DJI Osmo Action

jonneymendoza · 15 Jun 2019 at 14:18

AndyCr15 said:
Don't forget, that's the good thing, it won't matter which the mic is connected to as that clips onto your clothing. The cameras can be pointed wherever you like and at any distance from your mouth.

Check out the rode wireless mic go. I got that too but not tested it. Pricey but really tiny

AndyCr15 · 16 Jun 2019 at 20:28

So, as it turns out... you can't use an external mic with the Osmo Action. I got the one linked today, I've tried it with both TRRS and TRS and it doesn't use the external mic

khemist · 16 Jun 2019 at 20:34

AndyCr15 said:
So, as it turns out... you can't use an external mic with the Osmo Action. I got the one linked today, I've tried it with both TRRS and TRS and it doesn't use the external mic

https://forum.dji.com/thread-191226-1-1.html

Hope that is true.

AndyCr15 · 16 Jun 2019 at 21:12

Yeah, would be good. It's a shame you can't use just any adaptor though

jonneymendoza · 17 Jun 2019 at 07:25

AndyCr15 said:
So, as it turns out... you can't use an external mic with the Osmo Action. I got the one linked today, I've tried it with both TRRS and TRS and it doesn't use the external mic

mind you i have not tried it yet but How has Kai managed to get it to work on his video?

Cyclone · 17 Jun 2019 at 08:44

This annoys me. You spend over £300 to buy a camera, then you have to spend around another £50 to use it properly.

You should be able to just connect a mic and start filming. GoPro is the same

jonneymendoza · 17 Jun 2019 at 08:52

Cyclone said:
This annoys me. You spend over £300 to buy a camera, then you have to spend around another £50 to use it properly.

You should be able to just connect a mic and start filming. GoPro is the same

That's down to usb c no? I usb c doesn't just "work" I if that makes sense. Anyways let me try my end

Cyclone · 17 Jun 2019 at 08:55

jonneymendoza said:
That's down to usb c no? I usb c doesn't just "work" I if that makes sense. Anyways let me try my end

Yeah makes sense, but still annoying

I've had the GoPro adapter on order now for over a month. These things are like gold dust.

The_Abyss · 17 Jun 2019 at 14:56

jonneymendoza said:
mind you i have not tried it yet but How has Kai managed to get it to work on his video?

Did he get it to work though? It sounded very much like onboard audio to me.

Cyclone · 18 Jun 2019 at 21:47

Used the Action for a bit of 3 bracket hdr

jonneymendoza · 19 Jun 2019 at 08:22

AndyCr15 said:
Yeah, would be good. It's a shame you can't use just any adaptor though

Just tried it as well and it diddnt work. I googled it and saw a video about it not working even with the Osmo pocket adapter one..

Poor really. Gunna try it on my old yi 4k action cam

The_Abyss · 19 Jun 2019 at 12:33

Poor is very kind. It is a bloody outrage and simple gouging. So frustrating when businesses do so many things right and really innovate and offer choice, and then just screw it up so badly on things like this. It would be marginally, just marginally, more forgivable if they had any in stock. But they don't.

The_Abyss · 22 Jun 2019 at 19:07

Finally got a chance to use mine in a first test today. I just spliced a few clips together so nothing fancy - I was mainly interested in seeing how the stabilisation worked when motorcycling and how the camera coped with the harsh contrast of shadows on a sunny day.

No problem with the former - the stabilisation generally worked very well. I'm less sure on the actual camera image quality itself, although this is raw and ungraded. The GoPro 7 feels like better quality straight out of the camera but I've yet to have a play around with proper editing.

Oh, and if not already obvious, it desperately needs that microphone adaptor. Largely useless for most things I want to do without it.

Cyclone · 22 Jun 2019 at 22:21

Don't forget this is DJI. Over the next few firmware updates they will fine tune the Action and improve it, like the other stuff they have released.

khemist · 7 Jul 2019 at 21:09

Mic adapter here, in German though.

The_Abyss · 7 Jul 2019 at 21:54

What a ludicrous design - completely impractical. Better than the GoPro brick, but still...

jonneymendoza · 7 Jul 2019 at 22:06

khemist said:
Mic adapter here, in German though.

Where did you order from?

khemist · 7 Jul 2019 at 22:14

I don't have one, i don't even have the camera, YET!.

jonneymendoza · 8 Jul 2019 at 14:29

I misread u meaning you ordered one and its in Germany at the moment

Cyclone · 9 Jul 2019 at 12:58

I wish these mic adapters were right angled so it was more difficult to break. I understand most people will have a housing of some type, but sticking straight out is asking for trouble.