DJI Action 2 Review - lightweight 4K…is it a GoPro KILLER?
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- DJI has just unveiled their newest action camera-and it is TINY! The square form factor is perfect for our FPV drones. But can its image quality and durability hold up to what we need?
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- FPV Freestyle Pilots / Hosts
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Corey Tapp [CRICKET FPV]
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Shawn Morrison [Let's Fly RC]
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-Production Team
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Christian Kapper - Editor
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WAIT
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Interstellar
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SAVED
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Aokigahara
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Hope gopro will respond to dji with a new session or something that has the same form factor
This is the way
I rather hope Runcam or Caddx improve their Session style cameras so that we can have decent colors and robustness for a price that lets you fly without constant fear of losing vast amounts of money.
Lol me too! They are missing the mark , where DJI is actually paying attention. So , I hope GoPro comes out with a session 5 "2" , you know they can!
@@Gosuminer There are Best buy warranties and Dji refresh. You don't lose the entire cost of the camera, unless flying without the service plan. Every pilot who crashes (which is everyone) should also know that things will need to be replaced, just like when you replace arms.
Would be awesome!!!!
I need one, This is the camera FPV has been waiting for. Needs a removable battery or a way to hook up to our quads power.
So wire up a plug?
maybe you can doa "naked" action 2 and get to the poer lines un the circuit
If you are willing to try your luck, you could probably convert the power of the quad to a different voltage and just solder wires up to the contact pads on the main unit...
Maybe they'll follow like the caddx peanut. I wonder how long the transfer if data between camera and sd card.
@@jarredgallaher2643 Would void the warranty I could imagine
If the camera is identified as a regular ol’ external USB drive when connected to a computer then it should be super simple to put a Raspberry Pi in a little 3D printed USB dock to dump the files off the main camera module while in the field. And you could make it a one-touch file dump, no screen required, by assigning a small hardware button on the dock to run a script on the RPI. Something like: Power On RPI, mount external USB drive, select all files on external drive, copy selection to RPI’s microSD, select all files on external drive again, delete selection, eject external drive, Power Off RPI.
I doubt it'll turn up as an external drive. Pretty much all modern Android devices use MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) and probably that's what this one uses - assuming you don't actually need a proprietary app from DJI just to download files, which let's face it - this is DJI - it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case.
@@Vousie most current DJI cams mounts as a regular USB drive, I hope this one will too. Got mine today and will check it
@@Q3D2 did it show up as an external drive?
@@archer9338 yes. As 2 external drives - one for internal memory and the second for mSD.
With that super wide FOV and lighter weight, I'm so tempted to get the Action 2 just so I could mount it on my DJI FPV!
This is amazing - multiple cameras totally makes sense for FPV, as not only do you get quick battery swap, quick storage swap, but if you bust a lens, you get quick lens swap!
Okay Moneybags LoL
@@ugpfpv361 They literally just showed a table with like, 200 GoPro sessions on it - it's certainly out of my budget, but for pro teams like this, it's perfect :P
Seems worth the downsides, the weight is perfect for using on some of the smaller styles of drones like the ultra light long range, cinewhoops, and toothpicks. Wasn't sure if losing realsteady would be worth it but after seeing the stabilization I'd have to say that unless you have a specific requirement for using realsteady, that the stabilization in the camera is on point and will work just as well for most shots. Definitely going to pick one up at some point.
it has reelsteady
Lol okay, you made me laugh out loud hard with the TikTok comment.... And I'm in a library!
I wonder how easy it would be to make an adapter to charge the camera off the quads lipo, like the Caddx peanut. Could be a great way to get more than 30 min out of it and if two of those pins on the bottom are 5V and ground it wouldn't be to hard .
still only 28gb....
@@FreshPanda97 think it's 22 after formatting and whatever software the camera is running.... Could be wrong. Either way that's a big bumski
@@mouseFPV I think it's manageable for instance I usually get around 5 to 6 minutes of flight time per pack so when I bring the quad back to swap batteries I would just transfer the footage to the extended battery micro SD card slot each time and that may have the potential to save my footage if something was to happen to the camera in a future flight I would stil have all my previous flights footage
@@mouseFPV Wait, even 22 GB is a lot - just how big are those video files?
@@Vousie big. Most video settings are about 1gb per minute. Some more and some less. That's like 15-45 minutes depending on quality settings and amount of light and lots of other stuff. For fpv its maybe 5 flights of recording.
RR are such DJI Simps and i love it :)
im glad you guys put this stuff out there so fast!
So nice to see you 3 together presenting my next fpv cam.
Finally something good to use the DJI copilot for 👍
Very cool seeing a small camera for us since the session died. But no expandable memory in the main unit is a fail and an all aluminum body means it will get destroyed in a crash. So this will be good for cinematic, not so much for freestyle.
Looking forward to v2
This is version 2 🤣🤣, you mean 3
Aluminum should be ok, personally I would expect it to be as good as a plastic case
Yeah I don't think this was meant for us...
impressive but I can sometimes see jello due to the digital stabilisation. No lens replacement.. It looks promising but still cant keep up with realsteady and a gopro.
Lens is really important👍🏼
i demand a beebop mode with my rocksteady.
I saw that now you can move the files from the camera to the attachable battery micro SD card great video guys it's finally here!!!! Been waiting for this for a while!!!
Yeah does the battery pack add on have the SD card slot as well or just the screen add on?
@@Marc-io6pv the battery pack does have the micro SD card slot also
That TikTok blurb was hilarious. Thanks for the video. Keep sending brothas!
I saw another video where the reveiwer mentioned that you can transfer the data from the main unit to the battery pack(with or without screen) memory card.
Really excited about this. We need the session form factor back
Drew you can off load the footage to base units SD whilst recharging, no laptop required.
"Ohh that looks really gooood" watching on the small screen
Does it have the ability to connect to the DJI mimo app and dump footage that way…. While still retaining full quality?
Yes! I just got one and the wireless footage transfer works quite well! Doesn't take too long either.
I don't remember what it was called, but there was a project a while back wherein blackbox logs could be used for gyro data so any camera (including DVR) could be used in reelsteady. I only played with it once, but it was a cool concept. I don't see why it wouldn't work for this use case.
Gyroflow?
Do you have a feeling on how fast to dump a full camera to a laptop in the field? Is it going to be waiting forever to recharge and dump/format the memory?
same question! my go2 needs alot battery just to transfer 1 or 2 videos to my phone and after that i need wait another good 20 minutes just to have it charged up around 50% for next flight
depeds on your HD and computer
@@cloudpandarism2627 well you would transfer it with cable and therefor it would be charging while transfering also its 32gigs so i would say it takes about 5minutes at 300mb/s? i think its gonna be faster then that for sure tho. but just transferring to the sd card module would be alot more convenient
oh I hope they do! Love my session 5's.
Excellent video guys. Very informative and from an FPV perspective. I’m rocking a Session 5 and pray I never kill it due to it being discontinued. This seems the perfect replacement and shedding weight is always a bonus.
Yep! That click sound it makes with its magnets, satisfying!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on the Action 2.
Maybe a stick on tempered glass front and back and a tpu case might give it slightly more protection
My exact thoughts. Even adding an extra 20 grams of protection will still result in saving 80 grams while maybe letting it survive a hard crash.
I'm very excited and thinking of picking one up. Thanks boys!
Dude it looks soooooo good. Man cricket has really come into his own since I left, he is fkn killing it out there bro. Those moves were killer
U can make custom flat pinhead PDB that will lay beneath camera and it will regulate Voltage from Lipo to whatever Volts that camera require to charge,it is a simple modification so that you don't have to carry stock power bank or display to charge the camera while flying.Just like Install did with Insta One R naked u can make slip on magnetic voltage regulator with pins that hook directly on camera,or solder + and - directly on camera pins and took a votage from FC if camera operates on 5V.....
That form factor is perfect. I hope the internal lens module can take a hit better than the Osmo Action.
13:13
Yooooooo Cricket 🦗 back at it again with that reverse 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
I can’t believe it doesn’t charge and transfer data to SD when you attach the module. Awesome review though 👍
It does charge the camera the moment you connect a module. But I also hope for a transfer mode!
What about the video profile settings?
Is there a flat profile? or shutter and iso settings?
There’s D-Cinelike for sure. 👍
You have alle the manual exposure controls. More than on a GoPro and you have a flat profile, yes.
Already purchased two of these.... Sick, sick, sick !! Buy as many as you can afford.
Awesome, but why not having the accessories attached to the back rather than to the side ? 🤔
Girth is a thing I guess 🤣🤣
Because bloggers recording themselves are more important, apparently
Adding a second screen whilst covering up the first screen or lens might not be a good plan :P
@@Marc-io6pv So why not having just the lens and a screen module in the back ?
@@WavyHertZFPV Well that's what they've made. Do you mean but with removable battery and SD like the session... Yeah but they're trying to be original I guess.
I think if you can transfer in the field to a second card via the addons it's then quite good to make the main unit as small as possible.
I only know this through second party. Go Pro is on to a unit (two-versions) which surpasses this DJI unit. How far can they go?
Thanks for the review but looking like *ReelSteady Go* is still the stabilization KING! Will stick with my GoPro10 Black (for now at least). Already own the GoPro10 (and 9) so doesn't look like I'll be running out to buy the DJI Action 2 (at least not yet). Maybe a few more firmware updates will convince me otherwise.
Yeah not to mention its fov actually looks kind of weird, but maybe if you run it through Gyroflow...
Glad you guys got your own channels but still put on for the RR team. You all got me paying attention to FPV and you gotta keep pushing together so we can follow the best.
YES 👍 👏 👏 👏 ONLY IF THERES A BEST BUY WARRANTY .
I’d also like to see how durable the camera and lens is.
That camera is a GAME CHANGER!!!!!!
Can transfer from the camera to the add on box (with card) now-which is awesome...my only concern is, when you have a bad crash & ruin that camera, you won't be able to pull your internal footage then. I'm loving it tho!
Hmm...at first I was excited for this system over my Insta360 OneR which I have used for FPV and enjoy it a lot. This came out and I thought "hmm...maybe I picked the wrong horse" except there is one big flaw for FPV and one shortcoming in terms of "overall" capability compared to the OneR modular system that one might desire:
The biggest flaw I see is the battery situation. Other action camera systems you just swap out, with this one depending on the charge time you will have to wait once you drain the battery before getting back out to the next flight.
The other shortcoming would be that this modular system doesn't actually modularize the lenses. If you break this lens, you're buying a new camera not just a new lens part. Also, there isn't an option for a "better" lens or a different functioning lens -- so no 360 option, and no higher quality lens option, or anything else any one may find useful later.
Of course, if the smaller form factor is really what you need as the number 1 priority, then unquestionably this is the best offering I can see from a mile away. 30 minutes and 64GB of onboard storage is a solid amount of room to work with mostly in the storage department and other reviews have mentioned that DJI will have a firmware update that'll transfer the 64GB onto an SD card automatically when connected to a mod. My last bit of curiosity (and hopefully not something DJI missed) is can ND filters be used on it? Footage comes out a lot better with the proper shutter speed : framerate ratio of 2:1.
How about a magnetic base, with pogo pins for power from the lipo balance lead?
Finally taking on the niche left by the GoPro Session, DJI take all my monies!
footage looks really good :) maybe someone can make a T-bracket with connectors to mount the two units back-to-back ?
soooo...
it is basically a Insta360 Go2 (or caddx peanut) but bigger.. same onboard storage, same battery life. only upgrade is 4K for the A2 compared tp 2.7K for the Go2/peanut..
freestyle.... maybe. long range and cinematic ** chefs kiss **
12:11 drib flying with no stab like it's 2018 ❣️❣️❣️❣️😍
Well as I see it the vast majority will adapt it to their own individual needs!Happy and successful wonderful day! Strength and good health! Have a nice weekend to everyone!
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I Like that they give you their best stabilization out of the box seems like Gopro trying to tax us at every turn. with Gopro you have to buy the camera 4-5 bills depending which one another bill for the wide angle lens and yet another for rs and its a brick. You got to give DJI credit for thinking about the FPV community ❤
If they release a set of detachable ND filters (that would solve the screen durability / replace ability concerns)and fix the firmware so you can dump to the screen module this thing will be unbeatable.
ND filters will come soon. i already talk to some factory here in china
actually you can export the files to the screen module from the camera module, dji published a walkthrough video search youtube "DJI Action 2 Complete User Guide | Unboxing and Setup"
@@cloudpandarism2627 that’s excellent news, thank you, looks like I’ll order one
@@Finalmile_FPV mine just arrived and i am holding it this second i type. looks good. so tiny! i like it. qualy looks epic and on par with gopro
I really love Cricket's flight style. My only problem with it is the camera angle is so flat the props come into view. Not a deal breaker, though.
What would be really cool is that when you put on the battery and SD card module the camera charges the internal battery from the battery module and while it does that dumps all the footage from the I thermal storage onto the SD card in the slot. Would make it bloody perfect, must be achievable through a firmware update surely?
It does with the public firmware. These guys just didn’t do their research :(
@@LeCheers really? Wow, that really makes it a great option. Cheers
@@chris-jones yeah, check out some of the more thorough reviews. Peter McKinnon’s is pretty detailed:) it’s pretty much perfect for fpv :)
You guys just keep me motivated. God's speed!
Footage looks phenomenal. Amazing stabilization!
I’ve ordered mine. Will Rotor Riot have some 3D printed protective mounts? ND filters, etc… >->Please!
YES, yes we will! Very soon.
I don't usually laugh alone watching videos, I just do it on my mind. But man you did it with 03:07 HAHAHAHAHA thats was so good i wasnt ready
Battery life on a drone is not a problem as the drone batttery life is limited. It won't be long before someone builds a base that contains a charge cable and then you can power it off the Lipo and plug onto the screen to set it up before flight whilst it is on the mount.
One of the most fun reviews! Months later and we are finally getting a new accessory for the Action 2 which is the magnetic protective case. Good news for me!!!
Can you hard wire the power? GoPro can be hard wired, wired to a drone via a BEC, wired to a gimbal , solving all battery problems, which is awesome.
Hello from Canada! Great video guys!! Great thought there about a future firmware enabling you to transfer your data directly to a Micro SD card in the base with the larger battery. Since it's newly released today, I have not yet looked into if you can recharge from the base unit to the camera in the field. The only possible negatives I see so far is the height of the camera on the base and a replaceable lens perhaps? Time will tell. Keep 'em coming guys. Take care!!
3:10 kills me 😂😂😂
This looks to good to be true. And it is because at 400€ for the battery combo it is far too expensive for a camera to be flown at 80 km/h over concrete.
Was wondering if anyone was going to mention the ridiculous price. That's a big no thanks from me.
@rotor riot according to Billy Kyle’s review, the footage can be swiped across to the battery extension/SD card module, but your review says it can’t be done - can you check if that’s the case or not? In his video he finger swiped the footage across to offload it from the camera modules internal storage onto the card, which seems pretty damn cool
Awesome but I don't think I'll be replacing my insta360 go 2 with this anytime soon. There some quirkiness with the stabilization while flying and lack of replaceable filter mount makes this questionable as an action camera. Having had to replace the go 2 filter/guard a few times already, yes I'm a newb, I really appreciate this feature.
There are snap on macro lenses for it, so I expect it won't take long for someone or dji to adapt that to snap on nd filters
@@nic.h snap on is the key, odd it didn't come with a lens guard in general
nice recognize this small camera. Thank you. I'm still thinking what to choose GOPRO or DJI, but I think DJI acc to low weight is better sollution.
Thanks!
that flying... wow!
dang... this cam ist hot... but tbh - no sd without extra modul is the biggest issue. i dont like to carry around a laptop additionally. then i stick to gopros. for freestyling i dont need 4k 120fps, so old gopros are way cheaper to replace and for indoor or professional jobs with weightlimitations stripped gopros in combination with optional reelsteady is the way to go for me
As a new pilot (without a Gopro) I've been considering buying the Hero 10 since it's release. Sorry Gopro I just bought a DJI Action 2
Would be awesome if they were able to integrate a start stop and also charging.
The caddx peanut can do this and it’s similar to the go2.
Awesome footage. Did you guys have any issues with overheating while using 4K? That's been one of the biggest complaints I've read about. Thanks for the review.
How heavy is the camera + battery/SD module? Still lighter than a GoPro? If so, it shouldn't be too hard for someone to come up with a cable to link the two, rather than stack them. If something like that was available and you had the space to mount it all, it'd be a winner for sure.
The 30 min runtime with built in battery killed it for me...
Thanks for the review.
The public firmware will allow you to transfer the video from the camera module to the screen/sd card/battery module when connected. It will also charge the camera module. Surprised you didn’t research this?
Just finished the video, great vid as usual, But I am out for now till price drops $200 because blacks too black and crushing. My monitor is already at full brightnes, looks grainy and over sharpened. Size factor is on, but actuall quality looks not good in terms of being to dark in low light. FIX that and drop a minimum of a $100 then it may be perfect. and like you said high price and less customization.
There is an open source reel steady alternative that will work with the flight controllers gyro, forgot the name though
cable for the add on module? then you can place it anywhere and only remove that to charge/transfer files
You can tell the camera reacts to light a lot faster very smooth too I want one, the fact that it’s 100g lighter is a game changer
Y'all should revisit this camera with all the new stuff out on it. Compare horizon 45° to the normal horizon and all rhat
No mention at all of Runcam 5 orange? I get it's not the same quality of GoPro and the DJI but it takes good video and is the same size as the session and like 55 grams. $100, Hour+ battery, replaceable glass and swapping SD cards.
9:52, did you guys grade the footage of the DJI or was that an overlapping adjustment layer......?
Nice flying guys
i like those episodes where you guys do not scream all the time. and in terms of dji action 2 - very very very very interesting!!!! gopro is going in a "wrong" direction for years (in terms of softw- & firmware & formfactor) - lets hope dji is going to make things better for the FPV community!
Great Vid Bois! I was about to pull the trigger but u helped seal the deal. Coming from the G8...This is the way ;)
DJI should make a firmware update such that 32GB of footage can be dump into SD cards on the screen module's SD card.
Здравствуйте,зачётное видео-очень-очень крутые пилоты попались😉👍👍👍спасибо за обзор камеры👍🏆🏆🏆
For cinewhoops perfect, for micro long range perfect. For freestyle.... a liitle bit dangerous. And yes, the thing with the battery is not so good. You really need two of these :-D. One is in the air and one is charging :-D. But great review!!!! And it's a awesome camera for fpv
You can transfer your internal data to the SD card when the module is attached. No need for a computer
I think its about the time dji build the fpv camera suitable for flying and recoding , something like split cameras we had years ago on analoge , Im sure the technology is there , but maybe we just have to buy few more products before something like that comes out
thats how these types of businesses works
nice. how you handle jello? my dji cam is on way to me and arrive tomorrow
Idk... only video I have seen that hasn't acknowledged the jittery video after a flip or any crazy move...
Or the over heating, the short battey life, and limited recording times.
32gb is a little small. When you connect the addon. Can you move video to the MicroSD directly in the camera without a PC. That could be usefull to free the internal memory and use the battery /screen for downloading the footage
yes you can, or download to phone via wifi
that's the review I was waiting for! great guys! stay flyin' \m/
Awesome, looking forward to see more footages and decide about GP10 or Action 2
Super simple firmware that dumpt to the external sd as soon as its plugged in and its almost perfect. Probably a similar time as swapping a battery
excellent review! what is missing is a very small adapter for power with a msd slot and without battery, we can use the drone battery. maybe dji make one or the accessory industrie.
Great review on the OA2 guys killer footage . Yes getting one 🤘🏻
If we see the effectivity of the heat-resistant case that DJI is launching, then I'd definitely go for the Action 2.
I think is a good camera for FPV and a good replacement for the Session 5.
Not looking forward that much to get one, because of the price, but if I had to get a new camera, this would be first on my list.