It’s been lower than three months since Insta360 released its X5 360-degree action camera, however the firm is already introducing new equipment and a serious firmware replace. Enhancements embrace a brand new AdaptiveTone function delivering “higher colour and element in each vivid and darkish areas” when filming with each lenses, and a bigger battery you’ll be able to swap in that reinforces recording time to only below 4 hours.
AdaptiveTone is essentially the most compelling motive to put in the free replace. It addresses the challenges of adjusting and balancing publicity on twin lens cameras when each are probably capturing scenes with completely different lighting circumstances. The brand new function data ”extra complete lighting info from the surroundings” for every lens, which the corporate says is then utilized in post-processing to regulate the publicity of footage and ship extra “natural-looking outcomes” primarily based on the attitude, angle, or particular footage you select to export.
The replace additionally makes the X5’s PureVideo mode, designed to cut back the noise in footage captured in low-light circumstances utilizing AI and “dynamic vary optimization,” accessible when taking pictures with only a single lens. To higher cope with vivid lighting circumstances the place creators wish to use slower shutter speeds to seize movement blur, Insta360 can be introducing three neutral density filters (ND16, ND32, and ND64 all priced at $59.99 every) that may be hooked up utilizing the X5’s user-replaceable lens system.
The X5’s battery life is getting a lift with Endurance Mode now accessible whereas taking pictures in 8K/30 fps mode to increase recording time to only below two hours. Dropping the digital camera’s decision to five.7K/24 fps additionally will increase the digital camera’s runtime from 185 to 208 minutes, but when that’s nonetheless not sufficient a brand new $49.99 2,800mAh Ultra Battery is about 17 % bigger than the X5’s commonplace 2,400mAh energy pack.
Insta360 has even launched a handful of upgrades designed for motorcyclists. Immersive Shake Stabilization will clean out footage whereas nonetheless preserving a little bit of pure shake to impart a sense of pace, and the X5 can now robotically blur and obscure license plates. There’s additionally a brand new $159.99 remote control accessory that may be strapped to a motorbike’s handlebars or worn like a watch that options an LCD stay preview display screen, GPS information like pace and route, and a built-in noise canceling microphone with a wind display screen.