DJI Osmo Motion 5 Professional Assessment: Lengthy Battery Life and Nice 4K Footage

DJI’s new Osmo Motion 5 Professional is right here to compete with the brand new GoPro Hero 13 Black. The corporate’s newest motion digicam is smaller and lighter, has 47 GB of built-in storage, and has battery life that GoPro homeowners do not even dare to dream about.

Throw in a brand new, higher-resolution picture sensor, improved low-light capabilities, topic monitoring, and out-of-the-box help for the DJI Mic 2 wi-fi microphone, and you’ve got a digicam that is not solely able to getting that shot however has the battery life to maintain getting the shot lengthy after the competitors has shut down.

Go Longer

The Osmo Motion 5 Professional stands out from the remainder of the motion digicam market for its battery life. It may possibly shoot properly over two hours at 4K decision and 60 frames per second, which is much and away the longest run time of any motion digicam I’ve ever examined (and I’ve examined quite a bit). I point out this primary as a result of one thing that usually will get misplaced in evaluations and spec comparisons is the easy undeniable fact that any footage is healthier than no footage.

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To supply a concrete instance, I do not love the colour rendering of the Osmo Motion 5 Professional in 10-bit Regular shade mode, however I am going to take it over no footage in any respect, which is what the GoPro Hero 13 would provide me after the 1-hour-and-45-minute recording mark when its battery would die and the digicam would shut off. Battery life issues, and within the case of motion cameras, given that every one else—sensors, stabilization, ergonomics—may be so related, it is likely to be crucial consider getting the pictures you need.

The Osmo’s digicam design hasn’t modified—the physique is evenly textured, making it straightforward to carry, and it stays the identical dimension, retaining the magnetic mounting system. (I’ve at all times preferred that the cage for the Motion collection permits each vertical and horizontal mounting.) Whereas I haven’t got any equipment aside from some neutral-density (ND) filters, every little thing that matches your Motion 4 ought to proceed to work with the Motion 5. And the extra succesful battery? It is backward appropriate with the Motion 4.