DJI - Osmo Action 3
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"It’s shockingly good I’ve had it run for 40+min on a very very hot day"
"I get about 2 hours at 2.4k 60fps"
"longer battery life"
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"Mine has been stepped on, played with by my sheep, dropped, rained on, dunked in water, beat on by ducks and geese, you name it. Still works great."
"Plus I ride dirt bikes out in the desert, which means more heat to the camera and it has yet to overheat."
"You can shoot video like there’s no tomorrow. Drop it. Hit it. Take it for a swim. ... I took my action 3 snorkeling; amazing."
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"It’s shockingly good I’ve had it run for 40+min on a very very hot day"
"GoPros shut off in hot weather all the time. They just overheat in anything above 80 f. 5 minutes of video and boop, power off, overheating. Has yet to happen to my Osmo Action 5. Happened to every single GoPro I owned. (4 different gens)"
"Plus I ride dirt bikes out in the desert, which means more heat to the camera and it has yet to overheat."
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"better stabilization & colors ... the colors are so nice"
"The Osmo Action can record 4k60 or 120 all day everyday."
"they can record at night when it's completely dark"
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"better stabilization & colors ... the colors are so nice"
"better stabilization"
"great stabilization"
Disliked most:
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4
"I had 2 DJI osmosis Actions (little cube things) and they would record about 5 min and shut off from overheating."
"Yeah the Osmo becomes a fireball LOL"
"randomly shut off"
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"it will 100-0% it's battery in like 5 minutes of cold filming ... go in a bag fully charged and come out a while later dead"
"claim up to 200 minutes lol but that is in 1080p quality and you need to save some of the battery for the vision dock so it is probably 170 minutes at most. ... their battery life benchmark on that is also horrible. it is 1080p quality with no WiFi and both screens off. how the hell am i supposed to see what i am recording? lmao."
"it always needed charging"
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"it will 100-0% it's battery in like 5 minutes of cold filming ... go in a bag fully charged and come out a while later dead"
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"Not only that but DJI refuses to sell to us here in the states. ... i was looking to upgrade from my Hero 10 to a DJI action model but NONE are in stock here ... DJI refuses to sell in the US."
AwkwardCow 1.0Check out DJI Action cameras. I have the Action 3 which is pretty affordable and very comparable to the GoPros but with better battery life and heat management. Quality is great especially if you turn on the stabilization feature. The latest is the Action 5 now but a bit more expensive.
BazzaFox 1.0The main thing with a 360 camera is you don’t have to make sure the camera is pointing in the right direction so don’t miss anything. So far I’ve used mine hiking and cycling, I haven’t tried it with skiing yet. I also have a DMI Osmo Action 3 that I used to take out a lot but find I reach for the Insta 360 X4 Air more. As others have said, the editing is a bit more involved because you have to choose which view you want to save to the exported video but once you get used to it, it isn’t too bad. I find editing on the phone is fine for a quick result but you get more control on the desktop app which find quite easy. You just have to get your head around using key frames to change direction of view during the video.
Chorazin 1.0I feel like the 6 is a very small iteration that is probably worth it jumping from the 3, maybe worth it from the 4, definitely not worth it from the 5P. But, packs in good features like a square sensor and aperture ring that will be well perfected by the time 4-5 users *need* to upgrade for whatever reason. On the other hand, the aperture ring is a mechanical point of failure which I don’t love with DJI’s current situation here in the US.
Cironephoto 1.0I strap osmo 3’s to race cars what do you mean it can’t chase toddlers around?
conye1 1.0I bought the action 3 last year Aug. 2024. It was on sale, just needed it to record cycling videos in 2k or 4k and vlog. I love it, now I want a newer model to be able to sync a mic up. Is the 6 much different than the action 5?
crabbyveggies 1.0I have the DJI action 3. I was able to get a good deal on previous gen bundle. I believe they are on the 5 now so you can probably find similar bundles for cheap on the 4. There are a ton of youtube reviews comparing DJI and gopros.
der_patzi 1.0Ah, what a bummer, thanks. For night time I‘m still using the OP3, but for action shots I‘ll stick to the Hero 13 then.
Engine_Signal 1.0If I were to pay full price, I would have gotten the DJI action 5. Every GoPro I have ever used have at some point just snagged for no reason. But I have used the DJI action and action 3 for years. They simply just work every time. I use a hero13 now because I got one for free. It's great, but it did fail me once for no reason, right before doing a speedriding line which I really wanted to film.
Expensive_Belt_8072 1.0Then why not even go for Action 3 🙂
Even if you same sensor , I think 5 is good with low light as compared to 4. I love my Action3 but planning to upgrade because I want to use dji mic without attaching to camera.
faenarae 1.0Whichever is compatible with the app you use, if any (TrackAddict, etc) for the sake of convenience. Really though, anything in a decent resolution will work. I use a DJI Osmo Action 3 and I’ve been happy with the results so far.
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