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My First Weekend with the DJI OSMO Pocket 4P // My honest first impression!
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Unbox the new DJI Osmo Pocket 4P with me as I take it from a shoot at Lynn Canyon to a hike in Washington. In this video, I’m testing the new telephoto lens and LOFIC sensor in real-world conditions to see if it’s truly a "Pro" upgrade, while sharing why I chose this over the competition and why the new Frame Tap remote is a total game changer for solo creators.
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► CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
00:41 - Unoboxing the DJI Pocket 4P
02:16 - My favorite accessory!
05:23 - Wirelesss Microphone: Werid decision
06:47 - Hyperlapse testing
07:54 - New LOFIC sensor!
10:11 - The elephant in the room: New Telephoto Lens
11:24 - New Focusing Distance
11:58 - Size & Weight
13:37 - DJI Pocket 4P vs Insta360 Luna
16:26 - DJI Pocket 4P in Low Light Conditiions
18:07 - Menu options vs the DJI Pocket 4
19:13 - Three things to improve/fix
20:55 - Outro - Thanks for watching!
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- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:41 Unoboxing the DJI Pocket 4P
- 2:16 My favorite accessory!
- 5:23 Wirelesss Microphone: Werid decision
- 6:47 Hyperlapse testing
- 7:54 New LOFIC sensor!
- 10:11 The elephant in the room: New Telephoto Lens
- 11:24 New Focusing Distance
- 11:58 Size & Weight
- 13:37 DJI Pocket 4P vs Insta360 Luna
- 16:26 DJI Pocket 4P in Low Light Conditiions
- 18:07 Menu options vs the DJI Pocket 4
- 19:13 Three things to improve/fix
- 20:55 Outro - Thanks for watching!
Hello everyone. I finally got my hands on the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 and I'm super excited about this camera, but not for the reasons that most people talk about in the other reviews. For those of you who this channel, I'm Luke Ben Malford, a young photographer and filmmaker on Jet Desard. While most of the other reviews obsess with the new lens, the thing that actually excites me the most is a new accessory. I'll also talk about why I chose the DJ Awesome Pocket 4P instead of the Insta 360 Luna. some weird decisions that DJI made for this camera, but also some very exciting ones. Oh, and before I forget, I'm not sponsored at all for this video. I actually had to drive three hours to be able to get my hands on this camera. Really excited to unbox it. Let's get going right away. Whoops. Oh my god, it's actually a lot heavier than I thought. Oops. Here we go. Oops. Before moving ahead, we need to address a few things I discovered during the unboxing. First, DJI, why is there free cables to charge this camera and the accessories? I can understand why there's a proprietary cable for the tiny microphone, but this is unacceptable for the frame tab. There's absolutely no reason why we can have USBC on the frame tab to charge it. Second is just why do we have so much plastic inside of the packaging? It's wasteful, bad for the environment, and also kind of annoying to unbox. DJI do like all the other companies and start switching to sustainable packaging. You might be wondering right now, what is the accessory that excites me so much? And it's this little frame tap remote. So, if everything goes well here, I should be able to just press the button on the side and power it on. This is the very first time I'm doing this. Oh, I'll have to set it up. And now let's set up. I can control the camera remotely. If you didn't know, I film all of my videos alone, which means every single time I want to film something, I have to place the camera, make sure that shot is correct, go film the shot, come back to check if it is okay. And it might sound silly, but this slows down the process so much. Now, you might point out that I could use my phone to just control the camera, and I do it sometimes, but the process of connecting the phone to the camera can actually be pretty frustrating. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and it's so much slower. This little remote, let's actually do a comparison side by side to see which one is faster to connect. Hold up. When did we grow up? When did this little remote was so much faster? I'm honestly kind of surprised how many people talk about the removal screen from the Insta 360 Luna camera, but nobody seems to mention this little remote. Am I crazy to think that this is a game changer? When did we start moving so slow? Just the route we used to go. Hold up. Say hold on. When did we grow up? When did we start moving so slow? We used to run. We used to glow all up. Just hold up. We made it here to the Lin Canyon suspension bridge. I've always said that one of the best features on the DJI Pocket cameras are the wireless microphones that come with them. So, I'm really baffled to decide to include the DJI Mini 2 Kimat microphone instead of using the DJI Mic 3 like they did with the Pocket 4 or their even newer microphone like a DJI Mini 2S. So, why should you even care about this? Well, in a session like with this, using a warehouse microphone is very important to be able to get the audio of your voice without getting all of the background noise. But there's two missing features on the Mac Mini 2 that are included on the two other microphones. The first one is internal recording. And if you've seen my videos on the J Pocket 4, there was a lot of connection issues and having an internal recording on the microphone meant I couldn't recover the audio afterwards. The second issue I have is no free break float. This is a little bit more of a pro feature, but it basically means that if you talk really low or you start screaming inside of your video, this is going to be captured correctly and you can recover all of that afterwards. So on the Pro Pocket Camera, you would expect a pro microphone that goes with it, but they included their cheapest microphone. This is so weird in my opinion that DJ made this decision. I'll be honest, this is always a very busy spot, but I don't think I've ever really seen it this crazy right now. I wanted to get some shots by the water, but it's a little bit too crazy. Now, time for a good workout and also test the hyperlapse mode on this camera while going up these stairs here. I think there's about like 300 or something like that to go. So, a nice little workout. Heat. Heat. Amazing. In my opinion, one of the most exciting changes to the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P is the new lowix sensor. If you're wondering what is a lowix sensor, it's basically a new technology sensor that allows to get more dynamic range inside the shots. You can get more information inside the highlights and more information inside the dark parts. So, for example, right now the background is very, very bright and I'm pretty dark, but now we can see all of that inside of the image and this is really amazing. But there's a really big limitation here. It only works when you're using DLOG 2 in um the main lens. And if you try zooming in, it will not allow you to zoom in at all. Even if you try, you have to go out, switch the settings to be able to do it. The way I went around this is creating some custom profiles so I can switch to the profiles pretty quickly. But DJI, fix this. Just allow us to zoom in when we're in that. Disable the lock 2. I understand that the other sensor cannot support it, but it's really weird that we have this little quirk that slows down the process so much because I would really want to use DLO 2 whenever I can on the main lens. Cheers. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Let's talk about the elephant in the room. And yes, this is the new telephoto lens on the DJI Pocket 4P. For every single pocket camera that I reviewed in the past from DJI, I always complain about the fact that it didn't have a dedicated telephoto lens because the digital zoom was never the best option out there. In a recent trip I did to Japan, it would have been so useful to have a dedicated total photo lens instead of having to rely on the digital zoom. I will say the digital zoom is still pretty great if you go at something like six times. 12 time is not the best, but the other day I was actually filming AB and that one came out pretty fine. So overall, I'm very satisfied of having this lens and it brings a much broader types of shot you can get from the native one times lens up to 12 time. But realistically, I'll probably stay between zero and six times when shooting my shots. One tiny detail I didn't hear anybody talk about is that the minimum focusing distance has been reduced. Instead of being about 20 cm on the J Pocket 4, it's now only 9 cm on the J Pocket 4P. It might seem like a really small little detail, but it's actually a really good one whenever you want to take these nice close-up shots. One thing we need to talk about is the size and weight of this camera. It might only be 40 g more than the J Pocket 4, but it feels a lot heavier in the hands. Not the biggest issue. One real issue though is that the lenses here are not as well protected when the camera is closed. And because it's much bigger, it cannot go easily in the pocket, which is kind of ironic considering that the pocket is inside of the name of this camera. If you've been enjoying this video up to now, now is the time to hit that subscribe button. I'll be doing one of the most beautiful bags in Washington state tomorrow and I'm really excited because I'll be vlogging all of it using the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P so we can see how it works in real world scenarios. Let's do it. Hey, it's me from the future here. I realized I completely forgot to film the part where I explain why I went with the DJI Pocket 4P instead of the Insta 360 Luna camera. If you've seen a lot of the reviews up to now, you know that both of the cameras are very similar. And a lot of people tend to recommend the Insta 360 a little bit more than the DJI Pocket 4P. So, why did I decide to go with this camera? Well, the reason is probably not the one you're expecting, and it's durability. I'm very rough with my cameras. I tend to drop my Pocket cameras quite often. I also use them in hard conditions like cold winters, uh, or even sometimes a little bit when there's some rain outside. And I know that the J Pocket 3 camera had no issues at all with all of these conditions, but I really do not trust the Insta 360. If I drop it down or even using the screen in winter time, I'm pretty sure it's going to freeze right away and stop working. So, I want a camera I can use all year long. And that's why I decided to go with the DJI Pocket 4P. The last time I was biking on this bridge, I actually had the DJI Pocket One and almost dropped it above the bridge. So, I'll try this time to do better and not drop the DJI Pocket 4P uh on the water here. That would be a pretty big disaster. Get that. Okay. Oh, Canada. One of the things I really wanted to test on this DJI 4P is actually how good the low light is going to be on it. With the new sensor, I'm hoping that it's getting a little bit better. Though, the results were already pretty impressive on the Gocket PB. And just like the GI [ __ ] B, you can easily add a light on top here. You can simply use your magnets. And when we turn it on, the light is on. We should see me much better here and still see the background here. So, up to now, based on the screen, it seems to be looking pretty great. But it's always very hard to judge a camera only based on the screen here to know if the video quality is good or not. Come on. Yes. It's sadly time for us to already head away. I really would have liked more time to film at night time here, but we have our hike planned for tomorrow. So, I'll continue filming it tomorrow. Hopefully, the footage looks good. And let me know in the comments below what you think because you've seen it, but I haven't seen it yet, so I have no idea how it's looking in low light conditions. We just made it to the beautiful hike and now it's time to talk about some of the changes inside of the menu system for the DJI Pocket 4P. Overall, it's very similar to the menu options on the J Pocket 4. And the two only differences I found up to now is first of all, there's a HDR mode for capturing video directly on the camera. And the second one is that we now have an option to directly send the footage from this camera to the phone. One thing they just added via firmware update to J Pocket 4 that I really hope they're going to bring to the J Pocket 4P is an option to automatically upload the footage to a source like one drive, Google Drive, or a Naz. This would be really useful. So whenever I get back home, I can just turn the camera on and everything is backed up. Click snow alert. Snow alert. While I have an absolutely epic background, let's talk about a few things that we should improve on the DJ Osmo Pocket 4P. The first one is that it was kind of annoying that I had to do all the firmware updates when I got the camera in the first place. I couldn't do them right away because I didn't have enough internet. But in the evening, I had to update the firmware of the camera, of the microphone, of the frame tap. It was all pretty easy to do with the app, but it would be better if the firmware was a bit better once it would came out of the camera because you never really know which features are missing or not when you're getting it. The second thing I would really like to have is more customization options on the custom buttons. Why when you're setting the triple tap, you only have two options. Why can't you customize the zoom options? It would really be nice to have more customizability on this little camera. The third one is that the frame tab is an amazing accessory, but they did some weird decisions and would really need to upgrade it. First of all, I don't really know why you cannot select your custom modes. This is a huge issue for me and you cannot set any of the settings for the camera, which makes it a little bit harder to use because I had to walk back and forth to the camera to switch some of the settings when using it. So, I would really love them to do a firmware update for that one and add more functionality to it. Woo! This is not meant to be an in-depth review of the DJI Pocket 4P. I'll be testing it a lot more in the coming weeks and months. If you have any questions about it, let me know in the comments down below so I can answer them inside of the full review. Up to now, I really enjoy the results I'm getting out of this camera. If you're wondering if you should get the DJ 4P or the DJI Pocket 4, I would say go with the 4P because the second lens is really useful. If you enjoyed this video, please let me know by hitting the like button below and definitely subscribe to learn more about the DJI Pocket 4 or DJI Pocket 4P in the upcoming videos. See you in the next one.
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I finally got my hands on the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, and I spent this past weekend putting it through its paces across some genuinely beautiful locations. What struck me most wasn't what everyone else is obsessing over—it's something much simpler that's completely changed my workflow as a solo creator.
The Frame Tap remote is genuinely the star here. When you film alone like I do, you spend half your time placing the camera, checking the shot, filming, coming back to verify it worked. The wireless remote cuts all that friction. I tested it side-by-side with connecting via my phone, and the remote was noticeably faster. I know that sounds like a small thing, but for someone shooting solo, it's genuinely transformative. I'm surprised more people aren't talking about it.
The new LOFIC sensor is legitimately impressive for dynamic range—you can see detail in both bright backgrounds and darker subjects simultaneously. The catch? It only works in DLOG 2 on the main lens, and you can't zoom while using it. I had to create custom profiles to work around this limitation, which feels unnecessary. DJI, just let us zoom.
Now, the elephant in the room: the telephoto lens. I've complained about digital zoom limitations on every Pocket camera I've tested, especially during my recent Japan trip. The dedicated 12x telephoto changes that. It's genuinely useful, though I'll realistically stick between 2-6x for most shooting. One detail nobody mentions—the minimum focusing distance dropped from 20cm to 9cm, which is excellent for close-up work.
A few things perplex me though. The included wireless microphone is the cheaper Mini 2 model, missing features like internal recording and free float that come on the standard Pocket 4. That feels like the wrong choice for a "Pro" camera. There's also redundant proprietary charging—the Frame Tap should use USB-C. And the Frame Tap itself, while brilliant, needs firmware updates to support custom modes and settings adjustments.
I chose the 4P over the Insta360 Luna for one specific reason: durability. I'm rough with gear—I drop cameras, use them in cold winters, sometimes in light rain. I trust the Pocket line's build more than a device with a folding screen in harsh conditions.
Size and weight increased by 40g, but it feels noticeably heavier in hand. The lens protection when closed is also less elegant than the Pocket 4. It doesn't fit in a pocket quite as easily, which is admittedly ironic.
This isn't a full review—I'm testing it extensively over the coming weeks. But early impressions are solid. If you're choosing between the Pocket 4 and 4P, the second lens and improved sensor make the upgrade worthwhile.