dr.nick
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breezeway95 Posted at 2017-2-16 07:46
I don't think that DJI ever considered that people would want to use the Osmo line of gimbal cameras to record long stretches of video. If I wanted to record my kid's school play, I would go get myself a tripod and regular video camera. The Osmo is at it's best when used to record short clips where the camera is in motion resulting in jitter free smooth video. Personally I'm not a fan of watching several minutes of someone shooting forward walking down a street (even sped up). If you see something interesting, stop and shoot the scene from several different angles. Master shot that shows context. Close-ups to show detail. Dolly/Tracking shots to show perspective. Try not to shoot any clip longer than 15 seconds although obviously there will be exceptions.
And definitely spend the money on an external microphone. I recommend the Rode Videomicro along with the DJI 360 mic mount. Audio is half of your presentation. Keep the fuzzy windscreen on anytime you're outside. Nothing worse than wind noise.Also buy a set of ND filters and a polarizer. In order to record good video outside you should be setting your shutter speed at twice your framerate. This usually results in a shutter speed of 1/60 second. On a bright day outdoors you need an ND8 or ND16 filter to attain proper exposure with shutter at 1/60. The polarizer will pop colors (especially sky) when properly rotated.
Even if you're only going to use short chunks there are still dozens of scenarios where we need a longer run of record time than 9mins. How about shooting sporting events or in a multicam setup?
I shot a 5 camera thing the other day that ran over 90mins. I had the OSMO+ doing continuous Steadicam type shots for the entire show. Which it is fantastic for. What other zoom camera at any price point could you do 90+mins of 4k handheld/Steadicam/gimbal shooting without killing yourself? It weighs 14 ozs. Awesome right? Now in the edit it's true I might only use that shot a dozen times for a minute or so of total run time but the OSMO footage has to be synced with everything else first. It was ridiculously time-consuming syncing the dozens of individual Osmo clips with the other cameras. And the "lost" seconds while spanning between clips is totally unconscionable. And that's another completely unique thing about the OSMO, no other camera in the world (that I'm aware of) has a "lost footage" problem like that. It's unforgivable. There are shots from that shoot I can't use because of lost seconds in the middle of a shot.
With a 1/2" chip no one is really going to use the Osmo to do high-end production, there are much better high-end tools to do the shots you guys are talking about for broadcast, spot work, docs, etc. So for pros (or semi-pros) it's most useful niche is really in the lower end space. And for long-form event handheld work in particular it could be great.
The biggest issue IMO is that DJI sell the OSMO as a 4K camera with a 30min record time which is complete BS. And don't get me started on the app crashes and lost wifi control problems.
OSMO could be really great but in truth, it's not a professional (or even semi-pro) tool with these limitations. It's a toy. A really cool toy, but a toy none the less. |
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