The DJI Osmo camera shoots in 4K and stabilizes your footage, but it’s pricey as hell. Yes, it’s a selfie stick robot that resembles something out of a RoboCop or Terminator flick. No, it doesn’t follow you around and nor does it supplement your selfie-taking arm with some kind of high tech exoskeleton. Regardless of how much we would have loved it to be real.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the new Osmo camera blends the fancy and high-tech camera that DJI uses in its drones and turns it into a six-inch camera-on-a-stick.
The nasty part? The DJI Osmo camera costs $650. It would be great as a stocking stuffer for this X-Mas for you and your selfie-obsessed friends. That is, if your existence is based on selfies.
As for it being a fully fledged robot, might be a overstatement. That’s just a geeky way of describing its three-axis gimbal and motorized interiors. Don’t be scared by fancy terms, because the Osmo is just like you’re average selfie-stick. It’s really not complicated. For crying out loud, it’s just a selfie-stick.
To trigger it, just use the little button on the Osmo to show it where you want your pic to focus. The gimbal keeps the Osmo in place as you move around trying to find the perfect pose for your shot. If you want to be in the picture, then just triple-tap the button you use to trigger the camera and the Osmo will spin around and include you in your video, or pic.
The DJI Osmo camera shoots in 4K and has a ton of other fun features. Including the ability to take steady panoramic shots using the Automatic Panorama mode. This makes shooting 360 degrees panoramas super easy. You just need to hold the camera up above your head and gently tap the shutter speed. The Osmo will rotate and it will grab images as it spins around, while maintaining a steady level.
The gimbal is really useful if you have twitchy hands, like me. It comes in handy when you want to take long-exposure shots, but just can’t manage a clear one because your hands are always shaky. And more than one occasion I have been mistaken with an alcoholic SOB, but really I’m just twitchy.
But enough about me, let’s talk about you and your new DJI Osmo selfie-stick camera that can shoot in 4K. It even has a phone holder attachment, so you can better see what the end pic will look like. Also, it’s Wi-Fi capable to easier connect the two. The home-bred app also let’s you switch between device modes and even send the Osmo commands.
Michael Turner
