DBounce Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 3 hours ago, DaveAltizer said: Me and Jeven (who was linked up there in his two reviews) just did a first look on the new firmware. Vids will come out tomorrow but basically, DJI fixed some of the issues with it. 120fps 1080p officially now. Better AF. and better audio! Better audio... didn’t think a software update would fix that one. I look forward to seeing/hearing the review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 5 hours ago, DaveAltizer said: Me and Jeven (who was linked up there in his two reviews) just did a first look on the new firmware. Vids will come out tomorrow but basically, DJI fixed some of the issues with it. 120fps 1080p officially now. Better AF. and better audio! Any news in and over the bit rate front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaconda_ Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Emanuel said: Any news in and over the bit rate front? For 4k its 100mb/s h264 I image 1080p is down to 35mb/s, but could be wrong. That's great news about the audio, it's really terrible and one of the main reasons I wouldn't want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 48 minutes ago, Anaconda_ said: For 4k its 100mb/s h264 I image 1080p is down to 35mb/s, but could be wrong. For 4K 60p, not under, even though their plans... Already fulfilled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaconda_ Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 The fixed audio is amazing - did the firmware update rewire it or something ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbro Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 No removable battery is a fatal error. Still no way to turn down sharpening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fábio Pinto Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Did anyone try the Osmo pocket against the original Osmo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBounce Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 Got my hands on one today. It had issues with my AData SDXC V90 cards. They are unusable in it. My less pricy V30 Samsung cards work fine. The quality seems better than my smartphones. The audio is serviceable. The tracking seems to frequently frame me either too high or too low. Admittedly, this might be user error. I’ve not had much time to play with it. I’ll know better after getting acquainted with the operation of it. One thing that I do not like is you need the phone to switch between photo and stills mode. If you do it without the phone app it will exit the “Pro Mode”. I contacted DJI and informed them of this. The size is... tiny... smaller than I honestly expected. It’s so small you can really use it anywhere. The 28mm FF equivalent lens feels too narrow. To get around this you need to extend your arm quite a bit. I think 20mm would have been a better balance for the intended use if vlogging. webrunner5 and Cinegain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbro Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 It's FOV angle should be 26mm equivalent on FF when I looked at a chart. Still, l can't believe they hadn't done at least a 24mm for its intended segmentation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbro Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Polar Pro apparently was told to take down their YT video on it really fast lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanveer Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 7 hours ago, DBounce said: Got my hands on one today. It had issues with my AData SDXC V90 cards. They are unusable in it. My less pricy V30 Samsung cards work fine. The quality seems better than my smartphones. The audio is serviceable. The tracking seems to frequently frame me either too high or too low. Admittedly, this might be user error. I’ve not had much time to play with it. I’ll know better after getting acquainted with the operation of it. One thing that I do not like is you need the phone to switch between photo and stills mode. If you do it without the phone app it will exit the “Pro Mode”. I contacted DJI and informed them of this. The size is... tiny... smaller than I honestly expected. It’s so small you can really use it anywhere. The 28mm FF equivalent lens feels too narrow. To get around this you need to extend your arm quite a bit. I think 20mm would have been a better balance for the intended use if vlogging. Maybe we need a New Thread Solely dealing with issues that DJI needs to address by way of firmware for the Osmo Pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurijTurnsek Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Snowbro said: Polar Pro apparently was told to take down their YT video on it really fast lol There's no denying that this is a far more fragile device than an action camera. Judging by the thumbnail, they were pushing the usage limits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBounce Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 5 hours ago, JurijTurnsek said: There's no denying that this is a far more fragile device than an action camera. Judging by the thumbnail, they were pushing the usage limits. It’s not an action cam. That’s for sure. If you crash... or it takes a bad fall... well it’s not gonna work out well. But used as a Vlogging/travel friendly cam it’s great. The lens should be wider though. Not GoPro wide... just a little wider 20mm is perfect for this use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Collins Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 13 hours ago, DBounce said: Got my hands on one today. It had issues with my AData SDXC V90 cards. They are unusable in it. My less pricy V30 Samsung cards work fine. The quality seems better than my smartphones. The audio is serviceable. The tracking seems to frequently frame me either too high or too low. Admittedly, this might be user error. I’ve not had much time to play with it. I’ll know better after getting acquainted with the operation of it. One thing that I do not like is you need the phone to switch between photo and stills mode. If you do it without the phone app it will exit the “Pro Mode”. I contacted DJI and informed them of this. The size is... tiny... smaller than I honestly expected. It’s so small you can really use it anywhere. The 28mm FF equivalent lens feels too narrow. To get around this you need to extend your arm quite a bit. I think 20mm would have been a better balance for the intended use if vlogging. I have had one for a few days but I am still trying to get to grips with it. Overall, it seems remarkably accomplished for a 1st gen product. They have got a lot right. As examples... 1) The startup time is incredibly fast - max 5 seconds. 2) The screen is both very clear and bright. 3) The touch interface is really fast and responsive 4) ..same with the software interface There are a whole load of gotchas admittedly. No face or active tracking in 4k 60p. If you really need to take advantage of 'pro' mode you need to attach a phone (although there is quite a lot of scope to switch between stills and video without a phone.) Battery life is pretty feeble (and seems less than the reviews I have seen). Audio quality issues might be partially down to two separate mics - one of which is right next to the control buttons that some reviewers might have accidentally covered up. Some of the advertised features 'story mode' and 'D-Cinelike' I dont think are in the app/camera yet. Difficult not to be impressed though. Biggest complaint from me is the lack of integrated wifi/bluetooth. webrunner5 and Cinegain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 New low light test. Man this thing is really pretty damn good in low light. 3200 ISO max but.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 New video showing the new Firmware features. This guy found out you can use it on a iPad Mini. Hit it though on an extreme movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Not the best test I ever saw, but I have the iPhone X myself, so interesting for me at least. Pocket in reality seems a lot better overall than the iPhone in just about every respect. The Panorama was a Huge difference. Definitely a better Vlog camera, not that I would be doing that often LoL. I am definitely going to get one in a month or so. Hard to beat for something as small and easy to use, with not a lot of fuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Looks like GoPro has a firmware update to help with slow pan stuttering and low light jitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbro Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 The newest iphone has a crazy hdr video mode where it shoots in 60p, but exports in 30p. Takes the slightly under exposed and slightly over exposed and combines for crazy good DR video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Uzan Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I got mine today. I haven’t check the image quality yet, but two things : 1) this camera is ntsc only, no 4k50 or 25. Only 60 and 30. 2) the grip is getting hot quickly, and it really cold around me. I can not imagine what it would be under the sun. webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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