Insta360 Pro Spherical VR 360 8K Camera for $2800 at B&H
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1324606-REG/insta360_in36p_pro_vr_reimagined_360.html
Best price for now - $3050 at Tomtop
Review in Russian
Philip Bloom likes it:
Now for the first time I have used a 360 camera that I feel I could use professionally and that is the new Insta360 Pro. I took it on my holiday to Skiathos in Greece for a couple of weeks to see what is is capable of.
The 8K for me was really exciting. You may think 4K is enough, well for normal video sure but the amount you crop in on a 4K 360 shot video when you watch it on Youtube or through a headset can be huge. You could just be seeing 20% of the image so the quality loss even from a 4K image is massive.
http://philipbloom.net/blog/insta360pro/
The Insta360 pro isn’t perfect. The sensors are too small so low light isn’t the best and it is prone to overheating if you turn off the (noisy) fan. I also think it really needs better coverage of the bottom and top as you get a real pincushion effect due to there not being any cameras in that position but at this price there isn’t anything that competes. In normal light the 8K image is excellent.
Insta360 is working on a new Super Resolution mode that would increase the photo resolution by 4 times with firmware update At 4 times higher resolution, the photos would have a resolution of 118 megapixels in 2D (15,360 x 7,680) or 236 megapixels in 3D (15,360 x 15,360). At 15K, this would be the highest 3D 360 photo resolution for an all-in-one 360 camera. The 2D resolution would be around 12% less than Panono’s resolution (16,384 x 8,192) but would still be one of the highest resolutions available for an all-in-one 360 camera
Using on 360 degrees gimbal
Initial review and samples
To explain 'serious':
UPDATE
Looks like to capture RAW we will need to use USB3 SSD. Glad we don't need CFast.
And under serious I understand more or less working from the box and available from reputable company.
We still hope to get one for all exhibitions coverages.
Looks like first serious 360º camera under $5K... (and actually more like $10k if you count RAW, and the rig you would need for that and other solutions)
Link to download the footage before it got compressed by YouTube.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-KpJ7RJSpKtRnA3MXVIVzlSdzg&pageId=112137666163664374814
8K 360 videos.
Link to download the footage before it got compressed by YouTube.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-KpJ7RJSpKtNUR0Q3ZZUjAtdEE&pageId=112137666163664374814
Link to download the footage before it got compressed by YouTube.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KpJ7RJSpKtcGVCQ3pSV3NwN0E/view?pageId=112137666163664374814
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