DJI - Osmo 360

I have never owned a GoPro, but started 360 photography in 2005 with a mirror-ball add on for a digital camera. I’ve owned 360 cams from Giroptic, RICOH, Kodak and now have Insta360 and DJI. While my RICOH had better photos than the ONE X2, I got a ONE X2 because it had better software and was more fun. I instantly used a "worse" camera more than any of the other models I had. As I moved from X2 to X3 to X4 to X5, each comparison always had some things I thought the earlier model did better. With my DJI Osmo 360, I got it specifically for low light, hoping it might be my "go to" for low light situations, and the X5 for everything else. I’ve already seen alot of footage comparing it to other cameras, and some things look better on the Max 2, and other things look worse. Personal preference is a b-tch ;) What do you expect the niche of the Max 2 to be? What are the things that GoPro does better?

There isn’t really a great option for longer rides so I feel your pain. The cycliq ones seem good but the failure rates and bad customer support have turned people off. GoPro and Insta360 X5 are ok options but you’ll need spare batteries for more than about 1.5 hours of recording. Insta360 is easier to deal with because you can almost get away with only one camera. The new DJI Osmo 360 looks promising for a bit less than the Insta360. Garmin has the Vue for out front that does last for 6 hours of recording but is pretty expensive and has poor low light recording. I managed to get one for 25% off and have been pleased with the footage during daylight hours. No issues reading license plates. They also make a radar camera for the rear of the bike but the video is even worse than the front facing Vue. I’m personally waiting on a new rear camera/radar with improved video.

I just got the DJI osmo 360 after trying a few different options. It works good but there are some buts. Battery life: at 8k/50fps it pretty clearly captures every license plate from every angle that is within about 10', so close enough to be a danger and further out ones you can zoom in and see them albeit a bit blurry. Battery life at that rate is absolute shit though. I have a small 4500mah battery bank (not saying the capacity is accurate as they rarely are) and I would say at most I get out of that is maybe 3.5 hours although its very new to me, I keep screwing things up here and there when using it and I am working on playing with different things to make it last longer like next turning off the wifi and the always on display. Battery life at 8k/30fps, I screwed this one up on many levels but I would say I would still only get about 4.5 hours out of it so not enough for a long ride but again, I have not played with turning off different options to extend the battery life at all in this mode. However the difference in the ability to capture license plates is noticeable. It will still capture them within the danger zone but not as clear and no chance to "zoom in" to see it any better. Also would be nice to have a "save file on impact detection" option so when I do get smushed the video will not be overwritten but at the moment, the battery life is short enough that it shouldnt be an issue. EDIT: Just to add, with screen off, USB charger plugged in it will overheat in about 30 minutes if you are not moving. Riding along it seems good.

I am disappointed for sure. X5 came out unexpectedly (most likely because they knew DJI and Gopro were releasing something soon). The X5s larger sensors and AI chips did help enhance lower light situations, and I think color improved. Osmo360 disappointed with non replaceable lenses, and their workflow/apps still seem a little behind. The footage I saw originally was, at best, equal to the X5. For some reason recent footage looks better than X5. It's also disappointing that DJIs first 360 camera is just as expensive as the leader in the market (at least in the US) I thought Gopro was going to have a "hold my beer" moment. Their regular action cams have been taken over by DJI and Insta360. They haven't had a 360 cam in 5+ years. After being king for years, I thought they would swing for the fences to regain the title. So far, I've seen average footage. It's not the worst, but it's not the best. The fact that they didn't attempt to upgrade the sensor is unacceptable. Low light looks horrible. The replaceable lenses are nice, but it looks like it causes weird lense flares. Their attempt to convince us that we get more pixels because of some stitching gimmick doesn't mean anything to me. One thing for each camera to upgrade for me to choose would be X6 - 10 bit color Osmo3602 - replaceable lenses Max3 - larger sensor

Thanks. The footage looks good, but its hard to tell if it's any better than what the X5 or Osmo360 would've captured. When I say the gopro doesn't look as good, Im referring to comparison videos I've seen. I've even seen the creator say "its clear the max2 is better", yet I'm looking at it and thinking the complete opposite. This isnt about preference either. During a comparison, I can read words on a sign, but I can't read them from the Max2. Maybe I'll warm up to it like I did with the osmo360. I think the osmo360 is the best of the 3 at the moment.

I just watched Hugh's comparison video again. In good lighting, the osmo360 looks best out of the box. It's a little bit artificially sharpened to make it look clearer, which I dont mind. When you add sharpening in post, the Max2 does look better than the osmo360.  It doesn't make up for the small sensor though. I dont think I've ever filmed a 360 video at night, but a larger sensor does make a difference in daytime situations. The osmo360 is so much better than the max2 and the X5 in those situations. As I said before, if the insta360 would upgrade to 10 bit, they win. If gopro would upgrade to a larger sensor, they win. If DJI would add replaceable lenses, they win. The DJI and Gopro editing softwares need to improve also.

Summary: the DJI Osmo 360 is an excellent first attempt at the consumer 360 camera market by DJI with some advantages vs the competition, but on the whole still remains a step behind the Insta360 X5.

I've seen countless videos now of low light Osmo 360 vs. X5 footage... I've seen none, none that "blew away the X5" in performance. The X5 choses to use heavier noise reduction and the Osmo 360 uses less which makes their night footage far, far, far more noisy and jittery looking. It's a toss up to me which is better, I could see the argument for the Osmo 360, but it hardly is transformative... \*\*they all suck in low light\*\*.

I'm keeping my X5 and Osmo 360 and wait for the Max 3

Osmo evet daha doğal bir görüntüsü var ama değişitirilebilir lens tüm oyunu değiştiriyor. Türkiye gibi bir ülke de lensi çizilen osmo 360 atılıp yerine yenisi alınamaz. Insta da ise bu şık tamamen opsiyonel ve mümkün. Üstelik yeni bir kameranın nerdeyse 10/1 fiyatına yeni bir lens alıp takabilirsin.. Dolayısı ile kazanan insta 360 yanlış mı?

If you didn’t have the pocket 3, what would you be using to make memories on your family trips? I think the pocket is a great trip camera, but it requires you to treat it delicately - no impacts, heavy vibrations and you can’t get it wet. Maybe consider the Insta360 X5 if you just wanna capture your memories and not worry about framing your subjects. You’ll take a hit in quality and you’ll have to do more post processing, but the fact that you can just put it down and record in every direction is great. I can’t recommend the DJI Osmo 360 because it doesn’t have user replaceable lenses. The pocket 3 is going to win in low light, and it has the ability to attach two microphones, which is great. I have a bunch of action cams, including all of the pockets, many GoPros, insta360 go 3-ultra, and 360 cams. If I could only take one, it would probably be the X5 because of the durability, replaceable lenses, replaceable battery/sd cards, and its ability to shoot every direction all while being pocketable.

Im using dji osmo 360

Overheating after 20 minutes already made it a no buy for me, but the Osmo 360 having better low-light video made it an incredibly easy choice. Also the GoPro software is somehow even worse than DJI's.

I filmed a live concert two days ago, using an Osmo 360, three GoPro's (Osmo Actions kind of suck), three Sony A7S III's, a Sony A7C II, two Sony A6700's, a Sony A7 III, a Sony A7S II, and two Sony A7S I's. All of these cameras were filming for almost two hours, and not a single one overheated (the A6700's did require external fans).

https://preview.redd.it/wurkz0i78urf1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2089651fb7941bd3eabbd38c6a4b75bf6076c99b Sidenote: This is what the Osmo 360 looked like throughout.