Christmasville

[sidd finch]

I wanted to test the insta360 x3 in low light conditions. Just to see how it performs with the 1/2 inch sensors. There is a neighborhood that is not too far from where I live that almost everyone in the neighborhood decorates their houses and yards with Christmas Lights. It is at least 7 square blocks of Christmas lights. Decided to visit on a Friday night there was a mob of people all walking around and driving all checking out the houses. Lots of parents taking their kids pictures and just having a lot of fun. There is no cost and the lights look pretty neat.

The camera did ok but a few times it lost focus. I had the settings on manual control. Shutter at 1/30 iso at 800 and WB at 5500k, but I need to go again to see if I can get a better shot. Enjoy.



Sidd

[RJ Johnston]

Just like watching Amazon Music videos, only yours was a lot better than most of them others. And I didn't have to cringe because of EXPLICITs -- or is that video on another website (I had cc on).

I didn't see any colors blown out. That's impossible. Or did you take those scenes out?

[sidd finch]

RJ thank you for the kind words. My videos are always "G" rated. No need to try and be outrageous.

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I didn't see any colors blown out. That's impossible. Or did you take those scenes out?

No blown out colors, I had the camera locked in manual mode which really kept the video consistent. The only issue was the in and out of focus which you can see in the video. I tried to remove the egregious examples when it happened and just keep the best footage. There are a couple of YouTubers that do a lot of 360 video that have suggested night settings that I emulated.

Sidd

[RJ Johnston]

Sidd,

I couldn't find a manual to download on the Insta360 website.

Can you lock focus, or is it always in continuous focus mode?

RJ

[sidd finch]

RJ, I found a manual on the insta360 web site but nothing mentions a manual focus option.

But I can turn off the stabilization in post and see if that makes any difference. The thing I really like is that all the Gyro data created in each clip can be manually adjusted in the desktop editing software.

Sidd