Now that it's officially been released,
there are a lot of people interested in
the Samsung Gear 360 2017. However there
are also a lot of Gear 360 2016 users
who are wondering is it worth upgrading
many of you have seen my previous
comparison video where I show you the
actual 4k video that each of these
produce and show them side by side in
this video I'm going to try to fill in
all the gaps and compare all the most
important things that differ between
these two cameras.
With the 2017 Gear 360 they've chosen to go with a smaller design
and it's a much much thinner camera this
means that this camera is now pocketable
you can put it in your pocket you can
take it around with you and it's very
easy to do so this thing is just too big
and it makes it hard to take the camera
around with you everywhere you go unless
you bring another designated bag or if
you hold it in your hand which is a bit
of a nuisance this is actually a really
really big factor because ultimately it
means you're taking the camera out a lot
more because you know it's not going to
take up too much space and you'll end up
getting five times as many photos and
videos just from the pure fact that it's
portable. To me this is a massive win for
the 2017 camera. One thing I do miss
about the 2016 camera is the legs it's
really handy having a mini tripod at the
bottom of your camera, that you can just fold
out like that and it's going to keep the
camera really steady on any surface it's
not going to blow over in the wind
whereas with the 2017 I do worry all the
time that it's going to blow over, the lens
is going to get damaged so I need to be
extra extra careful with this whereas I
don't with the 2016 so in terms of design they
each have one major advantage. One of the
biggest issues Gear 360 users have is
the camera overheating the 2016 is
notorious for it if you record 4k video
for longer than about 20 minutes the
camera generally overheats, it fogs up the
lenses, you'll notice in my vlog in 360
which is my last video I was shooting
footage at the Sydney Opera House and
because the Sun was quite strong after
about five minutes one of the lenses
fogged up and it ruined one side of the
footage that is really not good I have
noticed a huge improvement with the 2017
I rolled this camera for 1 hour and 20
minutes
as you'll see in my previous review of this
camera and it kept going it did not
overheat the battery did run out but it
didn't actually overheat and I've not
heard of the lenses fogging up either so
in terms of overheating issues Samsung
have improved it and the 2017 is a
better camera for overheating. This
brings me to batteries; look the
batteries last roughly the same amount
of time depending on what you're doing
so this isn't a deciding factor however
what is, is the ergonomics of it so the
the new camera has an inbuilt battery
whereas the old one you can take them
out and replace them this isn't an issue
for me personally but I know it is for a
lot of people which is why I'm including
it in this comparison it's just a big
advantage with any camera to be able to
change the batteries whenever they're
flat and not have to go home and charge
them look I do use power banks I always
bring four power banks with me whenever
I'm going out shooting so I can just
charge it while I'm having my lunch or
having a coffee or whatever but it is
very handy being able to to change the
batteries around; I don't. I've only got
one gear 360 2016 battery and I can go
out shooting for two hours or so and
it's enough so if you do plan on going
out shooting for a really long time then
this is probably going to be the better
camera unless you want to keep
recharging this through power banks next
is video stabilization Samsung have
added basic inbuilt stabilization in the
2017 model and it's one of the bigger
differentiation points you'll see in my
last comparison that this footage looks
much much much more stable than this
because of that so if you plan on doing
a lot of handheld work then this is going
to be the better camera. Another cool
feature they added with the 2017 is the
ability to do super slow motion you can
do 120 frames a second at 1440 by 720
which is really low res but it is 120
frames a second in 360 so that's pretty
cool for a $200 something dollar camera
the 2016 can do 60 frames a second
however I just see no point to this you
don't need 60 frames a second if you
want to do slow motion you want to make
it slow enough to be noticeable so this
is an upgrade in slow motion however
the resolution is low. Next we have the
all-important stitching and if you saw
my 2017 camera review you'll know that
it still has major stitching issues, it tries to
adjust the stitch
as you walk around the camera which is a
major error from Samsung because it
makes your footage almost look like it's
shaking as it's adjusting to how close
you are to the camera I really really
hope they fix this, so that automatically
means that the 2016 camera is better
until this one is fixed
look I really hope it happens I don't
know if it will Samsung are very
unresponsive to their users feedback so
I wouldn't expect this to be fixed
anytime soon look this camera works fine
handheld but if you are going to place
it on a tripod or on a table then you
probably will experience this parallax
issue the 2016 camera the stitching
isn't perfect compared to most other
cameras however compared to this camera
this has the better stitching speaking
of stitching with the release of the new
camera Mac uses you now have the ability
to stitch on your Mac they've released the
gear 360 program that allows you to do
so so if you are a Mac user then you'll
definitely want to go with this camera
I'm not going to compare the video
resolutions because I already did in
the last video
they are both 4k however what I will say
from dealing with them in a wide range
of post-production situations is that
the 2016 version is much easier to edit
in Premiere and Insta360 Studio; this
is purely because it's a lower
resolution camera yes it's maybe 200
pixels lower but it makes the workflow
faster. I mean obviously that's
just a basic rule of photography and
video; the lower the resolution, the
faster the programs will respond but
even though this is a small difference
it makes a big difference in the speed
of rendering, exporting and whatnot look
it's still absolutely usable with that
over 4k whereas this is just under 4k
but you will be spending more time in
front of the computer with this one as
you will then you will this one speaking
of resolution the number one complaint
about the 2017 camera is that it's a
significant drop in resolution from the
previous model look I know this is
really annoying and I can probably see
why they've done it because it's a
smaller camera and with small cameras
it's hard to get a lot of resolution so
I can see why they've done it ultimately
you just have to think about where your
photos are going to
end up if it's only for social media say
Instagram Facebook then this actually
does have enough resolution to display
good-looking 360 photos yes this has a
lot more but you don't often need that
like for photos on Instagram yes it's
nice having those extra pixels on
Facebook definitely but if it's just
social media then I think you should be
able to get away with this it's only
when you you want to publish them
professionally or on Google Streetview
or whatever the those extra thousands of
pixels do make a difference and that's
where you will want to go with this
however if you are shooting
professionally then you really shouldn't
be buying gear 360 cameras you should
really go for the next level up maybe
even shooting on a DSLR if you really
want to super high resolution 360 photos
another major advantage to the new
camera is it is now compatible across
way more devices including iPhone and as
far as I know more than 50% maybe even 70%
of photographers are on iphone so this
now opens up a huge new market to iPhone
users and if you have an iPhone that's
your only phone then this is the only
option for you, you've got no choice just
forget about this, this was never
invented, this is the only option so go
for it and it'll be a good camera for
you. It's iPhone friendly and Android
friendly as well as a few others it
still does have a few limitations
essentially the newer the phones are
more compatible it's going to be yes I
think like the iPhone 6 is compatible
technically but it just isn't fast
enough for a lot of the functions that
the camera needs so really no matter
which 360 camera you have the faster
your phone and computer are the faster
your workflow is going to be something I
really like about the 2017 model is we
now have the option to shoot a landscape
HDR. Yes both cameras have basic
HDR ability, that's when the camera tries
to capture the best shadows and the best
highlights possible by trying to get an even
dynamic range within one photo however
traditionally HDR photography is done
with anywhere from three to ten separate
images and combined together to get the
perfect exposure. With the 2017 camera you
can now do that with three photos; it
takes them simultaneously and blends
them together the only issue is you
can't do this and take it because it's
going to take about five seconds
if you move the camera even slightly it
will make it blurry therefore this is
more for like interiors of houses and
landscapes but personally dynamic range
is one of the top things I look for in a
camera and this has good dynamic range
so again this is another tick for the
2017
speaking of exposure this is what both
cameras look like when a photo is taken
in Auto exposure mode they look more or
less the same right? Yes they do, but
there is one massive difference and that
is the lens flare and how each camera
handles the Sun you'll notice that the
2016 has a huge lens flare with many
waves across one whole hemisphere of the
lens this is very annoying and has
always frustrated me they've clearly
made a big improvement with the new
camera and the sun is handled really
well yes there is still a flare but it's
vastly improved. This is essentially to
do with the shape of the lenses, the
2016's is big and bulging whereas the
2017 s is much flatter and less likely
to get a flare. Next we have low-light
performance and here is the footage
taken straight out of the camera from
each, the 2016 has an F 2.0 aperture
whereas the 2017's is F 2.2 it doesn't
seem like a lot but there's a big
difference here the colors and contrast
are much nicer on the right when I do a
quick color grade they are now looking
much more even however the 2016 still
looks better so I'm going to declare it the
winner for now. One thing worth adding is
that neither of these cameras is going
to be particularly good in really low
light this is more or less the darkest
you can shoot in with either camera. Next
we have live streaming previously we
weren't able to do it but now with the
2017 camera you can live stream to your
heart's content keep in mind that you do
need a fast internet connection you need
a fast computer or a fast mobile to
really get a good live stream if you're
using older devices you're going to
have a lot of difficulty however it live
streams so that is an advantage over this
also don't forget that the new one looks
like a robot's genitalia, that's a pretty
big selling feature because you'll be
the life of the party when you whip
this thing out and say 'hey look at my robot dick. hahaha'
one of the biggest talking points from
my last comparison was the sound ability
a lot of people said that the 2016
version sounded better than the 2017
so now I'm going to do a test in a
controlled environment and we'll see
which one sounds better for sound
recording ok i've got the self-timer
activated another good feature of both
ok testing sound
one two three four five six seven eight
nine ten how does it sound which camera
is better in my personal opinion they
sound more or less the same and that is
average at best you should not be using
a 360 camera if you want to record
professional sound you need to get a
proper sound recorder so these are going
to do an okay job but if you do want to
record professional sound get a zoom
sound recorder or something else you
can't be recording the sound on these two
they'll record basic sound but nothing
amazing the very final factor is the
price and they're both very affordable
cameras the 2016 is crazy cheap it's 180
dollars last time I checked on Amazon
this one is two hundred and thirty at
the moment however both of those could
change any minute so you'll definitely
want to double check Amazon at the time
of viewing this video. I'll put links
down there description to where you can
find these the cheapest. Being an owner
of both of these cameras I'm going to
continue using both more or less equally
depending on what I'm shooting they each
have a time in a place I think and
because they are affordable cameras I
don't mind having both of them. After
using both of these cameras for quite a
while now I can tell you that these
things on either side of me are the
points where they differ the most so you
need to ask yourself which of these are
more important to me what kind of stuff
do I shoot and what do I need from a 360
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