It’s not an all-conquering GoPro-killer or a DJI-vanquisher, but Insta360’s latest flagship action cam is just as good as its rivals in most respects. The 8K video recording option is nice to have in its locker, but it’s the 4K capture that really shines here alongside superb quality audio recording from the built-in mic.
The Insta360 Ace Pro was the first 8K-capable action camera, comfortably besting the video resolutions offered by its GoPro and DJI competitors.
Its successor, the Ace Pro 2, maintains this pixel-packed video option and even improves upon it slightly. The camera perhaps retains it as its headline-grabbing feature, but there’s a lot more going for it than what amounts to a somewhat gimmicky and impractical video mode that few people actually need.
Insta360 has made small improvements across the board here, resulting in what (on paper, at least) appears to be a very tempting alternative to other recently launched flagship …