Leaked photos show DJI working on a pro video camera with built-in gimbal
Apr 21, 2021
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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Normally I don’t pay much attention from leaks from OsitaLV because he seems to be wrong at least as much as he’s right. But this one is too interesting to ignore. In a recent tweet, OsitaLV showed off what he claims to be “The future of OSMO”, with a series of images that appear to be a more professional looking DJI video camera.
It’s a very interesting and definitely unique design that has a built-in gimbal. Which is a smart move, when you think about it. Why stabilise the whole system if you only really need to stabilise the lens and sensor? There are no specs or details about the system yet, and I suspect it might have issues with longer lenses, but it’s a very intriguing concept.
The future of OSMO. pic.twitter.com/v22KvAUKvo
— OsitaLV (@OsitaLV) April 20, 2021
The new camera makes some sense for DJI to pursue. After all, they own a majority share in Hasselblad and their own cameras for drones are extremely impressive. With DJI also making the previously-named Ronin range of gimbals, it’s a merging of technologies they’re already familiar with. And an all-in-one camera & gimbal unit like this is something that doesn’t really exist just yet (at least, not outside of the pocket-sized offerings like those from DJI, Gudsen, etc), so they may be tapping into a new market with such a camera.
This isn’t the first leak about this camera from OsitaLV, having originally posted some renders back in December of last year, but there wasn’t really anything showing exactly what it was or how it would all go together. Now, though, the images show a pretty complete setup.
Obviously, there’s no word on when this new camera might appear in the real world, if ever, although DroneDJ suspects it’ll be released at some point during 2021. When it is released, assuming it’s at least as capable as the popular camera systems currently on the market and arrives at a competitive price, it will be very interesting to see if it upsets the camera market as much as the Blackmagic Pocket 4K did during its initial release.
[via DroneDJ]
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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9 responses to “Leaked photos show DJI working on a pro video camera with built-in gimbal”
Probably better to wait to buy the c100….
Massimiliano Schilliro and a gimball
Oh!?
C100 came out years ago…
That looks expensive and overdesigned compare to the previous Osmo.
The old Osmo Pro was ok, but had a worse sensor and was not great ergonomically as it was more designed for the basic X3 camera. Plus it used wireless for monitoring or USB (later on), which was unacceptable.
This looks amazing. There is going to be nothing like it. It looks like an X7 attached to a cinema body, but interestingly also has a Z-axis arm built in too. The twin handles make a tonne of sense and looks like one side is for focus and the other for exposure controls. Downsides? Well I’m guessing this will be limited to the lenses designed for X7.
If this design is really happening that is a huge earthquake for the cinema market even if only based on the x7 system lens. A steady cam in such a small package is no brainer! just take my money…
I’ve seen it in the wild, it looks a lot like the pictures. It was a bit more taped up, but the handles and everything looked the same. Also the gimbal up front looked exactly like this