DJI - Osmo Action 6

If you are a videographer you of course know that you can totally get away with using actioncams for BTS. Done that a lot of times for online and TV productions, and is is pretty common to do that. Not of all of us are Ridley Scott. Personally I reall like the nano for its form factor. you can mount it pretty much anywhere and is is quite unobstrusive. Which is a big plus for behind the scene footage. You have to keep in mind that the runtime of the nano owthout the vision dojc is significantly shorter and it does have to get recharged on the dock pretty much every hour or so if you dont want to risk it shutting down in wrong moment. Also it does get pretty warm over time if you set it to record in the max bitrate. Real life performances of the nano: 1.5 hours, body mounted, indoors, low light mode (blacklighted room), no problems at all 1 hour, 240fps / 1080p, body mounted outdoors, no problem In terms of quality I can only compare it to my action 5 pro, and they are both on par under all conditions. And that is still pretty much comparable with the Action 6. The 6 has of course a better performance in low light which might be a key factor in BTS applications. In conclusion the nano is fine if you use it in a way and for a purpose that it is fit for. Like POV mount, fire and forget. For point and shoot I'd opt for the Action 5/6.

I would avoid GoPro Hero 10 or beyond. Those are the only Hero cameras I have experience with and they're a huge PITA especially for motorcycling. It either doesn't turn on, doesn't record, or records with no audio ALL THE TIME. If you happen to notice it's not turning on, then you get to pull over, take your helmet off, unmount the camera, and fiddle with it until you figure out what's not working. Usually requiring you to remove and reinsert the battery. It's the most frustrating thing ever on a bike and I'd argue dangerous since you're preoccupied with the camera instead of your ride. I tried working with a Hero 10 and 11 for over 2 years before I swore them off forever. I recently switched to Insta360 and couldn't be happier. The Insta has literally not one time malfunctioned or not recorded when I pressed the button. I also have an old DJI Osmo Action that never had reliability issues. I would say any Osmo Action gen or the previous gen Insta360 (R One or something like that I cant' remember the name) would do the job well. If part of its job is dashcam you might also consider a 360 camera. You'll have way butter luck catching incidents with it than a regular action cam. I also have a GoPro 360 MAX camera. Unlike the Hero cameras, it's been great. It's still glitchy at times but nowhere near the regularity of the Hero cameras. It's kind long in the tooth now too so you may be able to find them on a good deal somewhere.

I took a chance on fly image tech and received it in just a few days. I’ve seen their reviews and it’s mostly negative towards drones. But I will say the action 6 came in 5 days earlier than what the shipping said

The downside to the Action 6 is the low light footage looks very un natural it over exposes the light making it way brighter then it actually is the Action 5 pro in low light conditions feels way more natural 

The downside to the Action 6 is the low light footage looks very unnatural it over exposes the light making it way brighter then it actually is the Action 5 pro in low light conditions feels way more natural and the action 5 pro has better black Friday deals right now and the osmo pocket 3 also has amazing deals right now for both the osmo pocket 3 and the osmo pocket 3 creator Combo which comes with some awesome goodies including a dji mic 2 transmitter as well as a few other accessories 

For simplicity, if you only need to record for a couple hours. I tend to recommend something like a GoPro Hero / DJI Osmo Action / Insta360 Ace Pro. If you need to go over a couple hours consider adding a USB power bank. If you need to go for multiple days, there are dedicated construction Timelapse cameras like Brinno. Small, weather proof, can take it a little rough, and they tend to have lots of different mounting attachment options. There are some decent spring-clamp options.

They are for different uses, but a static shot from the 6 should be similar. We will know soon enough, I have bought one but have to wait. I do not think it replaces the pocket, but it does some jobs better, like POV, water and sports of course. The 5 is fine in good light, the 6 should perform similar in low light to pocket 3

I ordered from Adorama this morning and it has already shipped, showing to be delivered on the 20th

Casual user here too. - OA5P - More affordable - OA6 - More expensive, a “little bit” better in low light but still inferior to the Pocket 3 Based on what I’ve watched so far, the quality difference is honestly negligible aside from a little low light boost. Personally, I always have a cold shoe light attached to my OA5P since it’s pretty underexposed in certain scenes, like walking around a dimly lit park at night. I like shooting in low light, so the OA6 kind of piques my interest a bit. I imagine I’ll still have the cold shoe light on for the OA6 though. I bought the OA5P a month ago and didn’t wait for the OA6 since I had some vacation trips I wanted to capture. If I wanted to upgrade, I can sell my OA5P later and just top up a little for the OA6 once it’s available here. TL;DR: OA6 if you’re willing to pay more for a low light boost

I mean you can't really compare the two. The Sony will absolutley beat any action cam. However, the new DJI Action cam do have a bigger sensor vs the newest GoPro. Both of which are micro sized vs the APS-C sensor in the Sony. Action cams work better when you have video lights vs relying on natural lighting. They work great for caves when you can really lighten the whole place up.

Man, thats not what one wants to hear but I understand it. I have a side by side comparison coming out on Friday between the Ace Pro 2 and the Action 6. I've been looking over the footage captured from both of them (side by side on my camera tray) and you can clearly see that the action 6 is way way brighter. I guess that a lot of this is personal preference when you arent a professional but honestly, I cant see how DJI puts out a camera that isn't considerably better than 2 year old tech from Insta. Overall, I'm not unhappy with it though. I really wanted to be blown away but that didnt happen. I know the challenges and issues with designing it but I wish that a company would come out with an "action cam style" camera with a larger sensor even if it meant that it got a little bit bigger.

We run an action camera and a 360 on every dive to make sure we dont miss anything. lol. Glad you found the video helpful. I have a a review of the pro dive case with the insta360 x5 on the same channel that makes the X5 look real good. But I'm still torn on if the 6 is worth the upgrade. Full side by side review of the ace pro 2 and the action 6 coming friday

I sold my Hero 13 and kept my ace pro 2 because the performance was that much better. then the osmo action 6 came out and I jumped at the chance to test it. Here is some of the action 6 with some ace pro 2 comparison at the end. [https://youtu.be/J\_uSzR3w72k](https://youtu.be/J_uSzR3w72k)

Here is a look at the new DJI Osmo Action 6 on a dive. [https://youtu.be/J\_uSzR3w72k](https://youtu.be/J_uSzR3w72k) the comparison video to the ace pro 2 is coming next week. As other have said, I wouldn't be looking at gopro at all. both insta360 and DJI have far better offerings for under water video