Dive deep into the latest leaked image by the Insta360 CEO. The big thing — the elephant in the room — that everyone has noticed is the white camera that you see in the frame, with a lot of physical controls above the display screen. You can clearly see two buttons where you can switch from video to photo mode, along with a few additional physical buttons.
The CEO and founder of Insta360 is Jingkang Liu, often referred to as JK Liu posted an teaser image of his upcoming cameras in his Chinese social media account webio
Take a look at the First Camera: Insta360 Upcoming cameras #1
Yes, we are talking about the main white camera that you see on the screen (below). The camera being held by a single right hand features a large display screen with a lot of physical controls over the display unit. Also, the most important part of this leaked image is the notes, display screen, settings, and controls; the controls on the display screen closely resemble the Insta360 Ace Pro series cameras’ controls. Obviously, just after posting this image, deep speculation started about whether Insta360 is working on a fixed-lens compact camera. Since you can see the f/1.8 marking, most probably, they will start entering the fixed-lens compact camera segment later. They may also join the interchangeable-lens mirrorless camera system in the future.
Promising Features of the New Insta360 Compact Camera
But the camera looks very, very promising, potentially having a larger-format sensor, maybe a Micro Four Thirds sensor or APS-C. We do not know at the moment, but this is a completely new physical camera, and none of our team members can identify the model name, that’s cleary hints it a kinda of brand new prototype he his holding. Most of the white cameras we have seen till now are from Sony, and Sony cameras do not have such physical controls. Not only that, the display screen icons highly resemble the Insta360-style UI, which we generally see in the Pro series cameras. So this is a completely brand-new thing.
Hidden Gem: The Pixelated Insta360 Pocket Series Camera
Apart from this, the picture that the camera has captured includes something that almost no one noticed, and this is what we are discussing right now on TheNewCamera.com. The pixelated or intentionally blurred image that you see is of the upcoming Insta360 Pocket series camera, which we already showed you a few days ago, thanks to our sources who shared very clear images of the camera.
One thing is for sure: we have already done a detailed analysis of the upcoming pocket series camera from Insta360, with some exclusive leaked images.
The Hidden Gem – The Pixelated camera in the screen is actually the upcoming Insta360 pocket camera
CEO’s Intentional Tease for Insta360 Pocket Camera Launch
But the big hint related to the Insta360 Pocket camera is that the Insta360 CEO intentionally blurred and pixelated the Insta360 Pocket camera that you see in the frame. Most probably, he intended to showcase both of his gems — one in prototype format, and the other being the Insta360 Pocket camera, which is ready to be announced. Most likely, Insta360 Pocket will arrive in February or March 2026. Although we do not have any authentic information related to a compact camera with a large display, btw both of them captured By using his iPhone 15 Pro.
These are the latest updates related to the leaked image by the CEO. A lot of websites are confused about which camera to focus on, and many websites remain limited in analyzing the camera the CEO is holding, while not talking about the pixelated camera, which is very clearly visible on the screen.
We have done a detailed analysis of both, and let’s hope and expect more in the future. As soon as we get any update related to these cameras, we will post it here on TheNewCamera.com.
detailed analysis of the upcoming pocket series camera from Insta360
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I think he was trying to showcase his pocket camera, but accidentally leaked a mirrorless camera prototype … btw, being a INSTA360 CEO still using iPhone 15.. upgrade it
We’d really love to see a strong, reliable alternative to the DJI Osmo Pocket series become widely available in the USA. Otherwise, we’re likely stuck relying on aging DJI tech for the foreseeable future.
Hey Steve, you forgot we have XtraMUSE in the USA, DJI will continue with XtraMUSE
It’s amazing how these brands copy and/or steal intellectual property starting with the GoPro Cameras. Now insta and DJI.