The Ace Professional makes use of a 1/1.3-inch sensor, which is what the DJI Motion 4 makes use of as nicely. I used to be unable to verify whether or not these are the very same sensor, however they’re equal in measurement. It is nearly 50 % bigger than the GoPro Hero 12’s sensor, however considerably smaller than the 1-inch sensor of the One RS.
As with the lens, the bigger sensor, whereas bigger, continues to be fairly small and the variations in picture high quality between any of those cameras goes to rely extra on the precise taking pictures modes, lighting circumstances, and different variables quite than sensor measurement. That stated, taking pictures the Insta360 One RS, Ace Professional, and GoPro Hero 12 side-by-side did reveal how far more element the One RS is able to, regardless of being significantly older. If the very best video high quality is what you’re after, the One RS Leica mod stays the motion cam to beat.
Typically you need to zoom in to see the distinction although. What you see with the GoPro, Motion 4, and Ace Professional are extra sharpening artifacts, which aren’t there within the One RS footage. How a lot this issues actually is dependent upon what you do along with your video. Should you’re recording video that’s primarily meant for TikTok or Instagram, that is all a moot level. The standard of video that both of these companies streams could possibly be replicated with a pinhole digicam. If that’s your viewers, get no matter digicam is affordable this week.
I discovered the footage from the Ace Professional to be largely indistinguishable from my GoPro Hero 12. Every has its strengths. The GoPro appears to deal with excessive vibration and windy audio significantly better, whereas the Ace Professional had the sting in well-lit outside situations, due to glorious shade rendition.
I nearly by no means shoot something however Log footage with my GoPro and do all my coloring in post-production as a result of I don’t just like the GoPro’s shade rendition defaults. With the Ace Professional, I used to be pleasantly stunned to search out the colours are fairly good. They pop with out showing oversaturated, and pores and skin tones of all shades rendered with true-to-life shade.
I ought to notice that there isn’t a choice to file Log video on the Ace Professional, so should you don’t like the colour rendition, this isn’t the digicam for you.
Video decision goes to 8K at 24 fps, which no different motion cam can match. It’s spectacular on paper, and should you want zoom by crop to 4K it is likely to be useful, however the world isn’t at present arrange for 8K footage. Go shoot 10 minutes price and take a look at opening it in Premiere or Closing Reduce should you don’t imagine me. There are additionally only a few 8K screens on the market, and none which are inexpensive. Nonetheless, should you want 8K in an motion cam, the Ace Professional is your solely choice, or it will likely be. This function was not enabled throughout my testing and is coming in a future replace.
What’s barely complicated to me is that the Ace Professional doesn’t have a 5.3K or 6K setting just like the non-Professional Ace digicam. I’d like to see Insta360 add this down the highway. It’s price noting that Insta360 has an incredible monitor file of including new options through firmware updates.