Record Your Ride: DJI Reveals Osmo Action 3 Camera

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When many of us started riding—adventure or otherwise—we always brought a small camera to capture the highlights along the way. For some of us, that meant small film cameras, but today, it means any number of incredibly capable and sophisticated digital video recorders that are half the size of our old Olympus Stylus pocket wonders from 1993 that shot a maximum of 36 still frames and exactly zero seconds of video. Today we have to choose from miniature wonders from GoPro, DJI, Insta360 and others in a competitive 4K video market. Time and tech march on.

Following the release of the new Hero 11 model from GoPro, DJI has upped the ante with their new Osmo Action 3, a 4K video action camera bristling with tech goodness. Key features: There are now touchscreens front and rear for reviewing footage and setting up camera orientation, and there’s a new dedicated vertical format mode that is more phone friendly. The lens angle is now 155 degrees, and built-in tech will make your selfie stick disappear, giving video an almost cinewhoop drone quality. Of course it’s splash proof, but it’s also waterproof to 52 feet with no special case needed. Add a special case and you can dive with it down to nearly 200 feet.

A new mic array records in stereo and is said to cut wind noise dramatically, and the video footage is kept watchable with multiple steady modes, including Rock Steady 3 anti-shake, horizon leveling mode and another horizon nanny that keeps things centered even when the camera dips up to 45 degrees.

The battery system is said to run the camera for 160 minutes and DJI offers a triplet fast charging case similar to what they offer for their drones. The Osmo 3 will also operate at well below freezing for you climbers and cold weather riders.

The mounting system has been simplified for quick changes, including in vertical mode. Take a look at what the camera can do in DJI’s promo video below, and then part with $329 (or $439 for the “adventure combo” set) to start getting your own heroics on film. Er… video.

 

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