Is the one-inch handheld shooting hit artifact DJI Osmo Pocket 3 worth it now?

Nowadays, people are more and more interested in shooting videos and sharing their experiences and lives with everyone. For users, although it is convenient to shoot videos on mobile phones, the image quality, image stabilization, and functionality are not as good as professional handheld shooting devices, so for daily shooting videos, the author recommends the Osmo Pocket 3, a pocket gimbal camera that DJI has just released. Today, let's explore whether the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is worth buying now for the average user.

1-inch handheld shooting artifact

Compared to the previous generation, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 can be described as an improvement in all aspects. The most obvious improvement is definitely the video system, in addition to the video and photo specifications, functionality, focusing ability, screen design, recording, stabilization ability, user experience and other aspects have been greatly upgraded. Today's products are more comprehensive, easier to use, and at the same time can bring a better picture.

The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 has been upgraded to 1-inch CMOS in terms of sensor, with an equivalent pixel size of 3.2μm, so the picture has better image quality and dynamic range performance, especially the high-sensitivity image quality performance has been improved. For the lenses, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 has a 20mm-equivalent focal length and an F2.0-equivalent aperture.

In terms of video specifications, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 supports up to 4K 60p (landscape shooting) and 4K 120p slow-motion video shooting, as well as HLG HDR and 10-bit D-Log M color modes for easy post-production and color grading. As you can see from the above demo, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3's direct video performance has very good image quality and accurate color reproduction. And even in low-light environments, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 still delivers excellent image quality, especially when shooting in Night mode.

When it comes to shooting people-related videos, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 also has a very useful feature, which is Natural Brightening and Smart Beauty 2.0. As you can see from the video above, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 supports a wide range of beautification and brightening features, and can be individually adjusted for a certain part. In this way, when shooting people-related Vlogs, selfies or live broadcasts in daily life, you can have a better picture performance of people.

The screen was also mentioned earlier, which is also a more obvious part of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 upgrade. In addition to touching, this screen can also be rotated, and we can control the pocket gimbal camera to turn on and off by rotating the screen. When holding the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 vertically, we can switch between portrait and landscape by rotating the screen. In portrait mode, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 has a maximum video resolution of 3K, which means it's not lossless portrait. If you want to shoot lossless portrait video, you can hold the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 in landscape orientation.

Improves noticeable focusing

Focus, which is essential for video or photo shooting. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 has a very noticeable improvement in the focusing system, with an all-pixel phase focusing system design and a stable blazing-fast focusing experience.

In our focus demonstration video, you can see that the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is very fast and very precise in focusing. Whether we click to switch focus, move the camera to focus, or place/remove an object, the focus is very fast and accurate. So whether we're streaming or shooting, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3's focus experience is excellent. In addition, with the ActiveTrack 6.0 feature, when the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 locks onto an object, the image and focus can still be firmly tracked even when moving violently.

Mechanical stabilization doesn't matter day or night

The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 has an inherent advantage, and that is its stability. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 adopts a three-axis mechanical stabilization gimbal design, which means that it is not the electronic stabilization of mobile phones and action cameras, but mechanical stabilization, just like when we use mobile phones and cameras with stabilizers, it has a very strong stability performance.

For the video, we used the DJI Osmo Pocket 3's default stabilization (mid-range) shooting. Even in the middle gear, you can see that the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is consistent when walking, running, climbing, shooting at low angles, and so on. In addition, because it is mechanically stabilized rather than electronically stabilized, even when shooting at night, there is no loss of image quality, and the stability performance is exactly the same as during the day.

For those who like to shoot videos and want to improve their video effects, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is definitely your go-to device. This product not only has a powerful image quality performance, as well as rich functionality, which can make your video colorful and excellent in image quality and color, but also it is excellent in focusing experience, image stabilization experience, audio recording experience and use experience, and takes into account the characteristics of exquisite and compact. For users, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 can handle all their shooting needs on a daily basis and during travel. If you need to, it's perfectly fine to get started now.

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