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| DJI Osmo Mobile 3 |
If you have a recent smartphone, you're probably in possession of an awesome video camera, one that actually rivals expensive DSLRs for ease of use.
And as amazing as it seems, it can actually get pretty close in terms of quality. For $400 or so, you can get some really cool new accessories that can take your productions to the next level, from amateur to cinematic.
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| Rode Wireless Go |
Watch any great video on YouTube, and, odds are, you'll see some soaring shots from the skies, via a drone, and smooth movement on the ground that you're just not seeing with your smartphone shots.
The drone is $1,000 and not legal in many areas, while a gimbal is just over $100 and you can use it anywhere. DJI, the company that dominates drone sales, sells a variety of portable gimbal stabilizers under the Osmo brand name.
The newest, the Mobile 3, is not just my favorite of the bunch but my preferred gimbal of choice.
The new unit is more responsive than the earlier edition, and to these eyes anyway, it seems steadier. Plus, you can't beat the $119 price.
The Osmo Mobile connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth and instructs you to use the DJI Mimo app for tools like timelapse, and hyperlapse, a moving timelapse.
I actually prefer leaving the app and using the native smartphone camera. For my tests, I shot on the Samsung Galaxy S10, which has a dynamite ultra-wide-angle lens, a lens that doesn't show up in the Mimo app.
And the wide really rocks when used with a gimbal for sweeping shots like dashing down a supermarket aisle or cruising the office corridors of USA TODAY.
What's new with edition 3? It's foldable, which makes it less of a burden to carry around, and engineers adjusted the design, so it that it now can fit an accessory microphone without being blocked.