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> Also how long does the iphone 6s+ last as being the monitor for this camera?
I've got an Osmo+ and use it with an iPhone 6s. I get about 40-45 minutes of usable time on a single Osmo battery, with roughly 2/3 of that time actually spent shooting (the rest with the preview running on the phone, but not recording). Doing this will drain about 60% of my iPhone battery. So if I start with a full charge on the Osmo & the iPhone, by the time the Osmo goes flat I'll have about 40% left on the iPhone. You can extend this time (sort-of) by putting the Osmo to sleep when you're not using it, which will switch off the power to the gyros & motors. It's actually quite comfortable to swing around loosely in your hand in this state. But in practice, sleep mode doesn't save as much charge as you might think. The handle is still communicating with the phone over WiFi, which means the handle gets kinda warm, and it drains a bit of the phone battery in this state too. Depending on the type of shooting you're doing, if battery life is really important, I've found it's usually better to actually switch the whole thing off. Do whatever (non-Osmo activity) you need to do, then switch it all back on & re-establish comms between the Osmo & the phone in the usual way.
> Can you film without a phone or it needs it?
Technically yes, but you'll have no preview of the material you're shooting. While it's true that over time you get a feel for the way hand movements on the Osmo translate to outcomes on video, I think that kind of familiarity is only ever going to be approximate. Without a preview to work with, the framing of your video will be a mess. Also, you won't have any control over focus, exposure, or zoom. Probably easier to get a spare battery for the Osmo and maybe a little USB booster for your phone too.
> Is this product even worth buying? I still hear people bitching about it.
Very subjective question! For me yes, absolutely, it is an awesome product to use and well worth buying. For what it's intended to do (capturing gyro-stablised 4k footage) it does very, very well. Most of the bitching I read about when I was researching mine - clunky focus controls, short battery life, fan noise from the X5 raw version - were either overblown whinges, or didn't apply to the scenario I intended to use mine in. Overall it's great. I'd be happier if DJI added focus lock, and the infinity auto-focus actually locked to infinity (it seems to fall just short). But really, those problems are pretty small in comparison. The main stuff - quality of the footage, performance of the gyros, how it actually "looks" once edited - judged on those factors it measures up very, very well. DJI also seem to be addressing some of these whinges, bit by bit, in their firmware updates.
My advice would be to visit a store and try one out if you can. See how it performs in your hand, take a bit of footage on your own, and ask if you can take the footage home for a proper look. Once you see the footage on a 4K screen you will be amazed. It's brilliant. Yes the battery life kinda sucks but you can always get a spare battery. IMHO DJI kinda sting you for this ($60 AUD and I got a friend to buy mine from Hong Kong - a fairly excessive markup for something that probably costs $15 in parts to make). But in the grand scheme of things, a spare battery is well under a tenth of the purchase price of the Osmo itself, and in my opinion, not really worth worrying about. |
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