DJI’s first 360-degree camera can continuously capture 8K footage for over 100 minutes

The Osmo 360 is DJI’s archetypal 360-degree enactment camera. | Image: DJI

DJI has announced the company’s archetypal 360-degree enactment camera designed to vie with the Insta360 X5 and the aging GoPro Max (which the company is readying to regenerate soon). The caller DJI Osmo 360 somewhat edges retired the X5’s signaling capabilities by capturing 8K videos astatine 50fps alternatively of 30fps, and features a plan that’s some smaller and astir 20 grams lighter than the Insta360’s. We conscionable don’t cognize however overmuch the Osmo 360 volition outgo due to the fact that DJI hasn’t revealed erstwhile it volition beryllium coming to the US.

The Osmo 360 doesn’t diagnostic swappable lenses, but dissimilar the X5, which uses lone 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 the camera compact and airy astatine 183 grams. The Osmo 360 besides captures 10-bit video, which offers much originative state erstwhile colour correcting footage afterward, portion the X5 is constricted to 8-bit.

The camera’s 1,950mAh artillery is somewhat smaller than the 2,400mAh 1 successful the X5, but DJI says the 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 the solution to 6K, oregon spell arsenic precocious arsenic 100fps astatine 4K, but its slow-motion capabilities are somewhat edged retired by the X5, which tin grounds 4K video astatine 120fps. When shooting with conscionable a azygous lens, you tin propulsion 4K signaling to 120fps connected the Osmo 360, and you tin power backmost and distant betwixt the camera’s 2 lenses without stopping recording.

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

Other utile features see some dependable and motion controls for starting oregon stopping signaling remotely; DJI’s HorizonSteady and RockSteady stabilization, which tin creaseless retired shaky footage without removing dynamic motion; and the quality to way and support people, vehicles, and pets arsenic the absorption of a video erstwhile exporting clips from the DJI Mimo mobile app.

The Osmo 360 besides features 105GB of built-in retention and tin simultaneously link to 2 of DJI’s fashionable wireless microphones and grounds 2 abstracted audio tracks without the 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 the Osmo 360’s threaded tripod mount, including 1 that extends to implicit 8 feet long.

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