Insta360 Luna Ultra Takes On DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P With a Leica-Tuned Dual Camera

Insta360 has spent years owning the 360-degree and action camera niches, but the Luna Ultra marks its first real swing at the handheld gimbal camera, the category DJI has dominated with the Osmo Pocket line. Announced on June 10, the Luna Ultra arrives co-engineered with Leica and aimed squarely at vloggers and run-and-gun creators who want stabilized footage without hauling a full mirrorless rig. It also lands right as DJI preps its own Osmo Pocket 4P, setting up the kind of head-to-head matchup that tends to push both companies to do better.

What Insta360 announced

The headline is a dual-camera setup, which is the same structural choice DJI is reportedly making with the Pocket 4P. The primary camera uses a 1-inch sensor paired with an f/1.8 aperture and a 20mm equivalent focal length, the wide, bright combination you want for indoor vlogging and low light. Sitting alongside it is a telephoto camera with an f/2.0 aperture and a 60mm equivalent focal length. That second lens delivers up to 3x optical zoom, 6x lossless zoom, and 12x digital zoom, giving you compression and reach without the quality penalty of cropping into a single wide sensor.

The 1-inch sensor size matters more than the megapixel marketing usually implies. A physically larger sensor collects more light per pixel, which translates to cleaner footage in dim rooms and more dynamic range when you are shooting against bright windows or skies. This is the same sensor class that made the original DJI Pocket 3 a favorite among solo creators, so Insta360 is matching expectations rather than undercutting them.

Key features

The standout hardware feature is a detachable 2-inch touchscreen. You can pop it off and use it as a remote monitor and controller, framing and recording from up to 20 meters away over an HD video link. The screen also flips between portrait and landscape, which is a practical nod to creators who post vertical content to TikTok and Reels but still want horizontal framing for YouTube. A detachable display solves a real problem with pocket gimbals: when the camera is mounted out of reach or pointed at you, a wired screen on the body does you no good.

Video specs are aggressive. The Luna Ultra records up to 8K at 30fps, 4K at up to 120fps, and slow motion up to 240fps in 4K. It captures 37MP stills in UltraPhoto mode and stitches panoramas up to 200MP. For color grading, it shoots 10-bit video and supports both Dolby Vision and I-Log, the flat profiles that give you latitude to push contrast and color in post without footage falling apart. Stabilization comes from a 3-axis mechanical gimbal rather than electronic cropping, paired with Deep Track 5.0 for locking onto and following a subject as it moves through the frame.

The rest of the package is sensibly specced. A 1,550mAh battery is rated for up to four hours of use with fast charging, there is 47GB of built-in storage plus microSD support up to 1TB, and audio runs through a four-microphone array. Connectivity includes USB Type-C, Wi-Fi 6 on the main camera unit, and Wi-Fi 4 on the detachable display. The Stellar White finish weighs 235g, with a Cosmic Black option also available.

Ecosystem context

This is where the Luna Ultra gets interesting beyond the spec sheet. Insta360 already sells a broad accessory and editing ecosystem built around its action and 360 cameras, including the Insta360 app with AI-assisted editing, FlashCut, and a library of mounts and mics. Buying into the Luna Ultra means buying into that software pipeline, and Insta360 has historically pushed frequent firmware updates that add shooting modes and tracking improvements after launch. That ongoing support is part of the value calculation, not just the hardware in the box.

The competitive framing against DJI is unavoidable. DJI's Osmo Pocket cameras are tied to the DJI Mimo app and the broader DJI accessory world, including its wireless microphone systems. Both companies are now nudging buyers toward platform lock-in, where your mics, mounts, and editing habits make switching brands annoying later. If you already own DJI mics or live inside Mimo, that gravity is real. The Luna Ultra is Insta360's bet that a Leica-tuned dual camera and a detachable screen are enough to pull creators across.

At $769.99, the Luna Ultra is available through Insta360's official store, Amazon, and other online retailers. The pricing sits in premium pocket-camera territory, which puts the pressure on DJI to respond with the Pocket 4P. For creators, a genuine two-horse race in this category is the best possible outcome, since it tends to mean faster feature releases and better value on both sides.