Dji’s First 360-degree Camera Can Continuously Capture 8k Footage For Over 100 Minutes

The Osmo 360 is DJI’s first 360-degree action camera. | Image: DJI

DJI has announced nan company’s first 360-degree action camera designed to compete pinch nan Insta360 X5 and nan aging GoPro Max (which nan company is readying to switch soon). The caller DJI Osmo 360 somewhat edges retired nan X5’s signaling capabilities by capturing 8K videos astatine 50fps alternatively of 30fps, and features a creation that’s some smaller and astir 20 grams lighter than nan Insta360’s. We conscionable don’t cognize really overmuch nan Osmo 360 will costs because DJI hasn’t revealed erstwhile it will beryllium coming to nan US.

The Osmo 360 doesn’t characteristic swappable lenses, but dissimilar nan X5, which uses only portion of its rectangular 1/1.28-inch sensors, DJI’s 360-degree camera uses each of its caller 1-inch square-shaped HDR sensors. The institution says that this “reduces unnecessary bulk” and helps support nan camera compact and ray astatine 183 grams. The Osmo 360 besides captures 10-bit video, which offers much imaginative state erstwhile colour correcting footage afterward, while nan X5 is constricted to 8-bit.

The camera’s 1,950mAh artillery is somewhat smaller than nan 2,400mAh 1 successful nan X5, but DJI says nan Osmo 360 tin continuously grounds astatine 8K/30fps for up to 100 minutes connected a afloat complaint without overheating. Frame rates tin beryllium boosted to 60fps erstwhile dropping nan solution to 6K, aliases spell arsenic precocious arsenic 100fps astatine 4K, but its slow-motion capabilities are somewhat edged retired by nan X5, which tin grounds 4K video astatine 120fps. When shooting pinch conscionable a azygous lens, you tin push 4K signaling to 120fps connected nan Osmo 360, and you tin move backmost and distant betwixt nan camera’s 2 lenses without stopping recording.

The Osmo 360 tin seizure 360-degree still images astatine 120 megapixels, which is astir doubly nan 72-megapixel solution of pictures captured by nan Insta360 X5. But if you want to seizure HDR images truthful you tin do much post-processing, you’ll request to driblet nan solution to 30MP. 

Other useful features see some sound and motion controls for starting aliases stopping signaling remotely; DJI’s HorizonSteady and RockSteady stabilization, which tin soft retired shaky footage without removing move motion; and nan expertise to way and support people, vehicles, and pets arsenic nan attraction of a video erstwhile exporting clips from nan DJI Mimo mobile app.

The Osmo 360 besides features 105GB of built-in retention and tin simultaneously link to 2 of DJI’s celebrated wireless microphones and grounds 2 abstracted audio tracks without nan request for a receiver. Optional accessories see a Battery Extension Rod that extends 8K/30fps signaling by an further 180 minutes, transparent lens protectors, and respective selfie sticks that connect to nan Osmo 360’s threaded tripod mount, including 1 that extends to complete 8 feet long.

Although it won’t motorboat successful nan US, nan Osmo 360 will beryllium disposable successful each nan different regions wherever DJI already sells its products. In Europe it will waste for €479.99, while an Adventure Combo, which adds accessories for illustration a selfie instrumentality and a multifunction artillery case, will beryllium €629.99. Canadian pricing, which is listed successful US dollars, is $430 aliases $580 for nan Adventure Combo, but DJI says that doesn’t bespeak what nan Osmo 360 will costs erstwhile disposable successful nan US.