I Tried Dji's First 360-degree Camera, And Its Recording Capabilities Blows Out The Competition

DJI Osmo 360 Adventure Combo kit.

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• The Osmo 360 is DJI's first 360-degree action camera.
• It tin sprout 360-degree panoramic video astatine 8K/30fps.
• Unfortunately, nan camera won't initially beryllium offered successful nan US.

DJI precocious unveiled its latest product. No, not a drone, but a camera -- nan Osmo 360. This is nan company's first 360-degree camera, and DJI has travel retired of nan gross strong.

This camera is simply a powerhouse, tin of autochthonal 8K/30fps 360-degree panoramic video utilizing 2 1-inch quadrate HDR sensors (square sensors let for 25% much sensor utilization than accepted rectangular sensors). These sensors person a move scope of 13.5 stops, which, mixed pinch nan f/1.9 aperture, let nan camera to grip low-light aliases high-contrast shots.

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Video tin beryllium changeable successful some 10-bit colour depth, which allows for complete a cardinal colors, and D-Log, which boosts move scope and allows for greater elasticity successful post-processing.

DJI Osmo 360 action camera.

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360 cameras and IP68-rated

On apical of that, nan Osmo 360 tin seizure 120-megabyte 360-degree shots and offers a whopping 100 minutes of runtime connected a azygous artillery erstwhile signaling astatine 8K/30fps, contempt nan 1,950mAh batteries being smaller and lighter than nan 2,400mAh batteries recovered successful nan X5. The batteries are built for utmost conditions, tin of 90-minute runtime astatine temperatures arsenic debased arsenic -20°C (-4°F).

The artillery mightiness beryllium smaller than those recovered successful competing products, but it delivers astonishing runtime.

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As acold arsenic 360 cameras are concerned, this is nan caller golden standard, putting unit connected competitors specified arsenic nan Insta360 X5 and nan aging GoPro Max -- and each this comes successful a package weighing conscionable 183g.

The camera has nan accepted dual-lens setup we're utilized to connected 360-degree cameras, and nan interface allows users to quickly and easy move betwixt them to seizure nan changeable they want. In single-lens, first-person mode, nan Osmo 360 is tin of 5K/60fps astatine a 155-degree ultra-wide perspective and Boost video astatine 4K/120fps for a 170-degree section of view. There's besides sky fastener and image stabilization built into nan camera, allowing nan astir chaotic moments to beryllium captured.

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Also, you tin hide microSD cards, arsenic nan Osmo 360 has 105GB of built-in storage. And if that's not enough, you can, of course, augment this pinch microSD cards up to 1TB.

The multifunction artillery lawsuit that comes pinch nan Adventure Combo is simply a awesome measurement to complaint and shop batteries.

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In summation to nan lenses, nan Osmo 360 packs 4 microphones tin of capturing 16-bit audio while filtering retired distractions specified arsenic upwind noise. For amended audio capture, nan Osmo 360 supports OsmoAudio Direct Microphone Connection, which allows users to link nan camera to up to 2 DJI microphone transmitters.

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Action cameras request to beryllium fresh for action, and nan Osmo 360 surely is. The camera is rated IP68 and tin withstand immersion up to 10 meters.

When it comes clip to edit nan footage, DJI offers users a afloat suite of devices connected mobile devices aliases desktop computers. DJI Mimo's GyroFrame exertion allows users to set nan creation of a 360-degree video utilizing mobility control, and intelligent search allows nan changeable to fastener onto and travel people, vehicles, pets and more.

The Adventure Combo comes pinch a cool "invisible" selfie instrumentality for getting a different perspective connected things.

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Availability and price

Here's nan downer: nan DJI Osmo 360 will beryllium disposable beautiful overmuch everyplace isolated from nan US for now. The value successful nan EU and Canada (where Canadian pricing is successful US dollars) is listed arsenic €479.99/$430 for nan camera alone, while nan Adventure Combo -- which comes pinch other batteries, a artillery charging case, an invisible selfie stick, and a multifunction artillery lawsuit -- is €629.99/$580.

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When nan Osmo 360 does go disposable successful nan US, nan prices will beryllium $549.99 for nan camera and $699.99 for nan Adventure Combo, which is connected par pinch nan Insta360 X5 Standard and Essentials bundles.

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