There wasn’t a long time ago when capturing perfectly stabilized high resolution videos was the prerogative of dolly-mounted movie cameras in the hands of professionals. Today, smartphone cameras have advanced with stunning 4K videos, but despite improvements in image stabilization,
they still fall short of buttery smooth video footage and those wide cinematic shots. This is where smartphone gimbals like the Insta360 Flow 2 Pro (Rs. 15,990) come into play.
Think of the Flow 2 Pro as a smaller, consumer-friendly version of the large camera equipment you see at weddings these days – sturdy enough to accommodate even the largest smartphones, yet small enough to fold for portability. The principle is the same – a smartphone gimbal is a handheld mechanical stabilizer that stabilizes your phone on three axes,
reducing jerky movements associated with shaky hands or bumpy gait. Now, whether you’re running, hiking, engaging in adventure activities or, for that matter, just taking a plain old walk, the Flow 2 Pro can help make smooth panning shots and cinematic video effects accessible to everyone. Well, almost… but we’ll get to that later.
History Insta360 Flow
Insta360 CEO JK Liu met his co-founders while studying computer science at Nanjing University. Liu recognized the potential of 360 when he attended a music concert and wanted to develop a product to record and share such powerful events.
Liu’s first product was a smartphone app for live streaming, but he quickly expanded the firm’s product portfolio by developing an accessory to turn a smartphone into a 360-degree camera.
After graduation, Liu and his team moved to Shenzhen and founded Insta360 in 2015 [4] to begin developing and manufacturing 360-degree cameras as they felt the current market standard did not meet their needs. Insta360 later began to recognize the benefits of 360 videos that go far beyond standard 360 videos,
and began to pioneer a new type of action camera, a 360 action camera that uses 360 video as a tool to create traditional flat framed content. This was the first in the ONE series, the Insta360 ONE.