DJI Osmo Mobile 3 Combo – 3-Axis Smartphone Gimbal Handheld Stabilizer Vlog Youtuber Live Video for iPhone Android

 DJI : une marque qui s’est déjà clairement fait un nom dans le domaine du loisir avec entre autre une gamme très vaste de drones (Mavic Air, Mavic Pro, Spark, Phantom, …) et aussi tout le une gamme de stabilisateurs (Osmo Mobile, Osmo Pocket, …).

Pour le stabilisateur Osmo Mobile dont il est question ici, on est déjà à la troisième génération. DJI a bien fait évoluer son produit, et en plus le prix baisse :
la version 2 était vendue à 149 euro, la version 3 ici est venue à 109 euros en « version de base » et 129 euro en « version combo » (version que je conseille vraiment par rapport à la version de base car pour seulement 20 euros de plus, on profite en plus d’une mallette de transport et d’un trépied). C’est rare d’avoir des prix qui baissent tout en ayant des performances en hausse, la concurrence profite plutôt souvent du passage d’une génération n à la génération n+1 pour augmenter ses tarifs.

➡️ Les améliorations par rapport à la version 2 :
-Une mallette de transport bien plus petite (au moins 2 fois plus petite). C’est bien plus pratique, et c’est grâce au pied pliant. Ça reste quand même difficile de le mettre dans une poche mais ça reste possible avec une grande poche.

-Le port usb permet de recharger son téléphone pendant qu’on filme. Il est bien placé et le câble usb ne cogne pas contre le support lors des mouvements.

-En deux clics sur le bouton M, on passe du mode portrait au mode paysage sans avoir besoin de débrancher le téléphone ou arrêter de filmer.

-Activ Track 3.0 : grâce à cette fonction, la caméra suit automatiquement une personne. On peut aussi faire des Time Lapse très simplement. Ça permet de faire des vidéos de très bonne qualité. DJI maitrise son sujet, la partie matérielle et la partie logicielle sont très bonnes.

➡️ Des points à améliorer?
Franchement pour cette gamme de prix, c’est vraiment excellent.
Je conseille la version combo pour seulement 20 euro d’écart mais un point reste à améliorer : le trépied fourni ne rentre pas dans la mallette de transport mais il se glisse sur le côté et dépasse donc un peu. J’ai du mal à comprendre ce choix, même s’il ne remet pas en cause les performances de ce stabilisateur.

➖➖➖➖➖ EN CONCLUSION ➖➖➖➖

???? Cette version 3 est franchement mieux que la 2 qui était déjà une référence :
Plus légère, plus compacte, plus performante et malgré tout moins chère. Je ne peux que vous recommander cet achat.
Pour moi, c’est le meilleur stabilisateur sur le marché, en tout cas dans cette gamme de prix.

✅ En espérant vous avoir été utile.

This is a smooth gimbal that works well with large/heavy phones (mine is a Samsung Note). All the controls are well positioned, but it does not come with any documentation; you need to find and download the manual to learn what multiple presses of the buttons and trigger do.
You also need to download and install the DJI Mimo application on your phone. As of 10-Oct-2019 there is a bug that may cause this to freeze on Android phones the first time you use it, when it runs through its ‘What the buttons do’ tutorial. Set your font size to SMALL before you first run the app. After the one-time ‘buttons tutorial’ has finished, you can reset your font size back to your preferred setting. DJI are aware of this and promise it will soon be cured.
The Bluetooth connection is made through the DJI Mimo app, not the normal Android pairing method.
Some complain of jerky video when doing a slow horizontal pan: That is caused by your phones image stabilisation not this device. Turn off the phones image stabilisation before filming a slow pan shot.
Its battery life is very good.
The combo version comes with a tripod plus hard and soft cases. There is no room in the hard case for the tripod.
After using it extensively for 2-weeks I’m impressed with the results. So despite lacking printed documentation and the minor (but easily to avoid) glitch during the software ‘tutorial’ I am very pleased with it. Find and download the manual whilst you are waiting for it to be delivered.

I just returned my DJI Osmo Mobile 3 because I could not get it to work. Both the usability and the documentation of the device appear to be very poor. I might have eventually gotten it to work, but I had so many difficulties that I do not trust I could rely on this device in the field. I will keep looking for a gimbal that is easy to use and reliable. One of the specific issues I had was that I never got past the blinking green light, despite the fact that I balanced my phone on the device. The documentation seemed to say that if I held down the power button, there would be a beep and the green light would become solid. But when I held down the power button, the device just turned off. I had other issues as well, especially with a lack of documentation.

After seeing loads of reviews and Youtube videos of impressive results with this, jumped on it during Black Friday.
The gimbal itself is great, really smooths out handheld and moving shots and gives professional looking results.

But the DJI app for it… Oh dear. I now realise why all of the impressive Youtube videos were shot using iPhones, not because the Apple camera is necessarily better (not getting into that argument fanboys, I really don’t care!), but because the Android app doesn’t have all of the functionality which it’s Apple store counterpart enjoys.

Problem 1 – 30FPS is your only option on the android app, no 60FPS or higher is possible. This is also why slo-mo is missing from the Android app, as 30FPS is not fast enough to slow down without becoming jerky.
Google / Androids fault this one apparently, seems that they refuse to allow third party apps to use the phones camera at more than 30FPS, whereas Apple have no problem with this. Using a gimbal to smooth out unwanted motion is great, but if you can’t use a higher frame rate for silky smooth playback, that’s not cool at all. Yes, you can use this as a straightforward gimbal with the phones own camera app to get 60FPS etc, but then you can’t make use of some of the features the OSMO boasts, such as auto-tracking and other functions which require the phone to be able to control the gimbal directly.

Problem 2 – It is not possible to save video / photos shot using the DJI app to SD Card. They will ONLY save to the phones own storage. This is despite DJIs spec sheet and FAQ saying that you can save to SD card on Android.
From DJIs forums, people have been screaming out for this simple ability for over a year, DJIs response was to repeatedly tell people that they could already do this by giving incorrect instructions on how, then eventually they admitted that it’s not currently possible, and they don’t seem bothered about updating the app to include this. It’s not possible on current nor previous versions of Android.

They have STILL not however removed that claim from the OSMO webpage, despite admitting that it’s not correct and it being pointed out to them multiple times. Various workarounds have been tried by the community with no success, or end up being too long winded for me to bother with. From the DJI forums again, it appears that you are also unable to install the 280MB app anywhere but the device itself, not to an SD card.

Yes, phones nowadays are having more and more internal storage, but usually at a higher price for the handset. I should not need to buy a new phone to have enough space to save high res video from this app when I have a 200GB SD Card installed which is barely 20% full.

Nice physical item, let down by software support for Android. If you only intend to use it as a stabiliser and use the Android camera app, certainly good… But if you don’t need the features provided by the app, there are cheaper options which perform just as well. If you want the extra functionality which the app brings, be warned it’s cut down compared to the iPhone version, and you had better have enough free space in the phones native storage because that’s where your footage is going.

I purchased this upon the “predicted” recommendation of a friend who had the Osmo 2. He said the 3 was going to be vastly improved, and was reconfigured to allow for use with external microphones, which is absolutely necessary for what I record.

To begin, there is the crudest most usless “Startup” use card in the box. You will have to go onto the internet and watch videos from other people and companies to figure this device out.

Be forewarned: This device work ONLY inside of the MIMO app. So if you record a video, it WILL NOT be stored on your phone… it is in their app in the cloud. Then you have to “EDIT” the video to get it save onto your phone. Even then, it will be hard to find.

I tried calling customer support. It is run by Asians that barely speak English. They cannot answer the most rudimentary questions. Every question results in a 10 minute hold followed by a failure to answer your question.

After a lot of protracted pain in trying to figure this device out, it seemed my external bluetooth wireless mic did not work on my Android, Samsung Galaxy S9. The internal mic worked, but it did not recognize my wireless mic was connected to my phone.

Another 50 minutes on the phone with people telling me that it’s my phone’s fault. Idiots.

I searched the internet and found witihout the help of the manufacturer, that the DJI OSMO Mobile 3 cannot support wireless mics on Android devices!!! 2 Weeks of wasted time.

Sending device back. Terrible… terrible… terrible support.

This gimbal by DJI in particular is one of the best. I did quite a bit of research and I don’t want to return but I have to. My only problem is that it is not compatible with my new phone I recently got. (Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra). After purchasing I could not get the gimbal to balance correctly and I got in touch with DJI and a rep. told me it is not compatible with the new S20 line of phones.