A double-tap of the right button re-centres and a triple-tap flips the camera around to 180-degrees to face the other direction.įor choosing which mode you want to shoot in, simply swipe left on the touchscreen and then scroll up and down to select from the list of options. To capture a photo or start recording, simply press the left button (with the red dot on it). There are several ways to control the DJI Osmo Pocket, all of which are simple to master.Ī long-press of the right button switches it on. You can connect a physical scroll wheel accessory (and optional extra), which is great for controlling the camera's pan and title functions, or connect your smartphone and use the phone's much bigger touchscreen as both control and monitor. There's a small LCD touchscreen on the top, beneath which is a slide-off plastic tab that hides the four connector points for using modular slide-on accessories. On the front you'll find everything you need to control the camera system. The entire handle, or case, is built from plastic with a texturised, almost sand-like finish that makes it grippy and easy to hold, while also ensuring that it's light and portable. We could comfortably fit it in a jeans pocket alongside a smartphone without any trouble at all. It's also less than half the width, making it incredibly portable, and deserving of its 'Pocket' name. It's a good centimetre or so shorter than the Google Pixel 3, for example, which in itself isn't the biggest of devices. Size wise, from top to bottom, the Pocket is much shorter than a typical smartphone. Overall, the experience of using the Osmo Pocket is fantastic, while the results it delivers – especially considering the size of the thing – are quite simply astonishing. There's nothing else like it on the market either, which makes it doubly impressive. That said, adding your smartphone to the Pocket upscales the interface scale considerably – the only downside being that the phone pulls charge from the Osmo's battery. Perhaps an answer could be a 'Pocket XL' alternative – a product that's slightly larger, with a bigger camera lens/sensor and larger touchscreen, giving customers the choice.

We'd love to see an optical zoom, better low-light performance, and a bigger display on the back, plus a more sturdy/less finicky connector system for connecting accessories. Its tiny size and awesome three-axis gimbal make it so convenient to capture smooth footage, while its battery lasts a good amount of time between charges. The DJI Osmo Pocket is a very capable and versatile tool for shooting stabilised video and photos when on the go.

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