Insta360’s new accessories turn its Ace Pro 2 into an instant camera

Insta360’s instant printer accessory tin connect to its enactment cam utilizing a caller grip housing. | Image: Insta360

Insta360 has announced caller accessories for its 8K Ace Pro 2 enactment camera. The accessories grow the Ace Pro 2’s capabilities arsenic some a video camera with 3 caller lenses and arsenic a inactive camera with a redesigned grip and a compact wireless printer that tin crook shots into instant photos. They’re launching contiguous arsenic portion of 4 caller bundles that see the enactment camera itself.

Insta360’s caller Pocket Printer looks akin successful size to different pocketable instant printers from Fujifilm and Canon, but alternatively of Zink oregon Instax paper, it uses the aforesaid dye-sublimation exertion arsenic the Polaroid Hi-Print we urge successful our buyer’s guide. The Pocket Printer connects to the Ace Pro 2 wirelessly implicit Bluetooth and spits retired 3-inch, 300dpi prints that are laminated during the printing process truthful they’re waterproof and fade-resistant. However, Insta360 says it watermarks each print’s borderline with the Ace Pro 2 logo, which whitethorn not beryllium thing you tin crook off. Replacement cartridges are $9.90 for 20 prints.

The Pocket Printer works arsenic a standalone device, but it tin besides beryllium attached to the Ace Pro 2 camera utilizing a quick-release equine connected the bottommost of the caller Xplorer Grip Pro to re-create the acquisition of utilizing an all-in-one Polaroid camera. Insta360 released a akin grip accessory past March, but it featured an unorthodox lever connected apical for activating the camera’s shutter button. The caller Xplorer Grip Pro connects to and controls the Ace Pro 2 done its USB-C port, facilitating a redesigned shutter fastener with a zoom lever that sits atop the manus grip.

The Xplorer Grip Pro features a dedicated dial connected apical that controls vulnerability by default, but its functionality tin beryllium customized successful the Ace Pro 2’s settings. Inside the manus grip you’ll besides find a secondary 2,010mAh battery, somewhat larger than the camera’s own, that extends continuous 4K/60fps signaling to up to 2.5 hours.

Alongside the grip and printer, Insta360 is launching caller cinematic, ultrawide, and close-up lenses that tin beryllium attached to the camera, positive caller Leica colour profiles and integer filters that volition beryllium disposable arsenic portion of a firmware update.

At motorboat the caller accessories volition lone beryllium disposable done bundles, with the cheapest being the $518.99 Xplorer Pro Bundle that includes the Ace Pro 2, batteries, and the Xplorer Grip Pro Kit. The $579.99 Flash Print Bundle comes with the same, but adds the Pocket Printer, a hood for the camera’s flip-up screen, and a leather carrying case.

The lenses look to beryllium the astir costly of each the caller accessories. The $604.99 Videography Bundle Limited Edition gets you the enactment camera, the caller grip, the surface hood, and the cinematic lens connected its own. If you privation each 3 lenses, you’ll alternatively request to splurge connected the $739.99 Ultimate Videography Bundle. All 4 bundles are disposable globally, but the Xplorer Pro Bundle is the lone 1 disposable successful the US for now.