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2 GO STEADY
RockSteady, DJI’s clever image
stabilisation tech, is what makes
this such a great action cam.
When you fire it up, life through
the lens looks like a steadied
still-life snapshot – completely
mindblowing. To check that this
feature is active, swipe up on
the viewfinder and ensure the
RockSteady box at top right
is blue. This works at up to 4K
(16:9) resolution, but won’t work
at 4:3 or with HDR activated.5 TUNE UP
If you want complete control
over your content, swipe in from
the right of the viewfinder and
you can fine-tune photo and
video capture. With photos, DJI
gives you full manual control
over everything other than
the fixed aperture. You can also
set a custom white balance
for videos, make footage look
flatter and more cinematic,
or change the video recording
format from mov to mp4.1 BE QUICK
Above the USB-C flap you’ll find
the most powerful button on
the Osmo Action: Quick Switch
(QS). Press it to cycle through
a bunch of predefined shooting
modes... or customise it to suit
your needs. To do this, fire up
the Quick Switch menu, tap
the three dots on the right and
look through the list of modes.
Simply check and uncheck to
suit your needs, and you’ll have
a bespoke list at your fingertips.4 SPEAK OUT
Just like GoPro’s Hero7 Black
flagship, this cam can take voice
commands, and they’re a piece
of cake to master. You can tell it
to start or stop recording, take a
photo, shut down or, yes, switch
screens. With no wake-up word
required, it feels really natural to
bark orders hands-free. Fire up
this feature by swiping down
from the top of the viewfinder
and tapping the image of the
person speaking.3 FRONT UP
DJI has given the Osmo Action
a front display so you can frame
your vlogs perfectly. If you
can’t figure out how to make
the switch, we’ve got three
solutions for you. Option one
is to double-tap the screen on
the back with two fingers – but
that won’t work mid-recording.
To switch any time you want,
you’ll need to go for option two:
long-press the QS button. As
for the third option...6 DON’T VLOG UNTIL...
As hard as it might be to believe,
action cameras weren’t created
for vlogging. The clue’s in the
name: these gadgets were
made to be whacked onto bike
helmets and gliders. By default,
therefore, they’re set to expose
for scenery, not faces. So if you
plan on vlogging, go to settings
and select Face-Oriented
Exposure. The camera will
now make sure your mug is
always exposed beautifully.N
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DJI MIMO
This app works as a
remote viewfinder,
also giving control
over shooting
modes plus photo
and video capture.
It even gives you
the option to
wirelessly transfer
files to your phone.
£free / Android, iOSPREMIERE
PRO
You can sign up for
a 30-day free trial
of this top-class
video editing suite
when you create a
new account... and
your brilliant new
camera probably
deserves it.
£30/m / adobe.comLYNDA
If you’re a fan of
video tutorials
and YouTube just
isn’t cutting it any
more, Lynda is
the next step. It
has hundreds of
courses on video
editing, and seven
are specifically
about action cams.
£15/m / lynda.com