Here are some raw footage clips of the Insta360 X5 camera recorded at night. For the test, I had my X4 recording in 8K 30fps Video mode, and put the X5 in 8K 30fps PureVideo mode.
One surprising thing was that even the preview screen looks much brighter on the X5:
Here are the results:
As you can see, the X5 produces a significantly brighter image. But, freeze frame along the way and you will see it still suffers from graininess and image blur when recording in low light levels.
And since the X5 has a slightly larger image sensor, I wanted to do a comparison that I did not see in any of the pre-release YouTuber videos. For this test, I set both the X4 and X5 in normal 8K 30fps Video mode (NOT using PureVideo on the X5). I was surprised at how much brighter the X5 video is even in “normal” Video mode:
There may be a few more short tests I want to complete before selling off my X4 gear, so keep checking this site.
If you have any specific things you want to see tested, leave a comment. If I have time, I will try to do them.
Until next time…
thanks for the comparison. Can you do another one, with the X5 only.
Shoot in 360 and export in 360.
First test is in 5.7k 60fps
Second test is 8k 30fps
Both output to 4k and uploaded to youtube.
I want to see if there is any real difference between the 2, when looking at 360 output on youtube (4k). I.E. if 60fps is worth it over 30fps if there is not video quality difference.. or if the video quality is much improved in the footage shot in 8k and exported 360 4k.
Are you wanting 360 footage, or reframed out to a flat video?