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Drone maker DJI has revealed the Osmo Mobile 2, an upgraded version of its stabilizing smartphone gimbal, set to launch through apple.com on Jan. 23.
The accessory's main improvement is a better internal battery, said to offer up to 15 hours of video shooting — more than three times what the original Osmo Mobile allowed. The Mobile 2 is also lighter than before, and equipped with a revised button layout, including a built-in zoom slider.
While iPhone video is normally best shot in landscape mode, the Mobile 2 can also be used to shoot in vertical orientation.
Software-based features include subject tracking, panoramas, timelapses, and "Motionlapses," which are timelapses shot while an iPhone is moving.
The Osmo Mobile 2 will cost $129. After it makes its premiere through Apple, it will go on sale through DJI and various resellers starting in February.
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Looks really cool, nice upgrade.
Someone should add a good external mic and/or mic jack to these things, since the mount completely blocks the Lightning Port.
Is that price correct? The current Osmo Mobile was $299 and recently reduced to $199. If it’s $129 I’ll 100% be buying one.
No way it's chefruitstandninja said:
Must be an error, how could it be cheaper than the plastic bodied Ziyun. I'm puzzled though how a high quality item like this wobbles when placed in its dedicated table stand which needs to be lined with a slide of business card to keep it stable.