GadgetsNewsTechInsta360 launches a single-lens Osmo Pocket rival you can actually buy in the USThe Luna Pro has one lens, a detachable display, and 4K vertical recording.The Luna Pro has one lens, a detachable display, and 4K vertical recording.by Dominic PrestonSep 11, 2026, 11:07 AM UTCShareGiftI saw the Luna Pro briefly at the IFA trade show, and it looks and feels a lot like the Ultra. Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeDominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.Insta360’s first compact steadicam, the Luna Ultra, made a splash this year by beating DJI to launch with two lenses. Now it’s followed the Ultra with a slightly stripped back Pro model, which drops to one lens but has a unique advantage: it can shoot vertical video in 4K.
Plus, unlike DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4, you can buy it in the US.At its heart, the Luna Pro is mostly an Ultra with the telephoto lens stripped out. It uses the same 1-inch-type 8K sensor as the Ultra’s main camera, has a similar design including the detachable 2-inch touchscreen that doubles as a remote, and the same four-hour battery life and NFC tag for quicker file transfers. It’s a bit smaller and lighter thanks to dropping the second lens, but that’s about it.Insta360 has given the Pro one crucial upgrade though: it can use that 8K sensor to record 4K vertical video at 30fps, something missing from the Luna Ultra (though I’ve asked Insta360 if we can expect to see it added in a firmware update). That camera — like both of DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 and 4P models — is limited to 3K resolution when you record in portrait, forcing some people to hold the whole gimbal sideways to get the footage they need.
It’s a relief to see the Pro fix that omission.The Luna Pro’s single camera uses the same sensor as the Ultra. Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge4K30 vertical recording is the main new feature, a boon for social media creators. Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeThe 2-inch OLED is once again detachable, doubling as a remote control for the whole camera. Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeThe NFC tag has moved into the camera head, and is used for opening the Insta360 smartphone app for quicker file transfer.
Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeThe Luna Pro is out now in the US for $599.99, compared to $769.99 for the Luna Ultra. In Europe it starts at £469 / €529, just a little more than the £429 / €479 DJI Osmo Pocket 4, which is (officially) unavailable in the US following a ban on the company.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Dominic PrestonCamerasGadgetsNewsTechMost PopularOpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academiaHands-on with the foldable iPhone DuoThe iPhone Duo’s hardware doesn’t look special, but its software might beThe variable aperture isn’t the cool part of the iPhone 18 Pro’s cameraMeta’s Muse AI works and creeps me outAdvertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
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