I mounted the camera in a vertical position using a J-Hook mount so the stitch lines were at the peripherals of the classic POV shot, and the camera sat close to my chest. Insta360 sent us a Bike Bundle with our camera which includes a chest mount and a bunch of other accessories.
You can get an adapter to mount the threaded attachment to a standard style action camera mount so if you already have loads of mounts they will all still work. That said, unless you want to save on file size, speed up the editing process, or specifically shoot high-quality POV, opting for the full 360 option will offer considerably more options when it comes to recording, as well as post-processing reframing and editing. The camera can record in 360, or in a new single lens 4K 30fps or 2.7K MaxView. I have only had a limited time with the camera so rather than getting lost in the fancy angles, I’m going to focus on the most important basics that will make or break an action camera for riding, namely POV footage. It does all the fancy invisible selfie stick ‘impossible shoots’, fake drone, and creative tricks we have all seen from Insta360 before, as well as loads of post-production control over reframing, panning, and color correction. The Insta360 X3 is packed with a frankly daunting level of features that give those creative videographers and vloggers an insane amount of options and effects to use in their videos. The X3 has a candybar shape rather than the traditional action camera shape (Image credit: Graham Cottingham) Performance You can set the camera to auto turn on and start recording, which is a boon for easily grabbing clips, although the fire-up time between button presses is about six seconds, which is actually pretty slow compared to GoPro which can power up and start recording in just two seconds. The app is also very useful, packed with tutorials on how to do fancy effects. There's a lot that can be fiddled with but I didn’t find it too hard to find any settings that I was looking for. Swiping from the right will show you your video clips, and tapping the bottom icons will let you flip between the front and rear camera preview or change basic settings. You swipe down from the top of the screen for settings, from the left for shooting settings.
Swipe the screen to change between video, photo, timelapse and other modes. The touchscreen is easy to navigate with a familiar ‘smartphone’ feel to it. Turn the camera on and there's on-screen help to guide you through the basic operation and menus of the camera. You can shoot 72mp 360-degree pictures and 8K 360-degree time-lapses too. Insta360 has specced a larger 1/2in sensor, which offers up to 5.7K 360 video at 30FPS (4K at 60FPS) but is now able to do HDR 360 video and shoot in 4K using a single lens or the super wide 170-degree MaxView at 2.7K. A screw thread gives a secure mounting point (Image credit: Graham Cottingham)
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