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DJI POCKET 2 REVIEW - Creator Combo Kit - 1 Month Later // New Features & Accessories
My review of the DJI (Osmo) Pocket 2 (Creator Combo Kit) is here! Wireless microphone, "Do-It-All" handle, wide Angle lens, new Case and tripod: are these new accesories making it worth the upgrade from the original DJI Osmo Pocket? Is this the best vlogging camera in 2020? I was super excited when the DJI Pocet 2 was announced because I had been using the DJI Osmo Pocket for the last few year and on paper the new version with the accessories of Creator Combo Kit should fix all of them! Let's see if it lives up to the expectations!
Small correction: The DJI Osmo Pocket had a panorama option for 180°. Sorry for the error.
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00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Cinematic B-Roll
00:49 - Presenting myself
01:25 - New Internal Microphones
02:34 - Wireless Microphone
03:59 - "Do-It-All" Handle
05:16 - Tripod Legs
05:52 - New Sensor
06:43 - Wider Field of View
08:06 - Image settings & quality
08:58 - Better Low Light
09:51 - Improved Photo Mode
11:13 - Slowmotion Mode
11:27 - Panorama Mode
11:38 - Hyperlapse
11:49 - Timelapse & Motionlapse
12:28 - Updated Menus & Auto Max ISO
13:46 - New Controller
14:23 - New Zoom Option
15:08 - New Case
16:39 - Warning about the new case!
17:27 - Battery Life
17:38 - Active Track 3.0
18:01 - Autofocus Updates
18:19 - Should you upgrade?
18:45 - Conclusion - Thank you for watching!
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- 0:00 Intro
- 0:18 Cinematic B-Roll
- 0:49 Presenting myself
- 1:25 New Internal Microphones
- 2:34 Wireless Microphone
- 3:59 "Do-It-All" Handle
- 5:16 Tripod Legs
- 5:52 New Sensor
- 6:43 Wider Field of View
- 8:06 Image settings & quality
- 8:58 Better Low Light
- 9:51 Improved Photo Mode
- 11:13 Slowmotion Mode
- 11:27 Panorama Mode
- 11:38 Hyperlapse
- 11:49 Timelapse & Motionlapse
- 12:28 Updated Menus & Auto Max ISO
- 13:46 New Controller
- 14:23 New Zoom Option
- 15:08 New Case
- 16:39 Warning about the new case!
- 17:27 Battery Life
- 17:38 Active Track 3.0
- 18:01 Autofocus Updates
- 18:19 Should you upgrade?
- 18:45 Conclusion - Thank you for watching!
Good morning everyone! For the last two years, I’ve been using the DJI Osmo Pocket almost every single week. I was super excited when they announced the DJI Pocket 2 because it fixed most of the problems I had with the DJI Osmo Pocket. Now let's get started with some cinematic b-roll! For those of you who are new to this channel I’m Loïc Bellemare-Alford, a young photographer and filmmaker on the journey to become better at this art! About a year ago. I reviewed the DJI Osmo Pocket after using it for a year. In this video, we're going to be reviewing the new version the DJI Pocket 2, with a focus on the improvements they made. I'll also be releasing a second video where I'm going to talk about who should be buying this camera and also why, in my opinion, some of the reviews got this camera totally wrong. So now is the time to subscribe if you haven't done it already! The biggest complaint I had of the DJI Osmo Pocket was that the onboard audio just wasn't good. Let's switch cameras to talk about it. You're now hearing the sound from the original DJI Osmo Pocket. In my review of that camera, I talked about a workaround where I would plug in my lavalier microphone inside of a phone to record better audio. The problem of that solution was that it was a pain to sync inside of post processing afterwards, so I decided to buy the additional microphone adapter. But it was also a problem because it wouldn't work with the wireless module when recording videos. You're now hearing the audio from the internal microphones of the DJI Pocket 2, and wow it's quite an upgrade! It has 4 microphones all around which means it's much less likely that by accident you're covering one of the microphones up when recording the audio. There's also an option inside the menu now to select if you want to be using the front microphone, the back microphones or all four microphones. I usually leave it on the four microphones because the camera automatically adapts the sound to get the best audio from the direction where the camera is pointing. There is also a feature called audio zoom so you should be getting better audio from the direction where you zoom in. This small accessory from the creative combo is what got me the most excited about upgrading the camera. DJI included a small wireless microphone that automatically connects to the camera. They also included a small dead cat that goes on the top here to reduce the noise from the wind around. To use it you simply power on the device, clip it on your clothes and you're good to go! There's going to be an icon that's going to appear on the screen with the audio level so you know that's working. Now let's walk back a little bit to talk about some of the other awesome features of this small wireless audio transmitter! The range of this small microphone is actually quite good. It works meters away but it might block if you put a hand in front or if you turn around when using it. The battery life is also really good it's way better than what you have on the DJI Pocket 2 so you're sure to be able to film a full day without having to charge it in the middle. Another thing that most people didn't talk about, is that when you're using it you can actually use a small button on the side here, the sync button, to start and stop recording video which is so useful when I'm filming b-roll of myself! My favorite feature of the small wireless transmitter is actually that you can use another microphone with it. So in my case I would use my lavalier microphone that I would clip on myself and I would put the small transmitter inside of my pocket which is a lot more discreet and less awkward to use than having this big thing on your clothes. My second favorite accessory from the creator combo kit is this "Do-It-All" handle. It actually does it all, at least it fixes most of the problems I had with the original DJI Osmo Pocket. So first, of all there's Bluetooth, wi-fi and also the wireless connection for the wireless microphone all baked-in here. There's also this port for either a microphone or for headphones to monitor the audio which is super useful. Then, there's a quarter inch screw on the bottom here to attach it to a tripod which is a much needed feature. And also there's a small [speaker] in the front so you can listen to the audio of the Osmo Pocket which you couldn't do on the original version which is super useful when you need to play back some of the footage to make sure it's okay. It then clips in on the bottom here and there's a lock on the front here so once it's attached it's really sturdy and if you put on a tripod you can be sure that's going to be okay. It does make the DJI Pocket 2 a lot bigger but I don't really mind it because it still fits inside of the pockets of my coat or the pockets of my sweatpants. And having access to the wireless functions the microphone port and all of these features all the time is much more useful than having to put or remove accessories each time you want to use a different function of the camera. My next favorite accessory from the creative combo is this small tripod that you can screw at the bottom of the camera and use the ball head to place the camera exactly as you want. And this is super useful when filming b-roll with this camera where you can just place the camera wherever you want and be able to get the shot super quickly. Another welcome upgrade is the new sensor which is now 1/1.7 inches instead of being 1/2.23 inches which isn't a big difference because it's only one millimeter higher and one millimeter wider. The difference is that it should be have a little bit more bokeh in the background here which is great when vlogging and you want blurry backgrounds and it should allow a bit more light to come inside of the sensor which is really good with these tiny sensors. If you're not sure to understand how blurry backgrounds are created in these tiny cameras, I suggest you go watch my video on the comparison of my Pixel 4a and my Canon 6d Mk II where I have a good explanation with an animation on how the blurry backgrounds are created inside of these tiny cameras. What is even better with this upgraded sensor is that it has a wider field of view. So the old version of the DJI Osmo Pocket had an 80-degree field of view which is about a 26-millimeter equivalent and now it has a 93 degrees field of view which is a 20 millimeter [equivalent]. This means you get more of my body. So you get more of my shoulders here, if i just pull a little bit away, and my head instead of only having my head inside of the shots. If 20 millimeter is not enough for you, they include a wide angle lens inside of the creator combo kit. And if you put it on, we now have 110 degrees field of view or a 15 millimeter equivalent, which is what most youtubers use when doing a vlog. It's also a really good quality wide angle lens. There's no distortions in the corners here and it's mostly sharp. So if you pick a pixel peep, you're actually able to see difference between the normal image and with the lens, but it's not a big enough difference to be a huge problem. If this wasn't enough to convince you that this new lens is great, [there's] actually another big advantage and it's that, when you walk around with the camera, you don't get as much of these up and down motions because the field of view is wider. So you get a better and smoother shot in the end. The resolution is still the same maxing out at 4k 60 frames per second. One weird thing is that the "Do-It-All" handle doesn't work when you're filming at 4k 60 frames per second. For me it's not a big problem because I usually film at 4k 24 frames per second, like I'm doing right now. The camera also supports PRO Mode which allows you to get more advanced settings like the D-Cinelike picture profile which is great to color grade the footage afterwards. The camera also supports two different video quality modes. There's the battery saver mode that I'm using right now and there's a high quality mode that can fill up to 100 Mbps. I didn't see a huge difference between the two, so I just use a battery saver to get more battery out of the camera. One feature I'm really excited to get is the high dynamic range mode inside of the camera that's going to be coming with the next firmware update but we're gonna have to wait for that update to be able to test it out. One place where I think we can see a difference inside of the image quality is actually at night where the image is a bit cleaner with less noise, and also the colors are a lot more accurate with the white balance not being as yellow anymore. The image quality didn't change that much since the DJI Osmo Pocket but that's not a bad thing because I already think it's noticeably better than my google pixel 4a and almost better than my images I get from my DSLR. The only big difference that is missing between the DSLR and this camera, is better depth of field. If you want me to make a video to compare the video from my Google Pixel 4a, from my iPhone or from my good [old] DSLR, the Canon 6d mark ii, let me know in the comments below so I can create that video. The DJI Pocket 2 also got some nice updates in the photo department, allowing us to take pictures up to 64 megapixels. It uses the sensor that is 16 megapixel and a technology called sensor shift to move the sensor just a little bit for four different pictures to create the 64 megapixel picture in the end. I would say there's not a huge difference in terms of picture quality between the 16 and 64 megapixel pictures but the big difference is the file size! So a raw picture in 64 megapixels is over 120 megabytes where the raw 16 megapixel version is about 20 to 35 megabytes, which is a huge difference between the two and something to keep in mind if you're taking the picture! But I must say it's quite fun to be able to zoom into that shot and really get all the details. One of the difference with the new DJI Pocket 2 is that you have now have the option to only shoot raw instead of having to shoot raw + jpeg all the time. with the pro mode. The picture quality is definitely not as good as my Pixel 4a, with its compositional photography, but it's still nice to have the possibility to shoot some raw pictures, especially with the wide-angle lens because I don't have a wide-angle lens on my phone. All additional mode also got an update. First we have slow motion that now supports up to 240 frames per second which is 10 times slower than the frame rate i'm using right now to film this video. The quality still isn't great and is limited to 1080p and you need a lot of light to get a decent image out of it. The second mode that got an update is the panorama that now supports 180 degrees views instead of having the 3x3 format that was kind of weird, and that I never used in the end. Hyperlapse didn't get an update and I really wish they would have added motion blur inside of it because it kind of looks a little bit choppy when using it. Timelapses and motionlapses also got a pretty big update allowing you to shoot with an interval as small as 0.5 seconds instead of the few seconds that we had before, which means you can get a timelapse a lot quicker that has a lot longer for the output file. a second thing that's great with this update is that now you have the option to select to get just a video, which is 1080p which isn't the greatest quality, but now you can also get some jpeg pictures like before, but you can also get some raw pictures that are in 4k so if you want. To get the best picture quality you can get all the pictures in raw process them and get a really good high-quality time lapse out of this camera. There's also a nice update inside of the menu. So they just refine a little bit everything. For example, in the pro menu of the video mode you now have access to your autofocus settings and you also have a second page where you can control the different audio settings which is great because you had these options before but they were just hidden away and harder to find. And you also have more options inside of photo modes and time lapse modes and different modes like that. But my favorite update to the menu is actually that you now have an option to set auto max iso setting so you can select 200, 400, 800 and it's going to select the best iso for when you're filming but it's not going to go over that iso. This is great because the camera doesn't really perform well over iso 800, so I can set it to 400 and be sure it is always the good exposure of the picture but it never goes over that setting. The last nice little update is that you have now a physical power button and this is great because you cannot by accident close the camera when touching the buttons on the front of the camera. Talking of buttons, we need to talk about this new controller on the DJI Pocket 2. The controller now allows you to directly control the gimbal turning it right or left , up or down, but I don't really like it because it's not as precise as the old controller and with it being very stiff and very hard to move. And I cannot really get some of the shots I thought I would be able to get with this controller, like diagonal shots that I really like getting. [The] second problem I have with this new controller is actually there's only one button and that means you only get the option to change your gimbal mode. So you can change from follow, tilt lock or FPV or you have an option here to change the controller mode. This allows you to either control the gimbal or control the zoom level. So the camera also has a new feature that allows you to zoom inside of the picture. At 4k you only get a two-times zoom that's a digital crop, so it's not the best quality and not as useful because you can just do it in post afterwards and get the same result,. but where it's very useful is when you're in 1080p you can actually zoom up to four times and get the same quality of shots. That's very useful if you're using the camera in 1080p you can zoom four times in any shot and get a different angle if you want. We cannot talk about the DJI Pocket 2 without talking about its new case because it's really awesome! I personally think it really shows how much attention went into designing the second generation of this camera. If we take out the camera here, we can just slide it out we're gonna see there's no more bottom in the case, so whatever accessory you have at the bottom of camera are gonna work with this case, which is great because the old camera didn't support the wireless module or other accessories that were attached at the bottom. The second thing is, if you look inside of the case, you actually can see here we have the wide-angle lens that is holding with a magnet. Then we have these two little adapters for our phone. So we have the usb-c and we have the lightning port direct accessible. Then there's also the wireless microphone here that just clips on the top of the case which is just, again, great to have everything together. And the last accessory you have right here is the tripod legs that just screw on the back here. And this is a nice little package where you have everything you need when you go out for a shoot. Two other nice details that show the attention they took designing this camera, [are] the wrist strap here that is now attached to the camera which makes it a lot more logical because you can always have the camera and be sure that you won't drop it if you have it with you and the other one is, if you have your camera open and you close, it you're gonna see the lens actually goes inside. And this is a new feature that make sure that your lens doesn't get scratched which was one of the big problems with the old version, where i got the lens completely scratched when putting it inside of my pocket. I must warn you of one thing and it's that the magnet that's holding the wide-angle lens is actually pretty good but if you don't get the wide angle lens perfectly in line inside of the case it actually might fall down. And actually two weeks ago when I went out to take pictures at night I got the pictures and at the end I placed the lens inside of the case but when taking out a little bit later my camera the lens fell down, and I had to pass a full hour the next day trying to find this tiny lens inside of the grass. I did find it but it was a pretty bad experience so be sure that when you put it in to align it perfectly inside of the magnets. DJI claims you can get up to 2 hours and 20 minutes of recording time. In my experience it's more about an hour, especially if you're using 4k and Active Track. And talking of Active Track ,it also got an update but I don't think it's the best update because it tracks better the subject for sure, but it's also a lot more janky so it creates these weird movements that are not as smooth as it used to be. So for me, I'm kind of disappointed [by] this update for Active Track which is one of my favorite features inside of this camera. The autofocus also got an update and it seems to be working pretty well but you can judge by yourself by looking at this video because I filmed most of it using the DJI Pocket 2. Now let's answer the question of should you upgrade to this new DJI Pocket 2? If you had problems with the lack of good audio, the lack of a wide-angle lens or problems with wireless controls, I would say yes definitely this is worth the upgrade. If you use the DJI Osmo Pocket without any accessories, in that case I don't really think it's worth upgrading because the image quality is not a huge increase between the two versions. If you enjoyed this video please leave a like below it does really help the channel! If you want to learn if this is the right camera for you, or learn more about mobile photography and filmmaking, hit that subscribe button to be notified when I create a new video! Finally, as usual, if you have any questions leave them down below and I'm going to try to answer all of them. 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What is this video about?
I've been using the original DJI Osmo Pocket almost every week for the last two years, so when DJI announced the Pocket 2, I was genuinely excited. It seemed to address nearly every complaint I had with the first version. After spending a month with the Creator Combo Kit, here's what I've learned.
The audio improvements are real. The biggest frustration with the original Osmo Pocket was the mediocre onboard audio—I used to plug in a lavalier mic through a phone adapter just to get decent sound. The Pocket 2 now has four onboard microphones with smart directional modes, and the included wireless microphone is genuinely fantastic. It's discrete, the battery lasts all day, and you can pair it with your own lavalier mic for even more flexibility. The audio quality is night and day compared to before.
The accessories genuinely matter. The "Do-It-All" handle integrates all the wireless functions, adds a headphone jack for monitoring, and includes a quarter-inch mount for tripods. The included wide-angle lens expands the field of view from 80 to 110 degrees—perfect for vlogging—and it's sharp with no noticeable distortion. The new case is beautifully designed, with magnetic lens storage and accessible ports. These aren't gimmicks; they solve real problems.
The sensor upgrade from 1/2.23 inches to 1/1.7 inches is modest, but you'll notice slightly better bokeh and cleaner low-light performance. Video maxes out at 4K 60fps, and the new 64-megapixel photo mode is fun to play with, though it does create massive files. I was disappointed by the updated Active Track 3.0—it's more accurate but feels janky and creates weird movements that break the smoothness I loved about the original.
There's a lot to like here: the refined menus, the auto max ISO setting, the 240fps slow-motion option, and the new 180-degree panorama mode. But one real caveat—the magnet holding the wide-angle lens in the case works well only if you align it perfectly. I learned this the hard way when the lens fell into the grass during a shoot.
Should you upgrade? If you had issues with audio, wanted better vlogging focal lengths, or needed wireless features, absolutely. If you're happy with the original Pocket and never use accessories, the jump in image quality alone probably isn't worth it.