Nomad Nate
Active Member
I recently got my hands on one of these little cameras, and I have to say, they are fantastic! The hype is well deserved. If you don't know, it's basically a little 1" sensor camera on its own gimbal. If you're looking for something truly compact to shoot family stuff or document your life, this is a hard to beat proposition. It's so easy, I can literally just hand it to my wife and she's got me framed and recoding in 5 seconds whereas with my s5ii she does a frustrated sigh if I ask her to do anything with it because it's an intimidating array of controls and settings and this big expensive hunk of glass and metal. Even my dad who I showed it to thought it was so cool that he wanted one and I don't recall him ever using a camera much growing up.
Since it's on its own gimbal, it does pretty neat stuff like track faces even as you move out of frame, lets you flip between outward facing and selfie facing with a shortcut. The footage out of it is quite good - somewhere between the best iphone and a modern mirrorless (maybe as good as your latest action cams?) - but definitely good enough for any non-pro purposes and even good enough for some small budget professional situations or someone who's a full-time content creator.
I got one and took it on a family trip to the zoo and what was awesome about it is it fit in my compact cross-body bag and could easily come out, flip the screen, and im recording my kid feeding a giraffe, then flip it back off and throw it in my bag again nigh single handedly and so quickly that I'm not missing any shots. I opted to leave my s5ii at home since I knew I'd be handling our two small kids (and backpack full of their food, waters, diapers, etc.) and hanging out with another family with small kids so wanted to be unencumbered. Yeah, I didn't get any nice telephoto shots of animals but I got enough footage to cut together a fun family movie that we'll have for years and the best part is I'm actually in it for once because my wife doesn't mind using this camera!
I bought the camera in the creator combo too which comes with some handy doodads like a battery grip and the dji mic2 transmitter which just effortlessly and automatically syncs to the camera or you can use it standalone or buy the receiver later and use it to pipe audio into your s5ii directly (which I might do if I like it enough). This little mic has a 3.5 input and 32bit float ability which makes this combo really really nice if you're wanting to put out content and have stuff that just works right out of the box without too much learning curve but also gives you the ability to grow and use something like a pro lav mic with it and pair it with your full frame set up (then the pocket 3 would be free to shoot BTS or another angle) or even buy the receiver and extra transmitter kit to have something like an interview mic setup.
Just wanted to drop this recommendation for you guys if you ever want to film yourself or want something small for family outings or travel. This thing will fit in your pocket quite literally or take up about as much space in your bag as your bulb blower. They're growing scarce in the states now - long story, I got mine open box from best buy and didn't love that it had been activated/account bound already to the first buyer. DJI customer service assured me that it wouldn't be a big deal if I had the receipt, but I returned it anyways and went to go order a new one only to find they're sold out and with tariffs being what they are - I didn't want to risk the price going up again so I just ordered another open box "new" one off ebay that will arrive in a couple days (and I'm already missing it).
If you're curious about this camera and have any questions, I'd be happy to answer. So far, I think this is a really fun little gadget that's well worth it if you're wanting something that's a step up from your phone that is easy and fun for capturing video on the go.
Since it's on its own gimbal, it does pretty neat stuff like track faces even as you move out of frame, lets you flip between outward facing and selfie facing with a shortcut. The footage out of it is quite good - somewhere between the best iphone and a modern mirrorless (maybe as good as your latest action cams?) - but definitely good enough for any non-pro purposes and even good enough for some small budget professional situations or someone who's a full-time content creator.
I got one and took it on a family trip to the zoo and what was awesome about it is it fit in my compact cross-body bag and could easily come out, flip the screen, and im recording my kid feeding a giraffe, then flip it back off and throw it in my bag again nigh single handedly and so quickly that I'm not missing any shots. I opted to leave my s5ii at home since I knew I'd be handling our two small kids (and backpack full of their food, waters, diapers, etc.) and hanging out with another family with small kids so wanted to be unencumbered. Yeah, I didn't get any nice telephoto shots of animals but I got enough footage to cut together a fun family movie that we'll have for years and the best part is I'm actually in it for once because my wife doesn't mind using this camera!
I bought the camera in the creator combo too which comes with some handy doodads like a battery grip and the dji mic2 transmitter which just effortlessly and automatically syncs to the camera or you can use it standalone or buy the receiver later and use it to pipe audio into your s5ii directly (which I might do if I like it enough). This little mic has a 3.5 input and 32bit float ability which makes this combo really really nice if you're wanting to put out content and have stuff that just works right out of the box without too much learning curve but also gives you the ability to grow and use something like a pro lav mic with it and pair it with your full frame set up (then the pocket 3 would be free to shoot BTS or another angle) or even buy the receiver and extra transmitter kit to have something like an interview mic setup.
Just wanted to drop this recommendation for you guys if you ever want to film yourself or want something small for family outings or travel. This thing will fit in your pocket quite literally or take up about as much space in your bag as your bulb blower. They're growing scarce in the states now - long story, I got mine open box from best buy and didn't love that it had been activated/account bound already to the first buyer. DJI customer service assured me that it wouldn't be a big deal if I had the receipt, but I returned it anyways and went to go order a new one only to find they're sold out and with tariffs being what they are - I didn't want to risk the price going up again so I just ordered another open box "new" one off ebay that will arrive in a couple days (and I'm already missing it).
If you're curious about this camera and have any questions, I'd be happy to answer. So far, I think this is a really fun little gadget that's well worth it if you're wanting something that's a step up from your phone that is easy and fun for capturing video on the go.
