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Drone specialist DJI has unveiled a new integrated camera and hand-held stabiliser for capturing just about anything on-the-move without shaky shots or scrimping on quality -- regardless of the conditions you're filming in.
The new DJI Osmo uses the company's signature three-axis gimbal stabilisation tech, eliminating shaky and poor-quality footage.
The Osmo has a number of controls built right into the handle, letting users switch between different angles as well as photo and video modes without much effort. A motor in the camera allows it to rotate a full 360 degrees and automatically capture panoramas. The handle also has a built-in stereo microphone, as well as a 3.5mm audio jack. And the Osmo is fully compatible with the existing Zenmuse camera range,
It has a 12-megapixel camera with a 1/2.3" sensor and 94 degrees field-of-view lens. It also shoots video in 4K. Those after just the handle and its drone-like smarts can buy it separately and pair it up with an Inspire 1 with a Zenmuse X3, a Zenmuse X5 Pro or a Zenmuse X5 Raw.
"Traditional hand-held cameras are either shaky, or require bulky stabilisers that are difficult to set up," said DJI's senior product manager Paul Pan. "The Osmo movies the experience of hand-held film-making from capturing what happened, to sharing expressive, smooth video that shows what an experience was like," Pan continued.
DJI is well-known for producing some of the best drones on the market, with its DJI Phantom 2 drone capturing a number of the best-loved drone videos of the last year.
The DJI Osmo is available to pre-order from the DJI Store from today for £549 and will start shipping on October 15. A number of accessories are also being introduced, including a tripod built to secure the device to most surfaces, an extension rod, a bike mount and a universal mount with an extra microphone and LED light.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
