DJI Pocket 2 packs more features and more mics into tiny 4K vlogger cam

The DJI Pocket 2 is drone-maker DJI's in style handheld stabilized vlogging camera, and comes with an upgraded camera, more microphones, and new modular design. It's releasing on November 1st with a starting price of $349 for a basic pick of accessories, but at that place's also a $499 kit that comes with an superfluous lens system, tripod, foreign microphone, and feature-packed handle.

Although the Pocket 2 has a similar design to the original Osmo Sac, with a small grip topped with a camera mounted on a 3-axis gimbal, its internals have been upgraded across the board. For starters, it has a larger 1/1.7-edge image sensor compared to the original's 1/2.3-inch sensing element, and its lens offers a wider 20mm field with an aperture of f/1.8 compared to 26mm f/2.0 utmost time more or less. The maximum video quality is unchanged at 4K/60fps, but DJI says there's a new HDR picture selection that will glucinium available at a future day of the month.

Possibly more world-shaking is the upgraded sound recording, considering it was one of our key issues with the original camera. The Pocket 2 contains quadruplet microphones — double the original. The new microphone raiment is sure-footed of adjusting the audio its recording founded happening where the photographic camera is lining, and it'll also automatically narrow the sound field when the camera zooms, which sounds mistakable to what we've seen Samsung attempt in recent smartphones. Hopefully these tweaks bring off better built-in sound recording, but residual-assured you still have the option of using external wired or wireless mics via accessories.

Speaking of zooming, the camera can plow dormie to 8x zoom when in 64-megapixel mode, accordant to DJI, reducing to 4x "lossless zoom along" if you stride down to the 16-megapixel mode or 1080p. The camera's focus system has also been upgraded compared to the previous manikin, DJI says, and thither are unused computer software features including Speedy Wake to power the camera on quicker, and Pretermit Cognisant to pop the question protective covering in case of falls.

*The Pocket 2 now has modular bases, including this Do-It-All Plow with several forms of wireless connectivity and a 3.5mm seaman*

The arse portion of the Sac 2 camera's handle can now cost swapped taboo and replaced with other options thanks to its new modular design. Compatible accessories admit DJI's "Do-It-Every" handle which includes a tripod Base, Badger State-Fi and Bluetooth module, speaker, 3.5mm jack, and receiving set microphone receiver. Other accessories let in a fisheye lens, and a raincoat housing.

Here's what you get for $349 vs. the $499 Jehovah Jazz band kit up.

Same the original television camera, the DJI Pocket 2 tush either be used as a standalone stabilized camera, instead attached to and controlled with a smartphone wirelessly or via a animal connector. DJI's Mimo app can constitute put-upon on an attached phone to film, edit, and share videos and photos.

For $349, you get the camera and a basic selection of accessories, including a Mini Control Lodge and 1/4-inch tripod mount. $499 gets you the camera and both accessories, plus a all-embracing-angle lens system, wireless microphone with windscreen, DJI's Do-IT-All handle, and a micro tripod.