Compare DJI Osmo Mobile 3 and Osmo Mobile 2

Osmo Mobile 3 (OM3) is DJI’s first fold­able smart­phone gim­bal, mak­ing it even more portable. The new design allows for one-hand­ed oper­a­tion as well as addi­tion­al smart fea­tures.

In this arti­cle, we will com­pare Osmo Mobile 3 and Osmo Mobile 2 to help you under­stand the dif­fer­ences and make the right choice.

External design

Com­pared to Osmo Mobile 2, Osmo Mobile 3 has 3 sig­nif­i­cant dif­fer­ences:

1. Fold­ing design

Both sta­bi­liz­ers are easy enough to car­ry around, but the OM3 is even more portable. The Osmo Mobile 3 also fea­tures a fold­able tri­pod han­dle for even more porta­bil­i­ty. And the DJI Osmo Mobile 3 Com­bo comes with an orig­i­nal hard case for stor­age and trans­porta­tion and a tri­pod stand.

2. New gim­bal design

Osmo mobile 3 is easy and quick to bal­ance, so the ROLL axis does not require adjust­ment. The fold­able design also required a new smart­phone hold­er, mak­ing it eas­i­er to bal­ance.

The smart­phone hold­er does not cov­er the bot­tom of the phone, which makes it pos­si­ble to charge it while shoot­ing

3. Ergonom­ic han­dle

Osmo Mobile 3 has a 15 degree tilt angle and a rub­ber­ized sur­face opti­mized for com­fort­able use over long peri­ods of time.

In addi­tion, the Osmo Mobile 3 has a handy trig­ger but­ton that you can use to start track­ing a sub­ject, change gim­bal modes, and switch between front and rear cam­eras.

Intelligent Features

In addi­tion, Osmo Mobile 3 has new fea­tures not pre­vi­ous­ly found in Osmo Mobile 2.

Quick turn.

The “M” but­ton on the Osmo Mobile 3 can be assigned to switch from por­trait to panora­ma mode. There is no need to rebal­ance the device.

Stand­by mode

Osmo Mobile 3 can be put into a new stand­by mode that allows you to use your smart­phone with the gim­bal fold­ed down.

Quick menu.

The “M” but­ton can also be used to access the quick menu, which allows you to change shoot­ing modes, view mate­r­i­al with­out touch­ing the smart­phone screen.

Smart Shooting Modes

Osmo Mobile 3 sup­ports new shoot­ing modes that are very easy to use.

Ges­ture con­trol.

Using sim­ple ges­tures, Osmo mobile 3 can start track­ing an object, take a pho­to or start record­ing.

Sto­ry Mode

Using the pow­er­ful new DJI Mimo app, Osmo Mobile 3 lets you use a vari­ety of cre­ative pre­sets to cre­ate inter­est­ing videos that are easy to edit and share.

Other features

Osmo Mobile 3 has new cre­ative shoot­ing modes to make shoot­ing every day mem­o­rable.

Active Track 3.0

Using spe­cial algo­rithms, the updat­ed Active­Track can clear­ly rec­og­nize peo­ple and accu­rate­ly track both per­son and objects.

hyper­lapse

Osmo mobile 3 com­bines 3‑axis gim­bal sta­bi­liza­tion with elec­tron­ic sta­bi­liza­tion (EIS). The result is a super smooth Hyper­lapse video.

Sport mode

Sport Mode includes opti­mized algo­rithms that allow OSMO Mobile 3 to cap­ture fast mov­ing sub­jects more eas­i­ly and more accu­rate­ly.

So which sta­bi­liz­er should you buy?

Osmo Mobile 2 and Osmo Mobile 3 are both among the best sta­bi­liz­ers on the mar­ket. Both are portable, smart and reli­able, with a long-last­ing bat­tery. But DJI’s first ever fold­able gim­bal, Osmo mobile 3 gives you even more porta­bil­i­ty, addi­tion­al smart shoot­ing modes for even more cre­ative footage.