Why choose this over the Insta360 X4? QooCam 3 Ultra 8K 360 Camera

In this review, we will look at the brand new @KandaoVR QooCam 3 Ultra which can capture 8K 10bit real HDR Video with built-in GPS, internal storage and I've compared it with the Insta360 X4
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Camera gear I used to shoot this video:
Panasonic Lumix S5II | Lumix S 24mm f/1.8
Zeapon Axis Slider
Synco D2 Microphone

Disclaimer: The product sample I used in this video was sent to me by the manufacturer for this review. I do not need to return the sample but I also did not receive any money from the company

0:00 Introduction
1:10 What is a 360-camera
3:53 8K Resolution
4:39 Disclaimer
5:32 Design & Features
16:20 Internal Storage
19:42 Image Sensor
23:13 Video Quality
28:36 Photo Quality
32:30 DR Boost
36:10 HDR Video
38:57 GPS
42:02 Stitching
45:24 Battery Life
48:16 Overheating
52:58 Audio
56:23 Stabilisation
57:39 Wifi
58:29 Down Sides
1:01:25 Final Thoughts

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[TheRealRichardWong]

[***UPDATE: I've just confirmed with Kandao, QooCam3 Ultra is waterproof up to 10m, which is same rating as QooCam 3 and Insta360 x4 ***]
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[ChristiaanRoest]

I prefer the X4. Way better stabilization. Insta360 is the stabilization king

[daveinportland]

What makes the Insta360 work for me are the app and the desktop editing software. Those that aren't Insta360 usually have dreadful apps/software.

[alexeytrusovru]

Finally, a company has appeared that has made a good semi-professional panoramic camera without unnecessary entertainment functions! Great camera for the price! Thank you very much for the detailed review! 🔥🔥🔥

[johnlord]

A very thorough evaluation. Thank you.

[Ozpeter]

Woah. What happened to the Qoocam during the stabilisation test? Its footage looks pretty bad compared to the X4 at that point - I don't mean in terms of stabilisation but brightness, resolution, colour, and almost everything else. I had been quite impressed with the QooCam up to that point, but when I saw that, I lost interest. Anyway, thanks for the detailed review - lots of hard work in that!

[captteemo]

FYI @everyone: Regarding stabilization issues (lighting and jitter) I got this answer by Kandao:
"Thanks for your support to us.

Our beta testers and influencers have feedbacked those problems to us, we have identified the problems and are working on fixing them. Please rest assured that these problems will be fixed when you get the camera.

Thank you once again for choosing us."

[KandaoVR]

Thank you, Richard, for your thorough review of the QooCam 3 Ultra! 💯

[ezrakoper]

I just sold my X2 and bought the Insta 360 X4. After your comparison I understand much better the X4 especially why in low light I should use 5.7K instead of 8K. Same for photo of 72MP which is now clear to me and was a history prior your video. Thanks again for the very very detailed comparison.

[dimitrimoonlight]

Thanks for your overheating test ❤ it's extremely hot in Spain.

[Coatsey]

I thought your review was very balanced considering you got an inside look before everybody else and would wish to keep that kind of access. So well done. I was disappointed you did not discuss this in 10bit for battery and record time which is the core difference to x4 users.

[KwasnikPictures]

Wow another massive in-depth review!! 😲

[JoJoOnTheMove]

Like always a very throughout review. Thank you Richard.

I have the X2 but won't use it anymore because of the bad image quality in 'less than perfect' situations, and the low resolution.

I see that the newest generation 360 camera's still suffer from this.

I love the 360 camera idea for vlogging, but for now I still prefer to use the S5IIX with the Sigma 16-28 for these purposes. I do understand ofcourse I don't have some the benefits that the 360 camera's have, but the quality is so much better, thats just no comparison.

[andrewcampbell]

Great indepth review as usual! Perfect timing i'm just searching for a new 360 or action camera!

[Sir-Kay]

It's fine but, just not there yet. I'm sticking to the X4 for now, I even made a review to back up my claims. X4 is still the king.

[Unnaymed]

Thank you for the very high detailed review 😍

[captteemo]

Great video, really...so much information, I love it, thanks a lot! ❤

Where can I buy the batteries? Do you have a link?

[wolfgangpetersun]

Great Video !
Do you know when the camera will be shiped and be available in Europe?

[captteemo]

Please talk about Ozreviews comment on stabilization (and my related one) with their engineers. This is truly a dealbreaker and I will return my preorder if this still exists then...

[PiotrBlogVideos]

Deserved for my sub for going on all the detail about sensors and their effective crop (even mentioning that we actually use only 3.14/4 ~=79% of the square crop).

The parity between iso performance of qoocam 3 and 3 ultra can be easily explained by fact they use exact same optics. The larger sensor of qoocam 3 does not matter because projected image circle is exact same size on both sensors. All the extra surface of the 1/1.55” sensor is not used.

Actually the qoocam 3 ultra does not exactly have enough resolution for 8k using just the “super” pixels. Image circle is most likely around 3.5k wide so at max 7k. You mentioned yourself that DR boost drops the photo resolution to 24Mpix which is the native “super” pixel resolution. 8k is 32Mpix. Are you sure they don’t use remosaicing like the x4?

Also are you sure they oversample for 5.7k even at 60fps? That would be awesome!

Can DR boost be combined with 10bit video or does it limit resolution/framerate. Ex no 8k or no 5.7k60.

What I think is happening is that they have slightly undersampled 8k image but extremely good quality. Where x4 probably has oversampled 8k but much lower optical and sensor quality.

Sounds like an amazing camera for 5.7k60 10 bit hdr video. Probably best mode of the camera?