If you’re thinking ‘That’s not a very aerodynamic drone’, look again. And if you’re now thinking ‘OK, it’s an action cam, but surely there’s no point even trying to compete with the GoPro Hero7 Black’… well, you might have to think again.
This is the DJI Osmo Action, an action cam that takes a steady shot at dethroning the Hero7 Black, undisputed (until now) king of portable video cameras for gnarly adventures. And when we say ‘steady’, we mean it.
For a start, it packs a very familiar design, comparable video specs and a handy front display. But it also has RockSteady, DJI’s answer to GoPro’s HyperSmooth stabilisation tech. This promises, and does indeed deliver, the smoothest footage on the block. Except that, as ever, it’s more complicated than that.