The new DJI Osmo Pocket 4 steps it up again – yes, this hugely popular flagship gimbal camera just got even better.
Although seemingly somewhat modest at first glance, this update is definitely moving in the right direction. These upgrades appear to have one important goal in mind, and that’s to enhance the overall user experience.
It’s been quite a while since the original Osmo Pocket made its debut in 2018 – DJI’s smallest camera at the time and the one that put “pocketable” on the map – and just a couple years since the Osmo Pocket 3 made its appearance, but the series has come a long way in that time, albeit incrementally.
Like its predecessor, the new Osmo Pocket 4 features a 1-inch CMOS image sensor and a 20mm-equivalent lens with an f/2 maximum aperture and a focus range spanning 0.2m to infinity.
It’s marginally larger, weighing in at 190.5g versus the former’s 179g – hardly a noticeable difference.
Ideal for vlogs and live streams, this model boasts DJI’s trademark state-of-the-art three-axis stabilization – of course, that’s a given – to enable super-smooth handheld footage, now with the newly developed ActiveTrack7 to boot.
While both models can capture stunning 4K video, the Pocket 4 now supports 240 fps slow motion, absent on the Pocket 3. DJI claims that the Pocket 4’s CMOS sensor is capable of delivering cleaner night shots, as well as true-to-life cinematic colour with 14-stop dynamic range thanks to 10-bit D-Log.
You’ve also got 2x lossless zoom – previously featured on the likes of DJI’s Mini 5 Pro and Action 6 – to deliver high-quality magnification without the typical degradation of traditional digital zoom.
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Another welcome improvement is the addition of built-in storage – 107GB, in fact, plus an 800MB/s transfer rate – to eliminate the need for a memory card and help streamline your workflow.
With the introduction of OsmoAudio 4-channel output, audio quality gets a substantial boost too. You can now record voices and ambient sound together and export four tracks simultaneously with a single tap, but this requires the use of two DJI Mics, which are sold separately at an additional cost.
All told, these refinements combine to offer users a slightly more elevated experience (at a commensurately elevated price point), but whether this is enough to nudge you away from everything that the perfectly capable Osmo Pocket 3 currently provides has less to do with what you want to put in your pocket than what you’d like to take out of it.
Features
- 1-inch CMOS sensor
- 4K/240 fps video
- 14-stop dynamic range
- 10-bit D-Log
- 2x lossless zoom
- 107GB built-in storage
- 800MB/s transfers
- OsmoAudio 4-channel output