DJI has launched a 4K camera with a detachable handle designed to provide the same three-axis gimbal image-stabilisation technology as that used on its drones to combat camera shake.
The firm’s director of communications Michael Perry explained that the Osmo allows ‘full integration between the camera and gimbal’.
The Osmo handle, which includes a built-in stereo microphone and 3.5mm audio jack, will also be available separately, without the camera, at a price to be decided.
Osmo’s modular format is also designed to make it compatible with DJI’s Zenmuse X5 Pro or Zenmuse X5 Raw Micro Four Thirds cameras, as well as the X3.
In an interview with the Video Mode, Michael Perry said he expects the Osmo to fill a void in the market for ‘stabilised video’, which includes journalists.
He added: ‘Over the past few years we have been focusing specifically on designing cameras with movement in three-dimensional spaces – specifically in the air.
‘But when the Inspire [drone] came out, we had a modular camera, and [people] were talking about the modularity of cameras – they were thinking about the upgrade path immediately.
The camera accepts Micro SD memory cards.