Ahoj! When you first get DJI Osmo mobile 3 gimbal and started working with the
filming modes, especially if you never ever ever used gimbal before, it can get a
little bit tricky, it can get a little bit confusing and I did get many requests
from you to make video just about that, about the different filming modes. And
since we got another snowstorm, we are covered up, everything is beautiful and
clean again, these are perfect conditions to film in. And if you are new here,
welcome. My name is Zdenka Darula. I create photo and video tutorials, tech
reviews and creative camera challenges so if that's something you're passionate
about, consider subscribing. What I have here is DJI Osmo mobile 3 gimbal and
Android phone Samsung Galaxy s10 plus. Now if you use Apple you will get a
little bit more features in the DJI Mimo app than Android users. We don't get all
of them but Android users you still have a lot of features to produce great
videos. Today I'm gonna be mostly using DJI MIMO app. In future videos I'm
going to show you how to film in Filmic Pro and other apps but today let's keep
it simple and just use DJI MIMO and also a regular camera app for some shots. And
I'm gonna be filming in 4k even though my video will be published in 1080p. The
reason I want to film in a 4k those clips is because I want the extra size
so I can further manipulate them in the post. I can resize them, I can zoom in,
I can zoom out. I can do a whole bunch of different things with it.
DJI MIMO films at 30 frames per second. If you want to film at 24 frames per
second you would have to use app like Filmic Pro but today we're gonna be
filming at 30 frames per second. First few clips I'm going to shoot just in
regular photo mode, simply put, whichever direction we are going to move the
smartphone, the gimbal will follow slowly until it slowly stops. So it can be up,
it can go down, it can go to the left, and it can go to the right. So now
I have follow mode selected. The first thing I'm going to do is select custom
white balance. In the last few videos I was filming everything at Auto and when
I was editing the video, I noticed that the white balance was kinda
all over the place. It was not much difference but there was a difference. So
today I'm gonna try something different. I'm gonna move it from auto to sunny.
Now, you'll be the judge, you decide for yourself. What is better if auto or
custom white balance. And normally when I would be shooting with mirrorless like this
one I would select custom balance anyways. I'm ready to film so the next
step I'm gonna tap on the screen and select brightness and tap again and
actually hold it until I see a little lock which means that the brightness is
locked and it's not going to flicker on you whenever you go from bright to the
dark.
When I film I don't use joystick to be honest. I'm just finding that if I'm
using the whole arm, the shots look way better. But it's up to you. You can
absolutely use joystick. It is just my shooting style. This is how I do things
around here. You probably noticed that I mostly pan
to the right. I don't go right and then left and up and down because if I
would cut the b-roll at the end it would not flow nicely. So just one direction
usually to the right for me and here and there I make slight changes. I'm
still in the follow mode but I want to do some zigzag moves. I want to go around
things here but I want the camera to stay in the same direction so what I'm
gonna do, I'm gonna press and hold the trigger. The trigger will lock the gimbal
which will stay in the same direction. When I'm finished, I just released the
trigger. But first let me show you how it would look like if I would not lock the
gimbal.
Well, let's do it the way I want. I'm just gonna press to trigger.
I can't believe how warm it is right now actually. My hands are not frozen at all,
my face is not frozen at all. The Sun is amazing. It's a great weather here. So now
I want to shoot this whole location in a wide angle but DJI Mimo won't let me
shoot with wide-angle lens so I will have to close the DJI Mimo and film in
regular camera app. Right now I have follow mode. Whichever mode you select
with DJI Mimo app, it will stay when you close it, so you can use any other app
and use that mode. So right now I have follow mode. I'll close the DJI Mimo,
open regular camera app and start filming. To control the brightness of the location
with the regular camera app, just simply tap on the screen and you will see
beside it a little bit slider up and down. Just a little bit tiny bit up or
down, whichever direction and start filming right away. If you don't do that,
if you wait a little bit longer, it will go back to auto mode and you will not
have locked brightness.
I want to do some moving shots here going forward or backwards but I want to
maintain the composition so now I have to go back to DJI Mimo and I will change
the mode to tilt lock mode. What will happen here, the gimbal is not gonna go
up and down like here in the photo mode. It will only go left and right, up and
down will be locked, it's not gonna move at all. So this is tilt lock mode. As you
can see, the gimbal is locked, it's not going up and down but I can still do
panning left and right. It's following that direction but this is absolutely
locked.
I feel a bit warm
Alright. Let's create one fun transition for the b-roll. FPV mode. When it comes to
fpv just remember airplane moves like this. FPV mode
imitates aircraft moves so just like this.
So to spice it up and make that transition, I'm going to spin the gimbal
clockwise like this and end up somewhere here. Then I'm gonna cut the clip
somewhere here. The next clip I'm gonna start like this but continue clockwise
going up... yeah. Since it is a fast transition I'm going to select sports
mode because I want the gimbal to react much faster. You can do sports mode in
any mode. You can do it in follow mode, tilt lock mode or fpv. So the move will
look like this.
Hopefully I got one.
Just a quick tip. When are doing this kind of a
transition, you want to select the first and second location kind of similar
feel, similar background or the color. So when you edit it together it will look way
nicer, it will just look very smooth. Let's put those clips together and
show off a little B roll of different filming modes.
I want to mention few things. I'm seeing all the comments from you guys and I'm
trying to respond to all comments and I'm seeing comments that sometimes the
DJI app crashes for Android users. Now mine crashed few weeks ago for maybe two
three days. It was crashing, it was getting disconnected but now it's all fine. From
my experience working with different gimbals
I see the whole time whenever they make new gimbal, they are trying to catch up
with all the phones on the market. So they are constantly improving the app,
they are constantly upgrading their firmware. Give it a time and yours will
get upgraded very soon as well. That's just normal process because like I said
whenever they make a new product, it is hard to make it for every single phone on the
market today. The same goes to Filmic Pro. Right now we have December 2019 and the
app is compatible with DJI Osmo Mobile 2 and DJI Osmo mobile one. It was not like
that right away either. They waited for a little bit. Right now they are waiting a
little bit we did DJI Osmo mobile 3 until it's all caught up and less
glitchy and all that and then the Filmic Pro will upgrade it and make it
compatible as well. If you are interested to see my other DJI Osmo mobile 3 videos,
I linked them all in the video description below. There's a whole
playlist of them. Also if you are interested to learn about different
shooting speeds, 30 frames per second, 24 frames per second, how to mix them
together and all that, there is video for that purpose as well. Lastly, I linked my
Patreon page there for those interested in photo or video critique or working
with me one on one or accessing my Lightroom presets or Lut presets. Well
all I have to say now is hit the thumbs up button and subscribe to all future
videos like these. If you have any questions, comments or simply want to say
hello, you can do so in a comment section below. Let me know how is DJI Osmo mobile
3 working for you right now, what smartphone model you are using, I would
be very interested to hear and I will see you in the next one ... Cau... Ahoj...