gethin Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I just saw some footage from DJI's new action cam. HDR video! WTF? Sometimes I wonder why I dropped $5K on a camera setup when I could just shoot my real estate vids on an action cam, and most people wouldn't notice the difference. I just bought the 14-30 lens for my z6, and I'll buy the mozo aircross 2 to replace my ronin-s when it comes out, because 3.6kg of camera setup is killing me. But to think someone could just buy this and a wee gimbal, or the pocket osmo, and even begin to compete is head scratching. webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 For real estate stuff I don't see why a person needs a lot of expensive gear. It isn't a movie trailer 20 million people are going to see. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gethin Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 well whatever you do, you always try and make it as good as possible, but even a year ago you wouldn't have thought about shooting on an action cam. It reminds me of the printing industry 20 years ago. People were going bust all over the place because they were still paying off 100's of thousands of dollars worth of kit, and were being out-competed by startups using kit 1/10th of the cost, quicker and easier to use, and cheaper to run. For $500 aud, I might have to get one, just to see. I could attach it to my current setup and would hardly feel the weight difference! webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, gethin said: well whatever you do, you always try and make it as good as possible, but even a year ago you wouldn't have thought about shooting on an action cam. It reminds me of the printing industry 20 years ago. People were going bust all over the place because they were still paying off 100's of thousands of dollars worth of kit, and were being out-competed by startups using kit 1/10th of the cost, quicker and easier to use, and cheaper to run. For $500 aud, I might have to get one, just to see. I could attach it to my current setup and would hardly feel the weight difference! Or you get one, mount it to the front of your existing setup, set your 14-30 a bit narrower and assuming you can easily match the two in post, then you've got two angles to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kisaha Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 This is a bit too far as a thought. Maybe you didn't need the Z system, but no way a 499$ action cam is similar than any m43/APS-C system. The limitations are simple too many. PrometheusDM and Emanuel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerocool22 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Depends what kinda real estate you do. If you are doing 50$ jobs. Then yeah go ahead. Otherwise it looks like shit. Also I am more a pixel peeper then any of my clients, and I care how the image looks. Kisaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gethin Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 I posted this because of some footage I'd seen. Honestly it was nearly shit enough for a $500 camera. It had no right to be so good. It made me positively angry. ? kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 4 hours ago, gethin said: I posted this because of some footage I'd seen. Honestly it was nearly shit enough for a $500 camera. It had no right to be so good. It made me positively angry. ? Show me that, no sincere idea where you've found it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Video Hummus Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I’m going to pass on this version. Give me the same thing with a 1” sensor and I’m all over it. DBounce, Kisaha, kye and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kisaha Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Video Hummus said: I’m going to pass on this version. Give me the same thing with a 1” sensor and I’m all over it. Can't stress enough how much better the Mavic 2 Pro is vs the old one, even though the whole 1" camera seem like rushed from DJI and has some unexpected flaws. The 10 bit 1" sensor is there. gethin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBounce Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 The Osmo Action is a pass for me also. I just can't get behind that image quality. The stabilization tech is promising though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrometheusDM Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Video Hummus said: I’m going to pass on this version. Give me the same thing with a 1” sensor and I’m all over it. I'm waiting for DJI Osmo Pocket Pro with 1" sensor. That would be enough for my needs. kye and webrunner5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gethin Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yep I hadn't thought about sensor size. What's the Mavic 2 like in low light? The Phantom 4 is pretty crap, but the action cam footage I saw shot indoors was not terrible. I have to say: I'm not saying it was great, but that it was great for a$500 action cam. HDR 4k vid ffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip77 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 On 5/15/2019 at 11:01 PM, gethin said: I just saw some footage from DJI's new action cam. HDR video! WTF? Sometimes I wonder why I dropped $5K on a camera setup when I could just shoot my real estate vids on an action cam, and most people wouldn't notice the difference. I just bought the 14-30 lens for my z6, and I'll buy the mozo aircross 2 to replace my ronin-s when it comes out, because 3.6kg of camera setup is killing me. But to think someone could just buy this and a wee gimbal, or the pocket osmo, and even begin to compete is head scratching. Where is the Z6 vs footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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