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+The Go 3 
 
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 # Reviews 
 
+## Insta360 Go 3 Review
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+The biggest change in the Go 3 is arguably not the Go itself but the charging case. The new charging case, which Insta360 calls the action pod, has buttons to control the camera and a small, flippable screen for monitoring your shots. When you drop the Go 3 into the Action Pod you essentially turn your Go 3 into a GoPro.
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+Compared to its predecessor the Go 3 camera is slightly bulkier. It's 9 grams heavier and a few millimeters larger in every direction, but unless you hold the two side-by-side you probably won't notice the size increase. It is worth noting that the size difference is enough to mean that any accessories for the Go 2 probably won't work with the Go 3 without some modifications. That said, the lens cover is interchangable so if you bought neutral density or other filters, those will work fine on the Go 3.
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+What's totally different is the charging case, which has morphed from a charging case to a kind of action camera base station. The Go 3 attaches to the Action Pod base via a very strong magnet, and then locks into place with two clips, one on each side. There's a button on the side of the case that releases the clips and then you can pull the camera unit off the magnet. In my testing the connection proved absolutely rock solid, including while riding around some very washboard dirt roads on the roof of my Wagoneer. 
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+The Action Pod serves three purposes, it's a charging unit, battery pack, and remote monitor. The latter is accomplished via a new 2.2 inch touchscreen, which can flip over the top to face forward so you can frame those vlogging shots. The screen is a huge leap forward over the Go 2's tiny offering and is even larger and easier to use than the screen on Insta360's action camera flagship, the One RS ([8/10, WIRED Recommends](https://www.wired.com/review/insta360-one-rs-action-and-360-camera/))
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+The Go 3 comes with some nice accessories, all of which revolve around the magnetic mounting system, which means the mounts all work with either just the camera or the full Action Pod. There's a pivot mount with a reusable sticky base, pendant mount for chest-level POV shots, the easy clip, which is designed to clip to the brim of your hat. I primarily used the sticky base and pendant, though I also often just put it in my mouth, which works surprisingly well for a POV shot when you're, for example, paddleboarding.
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+The Go 3 sports the same 1/2.3 inch sensor and 11mm f/2.2 lens with a 134 degree field of view (for reference the GoPro Hero 11 Black's widest field of view is 122 degrees). Despite using the same sensor, the Go 3 adds quite a few new shooting modes, including stills and timelapse, as well as a higher resolution video, which can now be shot at up to 2.7K at 30 frames per second.
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+In addition to the standard 2.7k video, which is primarily what I ended up shooting, there is a Freeframe video mode, similar to what the Go 2 used. In this mode you can shoot the full field of view, but at a slightly lower 1440p resolution, and then crop when you're editing. This allows you to slightly reframe the scene after the fact. Not as extensively as a 360 degree camera, but you can center things you might not have noticed when you were shoot. Freeframe mode also means you can shoot one video and crop to 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, or whatever video dictates you need to follow. But remember, a kitten dies every time you pollute the world with vertical video.
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+I particularly liked timelapse mode, which has two very nice features. First is can be saved as either a video (for quick uploading to the web) or as a series of images (including RAW files) for further processing. There's also a timer option to turn the camera on at a pre-determined time, handy if you want to shoot some star trails but don't want to stay up all night to do it.
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+There's now two microphones on the Go 3 camera, and a new wind suppression setting that actually works quite well. Together these mean much, much better sound than what the Go 2 was capable of recording. 
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+In another step up from the Go 2, there are now no limits on clip length (other than battery life, which is quite good, around 45 minutes for just the camera, more when it's in the Pod). The notorious overheating issues of the Go 2 have been solved. Mostly. I have seen some reports around the web of the Go 3 overheating, but in months of testing I never encountered any heat issues, including during very long (30 minute) film times, which is a stark contrast to the Go 2, which seemed to overheat if you stared at it for too long.
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+Other new features include a slew of color profiles, with options customized for biking, urban landscapes, night, snow, and so on. I mostly shot in flat because I prefer to do my own color grading when editing, but it's nice to have plenty of options when you're shooting something that you don't plan to edit extensively.
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+Speaking of editing, Insta360's mobile app remains the same, which is a good thing. It's still the easiest, most trouble-free app of all the action camera makers out there.
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+All which is to say that the Go 3 is a very capable camera. The footage it produces isn't as good at what you'll get out of the GoPro Hero 11, which has a larger sensor capable 5.3K recording, but it's good enough for most people. If your primary use case is uploading to social media, there's no reason to shoot anything more than 1080p. I never once noticed the 2.7K footage from the Go 3 being 2.7K, which is to say, unless you shoot side-by-side with a GoPro, most people would never be able to tell the image quality difference.
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+Where the GoPro (or the DJI Action 3) really outshines the Go 3 is weather proofing. The Go 3 camera is waterproof to 5 meters, but the Action Pod with the camera attached is only IPX4, which means water resistant, so you should be fine shooting with it in the rain, but you cannot submerge it.
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+That said, if you don't need the higher resolution and aren't planning to shoot underwater much, the Go 3 is a compelling choice. The tiny size and magnetic mounting system mean you can get shots that you just can't with bigger cameras like the GoPro. More importantly, you can get those shots fast—I often just stuck the Go 3 to road signs, the side of my vehicle (when parked), and tk. It's amazing how much easier and fun it is to film when you don't need to setup a tripod. Insta360 has done a good job of emphasizing this with the included accessories too. In months of shooting, I have never once spent more than a minute or two getting the Go 3 mounted how I want it. 
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+Everyone I met while shooting wanted to know -- is it better than a GoPro? I don't think that's the right question though, they're really two different beasts. The GoPro is a reliable, high resolution beauty of an action camera and has been our top pick for years now. I think the Go 3 is well worth considering even if you already have a GoPro. It's compact form and long battery life mean you can use it in ways you can't use a GoPro and it has allowed me to get shots I would previous not even have thought of shooting. For that reason alone I think it's worth the money if you're in the market for a tiny camera.
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+## Leica Review
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+The Leica Q3 is the latest version of the company's fixed-lens, autofocusing rangefinder camera. It's an incremental upgrade from the Q2, with enough new features to make it a worthy successor, including a new 60 megapixel sensor, but still retaining everything that made the Q2 a great camera.
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+The Leica Q3 sells for $5,995, slightly more than the Q2 debuted at, but at these prices who notices a $200 here and there? Interestingly, Leica is still selling the Q2 alongside the Q3,but unless the larger file size of the Q3 is too much for you, I can't see any reason to get the Q2 over the Q3. The Q3 addresses nearly every shortcoming of the Q2.
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+### Leica Quality
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+Buying a Leica is a significant investment. Leica's are very nearly the perfect camera for some kinds of photographers, and conversely, very much the wrong camera for other photographers. I loved the M4, which I was able to shoot with for several years in college because my fellow photography students were more interested in the then-new M6. At the time I was mostly interested in reportage photography and, to my mind at least, that is where Leica shines. The M4 had its quirks, but it was small, light, and less intrusive when you put it in someone's face to take a portrait.
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+All those things remain true of Leica's in the digital age. While I didn't spend enough time with the M11—Leica's flagship, interchangable lens camera system—to learn it's quirks and do a full review, it still very much felt like a Leica. The Q3 is the same way. Whether or not that makes it the right camera for you depend on both your budget and how you shoot.
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+But first, the specs. The big upgrade to the Q3 is a new 60 megapixel sensor and a new Maestro IV processor. Curiously, while the sensor size matches last year's M11, Leica says it's not the same sensor, which helps explain why the Q3 actually has a wider ISO range (50-100,000) than the M11. The DNG raw files the Q3 produces average about 70 megapixels, and even with the built-in 8 gigs of buffer in the processor, this is not the best camera if you need sports-shooting speeds.
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+The Q3 also gets a Leica first: 8K video capture at up to 30p (H.265). There's also Apple ProRes 422HQ support for 1080p video capture. While I would not suggest the Q3 is a videographers best friend—it's very clearly biased toward and made for still shooters—it's at least capable of recording impressive video.
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+The fixed 28mm f1.7 Summilux APSH lens is a mixed bag. It's a unique lens, capable of manual focusing, autofocusing, and macro shooting. And it does all of them pretty well. Just managing to make an autofocus lens also easy and smooth to focus manually is a feat almost no other lens maker seem to be capable of, so kuddos to Leica for that. Manual focus is Leica's signature thing though so that's expected. What I found more impressive is how well the lens resolves even with the higher resolution sensor. If you're worried that it wouldn't be capable, I'm hear to say: it is very capable.
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+Where the Q3 Summilux sometimes struggles is with autofocus. 
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+A big part of the Leica Q series appeal is that it offers autofocus, something the company otherwise does not really offer in rangefinder form (there is the SL-series, if you want an SLR-style Leica with autofocus). The Q3 touts an improved autofocus system that combines phase and contrast detection with subject tracking. The phase detection is the new element there and reading Leica's press materials it sounds an awful lot like the Depth-from-Defocus system used in Panasonic's Lumix S5 series, which isn't surprising since Panasonic and Leica frequently collaborate. 
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+In practice the Q3's autofocus hits what I call the 90 percent sweet spot. That is, it works as you want it to at least 90 percent of the time. It was very good at locking onto eyes and faces, as well as animals, especially in the Intelligent Auto Mode. Where it struggled at times was rapid changes in focal distance, think a child running toward you or an object speeding away. Again, in my testing this was far from a deal breaker, and to me simply reinforced the obvious, this isn't the camera you want for shooting sports (if the 28mm lens wasn't enough to drive that point home).
+
+### Living with the Q3
+
+Shooting with the Q3 was a true joy. And I say that as someone who has always struggled with the 28mm focal length. I still struggled with composition, but the camera itself was remarkably good at getting out of the way. The top and front are identical to the Q2, but the back has been redesigned and I much prefer the new button layout. 
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+The rear LCD now flips out, which is nice, I especially like shooting from the waist, which is easy to do with the tilting rear screen. But what I like even more is that the tilting rear screen forced Leica to move all the buttons to the right side, both above and below the D-pad. This makes it very easy to operate with one hand. Some of this comfort may lie in the fact that I'm used to roughly this layout from my Sony A7RII, but either way it makes for quick access to everything you need without needing to move the camera from your eye. In my experience this makes for less fiddling and more focus on the scene.
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+The EVF is 5.76M dot OLED screen that's bright and sharp. I never had any issues with manual focus. Unlike many systems I've used, which require a button press, just turning the lens zooms into allow for precise focusing. 
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+In the end I was able to shoot with the Q3 for nearly a month and in that time the only real criticism I could come up with is that I am not a huge fan of the 28mm lens. Actually that's not fair, I love this lens, I just lack experience composing images at this field of view. I am much more experience with, and comfortable with, the 35mm found in Fujifilm's X100V ([9/10, WIRED Recommends](https://www.wired.com/review/fujifilm-x100v/))
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+That said, the Q3 is so much fun to use that I enjoyed struggling with composition in the wider-than-I'm-used-to frame. It's the kind of camera you want to bring with you everywhere and it produces that kind of images that make you glad you had it with you. And that's about the highest praise I think you can give any tool.
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+I used to consider fixed focal length large sensor compact cameras a very niche camera. There was Ricoh's GR series, Fujifilm's X100 series (very much [inspired by the early Leica rangefinders](https://www.wired.com/2011/03/photos-leica-m3-and-fujifilm-x100-side-by-side/)), the Leica Q series. Then, for reasons which escape me since I don't use TikTok, everyone decided the Fujifilm X100V was the camera to have. Demand is such that it's hard to find one new and the used market is downright insane. While my cynicism leads me to believe that most of this demand is actually people who want to photograph themselves with the camera rather than actually use it, the fact remains the demand is there. 
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+As such, the Leica is clearly the king of that pack. The lens is sharper and better, the sensor larger, and the autofocus better or just as good as the Fuji. And with X100V prices well over the $1,500 selling price, the Leica almost doesn't even seem that expensive anymore. Almost. At $6,000 the Q3 is obviously not for everyone. It's not for me for instance, I remain irrationally attached to my Fujifilm X70, which is the camera I carry everywhere.
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+If you can afford it though, and are comfortable with the 28mm focal length, the Q3 is a great camera, capable of producing wonderfully sharp and detailed images that will not disappoint.
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