- So my last video was all about the DGI Pocket 2.
And in that video,
I asked you guys what questions you have
about this camera-gimbal combo.
It's kind of an all in one.
So what I'm gonna do in this video
is go through all of your questions,
try to answer everything I can about this camera,
and try to figure out if this is a good camera to get
or not,
also to figure out if this a good camera to upgrade
from the Pocket 1, or just stick with the Pocket 1.
All right, guys, let's get into it.
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All right.
So the first question is,
have you tested the Pocket 1 accessories
with the Pocket 2,
like the ND filters and the extension rod?
So most of the Pocket 1 accessories do work
with the Pocket 2.
And you can go on the DJI's website
and it will actually say at the bottom,
whether a specific accessory
works with the 2, or it's just the 1.
Now things like the wireless module
and the extension rod do work on the Pocket 2,
and the ND filters do as well.
So if you have third-party ND filters
like Freewell or Polar Pro,
they will also still work on the Pocket 2.
These cameras are very similar side-by-side.
The only difference is that the Pocket 2
is a little bit longer.
So the one accessory that I saw does not work
with the Pocket 2 is the waterproof housing.
And that's because the Pocket 2 is a little bit longer.
Next question is, hi, bro.
Hi, did you experience any overheating issues?
So every time that I've worked with this camera
and shot with it, the camera itself does get hot.
Like when you hold it in your hand, it does get warm.
However, I haven't had this camera overheat at all.
So I did some tests.
I let it run for an hour, a little bit over an hour,
and camera just worked fine.
It just kept recording.
Now the Pocket 2 definitely gets hot.
Like you can feel it on the sides and the camera itself.
However, it's not so hot that you can't use it.
So just something to think about when you're using it,
if you're doing it for long periods of time,
the camera itself and the gimbal,
the whole thing will get warm.
All right.
I want to do a quick side by side to show you
how the exposure is in low light.
So behind me,
I have my aperture 120D.
I just want to show you side by side
as I walk to the dark portions,
like away from the light.
You can see how much more exposure you're getting
with the 2.
And that's because on the Pocket 2,
you have a larger sensor,
so it's going to be better in low light.
And so this is both being recorded at 4k,
30 frames-per-second,
and the camera's at the exact same distance
away from my face.
I'm looking, they're both exposed the exact same.
Let's put it really close.
All right, there we go.
Walk around a bit.
And it definitely looks like with the Pocket 2,
you can see into the shadows better,
and it's just a better overall exposure in low light.
Okay, next question.
Does it have built-in wifi or Bluetooth now?
Now it doesn't have Bluetooth or wifi built into
the Pocket 2 itself.
However, you have the do-it-all handle,
which I have connected right now,
and that gives you the wireless connectivity to your phone.
And it also allows you to add like the microphone.
This is the little microphone that DGI has created
that is very similar to the Rode Wireless Go.
However it's built into this do-it-all handle.
So if you already have the wireless module
from the Pocket 1,
that will work with the Pocket 2.
But if you don't have that yet,
the do-it-all handle basically incorporates that
along with a few other features.
No wireless Bluetooth built in.
However, just add the little extension handle.
All right. The next question is,
how does this camera compare to the GoPro Hero 9?
Well, a gimbal is very different than a GoPro.
A GoPro is an action camera,
so you can Mount it to different things
and get really cool perspectives.
So like, you know, on your chest,
if you're riding a mountain bike or on your helmet.
Whereas a gimbal is different.
With a gimbal,
you have access to things like Active Track.
So you can set this down,
move around the gimbal's going to follow you.
You just don't get the same stability with a GoPro,
even though the GoPro Hero 9 has some insane stabilization,
It's still not the same as using a gimbal.
Now I'll link a video down in the description
to another video that my buddy Dave Mays did
over at The Indie Mogul,
and he compares the stabilization of the Pocket 2
to the GoPro Hero 9.
And it really shows you the difference
between using a gimbal and using a GoPro.
All right, so I just checked in that exposure was super hot.
So I've just adjusted my exposure down to negative .1.
So it's still auto exposure.
However, you now are seeing this at negative 0.1.
What I've noticed with this camera is that it definitely
reads hot, especially in this mixed lighting
when you have bright sunlight.
So I'm trying to find the best exposure settings
with this camera,
and just kind of playing around
with different styles of shooting,
to see if I can figure out the best way
to get good exposure on the face,
but also not have everything overexposed.
The next question is,
can you use ND filters with the wide angle lens?
And unfortunately you can't.
So right now I have widening the lens on, that's without.
So because these are magnets,
you really only get one or the other.
Now maybe a company will come out with a version
of this wide lens where you can stack ND filters.
But if you had two magnets on here,
it's just going to make this even weaker.
I think that's one thing about this camera
that I would like to see changed in the future,
is that not only use magnets,
but maybe have clip-on lenses,
because if you hit this too hard,
these lenses could pop off.
You know, magnets are great for quick,
if you're not doing crazy action,
and you're just kind of walking around like this,
but as soon as you have it sort of motion
where you're moving the gimbal around quickly,
or it gets hit,
there's a potential lends to pop off
and then get lost somewhere.
Cause they so small.
Now the next question is,
is the wireless attachment optional?
Yes.
So all the attachments are optional.
You can buy just the Pocket 2 by itself,
and then you can buy each of the accessories by itself.
Or you can get the Creator package,
which is the one that I have,
which gives you everything you need to get up and running.
So you get the wide lens, you get the wireless module,
you get the microphone and you get like a little tripod.
And it's just basically all the accessories that you need
to be able to get up and running with this,
and use it in a bunch of different settings.
And I think it's a great package to get,
especially if you're not a Pocket 1 owner
and you don't already have accessories,
definitely go for the Creator pack
because it's pretty much everything you need
to get up and running with this camera.
All right.
The next question is,
does Active Track 3.0 work when filming in 4k 60?
And unfortunately it does not.
All right.
So I checked all the modes and basically there's only a few
that Active Track doesn't work in.
So 4k 60, it does not work.
And if you do the eight times slow-mo it does not work,
but it does work on the four times slow-mo.
Now a side note with slow motion,
you only have access to four times and eight times,
and that is at 1080p.
So the other modes,
the Active Track doesn't work in
is 4k 30 in the higher quality.
So there's two qualities.
You can choose lower quality or higher quality.
The Active Track doesn't work in 4k 30 in the high quality,
but if you'd bump it down to 4k 24 frames per second,
or 4k 25 frames per second, it does work.
Now in 1080p and 2.7k,
it does work at 60 frames a second.
So the limitation comes right as you hit 4k 30
with the higher quality,
and then 4k 60 and then the super slow slow-mo.
So that's the different resolutions and frame rates
where Active Track does not work.
All right.
So the next question is,
can you plug in the Rode Wireless Go to the Pocket 2?
And yes you can.
So you have to do it through either the dongle
that was on the original pocket or this do-it-all handle,
which I have right now.
However, if you're gonna use the do-it-all handle,
just use the DGI microphone,
because it's pretty much the exact same thing.
And then you don't have anything hanging
off the handle itself.
Now let's just do a quick test.
I want to compare the Rode Wireless Go
to the wireless mic that I have here.
And I also want to do a range test
to see when they start breaking up.
So on the left here,
you see the DGI wireless transmitter,
and on the right, the Rode Wireless Go,
and you can see the audio levels on my timeline.
Now, when I was walking in both of these samples,
I was turning my back and putting my body
between the transmitter and the receiver.
The DGI wireless transmitter was holding a signal
almost the entire time,
whereas the Rode Wireless Go broke up a ton.
The only times where you were getting a signal
is when my body wasn't between the receiver
and the transmitter.
You know, I thought the Rode Wireless Go would do better,
but the DJI wireless transmitter
works so much better in this situation.
And just for comparison,
here's the microphone on the Rode Wireless Go.
And here's the one from DGI.
Now the fuzzy on top,
you can put this on the Rode Wireless Go as well,
but the fuzzy on top of the DGI one is much more stable.
Like this hasn't popped off yet.
Whereas this one on the Rode Wireless Go
just comes off super easy.
So you can just see how much smaller the DGI one is.
It's about half the size of the Rode Wireless Go
So one thing that's really cool about the do-it-all handle
is you just plug in the microphone
and it starts working right away.
It just says device connected.
So any microphone you can just
plug right into the side of this with 3.5 millimeter.
Next question is, did they improve the battery life?
And unfortunately not.
When I was comparing them side by side,
it's basically the same battery.
So I can imagine they're using the same battery.
But basically what you're gonna get is
140 minutes on a full charge.
And this is tested in a laboratory environment,
shooting 1080p, 24 frames per-second video.
And it's just to be a reference,
because as soon as you bump it up to 4k 60,
you're going to be burning more battery.
And depending on how much you're moving the gimbal around,
you're going to be burning up more battery.
So it takes 73 minutes to do a full charge.
So just something to keep in mind.
You're probably going to get an hour to two hours
of record time.
Take it for what it is.
Unfortunately, there is no replaceable battery.
That is one thing that I wish they would've put
in this model.
It's like a little battery that you can change out
so that you could run.
You know, cause a lot of times,
you're not going to be wanting to charge.
Like for me,
I want to have a few spare batteries
and be able to take this with me,
and shoot throughout the entire day.
So if you're gonna be using it all day,
you got to make sure that you're turning it on and off.
And you might also have to bring like a power brick
so that you can charge the thing throughout the day.
So that is one downside is how the battery is set up for it.
All right.
So the next question is,
does it shoot in 4k for motion lapse and hyperlapse?
And unfortunately, no,
it still is only shooting 1080p.
For some reason with the time-lapse modes,
it only goes up to 1080p,
which is unfortunate because this is a 4k camera,
and I'd love to be able to do 4k time-lapses
and hyper lapses.
You're still stuck with 1080p in those modes.
So let's just do a side-by-side test of the mic
just on the gimbal itself.
Turn this guy off.
All right.
We're back to just the audio out of the Pocket 2.
Now let me grab the Pocket 1,
and let's do a side-by-side comparison.
All right, so here is an audio test.
This is the sound coming from the Pocket 2
just straight from the camera.
And here's the sound coming from the Pocket 1
straight from the camera.
Also, you're just seeing a side by side of the Pocket 1
to the Pocket 2, the same lighting scenario.
And you can kind of see how the camera is exposing
for my face in both of these scenarios.
There is no exposure compensation on this footage anymore.
So this is straight out of camera in the standard profile.
All right. So the next question is still no zoom?
I guess I'm sticking with the old one.
Well actually there is a zoom on this.
It's a digital zoom.
And when you're on the screen on the left side,
you just click the plus and minus and you can zoom in.
So see, I can zoom right into my face two times for 4k mode.
Let's switch over to 1080.
So in 1080, you can zoom all the way in to four times.
So it definitely does have a zoom, but like I said,
it's a digital zoom.
It's not a zoom lens.
But if you need that capability, you do have it in this.
All right. So the next question is,
are you able to use the joystick while the Pocket 2
is already filming during video capture?
Or is it that you can only use it to set up the shot?
So I'm gonna show you what this looks like.
I'm gonna walk out of the scene.
I have the joystick on this gimbal,
and while I'm filming,
you could see that yeah, you can do pans,
you can tilt up and down.
So it's not limited to just setting up.
So I have to shoot the rest of this video on the Sony
because the Pocket 2 died and I need to charge it.
And it's going to get dark soon.
So let's wrap this video up,
let's get through the rest of these questions.
Is there any way to monitor audio
with the wireless audio module?
So this piece that pops off the bottom,
the do-it-all component, there's a little 3.5 millimeter,
and I showed you this earlier.
You can plug a microphone into this,
but you can also plug in your headphones.
So if you are using this wireless audio,
you can plug in headphones and be able to listen
to the sound as you're recording.
Now, unfortunately,
if you have a microphone plugged in
this little port on the side, you can't also listen to it.
Maybe they'll do some different,
do-it-all extensions in the future
with one input, one output.
But it really comes down to how creators use this camera.
All right next.
Does this thing shoot vertical portrait mode.
So yes,
it does do vertical mode.
However, it's not going to be standing upright like this.
You have to spin it sideways and shoot in this direction
to do vertical.
Now it's going to adjust the gimbal
and be shooting for vertical video.
But you know,
you're holding it sideways like this.
So just something to keep in mind,
that's how the original Pocket did it.
And that's how this one does too.
So the next question is about the Pocket 1, actually,
and this little 15 millimeter lens.
Can you use it on the Pocket 1?
Well,
all the attachments work on the Pocket 2
from the Pocket 1.
So yes,
the attachment, this wide angle adapter does work
on the Pocket 1.
So I'll just show you here's my setup.
And this is with the wide lens attachment.
Pop this off.
No attachment.
Pop this back on, your attachments back up.
So this attachment gives you 0.75 wider field of view.
So you have to take this lens and make it a little wider.
It's obviously not as wide
as the 20 millimeter with this on there.
But with this attachment,
it does allow you to be able to get a wider shot,
something better to film yourself with.
So I guess the biggest question is, is this camera worth it?
If you have the Pocket 1,
is the Pocket 2 worth the upgrade?
And I think it is for two reasons:
One, wider field of view.
I do personally like the wider field of view.
And if you do need to zoom in, you can on the 4k footage.
And the other reason I think it's so powerful
is this wireless do-it-all module.
It's not that big.
And it just pops right on the bottom of the gimbal.
It makes it a little bit longer,
but in the grand scheme of things,
it's still a very pocket sized gimbal.
And with this,
you get external audio,
you get a wireless audio module that sounds great
and has good range.
And you also are able to connect to your phone through this.
So once you've set it up once,
you just turn on the MIMO app and boom, it's connected,
and you can use this in so many different ways with having
the phones separate than the camera.
And for me like behind the scenes,
this is the perfect camera because I can hand this to anyone
and has a little screen and they can just point it
at whatever's going on,
and I know I'm going to get good stable footage.
So guys, I'd love to hear from you down in the comments.
Do you think the Pocket 2 is worth the upgrade if you have
the Pocket 1 and if you don't,
do you think that this is a good camera to get?
But guys I'll put links down below in the description to
where you can find out more about this camera.
And guys that's it.
I will see you on the next one.