What's going on guys? Today we're going to compare the DJI Osmo Action and the
GoPro Hero 7. Now I'm really excited about this comparison because I've been
getting so many questions responses which should I get - the Osmo Action or
the GoPro Hero 7, so I'm going to answer that question because this comparison
goes beyond just side-by-side statistics which I made it in a video over here
this one goes into practicality real world use that's what we're going to
talk about today so as most of you know the GoPro Hero 7 has been around for a
while and the DJI Osmo action it's just about a month or maybe a month and a
half almost two months old so this is the newbie this is the old guy old
reliable GoPro and which is better so before we get into the comparison I just
want to talk about my settings for the DJI optimal action I shot in 4k and I
put the basically no warping on or antiwar basically to keep all the lines
straight and then with the GoPro Hero 7 I shot at 2.7 K instead of 4k because
you're able to go in linear and if you put them side-by-side if I shot in 4k
with the GoPro it would have been way too wide and it also would have been
slightly has a distortion to it so in other words to get rid of that
distortion to have the same sort of field of view as the DJI Osmo action I
had a shoot in 2.7 K but side-by-side you can't really tell the difference in
fact you'll be surprised by the two side-by-side I'll talk about that at the
end of this video after we see this comparison and one more thing I'll say
is that at the very end of this video I'm going to do a slow-motion so I shot
at 24 frames per second for the comparison you're gonna see and at the
end of the video I shoot at 240 frames per second but I shut it 24 frames per
second because I want to go for that cinematic look and I did just
held held it on a monopod and a monopod side-by-side so I just walked around
with it and you're gonna get to see the stabilization stipe side-by-side as well
but that's it for my settings give a question leave it in the comments below
so let's go down to Little Havana in downtown Miami where I did a
side-by-side comparison right now
all right so I don't want to give you my opinion right off the bat because I
didn't want to influence your opinion I wanted to you to see them side by side
so you could come to your own conclusion I'm sure you have a lot of conclusions a
lot of comments and questions so leave that in the comments below but I hope
this comparison cleared up a lot of things I'm gonna give you my opinion now
and I looked at it closely I stopped the footage I kind of analyzed the video
side-by-side and here's here's some my thoughts that might help you and of
course you guys always see things that I don't so I appreciate your comments
below so what I saw was that the GoPro Hero 7 in general seems a little bit
sharper than the Osmo action but not for every scene like when I shot against the
wall with that painting of the two girls and some other scenes the GoPro looks
sharper also in low-light it looks sharper and had less noise so the GoPro
had more dynamic range when I was walking outside and it was in real
contrast II situation whereas a real bright sky and then there was shadows
near the stores on the Left I can still see the blue sky and clouds with the
GoPro Hero 7 but with the DJI Osmo action the sky was completely blown out
as all white so I was really surprised by how much dynamic range is in the
GoPro Hero 7 is very impressive and the DJI Osmo action is definitely behind the
GoPro in that department and in general the GoPro just seemed slightly brighter
everything seemed a little brighter the the DJI Osmo action had a little more
contrast to it so it had a little more film look because usually film has a
little more of that contrast but the noise and the lack of detail and the
shadow was really disappointing with the Osmo action which I did see you know in
the low-light and in the shadow detail I saw that in the GoPro did very well in
that department now the thing is this comparison is so difficult especially
when you talk about the colors because when you're sure that you're usually
going to shoot people in most situations some people don't shoot any people but
shooting people the Osmo actions is definitely better with the skin tones
especially Caucasian people especially if they're burned or a little darker
have more of a reddish skin fair skin and red skin it looks way too red
because the Reds on the GoPro Hero 7 look almost orange it's really bad for
example if you were shooting my logo right here and my hat with the GoPro it
would look almost orange okay with the DJI Osmo action it might look even a
little too much red like too much a little on more on that side but it's way
more accurate I wish it was a little more saturated like it might be a little
2d saturated just out of the bat because that's how I was filming I wasn't using
the the flat profile and color greeting I was just using it straight how it is
but the GoPro seems pretty good in situations where you want that nice
bright color and so forth but the greens don't look very real at all so grass and
trees will look better with the DJI Osmo action as well as the Reds of course and
then the GoPro the greens they look they don't look right for trees and grass in
my opinion and the Reds look orange they don't look accurate so it looks
kind of weird you can still get away with it but it's so annoying because
this did so many things well such as the high dynamic range the overall its
overall sharper and it also has better audio I know I didn't test it in this
video but they're both good with audio it's just with the DJI Osmo action you
have to raise it much more in post but they both have good audio the GoPro I
would say is slightly better just for using without having to manipulate it in
post-production one other thing the GoPro does better
than the DJI Osmo action in my opinion it lets that Sun flare in which I like
is a filmmaker if you don't like it then you'll prefer the DJI Osmo action so
when you're shooting into the Sun and you get that flare from the Sun you're
not gonna really get it too much with the Osmo action but with the GoPro Hero
7 you get it and it has a nice warm tone to it so I really like that with the
GoPro now I was just walking around normal you saw at one point I did a
sprint down the I walked you saw him side-by-side the
stabilization is very good for the GoPro but the DJI Osmo action has better
stabilization you can see the background and so forth wasn't moving as much it
was rock steady as DJI caused its stabilization so I was extremely shocked
at how good the stabilization is with the DJI Osmo action every time I use it
I'm amazed you don't need a gimbal or anything else you can just use it as it
is a gimbal might help slightly but really you don't need it it's really
overkill the GoPro you might need it but it's still very good it's just the DJI
Osmo action the stabilization is is absolutely incredible so I know I gave
you kind of an ambiguous answer because they both do things that very well it's
really hard for me to choose just one I wish the color tone was sort of in
between the two the GoPro seems too warm and too saturated the DJI Osmo action
out of the bat seems 2d saturated and too flat and not enough dynamic range if
they could almost combine them and have a baby that would be great but but they
don't so they're both very good obviously with the Osmo action it has a
front screen so if you blog that's a huge advantage but it's really hard for
me to pick a winner so before that in this video I just want to wrap it up by
showing you the slow motion cuz I didn't get to show you that and the slow motion
both look really good I shot at 240 frames per second the one thing you're
gonna see in the slow motion notice with the GoPro Hero 7 the flare that comes
into the lens so let's just take a few moments to look at that slow motion
alright
alright guys that was it I hope this video was helpful you have to see a
side-by-side comparison in the real world just a quick comparison with these
two guys sort of quick and as always I do appreciate your support so one last
thing before I end this video with these two action cameras I'm gonna bring them
both down to the real Havana Havana Cuba next week
so if there's any videos you want me to film while I'm down there I wanted to
bring my drone but drones aren't allowed in Cuba but I
can bring these guys so I'm gonna shoot with these guys there's any particular
video you think might be cool you want to see I'll do that for you just leave
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I'm Brett Garamella with BrettGaramella.com. Drones for reel!