I made HDR video with Osmo Pocket.
You may say it's pointless but I just did it for fun.


Title is Walking into the sun.

Well I am tired of cold winter and want to shooting some warm looking pictures.
Also testing pocket's high DR in this shadowey situation.




I kept the setting simple. Pro-mode and auto setting. Only changed exposure compensation depending on the scene.
it was 4K 60fps.




I originally wanted to try this when D-Cinelike is updated but well couldn't wait.




I made both HDR and SDR video so you can compair for fun.
HDR rendering took almost 4~5 times longer than SDR.





Make things worse, I don't have HDR monitor. So I have to render sample clip to check it on my LG OLED TV. Time consuming indeed.



After rendering, TV properly recognizes video and play it in HDR mode.

1. Well higher peak brightness of HDR makes clip look much better.
2. Not sure excatly why but some color in highlihgt and shadow that was blown out in SDR are recovered in HDR.


You can check the HDR version of video here :
(But if you watch it on SDR display, it will look darker.)




You can check the SDR version of video here :

Hello and good day Tide. Thank you for sharing this pictures and videos with us today. Great work and thank you for your support.

Very nice work!

Great work!!!!
I like the SDR version more

DJI Stephen Posted at 1-24 07:49
Hello and good day Tide. Thank you for sharing this pictures and videos with us today. Great work and thank you for your support.

Thanks. Looking forward to the D-Cinelike update.

I did not understand how it is possible to shoot HDR videos with the osmo Pocket.

I really enjoyed this, I'd like to know more about your workflow to get HDR output.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-24 12:54
Very nice work!

Thanks for watching

Tide Posted at 1-25 03:54
Thanks for watching

You're welcome!

Shescor Posted at 1-24 13:27
Great work!!!!
I like the SDR version more

If you watched both video on SDR display, SDR version would look better. Youtube do nice job auto color mapping HDR version for SDR display but cannot beat the manually colored SDR version.

If you watched both video on HDR capable display, I agree with you that although HDR version is more pop and lively but SDR version still more cinematic and hold its mood.

Thanks for sharing. Some really nice footage there! It is amazing what OP seems to be capable of.

BOES Posted at 1-25 01:40
I did not understand how it is possible to shoot HDR videos with the osmo Pocket.

Well long stroy short, I just put the Osmo Pocket footage into the HDR container in the post workflow so the HDR capable TV can play it in HDR mode.

BigStuart Posted at 1-25 03:04
I really enjoyed this, I'd like to know more about your workflow to get HDR output.

I am glad you enjoyed it.

I used Premiere Pro to render the footage in HDR 10, Rec. 2020 Color Primaries at the export setting. To utilize the much higher peak brightness of HDR I tweaked the HDR specular in the Lumetri color panel. 

forbsie Posted at 1-25 04:13
Thanks for sharing. Some really nice footage there! It is amazing what OP seems to be capable of.

You are welcome. To me the real capablity of OP is that it is alway in your pocket when the shot is infront of you.

Very nice video! Great job! Nicely done!

Tide Posted at 1-24 20:05
Thanks. Looking forward to the D-Cinelike update.

You are very much welcome Tide. Have a safe and happy filming always.

jacksonnai Posted at 1-25 07:13
Very nice video! Great job! Nicely done!

I am glad you like it.

DJI Stephen Posted at 1-25 08:31
You are very much welcome Tide. Have a safe and happy filming always.

Is there any chance the next update drop in February?

Tide Posted at 1-29 20:20
Is there any chance the next update drop in February?

Hello and good day Tide. As of the moment we do not have the exact information when will this feature come out. Kindly please visit our official website at www.dji.com for the latest updates on the DJI Osmo Pocket. Thank you for your patience and support.

Lovely footage well done, both versions have merits.

Great job excellent.

What do I exactly need to do in the premiere to render HDR video like this?

djiuser_3PbFsVin0SFQ Posted at 2-11 09:27
What do I exactly need to do in the premiere to render HDR video like this?

Beside coloring for HDR speculation, you need to select HDR10 profile in encoding setting and check both HDR and rec. 2020 color profile check boxes.

Since most people watch video on a phone, most of the time, this is probably unnecessary.

hi, this is not hdr because its more darker

JKJenn Posted at 3-16 06:35
Since most people watch video on a phone, most of the time, this is probably unnecessary.

True but I am making it to watch it on my big screen OLED TV.
Also HDR capable phones like Galaxy S9 above or Pixel XL can watch HDR videos almost properly.

davidvek Posted at 3-16 09:55
hi, this is not hdr because its more darker

Hi~
It is actual HDR video because I added HDR meta data into the video, so HDR capable player and screen device can kick in the HDR brightness and HDR color depth.

However my HDR mastering skill is just casual level even if the video is HDR format, picture can be fall short of expectation.
But HDR specular brightness is actually way more bright than SDR version that is for sure if you have HDR capable TV or smart phone (+setting maximum brightness)