DJI’s Action Cam Is Ready for Any Condition
The company’s first action cam is a rugged winner
I’m at the “Brooklyn Zoo” and the animals are jumping from ledge-to-ledge. One leaps over my head and I adjust my position. I want to get the best shot.
Those animals are all young men, parkour experts to be exact, and they’re leaping, diving, flipping and running up walls in a parkour gymnasium called “Brooklyn Zoo” in Brooklyn, NY. I’m there recording it all with a palm-sized action cam from DJI called the Osmo Action.
Unveiled on May 15, this is DJI’s first action camera and is just another step in its quest to conquer action photography in the air and on the ground.
At a glance, the $349 Osmo Action could be mistaken for a GoPro. It’s blocky with a lens on front and a big touch screen on back. But DJI adds a few important touches, including a 1.4-inch front facing screen, which might make it the ultimate action selfie cam.
Rugged, solid feeling (but not heavy), and ready to wear, hold or attach to a stick, the Osmo Action is built to go where the action is. DJI rates it for water operation up to 36 feet, without the…
