Comparison of the Go Pro Max v/s GoPro Hero 8 black
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Comparison of the Go Pro Max v/s GoPro Hero 8 black
Hey guys I'm Jatin kamboj from India and this is my comparison of the Go
Pro Max v/s GoPro Hero 8 black versus the insta360ONE X now these are some of
the very best action cameras out right now and at the end of this video you
should have a better idea of the pros and cons of each camera and if you're
thinking about getting one which one might be the best fit for you I'm a little
sick right now so forgive me for that no,
GoPro Pricing, Design, Footage, Workflow,
let's jump right in here's the key questions
and categories I'll cover today pricing design footage workflow and most bang for
the buck which one is for you and it sort of goes without saying two of these action
cameras are shooting in 360 while the hero 8 is shooting flat so some of these
tests are little apples to oranges but there's of course lots of overlap as well
today's video is all about producing a final flat video not shooting 360 for VR
these 360 cameras are all about over capturing the scene and then reframing
afterwards so quick pricing breakdown the max is currently$500 the hero 8 is
400 and the insta 3601 X 400 as well on to design durability and user interface
now I prefer the form factor of the 1x best it's slim and slips easy into a
pocket and it's most comfortable to hold single-handed the max is a little boxy
and less economic trying to keep your fingers hidden from the lenses could be
difficult now plus the One X has a quarter twenty tripod mount built right into
the bottom which is the best however both the Max
GoPro LCD Screen,
The hero H have these
little folding finger son the bottom which is better than nothing just not as a
universal or convenient as the tripod mount in my opinion I really like the
screen on the max over the insas LCD screen which could be difficult to see in
bright sunlight the max is easier and faster to change settings and shooting
modes while on the fly plus we can use it as a viewfinder when in Hero Mode
plus it's great to playback your photos and video right there no need to
connect to your phone another big deal is the waterproofing on the max and the
hero 8is built right in it's a huge win for GoPro over the insta 360 which
needs a case to protect it another bonus point to the max they include these
two clear lens caps to protect both lenses when shooting more intense action
shots,
I say this is a big deal because I've personally scratched the lens
on my one axe in the past and that's not easily replaceable the only way to
protect is the venture case which adds weight and bulk instead these low clear
lens capsstick on tight and it's a dead simplesolution to this issue plus GoPro
also included these two lens caps for
travel nice little touches I appreciate I shot a quick footage comparison test
with and without the lens caps on and here's there sults basically it looks
like its oftens the image a little bit may be some specks of dust can be
visible,
GoPro Video Quality 4k, 1080p,
It's not terrible and a nice option to have now on to comparing
footage both photos and video hands down if you need the highest resolution the
best quality 4k footage well you'll need the hero 8 it looks crazy sharp and
crisp compared to the 360 cameras and of course it has more shooting modes
resolutions and frame rate options over the 360 camps for both the max and the
1x even though they combine two different lenses into this massively large
resolution canvas after reframing and exporting your video it down scales to 1080p
maximum for 1080p they both look really good and of course widely usable for
most people my wish though is that a 360 camera let's say the max when shooting
flat like in Hero Mode could export 4k video but sadly it cannot so what about
video quality between the max and
The One X well the GoPro footage looks much
more vivid and punchy saturated colors and contrast now this will definitely
comedown to personal preference some people like the flatter image on the One X
it's maybe more natural-looking easier to color grade after the fact others
will prefer the vivid colors on the GoPros no editing needed and I sort of lean
this way as of now I heard insa 360is
releasing some upcoming updates to enhance visuals probably for this exact reason
but it's not out at the time of this video stabilization is huge for these
cameras and all three look pretty Rock steady smooth just look at the wobble
and the selfie stick to see how much e is taking place and it's pretty incredible when I
start jogging they separate out just a little bit and I think my favorite is
the GoPro Maxx with the 1x still looking really good but if we analyze the
edges we can notice a little bit of camera shake and jittering and the hero 8
looks smooth as well but it's so crazy to look at the360 cameras as I flip the
selfie stick over and under and they keep that ground perfectly level but the
flat action camera like the hero can't do this yet without editing after the
fact now go pro has a horizon lock feature for the hero 8 but it's not built
into the camera yet which is kind of stupid and currently must be used through
their GoPro app one thing to mention the crushed blacks on the max is a little too
much for me we're losing too much detail and they need to back that off just a
tad but again as for sharpness and clarity between the max and the 1xwell
GoPro Sound Results
I
think the max wins it here the 1xis just too soft and a little mushy looking
this is an audio test on the GoPro Max this is audio on the GoPro Hero 8 black
and this is audio on the insta 360 1x how does the audio sound audio test 1 2 3
4 let's live authentic how does the audio sound audio test 1 23 4 let's live
authentic how does the audio sound audio test 1 2 3 4 let's live authentic this
is a far away audio test on the GoPro max how does the audio sound this is an audio
test on the infant 361 X it's super windy down here at the lake how does the
audio sound it's super windy down here at the lake how does the audio sound
it's super windy down here at the lake how does the audio sound a very interesting
result on those three different audio tests and I'm actually surprised that the
one axe sounded the loudest but it also was boosting everything so the wind
noise was a little bit more apparent the hero 8 sounded good and even though the
max sounded pretty good as well it has 6built-in microphones so it could probably
win for the best directional stereo audio extended far away on that selfie
stick and if I boost the audio levels and editing this is a far away audio test
on the GoPro max how does the audio sound this is an audio test on the infant
261 X the max sounds crazy impressive with that far distance almost like I'm
wearing a wireless laugh and then on the One X we can hear the background noise
is boosted and it's not terrible just not as good for my taste there is no slow
motion on the max and this was a major bummer to a lot of people now of course
we can shoot up to240 FPS 1080p on the hero 8 which win sin this test for slow motion
but the One X can also shoot up to 100frames per second in 3 K + 360 field of view
GoPro Extra Points, Directions, Lens
You're able to capture some insanely cool shots like this when you're
shooting in every direction so those are extra points going to the 1x this was
sort of an eye-opener to me and maybe I'll help some of you out there as well I
originally thought that the hero eight was like here and the max was everything
of the hero A plus so much more way up here but that's far from the truth each
lens on the max is recording much less quality than the hero eight for example
the max can shoot in hero mode so it's using only one lens and you just point
and aim like any action camera but that's not in 4k res it maxes out at 1080p
or 1440 4 by 3 ratio at60fps nothing higher my dream would be to have a max
have all the same features of the hero 8 but then for maybe a hundred bucks
more and on that second lens to unlock a lot more fun unique shooting angles
over capture the world and reframe your shots later but that's not here yet I'm
guessing that cost might be a little bit too high on a product like that I'm
not sure one big feature that the One X wins for me is the invisible selfie
stick now I shot a comparison of this as well using
14 Degrees a field of view
The same thin poll and
while the GoPro Max looks okay the 1 X can make it look just like it's hovering
midair which produces these incredible drone or crane jib shots of sweeping
landscapes or fast action scenes with this test I also want to see which 360
camera did a better job of stitching the two lenses together and same again I
think the One X wins for stitching and this is a pretty major deal hiding the
stitch line is massively important for maintaining the magic of that hovering
impossible shot big points to insta 360 here I have to step back and appreciate
this technology overall the max for example each fish eye lens is recording a
hundred and ninety four degrees I believe times 2 that's 388that's 28 degrees
more than 360 Saphira Cole so 28 divided by 2 that's about 14 degrees a field of
view on each lens that is extra for overlapping and blending together all of
this in real time it's very impressive technology that I appreciate GoPro max
has this cool power panel mode basically one shot captures this ultra wide
panoramic shot no stitch you needed and this is a nice feature to have all three
cameras can shoot hyper lapse which are very cool and fun to experiment with the
One X goes about it differently by recommending
Gopro Hero 8 total Modes for video
You shoot in normal video mode
then in their app scrub the time line to select the speed up fast-moving shots
then create sections of slowed down normal speed to highlight key scenes now I
wish they also had an auto hyper lapse mode like the others let me show you
that the max has the hyper lapse mode built right in Go Pro calls it time warp
and the max export is 1080p with
multiple field of view options and multiple speed multipliers or that auto mode
which is my favorite that's where GoPro automatically sets the speed based on a
few variables Plazaas this cool real-time button you can press on the screen
mid recording so if there's a section you want to record at normal speed then
press it again to ramp back up into auto speed mode it's very cool results the
hero 8 I've covered that in the past it can record these hyper lapses up to 4k
res and it also has multiple field of views and speeds or auto speed mode which
I like clearly the hero 8 again wins for quality of the image but the other to
open up that world of changing your viewers perspective to a new angle and
sometimes when you're recording you just don't know what you'll capture so I
love the idea of over capturing the world and reframing later
GoPro Underwater Test
I shot a quick underwater
test and I use the GoPro Max naked body because it's waterproof built-in and
even though it's not really meant to be used underwater without a case the
results were pretty impressive now of course we can see the stitch line but it
produces some neat and usable shots next I tried the 1x underwater with it's
adventure case and oddly enough it does not look as cool or as good as I
thought it would that transition line is way too distracting and I'm not sure
if their underwater dive case would have greatly improved it here I'm guessing
that would have but keep all this in mind don't use the venture case for
underwater shots honestly
I wish the 1x had waterproof built right in like the
GoPro max hopefully we can see this in their next model snapped a few photos
and I'd say the GoPro eight wins again for sharpness and clarity but the max
look slike a good second place and of course it can shoot much wider field of
view over the hero eight the 1x just looks flat and natural but bit too soft
the same goes again for low-light all these sensors are just so tiny so unless you're
shooting on a tripod with long exposures they won't yield great result slow-light
video and again the 360cameras will allow you these crazy wide-angle shots that
can't be captured any other way then it's sort of fun and addicting to over
capture your scene reframe later however there's going to be a quality loss and
here in the low-light well I guess they all three look pretty grainy noisy and
soft the GoPro Max might win in terms of clarity but here's what you can expect
from all three now just as important or possibly more important than the
footage itself is the workflow of editing your shot send of day with standard
flat footage like on the hero 8 black
Computer drop into Final Cut for editing
I can simply copy those files right over
to my computer drop into Final Cut for editing
and go right from there as for the 360cams will they add a major middle
step to that workflow and that's basically reframing your shots converting that
360footage and a flat footage like 16 by 9and that middle step could make or
break the whole process a lot of it comes down to the mobile app as this is
probably the used case for 80% of people out there it's simply faster and more convenient
to simply edit straight from your camera over to your phone wherever you're
located and this is honestly how I edit most of my 360 shots their mobile apps
are much more efficient over their desktop apps and I'll show you that in a minute
so which mobile app is better go pro or insta 360 well I think insta wins it here
let me show you firstly the GoPro app is not terrible and actually has some
sweet features I wish and adopted for example when scrubbing through your footage
the timeline scrubbing is much smoother than intsa 360s GoPro has a nice key framing
implementation even with transitions like ease in out points or jump cuts we can
easily pinch zoom rotate however I really need a horizon lock feature I couldn't
find this anywhere and this wasan issue I ran into constantly needing to level
the horizon while editing and it got really tedious and annoying with the insta
360 they auto lock the horizon by default so it saves me a lot of time speaking
of editing efficiency even though key frame editing can be nice it's much
slower and I prefer the viewfinder or over capture mode I simply move my phone
to record the angle
Can start and stop again and again on the same clip plus
I want in real-time again instant 360s app win sit on this
one as the GoPros over capture mode there's no easy way of pausing mid clip to
reposition the camera but instead the only visible button on screen is stop and
if I press that well it auto export the clip no way of going back to continue unlike
insta 360s which does it much better I can start and stop again and again on
the same clip plus it saves those little sections on the timeline thus we can
mix and match with key framing smart tracking and viewfinder mode all on one
clip speaking of insta has object tracking so I can just tap and hold and a lot
emotion track for you , this is a great feature to have another glitch I ran
into on the Macs was Wi-Fi and firmware updating issues now I'm using the
latest iPhone and I was constantly running into trouble trying to connect the
Macs to my phone I tried everything I can think of and it was totally broken I
then had to manually download the firmware file from GoPros website to my
computer copied it to the SD card pop it into the camera and then the Mac's was
able to successfully update the firmware this has fixed the Wi-Fi issues so far
another quirk I found in the GoPro app after editing and exporting a photo or
vide,
Shooting modes resolutions and frame rates
I have to save it again to get those files into my camera roll this is
just super inefficient plus GoPro is running banner ads in their app trying to
sell me on their cloud storage I don't love that and for a quick overview of
their desktop apps I again like the GoPro one for smooth mine scrubbing and
video playback same key framing options here the man's so annoying constantly
needing to level the horizon and I did find this menu setting for mouse control
traditional if horizon leveling is disabled yet when I'm shooting 360 on the
max it won't let me turn on horizon leveling in the settings and the horizon
keeps getting tilted I'm not sure if I'm missing something here but it honestly
shouldn't be this complicated and an extra 10 points thrown to insa360 for just
simply working as it should out of the box editing in the gopro player app
honestly takes me forever for just one clip so I personally will probably never
use it the in so 360 studio desktop app is a little bit more powerful with customization
it's not as pretty in design and the timeline scrubbing is non-existent which
is very bothersome but there's a lot more utility under the hood and I can
honestly reframe a key frame rinse and repeat over and over much faster in here
with keyboard shortcuts over the GoPros desktop app so which one is best well
honestly if you're thinking you just need a simple wide-angle high quality
action camera with lots of shooting modes resolutions and frame rates well then
the hero 8 might be your best bet it's simple and straight forward if however
you're looking for fresh unique angles and you love the idea of over capturing
the world reframing later well then 360 will open up a world of fun shooting
possibilities for you as for which one well I sort of lean in both directions
Protective lens under $100
I
really like the overall photo and video quality of the GoPro Max better even
though it's workflow is not as good as the One X I really like those protective
lenses it's built in waterproof vivid colors and contrasts great stabilization
great stereo audio quality and a lot more but then again you are paying around
$100 more for it which is where for some people if you're on a tighter budget
and you don't have spare cash just lying around well that's when I'd say go
with the insta 360 1x it still has some awesome potential and features its editing
workflow is better and fast sir it still produces incredible footage it's
smooth stabilization better stitching better invisible selfie stick now that
I'm talking about it it's a sweet deal for what you get and possibly more bang
for the buck especially if you can find it on sale which I heard some killer
deals are coming up this holiday season as always use my links down below to
check out those special deals also remember the One X has been out for over a
year now so a well done 2 insta 360for creating a camera that can still stand
up top-tier with the rest and be I don't know when their next action camera will
be coming out maybe the 2x or whatever but if you can wait a while well then
maybe you should
I'm excited to see how cool their next camera is thank you
guys so much for watching and if you're new around here consider sticking
around for a lot more tech blog like this posted every week until next time but
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