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@Paul Antill shares the most important DJI Osmo Pocket 3 settings and features that you should know for quickly getting set up and started with this pocket camera. In this DJI Osmo Pocket 3 beginners guide, Paul walks you through the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 creator combo, including gimbal modes, stabilization, recording settings, and face tracking. He also demonstrates the DJI Wireless Mic 3’s and checks in on the rumors for the DJI Osmo Pocket 4.
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00:00Hey, in this episode of Setup Essentials, I'm taking you through everything that you need to
00:03know about the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. This video is for anyone who just picked up an Osmo Pocket 3
00:09or has had one but still wants to get a little bit more out of it. I'll be covering a
00:13lot from
00:13the settings that you should change first to must-have accessories. Everything is chapterized
00:17in this video so that you can jump around more easily, so let's get into it. Let's start with
00:22what you get with the Osmo Pocket 3 when you buy one. There are a few different kits for sale,
00:27but the two most popular ones are the standard package and the Creator Combo. The standard
00:32package includes the hard case, the handle accessory with a quarter-inch thread at the bottom,
00:36a USB-C charging cable, and a wrist strap. The Creator Combo includes all of that plus a soft
00:43carrying case that holds the extended battery handle, the mini tripod, the wide-angle lens,
00:48and the DJI Wireless Mic 2 transmitter along with a dead cat. These kits were originally priced at
00:54$519 and $669, but between tariffs and its popularity, pricing has not been consistent.
01:02So if you can find the Creator Combo still for like $900 or less, I think it's worth picking up
01:08since it gives you everything that you need to start shooting right away. If not, the extended
01:14battery handle and the DJI Mic 2 or the newer Mic 3 are the two accessories that I would buy
01:19separately
01:20for all-day battery life and the best audio experience with this camera, so I'll link the
01:24best deals for those down below. There are two ways to turn on the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. Rotate the
01:31screen
01:31clockwise into its landscape position or press the shutter button. To turn the Osmo Pocket 3 off,
01:37you can hold the shutter button or twist the screen back to its vertical position. You can also set the
01:43camera to auto-power off between 30 seconds or 30 minutes of being idle, and I'll show you how to
01:48do that in just a second. By default, flipping the screen into its landscape sets the recording
01:54aspect ratio to landscape, while turning the camera on with its screen still in its vertical orientation
01:59will set the camera to recording in its vertical mode. And this makes it a quick way to switch between
02:03your different aspect ratios without digging into your settings. I'm guilty of not always putting
02:08this camera back in its case, but whichever way you decide to turn the camera off, always rotate the
02:14screen back to its vertical position and make sure you let the gimbal return to its storage position
02:18before putting it away to keep things a little bit more protected. Now, let's take a closer look at
02:24the camera's specs. This is the one-inch camera sensor, which gives it really nice depth of field and
02:29solid low-light performance, especially for a camera of this size. This is the three-axis gimbal that
02:35handles pan, tilt, and roll, and gives you that stabilized cinematic look. There are three built-in
02:42microphones, two on each side of the screen and one on the back. So if you're not using a wireless
02:47mic when you're holding the camera, try not to block these microphones for the best audio quality.
02:52Below the screen is the multi-function joystick. You can use it to control the gimbal manually or as a
02:58digital zoom. The shutter and record button is right next to it. On the left side of the camera,
03:04we find our micro SD card slot. Press it in to insert a card or release it from the body.
03:12On the right-hand side of the body is the lanyard hole and I highly recommend attaching the included
03:17strap. These two cutouts at the bottom are the quick release slots where accessories like the
03:24extended battery handle or the quarter-inch grip attach. They snap in securely and release by pressing
03:29their front button. And at the very bottom as well is where we find the USB-C port for charging,
03:35data
03:35transfer, or for using your phone as a display. You'll need to install the DJI Mimo app which is available
03:43for both Android and iOS. With your camera turned on and your phone nearby with its Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
03:49on,
03:50you should see the camera icon on the home screen page allowing you to connect to the camera. The entire
03:55process shouldn't take more than a couple minutes and this is how you'll then be able to update the
03:59camera firmware, see a live view from your camera on your phone, as well as download the Pocket 3
04:05recordings and save them directly on your phone as well. Now that we have the camera synced to your
04:11phone, how do we actually use it? You could just start filming with the default settings by hitting the
04:16shutter button, but I definitely suggest familiarizing yourself with the different icons and options
04:22available. Top left shows the remaining recording time based on your current resolution, frame rate,
04:27and card size. Top right shows the battery life. The middle left is a shortcut drawer for special modes
04:32including face auto detect, where the camera will automatically find a face and start framing around
04:37it. Dynamic framing, which lets you lock yourself into a specific area of the frame. Spinshot, which
04:43automatically performs a smooth 180 degree barrel roll. On the bottom left, this switches your recording
04:49mode between panorama, photo, video, low light, slow-mo, and time-lapse. The bottom middle icon
04:56shows your current video or photo format. Right next to that are two arrows, which are part of a
05:01relatively new update, which let you do a digital lossless two times mid-telephoto zoom, which is
05:07approximately 40 millimeters. This gives the camera a little bit more reach and versatility without taking
05:11a hit to video quality. On the bottom right, this switches between your front and selfie camera
05:17orientation, and you can also do this by triple tapping on the joystick. Tapping on the right
05:23middle icon changes how the joystick behaves. You can set it to physically move the gimbal or act as
05:28a digital zoom rocker. Sliding left on the screen opens your video settings menu. The main part of this
05:34menu lets you toggle between glamour effects, as well as adjust the image sharpness and noise reduction
05:39levels. But if you click on pro, this unlocks more advanced controls, which includes exposure.
05:46And by setting your ISO, you can change how bright or dark your image is. Auto works pretty well in
05:51most cases, but locking it down prevents brightness shifts mid shot. For your color profiles, you can
05:57choose between normal, which looks pretty good at a camera with no color grading required. D log M flattens
06:03the image for color grading in the edit, which is great for pros who want the maximum flexibility and
06:08control over the final look of their video. There are also three focus modes that you can choose from.
06:14Single AF locks the focus once you tap on the screen. Continuous AF keeps refocusing as your subject moves
06:21closer or further away from the camera. Product Showcase refocuses a little bit more quickly when you
06:26bring an object closer to the lens and prioritizes that instead of face detection. This is perfect when
06:31I'm showing off gadgets to the camera and I don't want the camera to refocus on my face constantly.
06:35Without this feature, normally what you'd have to do is trick the camera and kind of hide your face so
06:41that it would refocus on the subject, in this case, my phone. But right now with Product Showcase,
06:46all I have to do is just have it a little bit closer in the foreground and it's intelligently
06:50detecting that and focusing on that instead of my face. Like I've already shown by default,
06:54the screen orientation is what determines if you're going to be shooting in landscape or portrait mode.
06:59But swiping up on the screen opens up your resolution, aspect ratios, and frame rate settings.
07:05In landscape, you can select between 16x9 or 1x1. In vertical, you can select 9x16 or 1x1 as well.
07:15I recently discovered that recording in 1x1 is actually really useful because it captures that
07:21same amount of vertical information that you get from a vertical recording, but it also gives you a
07:26little bit more width compared to the standard 9x16 aspect ratio. The Osmo Pocket 3 can record in
07:31slow motion. You can access this from the main screen by tapping on the bottom left mode icon.
07:36You can select slow motion and choose up to 4k 120fps for 4x slow motion or 1080p 240fps for 8x
07:45slow motion.
07:47You can quickly view what you've previously recorded on the Osmo Pocket 3 by swiping right
07:52from the live preview screen. Here you can scroll through any of your past recordings on the
07:57inserted SD card, heart your favorite ones, change the playback volume for videos, or switch to the
08:03tile view in order to view multiple recordings at once, as well as open the selector which lets you
08:09choose multiple recordings to heart or delete at the same time. Back on our live preview screen,
08:16swiping down opens the quick settings menu. The first icon which looks like a person is where you can
08:21create and edit your custom profiles which saves all of your camera's current settings so that you
08:26can access them again more quickly without having to reapply everything from scratch.
08:31The second icon changes what happens when you rotate the screen. Screen rotate and capture allows
08:37you to auto start a recording as soon as you rotate the screen clockwise from its off state power position.
08:43From this menu you can choose what type of recording you'd like to pick,
08:47or you can also select one of the custom presets you just made.
08:50The fourth icon is for FT or face tracking selfie. This feature will automatically track
08:56a person's face when the camera is in selfie mode. The fifth icon which looks like a gear
09:01opens additional settings and includes some very important features. Seeing your connected wireless
09:07mics or pairing new ones. Changing if rotating the screen back to vertical orientation will auto power
09:13off the camera. Calibrating the gimbal and joystick speed. Adding a grid reference line on your live preview.
09:22Auto screen and power off. And lots of other settings that you should definitely take the time to look over.
09:30The next icon lets us switch from auto resolution rotation to manually selecting between vertical or
09:37horizontal. The full body looking icon lets us change the gimbal rotation speed between slow,
09:43default, or fast. Finally, the Osmo Pocket icon lets us cycle between the gimbal modes. Follow mode keeps the
09:50camera locked onto whatever you pointed at. The gimbal will pan and tilt smoothly as you move,
09:55which is great for most shooting situations. Tilt lock keeps the horizon perfectly level.
10:00The camera can still pan left and right, but it won't tilt up and down.
10:05But as I've already shown quite a bit, one of my favorite features is subject detection. Not just
10:09on me so the camera continues to follow around me, but if I switch this gimbal around
10:15and double click on Clayton, I now have a green tracking box around him. And very easily I can
10:22just now do a 360 walk around him. The camera and the gimbal are pretty much handling all the heavy
10:30work here, keeping him perfectly in center. And I can't stress enough how much this camera makes it
10:36feel like it's your own personal videographer. The wide angle lens, which is included with the
10:40creator combo, attaches magnetically to the front of the camera. Really, the benefit with the ultra
10:45wide lens attachment is when you're filming yourself, you can see how much more of my scene
10:51I now get without actually having to extend my arm further out. It makes vlogging a lot easier using this
10:57attachment. Here's where things get a little bit more interesting. Rumors are suggesting that the
11:02DJI Osmo Pocket 4 is in the works, potentially featuring a dual camera system with a main
11:08one inch sensor and a secondary 50 megapixel sensor for optical quality zooming. Other rumored
11:15upgrades include improved ActiveTrack 7.0 stabilization, a larger 2.5 inch rotatable screen,
11:22enhanced battery life and potentially 8K recording. Those rumored specs look pretty sweet,
11:27but one of the real questions that I'm most interested in is whether or not this camera will be released
11:33in
11:34the US. If you're unfamiliar, DJI technically has not been directly selling any of their recent
11:39products in the US for almost a year now due to pushback from the government. But let me know what
11:44you think about all these rumors and how much you think the Pocket 4 will go for or how much
11:48you'd
11:49actually be willing to spend on one. All right, so that should be everything that you need to know to
11:54get your DJI Osmo Pocket 3 setup and the most important settings and tips to keep in mind for the
11:59best
11:59results. The price hikes have made this a little bit tougher to recommend as an absolute beginner
12:04camera, but if you can find it for a reasonable price, I still think this is one of the easiest
12:09ways to get great video quality without carrying around a full camera rake. If this video has helped
12:14you out, make sure to subscribe for more setup essentials and you can follow me to see what other
12:18cool tech I'm reviewing. And until the next one, I'll catch you later.
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