What kind of photos can be taken with iPhone and DJI Osmo 2?

Professional cameras are too heavy, and it has become common sense for ordinary people to use mobile phones to shoot videos while traveling. However, for good results when shooting videos with a mobile phone, a stabilized gimbal is essential. It has been more than a year since DJI released the first-generation DJI Osmo OSMO mobile gimbal in September 2016. The DJI Osmo OSMO mobile gimbal 2 (hereinafter referred to as DJI Osmo OSMO 2 or OSMO 2) has finally Arrival, but compared to the 1,999 yuan listing price of DJI Osmo OSMO mobile gimbal 1 (hereinafter referred to as OSMO 1 or 1st generation), OSMO 2 only costs 899 yuan. This can't help but make us wonder, can OSMO 2, with its price cut in half, ensure easy operation and excellent shooting effects?

Optimized buttons and unchanged operating logic. When I got the DJI Osmo OSMO 2, the most intuitive change came from the handle material, which was changed from metal and nylon in the first generation to all nylon. The biggest change brought about by the material change is the weight. After the battery was upgraded to 15 hours of battery life, OSMO 2 still feels slightly lighter than the first generation. Official data also confirms this. OSMO 2 weighs 485g, while the first generation weighs 501g including battery. Don’t underestimate the reduction of only 16 grams. If you consider that you will be traveling for a day, and the 15-hour battery life can be used all day long, 16 grams may be the “last straw that breaks the camel’s back.”

During the journey, the scenery comes at you, and if you take your time, you will miss many beautiful things. The installation method of OSMO 2 has also changed from that of the first generation. The method of opening the mobile phone holder has been changed from using a knob to simply and crudely opening it. After placing the mobile phone, the holder automatically tightens. When operating while walking on the road, it is much more convenient and faster to open it directly than to loosen and tighten it in two steps.

DJI Osmo OSMO 2 has also been optimized in the layout of operation buttons. Thanks to the new system status indicator light, OSMO 2 cancels the mode switching trigger of the first generation and combines the power button and mode button into one. Clicking the power/mode button switches between lock and follow modes, unlike the 1st generation where you had to press and hold the trigger to stay in lock mode. The functions of the first-generation trigger have also been transplanted to the power/mode button. Double-click to return to the normal position, and press three times in succession to switch between the front and rear cameras.

OSMO 2 also adds a zoom slider on the side of the handle this time. Compared with the operation method of using a trigger and a rocker in the first generation, using the slider is obviously much more convenient. However, OSMO 2 is designed for dual cameras. For mobile phones, the software will only use the wide-angle lens and only provide digital zoom.

When you come to the beautiful scenery, you naturally want to take a video and send it to your relatives and friends. The DJI GO App used by OSMO 2 can support all shooting modes of the mobile phone. But scenery alone is not enough, you also need people. At this time, you need to use the vertical shooting mode that is essential for selfies.

OSMO 1 also has a vertical shooting mode, but it requires a horizontal handle. Obviously, people without unicorn arms cannot hold it in this position for long. The holding posture for OSMO 2 vertical shooting is the same as the horizontal shooting mode. Just loosen the knob on the back of the phone holder, rotate the phone holder through two stuck points, and the horizontal shooting will be converted to vertical shooting. However, it should be noted that after turning on the beauty mode, the video can only be output at 720p resolution. When switching from horizontal to vertical shooting, the phone must be removed first. It is slightly inconvenient to switch modes while walking.

In vertical shooting mode, the charging port under the phone is free. At this time, OSMO 2 can also be transformed into a mobile power supply. The USB power supply interface on the back of the handle can keep the phone fully charged during the live broadcast. OSMO2 has a 2600mAh non-removable battery, which can provide 15 hours of battery life and can charge about 60% in one and a half hours, which is more than enough for most travelers to use for a day. The charging port on the fuselage also uses a standard Micro USB interface, so you don’t need to bring a special charging cable or battery base when you go out.

Since the battery cannot be removed, OSMO2 changed the tripod interface from the side of the 1st generation to the bottom of the handle. However, the 1/4'' interface of OSMO 2 lacks disc teeth and can only be connected to a few external devices such as ordinary tripods. The device is not compatible with many expansion accessories of the 1st generation, such as Z-axis stabilizer, microphone, vehicle components, etc.

You can shake as much as you want, but if you sway left and right, I will lose

When traveling to shoot blockbusters, it is difficult for us to stand still. As the saying goes, we change the scene every few steps. , the scenery will be different. OSMO 2 uses more lightweight materials than the first generation. Can the stability of shooting on the move remain the same? Before we go out, we have to try it.

OSMO 2 can support mobile phone widths of 58.6-85mm, which is the same as the first generation. It can be adapted to various mainstream mobile phones. It can still be used with an iPhone 7 Plus with a mobile phone case. space. Before starting OSMO 2, first use the balance adjustment knob to adjust the balance so that the phone can remain stable in the horizontal direction before starting up. Then press and hold the power button for about 2 seconds. OSMO 2 will start working. Open the DJI GO App, select Bluetooth connection, and all The preparation is complete.

OSMO 1 also needs to adjust the balance before starting up, but it can be started directly when the phone is in a vertical state, which may indicate that the motor power of the 1st generation is higher than that of OSMO 2.

In addition, OSMO 1 has a sensor next to the mobile phone holder. When the mobile phone is not installed, OSMO 1 is in a protected state and cannot be started. OSMO 2 cancels this sensor, so starting it without installing a mobile phone will cause the mobile phone holder to idle randomly after starting.

In a real environment, even if we are walking around, our handheld gimbal will still try to remain stable. However, this is just preparation before the official shooting, so naturally you don’t need to worry too much. In locked mode, the indicator light is yellow, and OSMO 2 can keep the phone's camera forward very well even if it is swayed forward, backward, left, and right. Switch to follow mode, the indicator light turns green, and we quickly change direction. There is a certain lag in the gimbal's follow-up, but it remains stable.

In practical applications, a more convenient way to fine-tune the shooting direction is to use a joystick. The OSMO 2 rocker has a moderate damping feel, and the gimbal is very stable during starting, turning, and stopping, with no sense of frustration. In addition, the OSMO 2 motor uses an external rotation limiter, which is not as beautiful as the 1st generation, but the remaining rotation angle is clear at a glance. The rotation angle of OSMO 2 has also been improved compared to the first generation, especially the adjustment of the pitch angle. The downward rotation angle has been directly increased from 35° in the first generation to 155°, which can adapt to more strange shooting angles. When your favorite museum exhibit is surrounded by a sea of ??people, hold up OSMO 2 and control the joystick to let the camera look down. You will definitely get a lot of envious and jealous looks.

In this test of shaking and controlling the joystick, the lightweight material used by OSMO2 did not affect the feel. The stability is not significantly different from the first generation. The sense of security brought to us by OSMO1 when shooting is It's back in OSMO 2.

The blockbusters are straight out, and everything with pan-delay is OK

In the end, the fixed-point test is only to verify the characteristics of OSMO 2. The environment you will face when going out for real shooting is much more complicated. . Under what circumstances do you have the highest requirements for stability in video shooting? Of course it's a night scene. We chose the three most popular night scenes in Shanghai, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, the Bund and the City God Temple, to test the shooting effects of OSMO 2. The shooting equipment was iPhone 7 Plus.

Even on a weekday night, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street is still crowded with people. As I walked along, I had to look left and right to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but also carefully avoid pedestrians walking towards me. I needed to move around, and naturally I couldn't take into account the stability of handheld photography. Although shaking is unavoidable, fortunately OSMO2 has three-axis gimbal technology. Most areas of the recorded video are stable. You can only feel the walking pace in subtle corners. Whether you turn around, sideways to avoid or walk sideways, you can see everything. There is no screen shaking in any direction, front, back, left, or right.

In addition to standard photography and photography, the DJI GO App used by OSMO 2 also provides various advanced shooting modes. In front of the magnificent buildings of all nations on the Bund, I wanted to take something different. I heard that time-lapse photography is very popular recently, so I took it. A 20-second motion time-lapse video takes 5 minutes to shoot. If you hold your phone and shoot while walking, the final effect will be terrible. However, with OSMO 2, you don’t even need to pay attention to the phone screen while walking. In locked mode, it takes pictures of others and I take pictures of mine. After completion, the direct output is a blockbuster movie.

Static time-lapse shooting is simpler than motion time-lapse. You only need to place OSMO 2 on the railing of the waterfront platform. Whether it is the screen changing on the high-rise buildings in Lujiazui, or the ferry boats coming and going on the Huangpu River, static time-lapse shooting will be done. Time-lapse captures them all.

Walking from Chenyi Square to Shiliupu, it is not far from the Chenghuang Temple. Standing on the Jiuqu Bridge, surrounded by pavilions and pavilions, a 330° panoramic photo is a good choice. Hold OSMO 2 and place it on the railing. In panoramic photo mode, OSMO 2 will rotate by itself and take 7 photos to synthesize the panorama.

If you want to use one video shot to sweep 360° pavilions, you need to pan and shoot. My first reaction was of course to use the joystick to rotate the camera. However, although the joystick rotates at a constant speed and smoothly, it is limited by the rotation angle and cannot cover all the 360° content. It seems that I can only use myself as the axis of rotation. .

Switch OSMO 2 to follow mode, and using my feet as the axis, I turned in a circle like a compass to complete the shot. When I turn on the editing mode and watch the video, there is almost no shaking in the vertical direction, and the stability is comparable to when using a joystick. The only difference is the speed of rotation. However, this is a problem of the photographer rather than the gimbal.

When it comes to cost-effectiveness, it’s not for anyone... I visited three well-known attractions in Shanghai in the cold wind, and I was satisfied with the shooting experience provided by OSMO 2. Its buttons are easy to operate, its lightweight material does not affect the stability of shooting at all, and its various creative shooting modes are also very cool. Considering that the battery life has been greatly improved and the price of OSMO mobile gimbal 1 has been halved, it can be said that OSMO 2 gives no chance of survival to products of the same level from competitors. The super high cost performance has even aroused the envy and jealousy of some OSMO 1 users.

If you don’t have a particular preference for metal handles, don’t plan to use high-end expansion accessories in the future, and don’t have to go to the wild for several days in an environment where charging is impossible, then the functions of DJI Osmo 2 and 1 are almost the same, not to mention The launch price of OSMO 2 is 899 yuan compared to the current discounted price of 1,399 yuan for the first generation. There is no need to hesitate about which mobile phone gimbal to choose.

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