As content creation becomes more of a reality for businesses that want to leverage content marketing, industry leaders in photography, film, and audio have been steadily releasing products that help meet consumers where they are at in their skill levels. This is particularly great for businesses that want to scale into harder to access mediums such as audio and film, as traditionally releasing content in either of these columns requires a high degree of technical expertise, creative capacity, money, or all of the above.
DJI is a Chinese company that has become known over the years as a manufacturer and vendor of high-quality drone equipment that is priced at attainable levels for consumers, prosumers, and professionals alike. While DJI has come under fire for its affiliations with the Chinese government—particularly as it concerns government contracts that the corporation has earned for itself here in the United States—it should never be understated the level of importance that DJI represents as a creator of quality, affordable, AV equipment that is great for all levels of content creation.
The DJI OM5 is an evolution of the DJI Osmo Mobile gimbal line that has been with the company for some time now. Created as a fully functioning gimbal for iPhones and Android devices, the Osmo Mobile line of products is defined by having comparable characteristics and levels of usability to DJI’s higher end gimbals such as the Ronin and Ronin-SC. For such reasons, the Osmo Mobile is great for those that want to have ultra-lightweight content creation operations via smartphone use, while still being able to utilize many of the qualitative advantages that traditionally accompany normal digital film work.
Recently, however, DJI released their fifth iteration on the Osmo Mobile line of products, the OM5. In similar fashion to other Osmo Mobile products, it is a 3-axis gimbal system that has been scaled down even further to more comfortably fit into a pants pocket or small purse, and has been built out to include an extension rod so that the device can more effectively work as a selfie stick. Even internally, there are new features that allow for amateur videographers to take better sequences, such as the new “Shot Guide’s” capability that is now a part of the accompanying DJI Mimo app. Between the host of new features and a couple of older ones such as active face tracking, a magnetic phone clamp, and many others, some are wondering if this is the right gimbal to buy for their mobile phone. While I like it, you should check out Kara Murphey’s review on the DJI OM5 at Digital Photography Review. (via DPReview)
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