{"id":1950,"date":"2022-03-22T14:38:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/22\/the-549-99-insta360-one-rs-adds-a-better-action-camera-to-its-modular-setup\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:38:30","slug":"the-549-99-insta360-one-rs-adds-a-better-action-camera-to-its-modular-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/22\/the-549-99-insta360-one-rs-adds-a-better-action-camera-to-its-modular-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"The $549.99 Insta360 One RS adds a better action camera to its modular setup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/22\/22984093\/insta-360-one-rs-announcement-4k-boost-upgrade<\/a>
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Insta360 has announced the One RS, a successor to the modular One R action \/ 360 cam<\/a> it released last year. The RS is mostly a minor upgrade, with the brain module (or \u201ccore,\u201d as Insta360 calls it) and mounting system getting a few tweaks that should make the experience of shooting with the 360 lens slightly better. <\/p>\n

The One RS upgrades are mostly minor, but welcome, quality of life improvements. The core has an extra microphone, faster Wi-Fi for transferring your photos and videos, a quick menu to change shooting modes, and an \u201cInstant Zoom\u201d that lets you punch in up to 2.7 times while recording. <\/p>\n

Insta360 also says the camera\u2019s built-in \u201cFlowState\u201d stabilization is improved. The mounting bracket used to attach the RS to other accessories has been redesigned \u2014 it now opens from the side, making it much easier to use with the 1-inch Edition mod. It also includes a new plastic and foam piece at the front that should help improve audio by protecting the microphones from picking up wind noise.<\/p>\n

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The upgraded case on the One RS (left) vs. the One R\u2019s case (right).<\/em><\/figcaption>Becca Farsace \/ The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n

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The biggest change Insta360 is bringing with the One RS is the new 4K Boost lens, which is the regular action-cam lens part of the camera system. The company says it has an \u201cupgraded 1\/2-inch 48MP image sensor,\u201d which comes with some spec bumps compared to the older version: it\u2019s slightly faster, with an f2.4 aperture vs. an f2.8, and has a higher maximum ISO, maxing out at 6400 vs. the original 4K lens which can only do 3200. It\u2019s also got a slightly <\/em>wider lens \u2014 a 16mm full-frame equivalent, versus the 16.4mm lens adorning the previous version.<\/p>\n

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You can still attach the screen to be front or rear-facing. (In action-cam mode, anyways \u2014 it\u2019s hard to say what \u201cfront\u201d and \u201cback\u201d mean with the 360-degree lens attached.)<\/em><\/figcaption>Becca Farsace \/ The Verge<\/em><\/cite><\/p>\n

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Two new modes provide the big new functions: Active HDR and 6K Widescreen. Insta360 claims that Active HDR mode will let you capture shadow and highlight detail even in fast-motion sports video and says that the 6K widescreen mode takes \u201cfull advantage\u201d of the sensor to produce a video with a \u201ccinematic\u201d 2.35:1 aspect ratio<\/a>. That translates to a One RS max resolution for non-360 video of 6016 x 2560, which you can shoot at 24\/25 frames a second (the One R\u2019s 4K lens topped out<\/a> at 4000 x 3000, or 3840 x 2160).<\/p>\n

When The Verge<\/em> camera guru Becca Farsace tested the original One R in 2020<\/a> (using a pre-production unit, mind), she said the 4K mod was \u201cfine\u201d as an action camera in terms of image quality. At that time, though, being able to flip the screen around was a novel feature. That\u2019s no longer the case since DJI introduced the Osmo Action 2<\/a>, a dedicated action cam with a very similar modular concept (that can be used in an ultra-compact mode with just<\/em> the camera cube). That means Insta360 will have to come correct with the upgrades to the boost lens if it wants the One RS to hold its own as an action cam.<\/p>\n

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