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Re: DJI Osmo for Weddings?

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Originally Posted by Corey Graham (Post 1902274)

I've had the Osmo/X3 for over a week now, and have no doubt that I'll be able to use it effectively at weddings, etc. It performs better than I expected in lower light levels (absolutely better than a GoPro), and with proper grading/noise reduction, it's going to rock.

The key is to test it out and figure out where it's going to best be used, and not think it's going to be a magical cheap replacement for something like a ronin-gh4 rig. There are lots of great applications for this, and is money well spent IMO.

Corey, that's really cool to hear that you like the Osmo with the X3. Do you feel like the footage will match footage shot on a DSLR? How is the dynamic range? When you walk with it does it look like the camera is bobbing up and down or is it pretty smooth?

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When you walk with it does it look like the camera is bobbing up and down or is it pretty smooth?

Unfortunately 3 axis gimbals do not filter out walking motion, that's up to your own walking technique.

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This is a quick test out of the box in work last week It is very smooth, although you do need to have the "cameraman's walk" to get the best out of it!

Re: DJI Osmo for Weddings?

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Originally Posted by Michael Silverman (Post 1902275)

Do you feel like the footage will match footage shot on a DSLR? How is the dynamic range? When you walk with it does it look like the camera is bobbing up and down or is it pretty smooth?

I think it'll be fine against my GH3 footage. Then again, I'm only using it in certain situations that I know it's going to perform well in (outdoors and indoors with decent light levels). And I'm going to use it sparingly -- not as any sort of main camera, but for more specialty shots.

There's some slight bobbing when you walk, but only if you're being careless in your step. Simply giving attention to walking smoothly and steadily, which takes a little effort, really irons out the shot.

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Originally Posted by Corey Graham (Post 1902294)

That's awesome to hear. I had seen footage from DJI's promotional videos for it, but it's always hard to tell exactly what was involved in the production of the videos compared to normal everyday use. I think it's really cool that it's so portable and light and the footage I've seen looks pretty good! I've always had a tough time matching footage from other manufacturer's with my C100s but I just got FilmConvert which seems to make it quiet a bit easier. If you come across any quirks please give an update.

Robin, that footage looks great to me! I had seen footage with a GoPro on the Smoothee and wasn't too impressed with what I saw. To me this looks much more convincing. Did you add warp stabilizer (or another stabilizer effect to it) or is this raw footage?

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Originally Posted by Robin Davies-Rollinson (Post 1902288)

This is a quick test out of the box in work last week It is very smoothOsmo test in office on Vimeo

It look smuch smoother then what I am able to get out of my feiyu g4 because I do have to post stabilise it, I do have to say though that the osmo camera produces quite some aliasing. I wonder how it compares to a gopro 4

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Noa, I think that the aliasing might be down to my shooting in 4K and then downrezzing to 2K to upload it to Vimeo. It looks quite clean in its native format. I haven't yet tried to shoot anything in 2K. That might make all the difference.

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Michael, it is raw footage, apart from a bt of sharpening. I don't know if the X3 camera circuitry puts any sharpening in...

Re: DJI Osmo for Weddings?

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Originally Posted by Robin Davies-Rollinson (Post 1902321)

Michael, it is raw footage, apart from a bt of sharpening. I don't know if the X3 camera circuitry puts any sharpening in...

The footage looks very smooth. It doubtless helps that you do know how to walk while shooting.

Is it like the GoPro that it's auto-everything?

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Nigel, Focus is fixed of course, the white balance can be switched from Auto to Sun, Cloud, or Incandescent. Not sure about changing ISO etc for video. It can be controlled for stills I just need some time to get into the menus!

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