Let’s take a look at a gimbal designed for stabilizing mobile phones from DJI today.
Although camera stabilization in mobile phones is at a very decent level, many creators will appreciate the idea of taking it a step further to make the final videos look more natural and attractive without unnecessary shakes, sudden movements, and possibly with a horizontally anchored image.
The DJI Osmo Mobile 6 has numerous advantages and easily meets the expectations of a casual user. After long-term testing, we can reveal several undeniable advantages as well as some drawbacks.
Advantages
+ Seamless pairing with iOS or Android (tested with Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max) via Bluetooth 5.1
+ Mobile phones can be quickly secured in the extendable jaws
+ The jaws themselves, which firmly grip the mobile phone, have a rubber layer
+ Incredibly fast, precise, and firm attachment of the jaws to the arm using a magnet
+ Overall robust construction from quality material, feels sturdy (309 g)
+ Compatible phone weight of 170 – 290 g, thickness of 6.9-10 mm
+ A hole in the body for threading a lanyard, suitable as a safeguard against dropping
+ Telescopic arm
+ Grip tripod can be easily screwed on
+ Bag included in the package along with a USB-C charging cable
+ Long battery life (up to 6.4 hours)
+ Silent, precise movements without secondary vibrations, very quick response to shocks
+ 3-axis stabilization
+ Very intuitive controls
+ Works immediately after mounting the phone, without third-party apps
+ Resemblance to an airplane joystick is purely coincidental, ergonomic folding design
+ Sound status notifications
+ Button for rotating the phone from vertical to horizontal orientation
+ Sensitive and precise joystick for phone rotation (adjustable speed)
+ Recording button within easy reach
+ Selection of 4 modes on the M button (Follow, Tilt Lock, FPV, Spin Shot)
+ Side wheel (adjusts focal length or zoom when turned)
+ When using the DJI MIMO mobile app for shooting, advanced features such as Active Track, Timelapse, Dynamic Zoom, Gesture Control, Panorama, and full functionality of all buttons are available, which you don’t get with the default iOS camera app
+ Ideal for video bloggers for social networks (ideal for vertical use)
+ Stabilizes very well even when running downhill
+ Possibility to purchase various adapters for action cameras, attaching a flash, light, or microphone
Drawbacks
– DJI MIMO app is cluttered with ads, unstable, 4K 30FPS, records in MP4 (sometimes problematic with iOS)
– Inability to rotate indefinitely around its axis (due to design)
– Lack of broader language support (including Czech)
– Possible differences in camera performance when shooting on iOS and Android with the DJI MIMO app
– Limited range of motion for horizontal phone rotation
– Not water-resistant
In its price category, it offers more than one would expect and is highly recommended by us. We are very pleased with it in practice world and would not hesitate to buy it again after a year of use. However, we use it with the default phone camera iOS app set to 4K 60 FPS HDR and are extremely satisfied.
