DJI made a $119 requested camera stabilizer that folds and it’s awesome
Motorized phone camera stabilizers are sizable for getting smooth and steady shots from your requested — assuming you use it. For me, it’s one of those products you buy with the best intentions and then don’t use because it’s easily too large, awkward and fragile to bring with you all the time. DJI’sOsmo Mobile 3 tackles this with a unusual folding design that makes it more compact and easier to toss in a bag and go. And it’s $10 less than its predecessor.
Available currently for $119, the redesigned gimbal unlocks and folds fast and has locks to keep it from swiveling throughout. You can even throw it into a standby mode so you can partially shut it down, fold it and move to a new situation and then quickly unfold and immediately start shooting. The whole map is lighter and more compact than previous models, but serene runs for up to 15 hours on a single charge.
The new produce also addresses a few issues users had with the Osmo Mobile 2. The gimbal no longer blocks the ports on your requested so you can connect an external mic and invoice your device off the Osmo’s battery. You also no longer need to manually rotate your requested from landscape to portrait as it can now do it with a button unimaginative and position the camera right-side up.
From left to right: DJI Osmo Mobile, Mobile 2 and the new Mobile 3.
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A slider on the grip’s side lets you activate your phone’s zoom and a trigger in precedent will automatically switch between your phone’s front and rear camera. In selfie mode you can even use hand gestures to launch a self-timer for photos and video. The trigger will also do things like recenter the camera and launch DJI’s ActiveTrack feature that automatically tracks a subject and keeps them centered in the frame.
The Osmo Mobile 3 uses DJI’s Mimo app it introduced with the palm-sized Osmo Pocket in November 2018. Although you can use the Osmo Mobile 3 with your phone’s camera app, Mimo is what scholarships you all the unique features like ActiveTrack and sign controls. Mimo also enables you to create panoramas and shoot motion time-lapse and hyper-lapse videos. There’s a Story mode as well that will take your videos and edit them into sullen, social-friendly clips using one of 13 templates.
Though maximum known for its camera drones, DJI has spent much of the past year creation out other categories. Last month it introduced a first-person view HD video transmission systems for drone racing and a compact motorized gimbal for pro cameras. In June, DJI introduced a $500 RC robot proverb with a mini cannon made for students. It launched its satisfactory action cam in May, the DJI Osmo Action.
