Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Photography Blog: A6500, GoPro 5 and DJI Osmo Pocket 4k comparison
Following on from the blog post "Do you need full frame?" here is a short video of a bike ride in Richmond Park on New Year's Day that gives a comparison of the output from three cameras.
It was made using the Sony A6500 (with 18-135 lens), head mounted Go Pro 5 and the DJI Osmo Pocket, and hopefully you can see the difference. The most stark is between the A6500 and Osmo Pocket, particularly when videoing wildlife like deer where you can see much more detail on the APSC camera.
The Osmo Pocket shows the deer fur as being a bit mushy, without much detail, but despite that it can be used to tell the story of walking towards the herd.
Partly the difference is sensor size, partly lens and partly better processing (i.e. higher data rate capture)
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Not convinced yet about DJI Osmo. I use a canon 800D, a sony HX 80 a gopro hero 5 and a DJI spark for all my video footage and this seems to be working out on thus far. Interesting Posts Capt'n JP - keep them coming
And thanks
Steve
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Hi Steve & thanks!
I agree the DJI Osmo pocket isn't for everyone. For boat footage, ILC + gopro + drone covers pretty much everything. My main reason to get the Osmo pocket was when want to take video while walking e.g. exploring a city's streets while travelling. It's hard to get that with an ILC without gimbal which can be large & heavy, while the Osmo is dinky small so doesn't add much to travel weight (nothing compared to, say, drone).
Actually as a travel camera and for street video it does sound ideal. I might take another look at one
Don't see the comparison, or at least it's not obvious which camera is when.
That's interesting - as mentioned earlier, composition and story are usually the most important things for video, not pixel peeping details.
I used the GoPro on the bike in 2.7k mode scaled to 4k to give the image stabilisation.
The Osmo was just for the walking along/towards deer shots
The 6500 for the static shots as the deer moved, and to my eye there is much more detail visible of the deer's fur
The Osmo pocket is a very neat device, almost an iPhone-like "ooh" moment
Great article!
I love the new DJI Osmo Action.
The DJI Osmo Action is one of the fantastic little gadgets that runs circles around other GoPro copycats.
If your vlog needs a lot of movement, needs steady video and don’t want to pay GoPro prices, the DJI Osmo Action is the best alternative.
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