DJI Osmo Nano, in indifferent type.
Ben Sin
The battle between DJI and Insta360 is heating up. The 2 Shenzhen-headquartered firms used to dominate a respective area of interest: DJI with drones, and Insta360 with 360-degree cameras. However more and more, the 2 are branching out and getting into one another’s territory. The previous few months have seen DJI launch a 360 digicam and Insta360 launched a drone, and now DJI is leaping into the modular small motion digicam house that was virtually invented by Insta360 5 years in the past.
The DJI Osmo Nano is a small two-piece digicam. The digicam half with the lens can detach from the “physique” with the display screen, and stick magnetically to numerous steel surfaces, permitting the small digicam to be mounted in uncommon spots. Even when indifferent, the half with the display screen can nonetheless see precisely what the digicam is filming, primarily changing into a distant management.
The DJI Osmo Nano in its full type (left) and in indifferent type (proper).
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That is the very same concept behind Insta360’s Go sequence, whose newest mannequin, Go Extremely, I just tested a month in the past. The specs are comparable too: each the DJI Nano and Insta360 Go Extremely characteristic a 1/1.3-inch digicam, which is big for a small digicam.
The Nano digicam, when indifferent, weighs 53g, and might shoot movies for 90 minutes on a single cost. The physique is an addition 73g, making for a complete weight of 126g, nonetheless gentle sufficient which you can shove in your pants pocket or small purse and never really feel the digicam a lot.
The standalone digicam weighs 53g
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The DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 Go Extremely are very comparable in efficiency, however every one does have respective strengths. Whereas each cameras will largely be used to shoot 4K movies at 30 or 60fps, the Go Extremely can bump as much as 120fps if the consumer downgrades decision to 2.7K. DJI can not do that.
However then again, DJI’s Nano can shoot 10-bit LOG footage, whereas the Go Extremely can not. Each cameras can connect with Bluetooth wi-fi microphones, and every firm has its personal mics, however DJI’s microphones have been round longer and rather more broadly used. It isn’t an exaggeration to say over 90% of my tech reviewing YouTuber pals all use DJI microphones. So the DJI Osmo Nano has a bonus in that it performs nicer with a way more mainstream microphone than Insta360.
The DJI Osmo Nano (left) and the Insta360 Go Extremely (proper)
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Nonetheless, chances are you’ll not even want a bluetooth microphone more often than not, as each cameras have actually good built-in mics. I might say, in a really loud metropolis like Hong Kong, these mics alone wouldn’t be sufficient. However in quieter cities like Chiang Mai, Osaka, Berlin, the built-in mics are ok for video seize.
As talked about, the principle promoting level of those removable small cameras is that the digicam is so small, it may be positioned in uncommon spots. The magnetic again actually helps.
The DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 Go Extremely connected to a road lamp.
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The above image reveals each cameras connected magnetically to a road lamp in Hong Kong. This permits me to rapidly arrange a shot to movie outdoors with out the necessity for a tripod. On the gymnasium, I’ve been attaching the Osmo Nano to numerous gymnasium gear to movie movies at uncommon angles.
Footage captured seems to be good, with vivid colours and wonderful stabilization. You may see the embedded video above for many samples.
Stills from movies captured by the DJI Osmo Nano.
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Total, the DJI Osmo Nano is super for a first-generation digicam, it’s virtually each bit nearly as good as Insta360’s superior Go Extremely, with maybe much more capabilities.
The DJI Osmo Nano is priced at $440, it will likely be bought nearly worldwide besides the U.S.
