My GoPro 2 or 3 still works as good as the day I got it, although I hardly use it anymore. My phone takes better video (iPhone X is a camera with an integrated phone) and is more handy.
The nice thing with my early and I expect the current GoPro’s is the footage is easy to compile and edit in iMovie if you use a Mac.
Since I’ve not been using the GoPro 2 much (no external power, etc) and I’ve been wanting a 360 camera...I just bit the bullet and bought the insta360 one X. I expected to buy the one R, but it struck me the handiness of the slightly smaller and one piece one x with nearly the same features would be fine.
I’m just learning with it, but the camera seems great. My one big complaint is it requires dedicated 360 software to edit and their integrated phone app is more capable than trying to edit it on the computer. So instead of dumping the data and using a big screen to manipulate the raw footage, I have to do so on the phone, then save the data, reopen in iMovie to compile multiple clips.
Without doubt it’s designed for the youth of today and 5-30 second clips as found on so many social media sites. I expect it’s perfectly suited for that.
But, the capabilities of the camera/video footage/editing combination is still better than what I had. So, I’ll adapt and make it work. Having 360 degree footage which you can then choose pans, point of views, etc is like having 5 cameras always filming to get the shots. It’s pretty cool.
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