The Insta360 Luna Ultra is the company’s first gimbal camera, and it arrives swinging at DJI. Insta360 launched the Luna Ultra on June 10 for $770, co-engineered with Leica.
The headline hardware is a dual-lens pod on a stabilized gimbal. A Leica Summicron lens sits over a one-inch sensor that records up to 8K at 30fps with Dolby Vision. Additionally, a second 1/1.3-inch telephoto camera adds an F2 aperture, 12x zoom and bokeh shots.
What the Insta360 Luna Ultra offers vloggers
Photos get serious numbers too. The main camera captures 37-megapixel stills and 200-megapixel panoramic shots, while AI tracking keeps a moving subject framed without a camera operator.
The control scheme is the clever part. A 2-inch OLED touchscreen detaches from the body and works as a remote from up to 66 feet away. So creators can frame, start and stop shots while standing in them.
Practical specs round it out. The 1,550mAh battery runs up to four hours per charge, and 47GB of internal storage pairs with microSD support up to 1TB. There is even a built-in wind guard to tame audio noise.
Pricing and the DJI fight
“Luna Ultra marks Insta360’s arrival in the gimbal camera space, backed by the full strength of our imaging expertise,” said Max Richter, Insta360’s marketing VP.
The launch lands a direct shot at DJI’s Osmo Pocket line. The Luna Ultra costs about $200 more than the Osmo Pocket 4, yet DJI’s camera still lacks official availability in the US. As a result, Insta360 gets a clean run at American vloggers.
The Insta360 Luna Ultra ships now in Cosmic Black and Stellar White through Insta360’s site, Amazon and Best Buy. Small cameras keep having a moment, too – Tech My Money recently covered the Camp Snap 2 and its thinner on-camera filter design, and the pocket-camera shelf suddenly looks crowded again.
