00:00This is the DJI Osmo 360.
00:03It is DJI's first 360 camera,
00:05and they're hoping to leave a mark
00:07in a market that's been largely dominated by one company,
00:10the Insta360.
00:12So in this video, we're gonna take a look at the Osmo 360
00:15and compare it to the Insta360 X5,
00:18their latest 360 camera.
00:20How many times have I said 360 in that intro?
00:24So first things first,
00:26I've only had the Osmo 360 for a couple of days.
00:29So think about this video more as a first impression hands-on
00:33than an actual full review.
00:35With that out of the way, let's get going.
00:37DJI sent me the Adventure Combo.
00:40That combo comes with battery case, three batteries,
00:43there's a pouch, cables, quick release plate,
00:46a rubber lens protector, 1.2 meter selfie stick,
00:50and yes, the Osmo 360 camera itself.
00:53I do wish I can tell you the price,
00:54but we don't know as the time of this recording.
00:58And once we find out,
00:59which might be before we publish this video,
01:01I'm gonna put the price up here.
01:05All right, now we know.
01:06Also, the thing that you need to know is that DJI told us
01:09that they're not officially selling the Osmo 360 in the US
01:14via the official DJI channels.
01:17I've asked to find out what official channels mean.
01:20Is that retail or just the DJI website?
01:22No idea yet, but I will let you know down below
01:25in the comments once I do.
01:28The first big difference between these two cameras
01:30is the form factor.
01:31The Insta360 X5 is a little bit longer and narrower,
01:34and the Osmo 360 is shorter, but wider.
01:37And aside from it also being lighter by 20 grams,
01:40I do prefer the Osmo shape overall.
01:44And there's one specific reason,
01:45and one specific use case for me, why I like it.
01:48So usually when I use 360 cameras,
01:50it is out for skiing and snowboarding and things like that.
01:53I have it on a selfie stick.
01:55I want it to be somewhat light so I don't get too tired.
01:59But more importantly,
02:00if I want to place the 360 camera onto my helmet,
02:03it always felt like the Insta360 X5
02:06was just a bit too heavy,
02:09but would also kind of pull on my helmet
02:12since it's sticking out so much.
02:14So I do prefer this form factor,
02:15which will be a little bit more flush to the helmet.
02:19The smaller footprint also means that the screen is smaller,
02:21but it's okay.
02:23It is a small price to pay.
02:25Let's go through the specs next.
02:26Behind these non-swappable lenses,
02:29I know I'm pretty bummed about that one.
02:31The X5 can swap lenses if you damage it.
02:34There are two one inch sensors.
02:36And what's interesting about those sensors
02:38is that they are square shaped instead of rectangular.
02:42DJI says that allows for better power consumption,
02:45makes the camera smaller,
02:46and utilizes the entirety of the sensor,
02:48whereas some other cameras,
02:50they actually don't use the entirety
02:52of the rectangular sensor.
02:54So there's that.
02:55The Osmo 360 can shoot 8K up to 50 frames per second,
02:58which is really awesome.
03:00X5 is capped at 8K 30.
03:03If you prefer 60 frames per second,
03:05the Osmo will get you that at 6K,
03:07whereas the X5 stays at 5.7K.
03:11But one place where the X5 wins is slow motion.
03:14It can shoot 120 frames per second in 4K.
03:17The Osmo only goes up to 800.
03:19And in my side-by-side testing,
03:21the footage on the Osmo does look a bit sharper and crisper,
03:25but I also just prefer the color choices
03:27that the camera is making.
03:29The sky just looks a little bit more real,
03:32whereas on the X5,
03:33it always felt like a bit more too saturated and too processed.
03:37The bigger difference, I would say,
03:39is that the Osmo 360 can shoot in 10-bit color
03:42and X5 can only shoot in 8-bit.
03:44Both of these cameras can shoot in HDR,
03:46and both of these do have some kind of a log setting.
03:50DJI LogM is not really proper log setting,
03:53but if you do want more room for color processing
03:57and more dynamic range,
03:59this is where you'd want to stay.
04:01A lot of people also want to know about low-light testing,
04:04so let's do that next.
04:06Okay, I'm on pure night mode.
04:09Everything looks a little bit more yellow on DJI One.
04:14Someone's playing All-Star.
04:18Okay, so everything is looking a bit more yellow on the right.
04:21Here we have a little bit more saturation in the night mode.
04:25Both of these are running their own night modes, 8K30.
04:30Yeah, let me know which one looks better to you.
04:33Okay, next up is the battery life.
04:36In the few days that I've had the Osmo, the battery held up pretty well.
04:40Most times, I would be okay with one to two batteries for, you know,
04:45a couple of hours of shooting at a time.
04:47DJI is quoting 100 minutes of 8K30 of continuous recording,
04:52and honestly, I don't think that's a practical use case.
04:55I don't use cameras that way.
04:57I mostly just take snippets of 5 to 10 minute clips, depending on the activity that I'm doing.
05:03But it sort of became a benchmark for these cameras.
05:06Overall, what you need to know is that the battery is good, even though it is 1950 milliamps,
05:12whereas the X5 is 2400, so that difference is kind of big.
05:16But again, DJI says that their power consumption is a lot better,
05:19so it should allow for just comfortable battery life.
05:24And yeah, in the last few days, I haven't really had any battery anxiety.
05:28Okay, one more thing, it's the app.
05:30One, there's the desktop app, which is brand new for DJI.
05:33It's called DJI Studio.
05:34Again, I would need to spend more time with it, but it looks kind of nice.
05:37Runs pretty well so far.
05:39And the mobile app looks suspiciously similar to the X5.
05:44Like, the export menus are basically identical.
05:48A lot of the other features are pretty similar.
05:50You get the tracking features for objects and pets and things like that.
05:54You get the keyframing, you get color modes, and all that stuff.
05:58But I do hope that DJI starts offering some kind of cloud subscription service.
06:04I recently looked at my GoPro cloud, and it turns out I have seven terabytes of footage there.
06:09I also am a subscriber to the Insta360 cloud as well,
06:13because I do think that's the best way to actually edit these videos.
06:18It's kind of hard to connect the camera to your phone,
06:21and then download it on your internal storage, and edit it that way.
06:24It just becomes a process, whereas cloud, a lot easier.
06:29So, hoping to see that from DJI soon.
06:34Sorry, sorry camera.
06:37And there's still a whole lot more to talk about when it comes to Osmo 360.
06:40There's a few shooting modes, there's the single lens mode,
06:44the DJI connects to the mics as well pretty nicely.
06:48But yeah, this is pretty much what I have for you today,
06:51kind of first impressions overview.
06:53But overall, I am pretty excited to see DJI entering this space.
06:57Again, it's largely been dominated by one company, and competition is always good.
07:03Now we just need to wait for GoPro Max, which is apparently still on its way.
07:08I don't know, still waiting.
07:09So, your move GoPro.
07:13Okay, thank you so much for watching.
07:14If you have more questions or anything that you want to know about this camera
07:17that I can answer down in the comments, I will be hanging out down there.
07:20So, let's chat.
07:22If you need more info, there's more stuff on the website too.
07:25So, yeah, talk soon.
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