Magic 8-Ball.   Will I ever see a OPIII wit hall these wishes.

• Ability to change the manual exposure (ISO, Shutter speed) and audio options (gain, etc.) while recording. Right now, you cannot change those settings while recording, for whatever reason.
• Histogram view on the camera would be useful
• Ability to change the built-in backup audio to also support changing that backup to the USB-C mic when connected
• Rotation lock on the Mimo app, such that the video feed does not rotate
• Better view of the audio meters on the Mimo app
  

up   +  I wish DJI gives us the option to select between 3 Autofocus speeds, like slow-medium-fast for auto-focus!

admin should go through whole thread and forward to dev team

Use Joystick to control all menus, incl changing shooting mode, EV etc (like settings)

De-Focus  button

I want the option to choose a more organic color profile, like that of Osmo Pocket 1.

Osmo Pocket 3’s color profile is too blueish and HDR enhanced, so much that it looks more like an action camera.
It lost that organic and cinematic look that Osmo Pocket 1 was famous for.
See examples below:




In the end, color profile is a matter of taste and there’s nothing post-process can’t fix, but having the ability to choose would be great.

Seria genial si tuviera alguna opción de poder dejar bloqueado el gimbal para poder meterla Osmo Pocket 3  dentro de una carcasa sumergible (snorkel)  y evitar que el sensor gire dentro de la cámara estanca  y enfoque a los perfiles de la carcasa. Si pudiera bloquear de forma que se quede siempre mirando al centro se podría usar de modo mas fácil dentro de una carcasa sumergible. Muchas gracias

One thing that I’m really impressed is the way the audio capture is handled. The ability to use one or two wireless transmitters, or USB mic and still have internal backup is great.

But I found one thing I’d really like and it’s not supported. I don’t have 2 wireless mics and I also sometimes like to use the USB mic on camera. I tries this and wireless mic always “overrides” both channels (even if only one wireless mic is used). It would be great if it would be possible to got both wireless mic and USB mic recorded, given the USB mic would take spot of the missing 2nd Wireless mic.

That way I could have video with 2 channels (wireless and USB mic) and still have the internal mics backup as well, this would be perfect.

treben Posted at 2023-11-12 16:52
Some ideas for future firmware improvements:

1. On-Camera focus peaking with adjustable sensitivity - sometimes it can be hard to tell if something is in focus on the smaller screen. this would be helpful to check focus especially with movement in the scene

aperture manual change would be amazing as a os update for pocket 2

1. pause/resume function when recording video

2. locking landscape / portrait rotate mode feature is needed.
This is different from the mode that can be set according to the screen rotation in the settings. Currently, the rotate mode can be automatically switched before shooting by the gravity sensor. If this is not possible, there should be an indication of which mode the current shooting is in. There is no way to tell which mode I am shooting in, and if I accidentally start shooting in PORTRAIT mode without realizing it (whether it's a malfunction of the gravity sensor, starting shooting in an awkward position, etc.) and end up shooting in LANDSCAPE thinking I'm in LANDSCAPE mode, I get a horrible 90 degree rotation of the screen.

When will be option on camera "Lock focus and exposure" by tapping and holding the screen?
This is super important option availabe on every smartphone in  the world.

Now this can be done only by Mimo app what is very uncomfortable using camera, phone, stick, maybe walking on stairs. And yellow option is not visible on the phone. Forget about using it on the phone - this is useless. I want to use only camera, not the phone.

I mean about that: youtu.be/cbCKpyHOqwI?si=Evb1AJtU8ZVIcp6d&t=799

CoolPhotography Posted at 3-7 17:01
We need the exposure lock feature built into the Pocket 3 itself! I cant pull up my phone, connect it, wait for connection, swtich to phone view and then lock it on my phone every time I want to film something using the auto exposure mode. This feature update is LONG overdue, come on already ...

"Lock focus and exposure" option is neccessary like in every smartphone in the world.

nightlight Posted at 2023-12-3 13:31
The LRF files can also be used as proxy files for editing. I've never tried but I think you can edit videos directly in the DJI app? I did some experiments with using LRF files as proxies in DaVinci Resolve, so I didn't need to generate them. It can be handy, but I also understand some people might want to turn it off anyway.

I use these files every time.

djiuser_DXuQuWZzxfvZ Posted at 2023-11-6 08:31
My suggestions.

1. Locking exposure (iso, shutter, ab, focus) on long press on screen.

Point 1 - 1. Locking focus and exposure (iso, shutter, ab, focus) on long press on screen.

MichaelMiki Posted at 7-28 01:01
"Lock focus and exposure" option is neccessary like in every smartphone in the world.

Hi there,
thank you for reaching out.

We greatly appreciate every suggestion from our users. Rest assured, your suggestion will be treated as a request and forwarded to the appropriate team for evaluation. For the latest updates or news, please visit our official website.

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djiuser_kl3a0dwD2NVS Posted at 7-22 07:47
1. pause/resume function when recording video

2. locking landscape / portrait rotate mode feature is needed.

Hi there,
thank you for reaching out.

We appreciate your feedback. We would love to record this suggestion of yours and forward it to our relevant team for attention as DJI is always open to any product improvement suggestions.

Should you have any other questions, kindly message us for assistance. Thank you.

hi, is there any possibility(update, api, ...) to have a 360 photo based on the 3X3 mode in panorama, this would be a game changer for virtual tours (knowing that this device already great for photo with perfect alignment, short videos, ).. The perfect all in one device for REAL ESTATE AGENTS. BR

djiuser_FFPeFHz1Pf8f Posted at 7-31 06:27
hi, is there any possibility(update, api, ...) to have a 360 photo based on the 3X3 mode in panorama, this would be a game changer for virtual tours (knowing that this device already great for photo with perfect alignment, short videos, ).. The perfect all in one device for REAL ESTATE AGENTS. BR

Hi there, thank you for reaching out and sharing this ideas with us. We will consider this as a suggestion and your valuable feedback will be promptly forwarded to the relevant team for a thorough evaluation. We would like to assure you that we are committed to providing the best user experience.

Thank you for your continued support.

Hi, After using the pocket 3 for a few weeks there are 2 things that I would find useful.
1) having the ability to temporarily disable touch screen in flashlight mode, walking around with the osmo pocket 3 in flashlight mode I find I keep accidentally touching the screen and ending up in odd settings.
2) add software z axis stabilization maybe only in slightly lower rez modes, to help get rid of the walking bounce.

nightlight Posted at 2023-12-3 13:31
The LRF files can also be used as proxy files for editing. I've never tried but I think you can edit videos directly in the DJI app? I did some experiments with using LRF files as proxies in DaVinci Resolve, so I didn't need to generate them. It can be handy, but I also understand some people might want to turn it off anyway.

That is a great idea, would be an excellent timesaver.
I believe Davinci wants .mov files for proxies, but transcoding from .lrf to .mov should be quick.

Trippin_Gnome Posted at 8-4 10:57
Hi, After using the pocket 3 for a few weeks there are 2 things that I would find useful.
1) having the ability to temporarily disable touch screen in flashlight mode, walking around with the osmo pocket 3 in flashlight mode I find I keep accidentally touching the screen and ending up in odd settings.
2) add software z axis stabilization maybe only in slightly lower rez modes, to help get rid of the walking bounce.

Hi there, we appreciate you reaching out and sharing your feedback with us. We will make sure to forward your valuable input to the appropriate team for a thorough review. Please be assured that we are dedicated to delivering the best possible user experience.

Thank you for your ongoing support. We greatly appreciate it.

I would like to add another voice for the vertical video people. It's 2024 and social medias are huge and content hungry.

Please add Low-Light, Slow-Motion Mode to Vertical Video.
I'm not sure what the technical limitations are, but it seems to be just a different crop in the sensor.

The Mimo app seems to be in horizontal orientation during live view for some reason, even though the video is filming in vertical.
It messes with the android back/home/notification swipe gesture.

I download all footage onto my phone, and there is a long waiting time of just standing there waiting for the gimbal to close before I can put it back into the case.
It would be nice if during the preview/download the gimbal could be in a lock position and stay in its case.
And after that,  the Pocket 3 can be turned off from the Mimo App right after download is complete.

When filming in harsh lighting environment (indoor under heavy downlights), the contrast seems to be really high in the Normal Color Profile.
If there is an option to control Contrast and Saturation, it would be really sweet.

Thank you.

Hi there, i need a higher bitrate for my slow-motion 4K footage at 4x (120 fps), as the current bitrate is only 35 mbit. Additionally, I would like the option for normal video mode at 4K 120 fps with a bitrate of 130 mbit, similar to what the Action 4 offers.

hatejittering Posted at 11-1 03:08
Hi there, i need a higher bitrate for my slow-motion 4K footage at 4x (120 fps), as the current bitrate is only 35 mbit. Additionally, I would like the option for normal video mode at 4K 120 fps with a bitrate of 130 mbit, similar to what the Action 4 offers.

Hi there,
thank you for reaching out.

We will consider this feedback as a request and forward it to the relevant team for consideration. We appreciate your support and kind understanding.

There are a lot of requests in this total thread for enhancements from users to the Omni Pocket 3.
It is good to see Admin respond but it would be valuable to have some feedback from the actual DJI Product management team.
If you want better products you need to interact with  your user base.

We don't expect every suggestion to be followed but reading through many posts above a lot of them talk about improving focus performance and capabilities on the Pocket 3. I'd vote for that.

True. In fact this thread is pretty old and it seems DJI is not paying attention to it. No new firmware since May and I still miss many of these features in my Pocket 3. I hope there is a new firmware with new features and fixes coming...

This thread is useless.
Nothing is implemented in firmware.
We are wasting time.

The most required option is still not implemented.

When will be option on camera "Lock focus and exposure" by tapping and holding the screen?
This is super important option availabe on every smartphone in  the world.
I mean about that: youtu.be/cbCKpyHOqwI?si=Evb1AJtU8ZVIcp6d&t=799

MichaelMiki Posted at 11-11 06:05
This thread is useless.
Nothing is implemented in firmware.
We are wasting time.

Hi there,

We are truly sorry for the inconvenience you are experiencing.

Thank you for your recommendations. Please rest assured that we will forward your feedback to the related department for evaluation. In the future, we will optimize and improve the product or service based on user comments.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

MichaelMiki Posted at 11-11 06:05
This thread is useless.
Nothing is implemented in firmware.
We are wasting time.

Agreed. DJI has no intention of improving the Pocket 3 any further. There hasn’t been a firmware update since May. They abandoned this product less than a year after initial release, which is absolutely pathetic.

Instead, they’re taking notes on what to include in the Pocket 4, so they can push that device on us next year. DJI could easily roll out these simple updates to improve the Pocket 3’s experience, but they’d rather not, so users are tempted to buy the next iteration.

They did the same with the Pocket 2. There was maybe one firmware update for that before they ghosted it altogether. DJI sucks.

PhantomX Posted at 11-16 07:02
Agreed. DJI has no intention of improving the Pocket 3 any further. There hasn’t been a firmware update since May. They abandoned this product less than a year after initial release, which is absolutely pathetic.

Instead, they’re taking notes on what to include in the Pocket 4, so they can push that device on us next year. DJI could easily roll out these simple updates to improve the Pocket 3’s experience, but they’d rather not, so users are tempted to buy the next iteration.

Thank you for your recommendations. Please rest assured that we don't forward your feedback to any  department for evaluation. In the future, we might optimize and improve the product or service based on user comments but we'll most likely just reply with a canned comment with no real intention of further product enhancements.

Thank you for your money.

Question/Suggestion:

Short version:
The ability to select microphone processing 'flavors' for ALC, compression, etc. would make the camera even better. There are some difficult (ambient noise) recording environments that produce unusable live audio capture (loud music concert with noisy patrons) because of the powerful/aggressive audio processing the OP3 performs. I don't personally know what the OP3 firmware does, but I can qualitatively describe what happens to the audio).
-------------------------------
Detailed long version follows: (Thanks for reading!)

I record live music for some musicians, sometimes in noisy environments. This is a bit verbose because I have made some observations and made some changes with my mic'ing to interpret my results and identify my problems.

My microphone methods evolved and reveal some detail of what I think would benefit from a feature enhancement

Vloggers with noisy environments can replace audio, with the video being the critical content. Recording live music performance/concerts, the audio is the critical content, and having good video is nearly as important.

I have changed cameras a few times already this year Osmo Pocket 3 has given me the best improvement for video.

I am having problems with the audio because the Pocket 3 appears to have very powerful (aggressive) automatic level control for the audio. Observing the audio level indicator on the OP3 LCD, there is almost no dynamic peaking evident, like there is compression or companding with a long time constant.  On playback, the background venue noise is actually impressively low, but seems unlike the level indicator display characteristics. Whatever DSP or software processing of the mic signal there is in the camera causes severe frequency response changes. I can only describe this qualitatively as I cannot measure it. For example, a clarinet soloist was now an unrecognizable instrument. The bandleader thought the noise reduction was excellent but the clarinet sounded like a strangled goose.

In a noisy restaurant, the only OP3 mic option that approached usable was 'Front'. Left & Right side mics compound the noise.

I have been recording simultaneously with the OP3 and an Android phone with a 3rd party camera app. The phone has very rapid responding audio level display and produces excellent audio with its native omni- directional ECM . The dynamics are captured. Unfortunately, the omni mic pattern captures all the noise with the music.

Next experiment was purchasing two Rode VideoMic USB-C+ directional mics. The pattern is not detailed. It may be cardioid. Some people call them 'shotgun' but that is merely a visual interpretation. I find they have poor back rejection compared to dynamic cardioid mics.

Both the phone and the OP3 were set up side by side with the same model USB-C mic.

I found the first recording with OP3 and the Rode USB-C mic, in Pro mode, the mic gain default setting was found to be +6 dB. I selected Mono. The 2nd session I set the Pro menu mic gain to -12 dB (18 dB lower, because the audio level indicator was very high and revealed negligible dynamics- minimal peak detection is evident...the audio display is nearly constantly the same level. For the 3rd session, the external mic gain was set to -6 dB.

In 3rd party video editing software, the audio track for all 2nd & 3rd OP3 sessions were extremely low. I do not remember the level on the "+6 dB mic gain setting" video, but the frequency response was unusable, and changes with the audio dynamics, so it cannot be corrected (easily) with audio software editing like EQ.

The reduced mic gain (2nd & 3rd sessions) audio track was so low I thought it would be unsalvageable. But I was wrong. The venue noise (customers in restaurant) seems suppressed as well. I cannot explain how it works, but 'Normalize' as an audio post-process in video editing software restores the 'lost' gain but it's kind of flat, lacking dynamics. A Compression preset in post-processing restores this (must be expansion rather than compression) and the dynamics of the audio are quite pleasing during preview playback. A little EQ help and the audio is almost great, during a quick preview before re-rendering the video with the audio enhancement to a final edit copy..

But listening to each music video end-to-end, the drastic compression or ALC the OP3 appears to be performing, results in transient frequency response shifts - the audio being recorded is not constant amplitude, but the OP3 seems to be trying its very best to produce a constant audio level. Maybe this would be good for voice-only audio, but the results are bizarre. Instruments and a vocalist change in tonal quality as a result of 'controlling' the dynamics.

The phone has no such 'compression'. In a noisy environment, I conclude I cannot utilize the OP3 with it's own microphones or the Rode USB-C mic. It's a fantastic camera. I can probably eliminate a few other cameras, gimbal stabilizers, external mics and preamps! But I can't use the Osmo Pocket 3  audio for live music (have not tried studio or quiet concert venue yet - these are harder to set up and occur less frequently).

Finally, I reach my question /suggestion.

OP3 has approximately 3 or 4 color profiles available to videographers.

If OP3 had a menu for adjustments to the audio 'processing', it would make the camera more versatile. Maybe most users are vloggers and have different requirements and different solutions, like overdubbing voice and music audio as part of their workflow. If such changes could be implemented via a downloadable firmware update, I could keep this camera I've used for 3 evenings & cannot get usable results from.

If it becomes (eventually) a feature in a later version (4? 5?), that doesn't help me.

I do not know what USB-C interface microphones do to signals. I assume they have A/D conversion (and possibly DSP?) because USB-C is a serial data interface with no analog channel.

I only personally know one other musician who uses an Osmo Pocket 3 for recording live music, but his scenarios are very different. His recordings are just 'captures' for himself, not production video (no editing).  

Thank you

Murray

Murrayatuptown Posted at 11-20 22:38
Question/Suggestion:

Short version:

Hi Murrayatuptown,
Thank you for the information.
We'll voice this feedback and concern to our corresponding team.
Should you have further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach us.

DJI Gamora Posted at 11-21 02:52
Hi Murrayatuptown,
Thank you for the information.
We'll voice this feedback and concern to our corresponding team.

My simpler thoughts are that the audio processing could be made variable in the menu, as follows:


1) On and Off option
or
2) multiple levels as determined by DJI.

Thank you

Murray

Murrayatuptown Posted at 11-25 22:50
My simpler thoughts are that the audio processing could be made variable in the menu, as follows:

Hi there,
thank you for reaching out.

Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and rest assured, it will be forwarded to the relevant team for their attention.

Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.

Need aqua box

As a tutorial and product video maker I desperately wish that the osmo pocket 3 could have a "look straight down" feature like on the drones.

As is is now I mount my camera on the arm so that the gimbal has the range of motion to look straight down and then I have to eyeball it using the gimbal controls.

DJI please!

If not a look straight down feature, a read out of degrees of rotation? an onscreen gyro readout? on my phone it will sense that you're looking down and give you an on screen level.

The look straight down button would be PRIMO

djiuser_ZA60j7bPzDJk Posted at 12-7 10:57
As a tutorial and product video maker I desperately wish that the osmo pocket 3 could have a "look straight down" feature like on the drones.

As is is now I mount my camera on the arm so that the gimbal has the range of motion to look straight down and then I have to eyeball it using the gimbal controls.

Hi there, thank you for sharing your feedback and we truly appreciate your advise. We'll make sure to pass it on to the right team for review. We're always striving to make things better and better, so please stay tuned to the latest news on our DJI official website at www.dji.com. 

Thank you so much for your understanding and support!

When will be an option on camera "Lock focus and exposure" by tapping and holding the screen?
This is super important option availabe on every smartphone in  the world.

Now this can be done only by Mimo app what is very uncomfortable using camera, phone, stick, maybe walking on stairs. And yellow option is not visible on the phone. Forget about using it on the phone - this is useless. I want to use only camera, not the phone.

I mean about that: youtu.be/cbCKpyHOqwI?si=Evb1AJtU8ZVIcp6d&t=799

I wish to  see a new model by Spring of 2025

For what is this forum?
All requests are ignored!!!!!!!!!!
We are wasting time.