Insta360 Link-PTZ 4K Webcam
209,99 $
amazon.comUpgrade your video conferencing and streaming experience with the Insta360 Link-PTZ 4K Webcam. This high-quality webcam delivers crystal-clear 4K video and professional-grade audio, ensuring you look and sound your best during meetings and broadcasts. With its pan-tilt-zoom functionality, it offers flexible camera positioning and framing options, providing a dynamic and engaging visual experience. The Insta360 Link-PTZ 4K Webcam features advanced AI tracking, automatically keeping you in focus as you move around. It also includes convenient features like one-click sharing and compatibility with popular video conferencing platforms. What sets it apart is its sleek and compact design, making it easy to set up and transport. Elevate your video communication with the Insta360 Link-PTZ 4K Webcam and enjoy professional-quality visuals and hassle-free operation.
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- 4K Resolution with 1/2″ Sensor: Always look your best in stunning Ultra HD 4K resolution. With a best-in-class 1/2″ sensor, Link captures life-like detail with an excellent dynamic range.
- AI Tracking: With a gimbal design and a powerful AI tracking algorithm, Link’s lens rotates to follow your every movement. With automatic zooming and framing, you’ll always be center stage.
- Gesture Control: Control the camera with 3 simple hand gestures. No clicks are necessary. ✋ = Enable AI tracking | 👆 = Zoom in/out | ✌️ = Enable Whiteboard Mode.
- Versatile Modes: With innovative AI technology and versatile modes such as Whiteboard Mode, DeskView Mode, Overhead Mode, and Portrait Mode, Link helps you communicate better than ever. Fully compatible with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and more.
- Dual Noise-Canceling Microphones: Reduce background noise and amplify your voice. Delivers crisp, clear audio for enhanced communication.
- Dedicated Desktop Software: Manually adjust brightness, exposure, gimbal position, and more in the Link Controller desktop software. Full control to get your shot exactly right.
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Adam –
Fantastic Camera. The tracking features are a game-changer. Really good audio and video quality. It really makes no sense that it doesn’t offer native video background blurring, but that is starting to move to OS-level behavior in some machines these days. The settings for the camera itself could use a bit of polish, such as remembering/defaulting to camera position presets. The tripod it comes with is fairly cheap, but workable, though mine is mounted to the lid of the open laptop anyway.I have had a few issues where the camera would not start broadcasting video, even though the settings would show the video feed, but every time that has happened (which is only three times), simply reseating the camera’s cable to the laptop/dock fixes it.
MCA –
Gostei do produto 100%
Micael Douglas Silva Santana –
Having used some high quality webcams, this one is simply the best. The quality of the picture, the bit rate, lens, the various features including auto iso, auto focus, auto everything. It is like having R2D2 video tape you with a latest edition GoPro, even then, Insta360 is simply better than GoPro in every respect. I was blown away by the AI and the various features, even the Insta360 support was prompt and super helpful. It worked with a variety of different computers and Os… Mac, Windows… Etc. I had better time running it on my MacBook but it is versatile. Don’t think twice, get this incredible unit, I would almost prefer it to filming with a DSLR as a vlogger
Antonio Villegas Villamil –
installée en camera de secours si mon ZVE-10 venait a avoir un soucis durant une intervention en visio.Impressionné par la qualité d’image. Au final pour de la visio, le rendu est aussi bon que ma camera principale (Zoom dégrade la qualité d’image quelque soit la définition initiale)Pas encore testé en stream sur YoutubePour l’instant pour moi, le suivi, le mode tableau et le zoom via commande gestuelle est un peu gadget. Mais peut être vais-je y trouver un intérêt à l’usage ?Super produit
Client d’Amazon –
It’s often difficult to judge the actual size of some products from just their photos and I was somewhat surprised how small this webcam is. However, any fears I might have had that it would not deliver the quality I was hoping for were soon dispelled once I had it up and running.Set-up is as easy as claimed; truly plug-and-go straight out of the box. Image quality is wonderful, miles better than my Logitech which was top of the range when I bought it. The gimbal works well and follows the target smoothly. Its small size means that it can sit unobtrusively on the top of the monitor and it even folds the lens down when not in use. Sound quality from the built in microphone is fine although for a serious broadcast feel, I would recommend a separate microphone so that it can be positioned optimally for the presenter’s voice.As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. Although the Insta360 is not the cheapest webcam out there, its performance (so far at least) makes it well worth the money. If you pair it with a decent standalone microphone, your Skype/Zoom participants will think you are think you are in a professional studio set-up. A great little webcam.
Carlos I. Feliciano –
brilliance in such a small pkg. The insta360 link is just incredible. The tracking is amazingly swift on just the ‘normal’ setting (i just left it at that) and on ‘fast’ it’s apparently speedy enough to track a catnip crazed feline.Overall just the right amount of settings for a novice and experienced use to get the picture they want. Hardcore pros, well can’t comment b/c i’m not one of them. It was functional 5 min out of the box.I couldn’t get over how tiny the camera is. You could just toss it in a jacket pocket (in a tiny box to protect the gimbals) and just take it anywhere. So far it’s integrated seamlessly with all the cam capable apps on my macs. The resolutions are all crisp with terrific colour. The controller app allows for individual profile setups (which works for me when changing my lighting for whatever reason).The not so great bits. The AI zoom works great. No so much for the other hand gestures (or at least whiteboard and tracking). The tracking gesture should be a little more unique as it’s a “palm wave” which can accidentally turn off the tracking if not careful. Since it has AI, i ponder why markers (which come with the camera to place at the corners of the whiteboard for the cam to lock on to) are needed. Surely a white space (even with writing on it) can’t be harder to detect than a face.Still worthy of 5 stars in my book b/c personally i have no use for the hand gestures b/c the zoom and tracking are perfectly fine just left on. Can’t beat the size for lugging it around. There are smaller cams out there but not with this kind of flexibility and quality.
Sine Timore Aut Favore –
Great video quality – Works great when I stream to YouTube and Facebook. The Insta360 Link PTZ 4K Webcam is a state-of-the-art advancement in streaming and video communication. Its 1/2″ sensor records video in breathtaking 4K resolution, guaranteeing excellent image quality for live streaming and video conversations. It’s a smart and easy-to-use device with AI tracking and gesture control features.This webcam’s HDR technology produces clear, detailed images that improve the viewing experience as a whole. Noise-canceling microphones are included to guarantee crystal-clear audio and remove background noise during video chats. It’s a whole video solution, not just a webcam.Whether you’re holding business video conversations or participating in live streaming sessions, the Insta360 Link’s specific modes are designed to meet your demands. Its adaptability is evident in its design. Its adaptability as a webcam for laptops increases its utilization, making it a practical option for consumers who are constantly on the go.In conclusion, for individuals who value excellent video communication and streaming experiences, the Insta360 Link PTZ 4K Webcam is a strong and feature-rich tool. With this cutting-edge webcam, you can enhance your virtual interactions.
Adam –
The Insta360 Link is likely the Best Webcam I’ve ever used. Though I have never used another gimbal-based camera, it is truly a quality webcam with some pretty slick features. Over the course of the past week or so, I’ve been using the Insta360 Link to record videos, and have video calls through Skype and Zoom. I also wanted to test it as a second camera angle for use during my live stream which I’ll get into as well.
Upon unboxing the Link, I plugged it in using the included (maybe 3-foot long) USB-C to USB-C cable and it quickly installed the drivers and I was up and running. Unlike other cameras that I’ve used that had a shorter cable, this one seemed like the perfect length to not only use with a laptop but have enough length when using with a desktop setup located on the floor. Obviously if you needed to put the camera at a longer distance, you could pick up a cable from one of the popular manufacturers here on Amazon.
First off, as I mentioned, there are a number of slick features that combine the flexibility of the gimbal-based hardware with the power of the Insta360 software. Besides the things that you would expect in a webcam like auto exposure, auto-white balance, etc, the Link offers a really novel usage of A.I. motion tracking with gesture control to enable or modify certain features.
When enabled in the app, hold up your hand and the LED light on the webcam flashes from its normal Green to Blue to indicate that motion tracking is turned on. You can also do this by simply single tapping on the front of the camera base and then tap again to turn it off. I gotta say, this is a nice implementation to toggle the gesture control feature on and off.
There are three modes that you can modify in the app including Normal (default), Fast and Slow. During my usage, I pretty much stuck with either Normal or Slow as I think fast could make people on the other side of your video call a little nauseous. If you think you will be moving around at a normal speed, then Normal is perfect. However, if you only plan on making small movements, use the slow setting. The camera did a great job to track and follow me, pretty much without any lag.
There are two other gestures that you can use including holding your left hand up in the shape of an L to enable zoom. While holding your hand in that position, either raise or lower the “L” to zoom in or out, respectively. It works pretty well but it worked a little better when I was located 3-4 feet away from the camera vs when I had my laptop on my lap. There is also a whiteboard mode that you can enable by making the “V” gesture with your hand. I tried it and it turned on the mode but since I don’t have a whiteboard, couldn’t really test this feature.
There are a few other modes that you can enable in the app including a slight downward angle which is good if you are trying to capture an image of your keyboard or something right in front of the monitor. There is also a true “overhead” view that would be incredibly handy if you had the proper setup to utilize this mode. I definitely have to play with this one more. I believe that Insta360 offers a specific extendable tripod for the camera that can be screwed into the quarter-20 thread on the bottom.
Overall, the color and brightness is good and sharp, especially in a properly lit scene. If you are using a ring light or something like the Elgato Key Light, Godox ES45 or the Boling P1 Vlogger, this camera will shine and make you look fantastic. If you are using the camera in a darker environment, you may have to tweak the brightness to your liking. I had to bump it up by 6 or 7 notches in the app to get it where I was happy. Again, in a bright setting, the HDR looked great but it was a bit too dark for my taste when the lights were turned off. I think this is more of a function of HDR vs the way the camera handles it.
As I mentioned, I’m also a live streamer, so I wanted to see if it would work with my current setup. I personally use a software called VMix and it did struggle a bit with the video, making it look a little jumpy. I THINK this is more of a problem with VMix since the other 2 or 3 webcam’s I’ve tried also faced the same issue. When I opened up OBS, and added the Link as a camera source, the video was smooth as normal. I’d love to see Insta360 contact VMix to see if some optimization could be done.
Final Thoughts: I REALLY like this webcam and think it would make a great addition for anyone that is constantly on conference calls, especially if you tend to move around a bit. Comparing to the video in my Dell XPS 15 laptop and it truly not a fair fight. Exposure, color and the ability to enable motion tracking are all really well done.
Phil_K –
Also, selbst gekauft für mich.. keine Gefälligkeitsrezension..
Ich wollte gerne mal endlich eine Webcam, die mein Bild nicht nach Webcam aussehen lässt. Die Insta360 macht das. Super detailreich, scharf, super Weißabgleich, auch bei schlechtem Licht noch recht ansehbare Resultate. Da ich therapeutische und beratende Sitzungen online anbiete, will ich mich natürlich für meine zahlenden Klienten professionell in Szene setzen. Dafür finde ich den Preis dann auch in Ordnung, wenn auch im äußersten Schmerzgrenzenbereich für eine Webcam. Das sollte man sich vorher fragen, was nützt es mir eigentlich, wenn ich für andere gut und scharf zu sehen bin und lohnt sich die Ausgabe dafür ?
Das Bild von einer richtigen Fotokamera mit gutem Objektiv ist sicher noch einen Tick natürlicher und detaillierter als das Bild der Insta360.. also wenn man z.B.1080p oder 4K Youtubevideos macht, dann merkt man den Unterschied noch ein wenig.. fürs Chatten per Zoom oder Teams etc. aber nicht mehr..
Selbst für professionelles Streamen oder Produktpräsentation würde ich sagen, dass die Insta bei guter Beleuchtung ausreichend gute Quali abliefert bei gleichzeitig erheblich unkomplizierterer Bedienung.
Die Grenzen zwischen Webcam und Proficam verschwimmen mit der Insta360, werden aber nicht komplett eingerissen. An die Qualität eines Glasobjektivs und eines APS-C oder gar Vollformatsensors kommt die Insta naturgemäß nicht ganz ran. Aber besser als einfach jede andere Webcam, die ich kenne, ist sie 100 % und bei guten Lichtverhältnissen wird der wahrnehmbare Unterschied schon sehr sehr klein.
Dafür ist sie billiger, viel einfacher einzusetzen, super transportabel und kommt mit hervorragendem KI-Autotracking per eingebautem Gimbal.
Diese KI Gesichts- bzw. Personenverfolgung funktioniert wirklich zuverlässig und beim Chatten kann man sich damit einfach mal ein wenig bewegen ohne gleich aus dem Bild zu wandern. Ich habe die Nachverfolgung auf langsam gestellt, damit es nicht zu ruckhaften Bildwechseln kommt.. das sieht auf langsam gut aus.. wie eine weiche Kameranachführung. Sehr gute Lösung, die ich bei manchmal stundenlangen Sitzungen zu schätzen weiß. Endlich nicht mehr so mumienhaft steif sitzen sondern auch mal rumlümmeln können, mal näher ran oder weiter weg, aber trotzdem immer zentriert zu sehen sein für das Gegenüber. Top ! Auch im Raum rumlaufen und Ganzkörpertracking geht super.
Das Einstellen von Zoom und Nachverfolgung per Handgesten funktioniert.. ich bevorzuge aber, weil unauffälliger, in der Unterhaltung die Touchsteuerung an der Kamera zu verwenden.. einfach kurz an die vordere Plastikfläche tippen und schon ist die Verfolgung an oder ausgestellt.
Die Software gefällt mir auch gut, man kann die als kleine Leiste minimieren und z.B. unterhalb des Hauptchatfensters laufen lassen und damit jederzeit die wichtigsten Parameter ändern.. den Aufnahmewinkel oder Zoom einstellen, Belichtungswerte einstellen usw.. allerdings brauche ich das nur selten.. auf Automatik oder mit den voreingestellten Settings sieht das schon super aus.
Man kann, je nach eigenen Lichtbedingungen, mit den manuellen Einstellungen teilweise noch einiges an Bildqualität rausholen bzw. an den eigenen Geschmack anpassen. Ich mag z.B. mein Bild mit etwas wärmerem Weißabgleich, etwas schärfer, leicht aufgehellt, weniger Kontrast..als Preset leicht anwendbar.
Den Unterschied zwischen 4K und 1080p finde ich nicht ganz so erheblich wie man meinen sollte.. bei gutem Licht merkt man eher Auflösungsgewinne.. aber bei schlechterem Licht und ISO ab 1000 ist das 4K Bild von dem 1080p kaum zu unterscheiden vom Detailgrad. Fürs chatten macht 4K ja sowieso keinen Sinn.. das geht sowieso in der Videostreamkompression verloren.. aber für Aufnahmen vielleicht schon.
Grundsätzlich finde ich 1080p mit 60fps für die Kamera optimal.. da geht dann auch HDR.
Nicht ganz mithalten können die Mikros. Nicht das die schlecht wären. Fürs chatten bzw. Videokonferenz absolut ausreichend… aber natürlich sind die nicht auf der Höhe von guten Standmikros… die Stimme klingt warm, leicht verhallt und nicht so fein aufgelöst, wie man sich das wünschen würde. Aber man ist klar und deutlich verständlich und die Stimmfärbung wird (zumindest bei mir) nicht verfälscht, wie das bei vielen Webcams und Headsets leider immer noch oft der Fall ist. Also tauglich für vieles, aber nicht ausreichend für alles.
Für Zwecke jenseits von Chat und Zoomkonferenz bleibt also ein professionelles, dezidiertes Mikro Pflicht.
Noch ein großer Pluspunkt: Die Kamera ist wirklich klein ! Sie ist super transportabel, geht auf jedes Notebook und aufs Stativ und stört wenig, wenn Sie vor einem bzw. vor dem Bildschirm plaziert wird. Ich stelle meine Cams gerne vor mir auf, auf Augenhöhe, damit ich in die Kamera schauen kann um Blickkontakt wenigstens ab und an mal zu simulieren.. wenn die Kamera dann recht groß ist, fällt es schwer daran vorbei auf den Bildschirm zu schauen, bzw. ist sehr ablenkend. Die Insta ist tatsächlich fast schon winzig im Vergleich zu vielen gängigen Modellen. Top !
Nichts sagen kann ich zu den Whiteboard und Deskview Optionen, da ich die bisher nicht gebraucht habe. Für manchen Anwender sicher super, wenn man auf Knopfdruck die Kamera auf Präsentationsmaterialien schwenken kann.
Fazit: Aktuell (1/2023) meiner Meinung nach die mit großem Abstand führende Webcam für eine breite Anwendungspalette, die über klassische Webcamanwendungsfälle deutlich hinaus geht und zumindest für ein semiprofessionelles Aufnahmesetting schon ausreichen kann.
Volltreffer Insta !
Wer nur ein wenig chatten, zoomen, skypen, teamen will, für den reichen die herkömmlichen und deutlich billigeren Webcams völlig…da gibts schon ab 50-60 € recht gute Geräte…es sei denn man ist eitel… dann muss es vielleicht doch die Insta sein 😉
Primalfear –
Seit kurzem nenne ich eine zweite Link mein Eigen. Die erste habe ich mir kurz nach erscheinen direkt über Insta360 gekauft, die zweite vor kurzem über Amazon. Die Lieferung erfolgte Amazon typisch am nächsten Tag.
Bei mir kommt die Link als Webcam, StreamerCam und als Präsentations-Cam im Beruf / Schulungen zum Einsatz. Die Einbindung in Zoom, Teams, und auch Jitsi Meet gelingt tadellos und ohne zusätzliche Treiber einzubinden.
Manche dieser Tools unterstützen nicht direkt eine 4k Auflösung über die Cam, geht man aber über eine Vermittlungsschicht, z.B. mit ManyCam oder OBS, dann kann auch Teams in 4K übertragen. Das liegt aber nicht an der Link sondern z.B. an Teams.
Meine zweite Link ist per 1/4″ Halterung horizontal bzw. über Kopf angebracht.
An dieser Stelle kann ich allen nur zum Update der Firmware und Software auf die Versionen ab/nach 2023-08-21 raten! Mit dem Link Controller v1.4.1 und Firmware v1.4.2.8_build7 kann die Link nun auch über Kopf ganz normal aufnehmen und per AI Tracking folgen.
So lässt sich endlich auch beim Zeigen auf dem Bildschirm, bzw. beim Zuschauen in der Konferenz der Augenkontakt halten. Meine Link ist dabei per 1/4″ Verlängerung über Kopf von oben im oberen Drittel (Position des Gimbal Kopfes) meines Monitors angebracht. Dabei hält man ganz automatisch den Augenkontakt.
Gerade bei meiner Anwendung kommt der, ebenfalls seit 2023-08-21 verfügbare, “Max Portrait Mode” super. Er kippt den Gimbal um 90° in die vertikale Position, wie bei 9:16, behält aber die volle Auflösung – eben auch 4k – bei. Zwar muss ich dann in der die Kamera verwendende Software das Bild um 90° drehen, was aber in OBS und Co sehr einfach geht, aber so stehen dann auch 4k in 9:16 zur Verfügung.
Ach ja, ich empfehle die Anschaffung eines kleinen Case für die Kamera. Wenn man sie, so wie ich, nicht nur im Home Office sondern auch unterwegs einsetzt, bzw. mit ins Büro nimmt, dann lohnt sich solch ein Case für den Transport. Da liefert Insta360 leider nichts mit.
Die Kamera kommt einer Insta360 typischen Box, in der sich die Kurzanleitung, Garantiehinweise, ein USB-C Kabel, ein USB-C auf USB-A Adapter und die Link an sich befinden. Hier würde ich mir noch die Beigabe eines kleinen Mikrofasertuchs und – wie gesagt – eines Case wünschen. Das Inlet in der Box in der die Link liegt erinnert schon ein wenig daran.
In Hinblick auf die Software, bzw. die Anpassungen um den Gimble auch leicht horizontal neigen zu können, stand ich mit dem Insta360 Support in Kontakt und bin hoch erfreut diese Version jetzt in der Software zu sehen.
Einziger Kritikpunkt, im HDR Modus ist der Auto-Fokus manchmal etwas unsicher, gerade wenn die Ausleuchtung (Tageslicht, Sonne) etwas variiert, und stellt dann einen Tacken zu viel auf den Hintergrund / auf die falsche ebene scharf.
Den neuen Modus die Link per Handy, nach dem einscannen eines QR-Codes zu steuern, habe ich noch nicht getestet.
Adam –
So straight out of the box this thing amazed me. First off- it’s tiny. 2″ tall at most? Secondly, all of the features are incredible and the picture quality is easily the best I’ve ever seen. It is crisp, perfectly clear, and wow, it sure does humble you because the first thing I said to myself was “Holy cow I’ve got a face for radio!” It’s 4K so you’re definitely going to see yourself in a whole new light. Probably the best, most surprising purchase I’ve made this year. It’s a little pricey but trust me, you get what you pay for. It’s sturdy, well built, and again, I can’t say enough about all of the features. What a great little camera.
Ned Zeppelin Seattle –
UPDATE: 6/23/2023
I just raised my rating up from 3 stars to 5 stars.
They shipped back a replacement super fast once they’d made their determination. It’s running like a top. This was a fantastic customer service experience.
UPDATE: 6/22/2023
I just raised my rating up from one star to three! Customer Service has been taking great care of me. They’re working hard to get this resolved. They are now in the process of shipping back a replacement, now. I’ll update this review with 5-stars when I get the replacement, and I’ve verified the replacement is working correctly. But, it sure looks like my concerns that there would be aversive customer support have been met with a warm and earnest hand-holding experience. Once they got the camera things started moving a lot faster.
Here’s my first review from a week, ago–which I now see was not accurate to the bigger picture of Insta360 Customer Support.
“The customer service was kind of mixed so far. This thing of making me take a video, post it somewhere and send them a link, is unexpected, but modern. Then after that, they said they were meeting to discuss next moves for a number of days. The result: They told me to send it in. But, they told me I was sending it in so they could determine if I broke it or if it was faulty. Most companies don’t act so suspicious. I didn’t buy their product to be treated like a suspect in a crime against webcams-kind. I’ve babied this thing.
About a week ago, it stopped being controllable manually or by its AI. The blue light shut down, and double tap was unresponsive.
Maybe the suspicious tone has to do with exhaustion from the Great Resignation. But, since I’m here… There are somethings I like about this camera and some things I don’t.
LIKES:
1. Customer service didn’t make me pay for shipping it to them. LOVE IT.
2. I like the picture. The color isn’t as amazing an a7Siii with great lights. But, it still so much better than any other webcam when using great lights, and not. Much better than a Brio 4K. So, I disagree with the other one stars about picture quality. LOVE IT.
3. I love the presets. I had one that made the camera look up, so that I could stand while I’m teaching. And the others were very cool too. Every pre-set is like an additional camera you don’t have to buy. SO AWESOME.
4. My no-shortcuts DISLIKE just turned into a liLIKE, because vMix has a workaround for the LINK no-shortcuts issue.
*ISSUE: No shortcuts for the LINK pre-sets.
Shortcuts are keystrokes or button taps. IF a PTZ cam has a keystrokes feature, you can easily turn those keystrokes into a button tap on a Stream Deck, or other button controller. IF you can have these shortcuts specifically for custom camera positions, instead of grabbing your mouse and navigating to the LINK’s little preset bar to change position and zoom presets, you could just tap a button! Shortcuts can even be used for automated switching with a timer. Such a modern webcam, yet it forces 1990’s mouse clicking on a strip of vMix presets that covers part of your monitor screen. It causes stress in high pressured recording, live streaming, and Zoom meeting/class situations. I hope they add shortcuts in a firmware update. Meanwhile.
*WORKAROUND: VMIX added functionality to control the LINK in their latest version (26). One of those vMix-for-LINK options is that you can control the LINK by setting up vMix inputs of each custom camera position that has the different scenes you want with your specific PTZ positioning. Just like you can with LINK presets. Once you have these configured in vMix, you can control them with keyboard or button shortcuts (Stream Decks etc.). This means you can additionally setup hands-free automatic switching between them using vMix playlists.
DISLIKES:
1. Who needs a PTZ webcam that tracks you by putting your head down at the center of the picture? This wastes 50% of the picture. Why do it that way? We just need an inch above our heads). This ignores the basic small-space-above-the-head rule.
2. Accidental chaos! When I wave at my students over Zoom , I accidentally make AI tracking burst into action, slamming my head to center screen and then my students/subscribers can’t see what I’m doing and I have to put my stuff down and scramble for the mouse. And then mouse my way back to the pre-set controls and then click the pre-set. Then pick up my stuff and proceed. What that means is I don’t get to use AI tracking. And that’s just sad. It really does look like you have a camera operator. And that is through the roof cool. But, we don’t get to use it because of the head position problem. This got old, fast, for my online students and I.
4. If you’re in AI tracking mode, and you walk around the side and behind the camera it loses it’s mind and gets stuck looking behind and has to be detached and reattached so it can reset and go back to normal.
If my LINK hadn’t broken I would have continued working around those things without griping on Amazon, because all I want to do is keep working. But, when it broke, it halted my forward motion with my zoom and youtube stuff. Then, of course, I had to slam on the getting-my-work done brakes, to contact support and to ship it back.
Arno –
COMPRÉ LA CÁMARA, ES MUY BUEN PRODUCTO PERO SOLO PARA CIERTAS COSAS. EN MI CASO LA NECESITABA PARA HACER VIDEOS, UN POCO DE STREAMING. TRAE UN DETALLE DE SEGUIMIENTO POR INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL QUE ACABA ALTERANDO TU ESCENA SI TE MUEVES AL MÍNIMO. OTRA COSA, SI TU QUIERES GRABAR A 4K O FULL HD PERO LA CÁMARA EVALÚÁ DISTINTO, ACABA PONIÉNDOTE A HD, 720. Y NO HAY PODER HUMANO QUE CAMBIE ESO. NECESITAS UN SOFTWARE PARA MANEJARLA Y NO PEGA MUCHO CON OBS, XSPLIT, STREAMLABS, VMIX O LO QUE QUIERAS UTILIZAR.¿PARA QUÉ ES ESTA CÁMARA? PARA DAR CLASES EN UN PIZARRA O HACER ALGUNA DEMOSTRACIÓN, SU SEGUIMIENTO ES MARAVILLOSO Y LA CALIDAD DE LA IMAGEN INDISCUTIBLE. INCLUSO PARA MOSTRAR TU ESCRITORIO ES UNA MARAVILLA.REPITO. SI NO DAS CLASES O NO ES PARA UNA JUNTA EJECUTIVA, TE VAS A ARREPENTIR, HAY CÁMARAS MÁS BARATAS Y CON EXCELENTE CALIDAD. NO VALE SU COSTO POR AHORA.
Adam –
Great Webcam with Smooth Gimbal. The Insta360 Link is likely the Best Webcam I’ve ever used. Though I have never used another gimbal-based camera, it is truly a quality webcam with some pretty slick features. Over the course of the past week or so, I’ve been using the Insta360 Link to record videos, and have video calls through Skype and Zoom. I also wanted to test it as a second camera angle for use during my live stream which I’ll get into as well.Upon unboxing the Link, I plugged it in using the included (maybe 3-foot long) USB-C to USB-C cable and it quickly installed the drivers and I was up and running. Unlike other cameras that I’ve used that had a shorter cable, this one seemed like the perfect length to not only use with a laptop but have enough length when using with a desktop setup located on the floor. Obviously if you needed to put the camera at a longer distance, you could pick up a cable from one of the popular manufacturers here on Amazon.First off, as I mentioned, there are a number of slick features that combine the flexibility of the gimbal-based hardware with the power of the Insta360 software. Besides the things that you would expect in a webcam like auto exposure, auto-white balance, etc, the Link offers a really novel usage of A.I. motion tracking with gesture control to enable or modify certain features.When enabled in the app, hold up your hand and the LED light on the webcam flashes from its normal Green to Blue to indicate that motion tracking is turned on. You can also do this by simply single tapping on the front of the camera base and then tap again to turn it off. I gotta say, this is a nice implementation to toggle the gesture control feature on and off.There are three modes that you can modify in the app including Normal (default), Fast and Slow. During my usage, I pretty much stuck with either Normal or Slow as I think fast could make people on the other side of your video call a little nauseous. If you think you will be moving around at a normal speed, then Normal is perfect. However, if you only plan on making small movements, use the slow setting. The camera did a great job to track and follow me, pretty much without any lag.There are two other gestures that you can use including holding your left hand up in the shape of an L to enable zoom. While holding your hand in that position, either raise or lower the “L” to zoom in or out, respectively. It works pretty well but it worked a little better when I was located 3-4 feet away from the camera vs when I had my laptop on my lap. There is also a whiteboard mode that you can enable by making the “V” gesture with your hand. I tried it and it turned on the mode but since I don’t have a whiteboard, couldn’t really test this feature.There are a few other modes that you can enable in the app including a slight downward angle which is good if you are trying to capture an image of your keyboard or something right in front of the monitor. There is also a true “overhead” view that would be incredibly handy if you had the proper setup to utilize this mode. I definitely have to play with this one more. I believe that Insta360 offers a specific extendable tripod for the camera that can be screwed into the quarter-20 thread on the bottom.Overall, the color and brightness is good and sharp, especially in a properly lit scene. If you are using a ring light or something like the Elgato Key Light, Godox ES45 or the Boling P1 Vlogger, this camera will shine and make you look fantastic. If you are using the camera in a darker environment, you may have to tweak the brightness to your liking. I had to bump it up by 6 or 7 notches in the app to get it where I was happy. Again, in a bright setting, the HDR looked great but it was a bit too dark for my taste when the lights were turned off. I think this is more of a function of HDR vs the way the camera handles it.As I mentioned, I’m also a live streamer, so I wanted to see if it would work with my current setup. I personally use a software called VMix and it did struggle a bit with the video, making it look a little jumpy. I THINK this is more of a problem with VMix since the other 2 or 3 webcam’s I’ve tried also faced the same issue. When I opened up OBS, and added the Link as a camera source, the video was smooth as normal. I’d love to see Insta360 contact VMix to see if some optimization could be done.Final Thoughts: I REALLY like this webcam and think it would make a great addition for anyone that is constantly on conference calls, especially if you tend to move around a bit. Comparing to the video in my Dell XPS 15 laptop and it truly not a fair fight. Exposure, color and the ability to enable motion tracking are all really well done.