- There are two really popular smartphone gimbals
at the moment; the Insta360 Flow and the DJI Osmo Mobile 6.
They both cost the same price,
they're both really good gimbals
but there are a few extra things about the Insta360 Flow
that give it a bit of an edge.
So in terms of the form factor, both gimbals are compact
and they fold up really easy for storage and carrying.
And both of them have an extended selfie stick
which is built-in as well.
So you can just extend it
and then put it back down into the gimbal.
But where the Flow comes out on top
is with its built-in tripod and cold shoe mount.
So the tripod acts like an extended handle
so you can pull it out and then you've got an extra grip
at the bottom of the gimbal.
But then it also means that you've got a built-in tripod
so that you don't have to necessarily screw
an additional tripod onto the bottom of the gimbal.
And then with the cold shoe mount,
it means that you can use an external microphone
like the Rode Wireless Me or the Rode Wireless Go 2
so you can get better clean audio
when you're filming videos.
And by having the cold shoe mount built into the gimbal,
you're not adding any extra weight to the phone
which is basically gonna unbalance it
and not be able to make it usable on the gimbal.
Now with the DJI Osmo Mobile 6, the tripod is separate
so you do have to screw it onto the bottom of the gimbal
and that means that you have to carry around
an extra accessory and it just means that
it's an extra step when you're trying to set up
and just get filming straight away.
So that's just something that gives the flow
a bit of an advantage when you wanna get up
and filming and just go straight away.
It is worth mentioning though that the Osmo Mobile 6
does have a better grip to it
even though the flow has the extendable handle
that you can bring down.
Just straight off the bat, the Osmo Mobile 6
just feels a lot better to hold
especially if you've got bigger hands,
so that's just something to bear in mind.
The tripod on the Osmo Mobile 6
is also a little bit more sturdy than the Flow
and it's probably because it's got the harder plastic
and it's a little bit bigger.
But again, just something to note.
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So when it comes to battery life,
both the gimbals have really good battery
for filming all day.
You probably not gonna run out of battery life.
The DJI Osmo Mobile 6 has about 6 hours of battery
but the Insta360 Flow has about 12 hours of battery life.
And the other great advantage of the Insta360 Flow
is the fact that you can use it as a power bank.
So if you're recording with your phone
which you would be if you're using gimbal,
then you can actually plug your phone into the gimbal
and it's gonna charge your phone on the go.
So when you're filming with your phone,
obviously, it's gonna drain your battery quite a lot.
So just having that extra feature
so that it means that you're not gonna run out of juice
with your phone is just really great.
And again, it's just something
that sets the Insta360 Flow apart from other gimbals.
So I think one of the Insta360 Flow's biggest feature
is its intelligent smart wheel
because it allows you to do everything from that smart wheel
without having to touch your phone at all.
So with the DJI Osmo Mobile 6,
you've obviously got a display
which has a mode button next to it
and then you've got the record button, the switch button,
and then you've got a zoom wheel and focus wheel
on the side of the gimbal as well.
With the switch button on the DJI Osmo Mobile 6,
you can switch between the front facing camera
and the rear facing camera.
The only problem is that you can't do it
whilst you're recording.
So if you wanna flip between the front and the back
whilst you're filming, then you do have to stop recording,
flip the camera, and then start recording again,
which makes the Insta360 Flow better in that scenario
because you can flip between the front and the back camera
whilst you're recording, you don't have to stop at all.
So it's really good for if you're vlogging
and just creating a seamless video
where you don't have to interrupt the recording.
The other advantage that the Insta360 Flow
has over the Osmo Mobile 6 as well is the fact that
when you wanna switch the lenses in your camera,
so if you are going from the wide lens to the standard lens,
to the telephoto lens, you can easily do that
just by quickly flicking the wheel.
Whereas if you wanna do that on the DJI Osmo Mobile 6,
then you're gonna have to do it on the display of the phone.
Because if you try and use the zoom wheel,
then it zooms really nice and smoothly in and out
but it doesn't lock onto each of the different lenses
without really trying to fine tune it
with that scroll wheel.
So it's a lot easier and it's a lot quicker just to do it
on the phone.
Whereas with the Flow,
you have that quick flick of the wheel
and then it does it for you.
And then if you rotate the wheel a little bit more
and hold your finger on it,
then obviously it's gonna do a nice zoom in and zoom out.
So with that intelligent smart wheel, like I said earlier,
you can literally control everything
to do with your recording and playback
from that wheel itself.
So you can play back your footage, you can fast forward,
rewind, pause it, all from the smart wheel itself
and all you have to do is press and hold the switch button
and then you can use the smart wheel
to switch between different clips
and zoom in and out of those clips as well.
And when you are switching between the different clips,
if you've got some clips which are in a portrait orientation
and some that are in a landscape orientation,
then the gimbal will flip the phone.
So it'll flip it into the portrait mode
or into landscape mode depending on what orientation
you shot that clip in.
So it's just a really nice little feature
that's in there to give you a really good viewing experience
on your phone whilst you're flicking through the footage.
And then in terms of playing and pausing a clip,
you can just use the trigger button
and it'll do that for you.
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So both of the gimbals have a really great tracking feature
but with the Insta360 Flow, it goes that little bit further
because if you or your subject leaves the frame,
it will remember where you were
and when you come back into the frame,
it'll pick you back up again, which is great.
And if an object passes in front of the object
that you're filming or the subject that you're filming,
then the Insta360 Flow will remember the subject
and pick the subject back up when it comes into the frame.
The other thing is, is when you are zooming
you can also track a subject or an object as well.
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Whereas with the DJI Osmo Mobile 6, you can't zoom in
and keep tracking a subject at the same time.
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And also when the subject changes,
so they change position
or something goes in front of the subject,
after two or three seconds, then the Osmo Mobile 6
will lose that subject completely
and it won't pick it back up
when it comes back into the frame.
So again, that's just where the Insta360 Flow
has that advantage when it comes to tracking.
If tracking is a really big deal to you
because you film by yourself,
then that's just a really great feature
that the Insta360 Flow has.
The DJI Osmo Mobile 6 also doesn't support tracking
in slow motion but the Insta360 Flow does.
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Creative features
isn't something that's gonna be for everyone,
some people just literally want to have a really good gimbal
which is gonna give them really good stabilization
just to vlog and to get creative shots.
But if you wanna get 360 panorama photos,
then using the Insta360 Flow is perfect for this.
And the Insta360 app
allows you to really manipulate that photo as well.
And you can crop in the photo, different aspect ratios.
So if you wanna have it as a vertical photo
or a horizontal photo or a square photo
or a really wide screen photo, then you can do that.
And you can just crop into anywhere in that frame
for that image.
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The Insta360 Flow also has a wide screen mode
which allows you to get kind of like a cinematic
kind of looking video
and will also apply a creative filter as well
so you can go through and choose that filter
before you start recording and it will apply that filter
to your clips so you can just do a little bit more
in the camera that you don't have to do in post
if you don't have the time.
And it's just a really nice feature to have.
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So they're both great gimbals,
like I said, they're both the same price
but with the Insta360 Flow, it just feels like
you're getting that much more for that price.
You've just got a few more extra features.
And like I said, with the tracking, the tracking is awesome.
So I've dropped links in the description to them,
you can check them out.
And thanks for watching the video.
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments
and I'll catch you on the next one.
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