TIPS for FILMING WITH INSTA360 FLOW smartphone gimbal

[@Aquatech06]

New subscriber and new owner of an Insta 360 flow. I've learned more in two days about when to use individual settings on a gimbal for a particular situation than months of other videos. Great work! Your videos are extremely educational. I can't wait to get outside and practice what I've learned.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support and feedback. I’m glad the video helped. Enjoy your new gimbal

[@فوزيعلي-ق8م]

انت دائما متميزة و مبدعة شكرا لك ❤🌹

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome

[@rickmears7670]

Happy to see you teaching your creative techniques. Ahoy, enjoyed.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you for your support and Ahoj back

[@vishakr7194]

Thanks a lot mam 👍

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome

[@Capt-Cran]

👍 ... great video ... thank you for sharing!!

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you too

[@joelarnol5134]

Bonsoir, belle maîtrise de l’insta. Et montage musical bien rythmé avec les images Good evening, beautiful mastery of insta. And well-paced musical editing with the images

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed this video.

[@VICTOURVLOG-wv2jv]

I learned lots on your videos, thank you so much 😊😊😊

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome

[@MiaHessMusic]

I"m so glad to see you have done videos about the Insta360 Flow. I am so new at this but I am sure I will learn a lot from your videos. I also have the DJI Osmo SE but I've struggled with it. I can't seem to get my phone balanced for starters. Thanks, Zdenka!

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome. I hope this will be much easier gimbal for you to use.

[@JemmaLand-e2j]

Perfect thank you. If I have a excellent camera phone would that mean it would be better quality with the hohem v6 or would it not make much difference. The insta360 is my preference but don't want to sacrifice video quality. 😊

[@ZdenkaDarula]

There is no really visible difference. It should be fine.

[@JemmaLand-e2j]

@@ZdenkaDarula really appreciate you getting back to me. Thank you 😊

[@writing_desk]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome

[@xxxh8042]

Great works for the tips. When I try my Flow, I don’t see Hand Feature Icon on my screen. Can you please help me as where do I enable it ?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

It should be there if your smart phone is compatible. Otherwise look into settings.

[@galtidea]

Hello, love all your content. I have the OSMO6 and am frustrated with its limited pan down angle. It's really frustrating when we need to simply pan down and it stops quite shallow. Does the FLOW360 have a better range for tilt-down? I realize there's mechanical challenges, but maybe the FLOW gives more down angle. Thanks much!.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Unfortunately it is the same thing… you have to use your arm to make the movement bigger

[@amsosdiy2047]

Thanks, for your sharing.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome

[@physiotherapyinsider6468]

Great video shots and tutorials. 👍👍👍

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support

[@elliotstern8582]

Another great lesson

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support

[@voyager4281]

It's always educational and fun to watch your video.... 😇

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support. I’m glad you liked this one.

[@Caressianne]

❤❤❤ such a big help

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I am glad the video helped.. thank you

[@antoniusvandermeijde5054]

hi can you use nd filters on your iphone together with the insta360 flow pro

[@ZdenkaDarula]

If you have very lightweight filter then it is possible

[@antoniusvandermeijde5054]

@@ZdenkaDarula if the filter is on one side, Will it have no trouble with balance

[@nukemech]

Once again proving that you can’t just pick up a gimbal and expect pro results instantly, you have proven once again that practice and imagination are the key.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Yes, absolutely. It takes time and you need to get to know you were gimbal properly.

[@pgdmed]

So do you recommend the Dji lamo 6 over the Insta360 flow? I have both and ready to return one, I just don’t know which one to send back! I like the feel of the Dji and some what the app, but the insta flow has a nicer app setup.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

It is really up to you. What do you prefer? There are always new gimbals popping up on the market.. I know DJI is about to launch one most likely at the end of the year. Either one you choose it is more important how you use it than anything else.

[@JM-fi4mf]

I have been enjoying and learning a lot from your videos. Which do you personally prefer … insta360 flow or DJI OM 6 - for doing travel videos?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I would say DJI om6 if you have iPhone. For android I would go with hohem iSteady m6

[@timothyfrederickchurch81]

Love the baby ducks!

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I almost stepped into them. They were so hidden behind the bush. I had to quickly return before the parents attack me 😂

[@miaburkhart]

I am new in all of this ,what is user friendly and the best one dji osmo6 or the 360 insta flow ,TIA

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Between those two I think DJI is a little bit better if you have iPhone

[@miaburkhart]

@@ZdenkaDarula thank you

[@癒し郷]

學習了，謝謝🙏 最後的運鏡模式，我準備以後用在半晚或者日出之時，在湖邊隔著湖拍遠處的富士山（12月初富士山被雪覆蓋的時候）。 不管是逆光還是順光，那拍出的效果都應該是非常美的畫面！

[@ZdenkaDarula]

It sounds like you’re going to have an amazing trip. Enjoy and best wishes with taking photos.

[@KhaulaSArt]

Loving your videos, sorry if I missed it, can the Insta 36 flow work without wifi? I was in a location that didn't have wifi and it wouldn't work, message that said connect to wifi and that was it. I couldn't do anything, I did have my data on. What am I doing wrong? Sorry I am new at this!

[@ZdenkaDarula]

That is strange we shouldn’t be happening… I will just restart the phone and try again

[@KhaulaSArt]

@@ZdenkaDarula thank you so much for replying. I will try that!

[@KhaulaSArt]

@@ZdenkaDarula it worked! I made a little timelapse today without the wifi 😁 thanks so much!

[@tiapia1]

Awesome video/Insta360 tutorial! Love your videos. I have a DJI OM 5. While I like it, it is not that intuitive. Do you think this gimble would be more user-friendly? How is the stabilization compared to the OM 5? Thanks for your reply!

[@ZdenkaDarula]

If you have a DJI I wouldn’t change it…. Insta360 has some better things but overall it is easier to use DJI

[@tiapia1]

@@ZdenkaDarula Thank you!

[@toshi4754]

Hello! I also used this Insta360 Flow to shoot! Shooting with a dedicated app will expand the range of shooting! I'd like to shoot with manual settings, but at that time I'd like to shoot with an ND filter attached.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Great stuff…. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@JemmaLand-e2j]

I am new to videos. I am looing at the Insta360 flow vs Hohem Isteady 6 gimbals. I want to film dog training videos. Good tracking is key. I am confused about Editing videos. My question is with the Insta360 flow , once you have exported the video from the insta360 app can you then edit it in third party software like capcut, wondershare etc? I may want to do a voiceover, or I may want to remove windnoise, I may want to edit the video to trim out bits I dont want etc. Any help would be appreciated, I am up until 2am every night researching

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Yes, absolutely the video will be saved as any video from any camera so you can then take the footage to your favourite video editing software

[@HaileyBright]

Cool video

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you for your support

[@12345671411]

Молодец! Прекрасно! 🎉

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support

[@DanteVF]

good tutorial

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support

[@pradeepkumar-xx7cl]

I have a doubt regarding handling the insta 360 flow? Is there a place to hold insata 360 flow and operate the buttons?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Yes, as you can see in the video, I have extended the correct by pulling out that little white part. That makes it big just like any other gimbal.

[@josephfredbill]

The first clip of the bridge (starting around 4.24) lacks smoothness - is it possible to up the frame-rate with the app?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Yes, you can change the frame rate with the app

[@josephfredbill]

@@ZdenkaDarula thx

[@JunYamog]

Can you combine the iPhone cinematic mode and tracking on live mode of insta 360 flow? What I want is have tracking, but using the native cinematic mode. That means I can lock into the subject while blurring the background. Is there a way to also remove tracking mid-way shooting?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

It is possible, but it’s not going to be perfect. Unfortunately, you cannot remove the tracking in the middle of recording.

[@JunYamog]

@@ZdenkaDarula Thanks helpful reply. I am still on the old OM3, its ok-ish but looking to upgrade. Your OM 6 vs Flow is really helpful. I am ok-ish in my manual tracking, I used to build my own drones about a decade ago. I had to fly and track my subjects manually before, tracking software wasn’t available at that time. I like the DJI products, but it seems right now Flow is better.

[@missz339]

Can you attach the s21 ultra? Its quite a heavy Phone

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I just tested it and it works fine

[@irccafe]

Great video as always. I have one question though, my insta gimbal is draining my iPhone battery like crazy. I have the same iPhone 14 Pro as you and I can't use it more than 1h as my phone battery goes from full to 10%. I have also tried to use the native camera app as I thought that the problem is with the app itself however it didn't help much. Are you experiencing the same issue?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

That is quite strange. I didn’t have that problem so far…

[@steveburkholder1]

Could be the battery on your iPhone is degraded. If it is over a year old it may need to be replaced with Apple.

[@irccafe]

@@steveburkholder1 Hi Steve, the health of my battery is 100% and I have problem only when I am paired with the gimbal regardless if I use native app or insta’s app. Because of this i didn’t use it too much lately as I am not comfortable being on some longer trips and knowing that I am depleting battery. Also, to my surprise when I tried charging the phone from the gimbal itself it didn’t manage to add more than 4% and then the battery on the gimbal died too. Will test it again soon and hopefully some firmware update could fix it.

[@steveburkholder1]

@@irccafe Your battery may be charged to 100% but still be bad. Try Settings>Battery>Battery Health &Charging. Anything below around 80% will cause your symptoms. If it still shows 100% here then you have other issues. I would have Apple look it over because something is clearly not working.

[@JavyCanisLupus]

hi , i want to buy my first gimbal for my Android 14 , Xiaomi 11t , this is best option insta360? or dji om6 or Hohem isteady 6 or Smooth5?? , thanks a lot 🫶🏼

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Unfortunately, I don’t have such form so I cannot answer for this question as I don’t know what is compatible with it. The best would be visiting gimbals the website and checking their compatibility list if your phone is there.

[@New-Adventures]

Hi Mine keeps spinning around how do I keep it still

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I’m sorry I can’t see what you’re doing….

[@New-Adventures]

@@ZdenkaDarula what I mean is when I put my phone on the insta360 when I try & film the handle of the 360 starts to swivel so when I try & film it looks wobbly going all over the place i would like it to keep still and not move around while I film basically keeping it steady while filming

[@mwrob]

How do you get it to track you off center? When I set the gimbal up and walk to one side of the frame and raise my hand to start tracking and recording, the gimbal rotates and puts me in the center of the frame.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

There is a reframing option there

[@nickvango100]

@@ZdenkaDarula yes ..i too am puzzled by this, can you elaborate on where the reframing option is please.

[@marcostreetlifting]

I have a xiaomi Redmi note 10pro and in the insta 360 app I cant do 360 panorama Photos. Only 3*3 or 180°. Is the 360mode only on iphone?

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I unfortunately don’t know the answer. Every android phone will be different. It might work for some android phones and it might not work for other.

[@petetommo]

Can I shoot RAW images on Insta 360 flow??

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Unfortunately no

[@artistanubhav]

How can we go live withhh instaflow...

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You caught me offguard as I’m not in the studio right now… if you don’t see it in the Insta app, then it is not possible… unless you login into any live streaming, and use the gimbal only to balance your footage

[@RyanREAX]

How do you use tracking with native camera app and not needing insta360 app

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Just use live mode…. You can do tracking in anything

[@RyanREAX]

@@ZdenkaDarula funny enough i found out right when i typed but thank you so much for your prompt reply and for being awesome

[@thomschonfelder]

Very very nice video...But the cinematic mode is not possible .... unfortunately ...........

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Not with this one… unfortunately

[@TIME-4689]

WoW

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support

[@Surferjo]

looking to buy the NEW stuff when it comes out this year............"if I can wait that long"lol"

[@ZdenkaDarula]

I think I know what you mean…, if you mean DJI… I would be very surprised if they came up with something better…

[@lutzmix]

das kann das Hohem M6 doch viel besser ???

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Not everything…. The tracking is simply unbeatable on this one….

[@dogpet222]

but i think Hohem m6 is the best one, if you compared with 360

[@TopFuelMechanic]

SO thats how you get 60fps. Thanks for the tip

[@ZdenkaDarula]

You are very welcome

[@mateluka6486]

Zdenka mohli by Ste robiť videá aj v českom jazyku.. 🙂

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Děkuji moc. Naštěstí to brzo nebude třeba protože KZbin bude naše videa automaticky dabovat do jiných jazyků. Já bych to bohužel v češtině nezvládla protože neznám technické výrazy. Pouze hovorovou češtinu

[@mateluka6486]

@@ZdenkaDarula hovorová by úplne stačila...a kým nám to youtube preloží, tak už bude ten gimbál zastaralý a takto by si človek aspoň mohol pozrieť video, ktoré ho zaujíma.. 😉 Skúsiť Ste to mohli, u nás nie je taký silný trh, tých videí na tom nete moc nie je v CZ/SK jazyku... Každopádne skvelá práca, nech sa Vám darí... 🙂

[@rightOrWrongMyContry]

Androids are out of luck on this gimbal. No manual controls, you can only do exposure and focus lock, no tracking sensitivity setting, tracking auto zoom might not work properly, no hoop mode, no widescreen, though most of them aren't that important, manual controls are, come on. And if your android smartphone is more than 4 years old, you might be out of luck on performance too, mostly tracking. I hate to say it, but if you want to use this gimbal to its fullest with no limitations - get an iPhone.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Yes that is true.., that is the reason I switched to iPhone 4 years ago.. no issues ever since. It works with everything…. Androids are great if you don’t need gimbals and all that

[@thetimepassstore2658]

:)

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Thank you very much for your support

[@thetimepassstore2658]

@@ZdenkaDarula love you

[@dennydee1004]

Why don't you just stick to cameras, this cell phone technology will be our downfall as free human beings. The fact that i can not turn off my microphone makes me wonder.

[@ZdenkaDarula]

Believe it or not, I actually prefer the smart phones. And this is coming from someone who used camera for 16 years.

[@dennydee1004]

​​@@ZdenkaDarula I believe you, but my main concerns are due to the fact that dozens of unregulated companies are logging the movements and scrutinizing photos of millions of people with smarthones and storing the information in gigantic data files. Even though the technology in Smartphones can be practical, do we have to concent to this? I'm getting myself a Lumix S5II, it can do a lot more than a Smartphone can at a budget price. Still I enjoy watching your older tutorials.