I managed to kill 2.5 of them during the testing of this. One Insta360 Go 3S drowned, one GoPro Hero 13 Black was lost at sea, and then I’ve seemingly also killed a GoPro Hero 4K that won’t turn on the display anymore after its most recent underwater comparison session.
In any case, here’s the goods:
0:00 Quick Overview
0:44 Tiny Action Cam Explainer
1:07 The Pricing
1:35 Form Factor Changes
1:53 Pendant Changes
2:03 New Tether Inbox
2:13 Killing an Action Cam
2:30 Increased Sensor Size & 60FPS
3:13 Low Light Footage & Comparisons
4:50 Ambient Light Sensor Added
5:20 Active HDR Added
5:39 Added MicroSD Card Slot
6:25 Changes in Waterproofing
7:00 Killing another action cam
8:08 Battery spec changes
8:20 Battery charging changes
8:35 Increased FOV
8:53 Added 2X Clarity Zoom
9:10 Added 50MP photos
9:25 Increased pop-up screen size
9:42 New Ring Remote Control
10:07 The Mounting Mess
11:18 Action Cam Season/Final Thoughts
With that, thanks for watching!
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The price might be a killer.
But they’re doing great marketing with the smaller GO, getting little kids to clip them onto hat brims.
I can wait, little too expensive for me.
The whole point of the Go 3s is its tiny size. The Ultra looses some of that advantage…
The pendant angle adjustment, which way does it go? As a cyclist, you want it to go up.
It has it illustrated on the magnetic pendant, so you don’t forget.
It was odd to recognize a filming location and time for a review. Welcome to the rock!
Thanks, good to be back!
Why does the Insta360 X4 not have a pause button? I have to create a new video every time I stop/start. Makes for a ton of unnecessary files and work. WHERE IS THE PAUSE? Their other cameras have it.