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DJI LAUNCHES OSMO ACTION CAMERA
DJI has announced the Osmo Action, a robust action camera that appears to have plenty in common with GoPro’s Hero line of action cameras.
The dustproof, shockproof and waterproof action gets the same ½.3-inch sensor as that in the Osmo Pocket, and can capture 12-megapixel Raw stills, as well as 4K HDR video at 60fps and 100Mbps. In front of the sensor is a three-element f2.8 lens with a 145 degree field-of-view covered in an anti-reflective coating. There’s a 2.25-inch rear touchscreen with a water and fingerprint repelling coating, and a 1.4-inch front screen.
Osmo Action is the first DJI handheld camera to include RockSteady, DJI’s Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) technology. Stabilisation algorithms work in conjunction with EIS, although according to DPreview, DJI estimates an 18-22% crop factor when using RockSteady. DJI has also included a de-warp function to minimize the exaggerated perspective of the wide-angle lens.
Osmo Action has a removable battery with a run time of 93 minutes recording at 4K/30fps with RockSteady enabled, and 135 minutes recording at 1080p/30fps without RockSteady. There’s also dual microphones and a speaker.
The action cam also features a variety of creative features built-in, including Slo-mo, 8x slow motion in 1080p
