Insta360 Is Making A MFT Camera?

credits: Insta360

Back in January, Insta360’s CEO Jingkang “JK” Liu shared a teaser photo on Weibo that showed two unreleased products, but did not say much about either of them. Now, a new leak is starting to fill in some of the gaps, and it looks like one of those products could be a pretty unusual entry into the Micro Four Thirds space.

Leaked photos, which briefly appeared on Bilibili before being taken down, show what looks like a new Insta360 camera built around a 20MP Four Thirds sensor (Sony IMX472). That is the same sensor used in cameras like the OM System OM-1 II and OM-3, with a native resolution of 5280 × 3956 pixels. The camera itself does not appear to have an electronic viewfinder, instead relying on a fully articulating flip-up touchscreen, which lines up more with Insta360’s existing product style. Interestingly, the design also includes physical control dials for aperture and exposure compensation, along with a dedicated photo/video switch and playback button, which is something the company has not really done before.

On the software side, the interface looks similar to what Insta360 uses on the Ace Pro lineup, and the camera is said to support face and animal detection autofocus. A few sample shots have also leaked, showing the expected 20MP output (you can see one sample photo up top).