this is the dji om5
they've redesigned this gimbal for your
smartphone to make it one-third smaller
one-third lighter and also it's got an
extension rod built in so in this video
i want to go through 10 different
reasons why you might want to get this
gimbal and also i want to compare how
the iphone 12 stabilization inside the
camera compares with using a gimbal and
that's actually what we're going to
start with let's just look at some side
by side footage of the gimbal
and then also the footage in my iphone
12 and let's just compare them and see
what the difference is
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now the big thing when looking at this
footage is the horizon leveling because
when you're just shooting with your
iphone you're gonna bump you're gonna
move and yes it's gonna be stabilized
but with a gimbal you're getting that
perfectly level horizon at all times and
also the gimbal just unlocks a lot of
additional features which make it easier
to shoot video especially when you want
to get more filmic looking footage
rather than just like having the phone
up at your face and doing this so reason
number one is horizon leveling so your
horizons always going to be level no
matter what you're shooting when you're
shooting handheld there might be times
where you're twisting the phone and not
getting a perfectly level shot at all
times your phone's not going to keep the
horizon level so with a gimbal because
of the way it's designed it's supposed
to keep the horizon always level and
that's whether you're shooting vertical
or horizontal and reason number two for
getting the om5 is the button layout
they've actually added an additional
button to the om4 so it's a little bit
upgraded but it just makes operation
much easier so on the front here you
have your joystick which moves the
camera around so if you wanted to put
this on the tripod which i have on right
now you could actually do like smooth
pans or tilt up or tilt down you have a
record button just right here on the
gimbal handle you have your flip which
goes from horizontal double click it
goes vertical
you have your trigger which will always
bring the camera back to center it also
locks the gimbal if you want to get a
shot where it's always facing outward
and doesn't spin so when it's centered
like this i hold the lock and no matter
what i do the camera always stays
forward whereas i let go and the phone
will twist with wherever i point the
gimbal and then on the side you have a
zoom function which you can zoom in and
out from whatever you're shooting makes
it a lot easier than trying to swipe on
the screen and then you also have a mode
button which changes the mode settings
for what you're filming in so the button
layout is great and it just gives you
some more flexibility when you're out
shooting kind of makes everything that
you need pretty accessible at your
fingertips number three is improved
active track so wherever i move the
gimbal it's always going to keep your
subject completely centered i don't
really have to look at the screen i just
know it's going to happen and when i
zoom in it still works so it's a good
feature to have and it does make it a
lot easier to operate you just have to
move physically through space and your
camera always stays centered on your
subject so number four is the app
so with the dji memo app you get access
to a lot of features pretty easily it's
more than just if you were to turn on
your camera app on your phone so just
looking at the screen here you have
things like your auto and manual
settings super accessible so we'll put
on manual you could change your iso your
shutter and your exposure value
compensation or you could keep an auto
which a lot of times the smartphone
works great on auto but there are
definitely times where you might want to
control your settings a little bit
better and then you have access to your
resolution your frames per second so
let's put in 4k 60 frames per second you
have your zoom right here in the middle
which is just right there on the screen
and right on the right side you have
access to all these different modes so
you have your hyperlapse your time lapse
your dyna zoom slow motion video photo
panoramic and story so you have a lot of
different modes that you can access
whether you want to do different styles
of photography or you want to do
different videos like time lapse motion
lapse or hyperlapse number five is the
magnetic attachment now the om4 also had
this magnet that you put on your phone
however they've redesigned it a little
bit and it works better with cases so
right now i have the moment phone case
which is a phone case i really like
using because not only is it good to
attach additional lenses or filters but
it also just works with my apple wallet
so i can use my wallet and i also have
access to add additional lenses on this
case it just makes it super easy and
then when i want to put it on the gimbal
i just put on the little attachment
which works on the outside of the phone
case and it's a strong magnet and i'm
good to start shooting and that's one
thing it's just simple to use and i
guess that's point number six is that it
is so simple to use you're not fumbling
around trying to get this thing balanced
as soon as you know the right position
to put your clip on the phone you just
pop the clip on the phone put on the
magnet hit power you're good to go
so instead of having to like fumble with
this thing
it's actually really easy to use now
when you're done and you just want to
power it off you can just pull this off
the gimbal is going to automatically
just go into standby mode and you shut
it off with the button on the side and
then it folds down to the size which is
super small and it can fit in your
pocket that's reason number seven why
you'd want to get this smartphone gimbal
is it's smaller and lighter than all the
others you can just throw it in your
pocket and you don't really have to
worry about carrying anything additional
so one question that's going to come up
is can you use the moment filters on the
gimbal right now i have the anamorphic
filter on it's one with the gold flare
testing out some doing some anamorphic
stuff this is kind of a cool lens to
play with for a smartphone and i've been
able to float it on the gimbal and it
definitely adds a lot more weight so
using some filters and some additional
lenses the om-5 seems to take the weight
just fine and i'm definitely gonna be
testing this out more and more and just
playing around with this whole setup
especially with this anamorphic lens
reason number eight is the new extension
rod that comes with the om5
so you get this full extension which if
you're someone who's doing like a group
photo or you do like vlog style content
this does come in handy because it does
get the camera further away from you and
you get a much better shot than if the
camera's you know only an arm's distance
let's just do a quick test and i'll show
you the difference
alright so i'm just putting the camera
arm stretch away shooting video and this
is the type of shot that you get in
vertical
let's flip it to horizontal and always
when you're shooting a horizontal video
in this way you kind of have to hold the
camera funky because you have to hold
your hand like this to be able to get
the shot
and this is with the extension rod fully
out and you can see it does the face
tracking so wherever i move the gimbal
is going to follow as well and you just
get a much wider shot now let's flip it
horizontally
all right now we're here in the
horizontal and you can see that the face
tracking is working
it's easier to hold you don't have to
have your arm stretched out you don't
have that look of the arm stretched out
now number nine is the new software
called shot guide so basically dji has
set up these different types of
sequences and it's all automated so if
you want to do like a cool nature scene
well you click on the nature button and
it's going to tell you a series of shots
to get to cut together this cool looking
video and they have a bunch of them on
the software it makes it easier if
you're someone who just wants to capture
the scene but you don't know exactly
which shots you want to get dji has a
bunch of series already set up to make
it a lot easier to get good looking
videos out of the scene that you're
capturing and number 10 i think just
using a gimbal in general puts you more
in that filmmaking mindset so when
you're using a gimbal you're going to
think about your shots a little bit more
and when you have access to all these
buttons and these different features
you're going to start thinking through
your shots a little bit more than if
you're just walking around holding your
phone like this using a gimbal just puts
you in that mindset to craft some better
looking videos so whether you are a
content creator and you just use your
smartphone or you just want to capture
some better looking videos of your
family running around the park the dji
om5 makes it easy because you can put it
in your pocket and it doesn't take a lot
of additional time so guys i'd love to
hear your thoughts about the new dji om5
down below in the comments and next i
highly suggest you check out this video
right here which goes through how you
start and grow a youtube channel just
using your smartphone alright i will see
you
on the next one