AKASO
AKASO 360
Two hundred dollars for a 360 camera with 5.7K spherical capture, 72 MP photos, invisible-selfie-stick reframing and full horizon lock — roughly a third of what an Insta360 X6 costs and a hundred under an X3. The specs it matches are the ones that are cheap to match; the one it does not is the one that matters most outdoors. This camera is weather-resistant, not waterproof, with no depth rating at all and no dive case offered, which rules out the water shooting that half of 360 buying is about. Sixty minutes of recording is short, the lenses are fixed and exposed, and the reframing app is early. As a very cheap way to find out whether you actually like shooting 360, it is defensible; as a camera to keep, less so.
Sensor area against the rest of the catalogue
Derived from the standard optical-format table rather than copied off a spec sheet, because makers print a fraction that hides it. The table and the arithmetic.
Battery, with the small print
- Maker’s claim
- 1 h at 5.7K30 360 recording
- Third-party test
- None collected. We publish a tested figure only where a named outlet has run one and stated its conditions.
What a reframed clip is worth
This camera records 5,760 px across a full 360°. A normal 16:9 clip pulled out of it uses only the slice its field of view covers, so at a typical 80° reframe the usable width is about 1,280 px — roughly 1.3K.
5,760 × (80 ÷ 360) = 1,280 px
An estimate. Stitching, supersampling and the projection move it by a few per cent either way. How this works.
Specifications
Features
- ●5.7K30 spherical video and 4K60 single-lens
- ●Dual 1/2-inch 48 MP sensors with F/2.25 lenses
- ●72 MP spherical stills
- ●360° Horizon Steady and View Lock
- ●Invisible selfie stick reframing
- ●2.29-inch rear touchscreen
Strengths
- +Cheapest 360 camera in the catalogue by a hundred dollars
- +Full 360° horizon lock and the invisible-selfie-stick trick both work
- +72 MP spherical stills at a price nothing else reaches
- +180 g, lighter than an Insta360 X5
Drawbacks
- −Weather-resistant only, with no waterproof depth rating and no dive case
- −60 minutes of recording per charge
- −Exposed lenses that are not replaceable, on the camera type most likely to scratch them
- −5.7K reframes to roughly 1.3K of usable 16:9
The strengths and drawbacks above are drawn from the manufacturer’s specifications and published reviews. No body of owner reports for this camera has been read, so nothing here claims to speak for its owners.
What owners say
No owner discussion has been collected for the AKASO 360 yet. The pros and cons above come from the manufacturer’s specifications and published reviews. Rather than fill this space with invented sentiment, it stays empty until there is something real to put in it.
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