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

https://www.tomtop.com/p-d4736eu.html?Warehouse=CN

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.

In stock at

• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071977T1N/
• https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1324606-REG/insta360_in36p_pro_vr_reimagined_360.html

Using on 360 degrees gimbal

Initial review and samples

Check http://360rumors.com/2017/07/best-worlds-insta360-pro-hands-real-world-review-part-1-sample-photos-videos.html

To explain 'serious':

• Turn key solution working 'out of box'
• RAW capture (due to increased DR of 360º capture requirements)
• No external HDMI / SDI recording interfaces needed
• Mono / Stereo 360º capture ability
• Stitching in camera and also non-stitched files available
• Small size
• Cameras very close to each other to reduce parallax issues (yet wide enough to generate 3D 360º)
• Streaming capable
• Good resolution for 360º (4k is 360º worlds SD)

UPDATE

Looks like to capture RAW we will need to use USB3 SSD. Glad we don't need CFast.

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)

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