Insta360 has introduced new equipment for its 8K Ace Professional 2 motion digicam. The equipment broaden the Ace Professional 2’s capabilities as each a video digicam with three new lenses and as a nonetheless digicam with a redesigned grip and a compact wi-fi printer that may flip photographs into on the spot photographs. They’re launching at this time as a part of 4 new bundles that embody the motion digicam itself.
Insta360’s new Pocket Printer seems comparable in dimension to different pocketable on the spot printers from Fujifilm and Canon, however as a substitute of Zink or Instax paper, it makes use of the identical dye-sublimation expertise because the Polaroid Hello-Print we advocate in our purchaser’s information. The Pocket Printer connects to the Ace Professional 2 wirelessly over Bluetooth and spits out 3-inch, 300dpi prints which might be laminated in the course of the printing course of so that they’re waterproof and fade-resistant. Nonetheless, Insta360 says it watermarks every print’s border with the Ace Professional 2 emblem, which will not be one thing you possibly can flip off. Alternative cartridges are $9.90 for 20 prints.
The Pocket Printer works as a standalone machine, nevertheless it will also be hooked up to the Ace Professional 2 digicam utilizing a quick-release mount on the underside of the brand new Xplorer Grip Professional to re-create the expertise of utilizing an all-in-one Polaroid digicam. Insta360 launched an identical grip accent final March, nevertheless it featured an unorthodox lever on high for activating the digicam’s shutter button. The brand new Xplorer Grip Professional connects to and controls the Ace Professional 2 by its USB-C port, facilitating a redesigned shutter button with a zoom lever that sits atop the hand grip.
The Xplorer Grip Professional incorporates a devoted dial on high that controls publicity by default, however its performance might be custom-made within the Ace Professional 2’s settings. Contained in the hand grip you’ll additionally discover a secondary 2,010mAh battery, barely bigger than the digicam’s personal, that extends steady 4K/60fps recording to as much as 2.5 hours.
Alongside the grip and printer, Insta360 is launching new cinematic, ultrawide, and close-up lenses that may be hooked up to the digicam, plus new Leica colour profiles and digital filters that can be out there as a part of a firmware replace.
At launch the brand new equipment will solely be out there by bundles, with the most affordable being the $518.99 Xplorer Professional Bundle that features the Ace Professional 2, batteries, and the Xplorer Grip Professional Package. The $579.99 Flash Print Bundle comes with the identical, however provides the Pocket Printer, a hood for the digicam’s flip-up display, and a leather-based carrying case.
The lenses appear to be the costliest of all the brand new equipment. The $604.99 Videography Bundle Restricted Version will get you the motion digicam, the brand new grip, the display hood, and the cinematic lens by itself. In order for you all three lenses, you’ll as a substitute have to splurge on the $739.99 Final Videography Bundle. All 4 bundles can be found globally, however the Xplorer Professional Bundle is the one one out there within the US for now.
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