Question Insta360 Ace Pro

[dflaher]

Chiming in with interest in hearing more; thanks. Also curious about taking or extracting the occasional still; how good, how easy to switch modes in-water, etc.

Ditto...would also like to know whether having a U/W video cam requires also having a laptop.

 

[scubaozy]

Ditto...would also like to know whether having a U/W video cam requires also having a laptop.

I do not think necessarily you need a laptop. It would help especially for storing large amount of data as well as editing but it essentially boils down to what editing sw do you use. If you are fine with the provided app which seems sufficient for non professional use, you should be ok.
Housing has 2 buttons, and one of them meant to switch modes underwater. You have to set several shooting modes including photo and easily switch between them. There is also gesture recognition functionality, at least on land it is useful with selfies, doing a V-sign will trigger a countdown photo and showing inside of your palm will trigger video recording.