New DJI OM 5 gimbal has a built-in selfie stick

(Pocket-lint) - DJI has unveiled the latest successful its enactment of handheld smartphone stabilisers. It's alternatively predictably called the OM 5, but has 1 diagnostic you astir apt didn't spot coming. 

It's had a large redesign; not lone making it much portable erstwhile folded, but besides incorporating an extending limb wrong the body, transforming it into (probably) the astir precocious selfie instrumentality connected the planet. 

As good arsenic that extending arm, DJI has shaved astir 1/3rd of the assemblage measurement to make a instrumentality that fits into your pouch oregon container adjacent much easy than before. 

Like the OM 4 earlier it, the OM 5 besides uses the magnetic mounting system. That means you simply drawback connected the grip that's holding your phone, and this twelvemonth the institution is besides debuting a caller capable airy accessory. 

It holds the telephone similar the regular grip, but features 2 LED portion lights connected those grips, truthful you tin movie yourself successful the acheronian if you privation to and person your look lit up much evenly than utilizing your phone's screen. 

OM 5 follows connected from the OM 4, and previous Osmo-branded products, and works connected the aforesaid principle. It connects via Bluetooth to your iPhone oregon Android telephone and past mechanically stabilises each your footage. 

It's successful automation and app-powered modes that DJI excels though. ActiveTrack has been upgraded to enactment astatine longer focal lengths and support locked connected to a taxable adjacent erstwhile it's moving quickly. This is the diagnostic that lets you prime a taxable to track, and past the gimbal motors determination and accommodate to support that taxable centre-framed and successful focus. 

There's motion control, allowing you to usage manus gestures to commencement and halt video recording, positive DynamicZoom (for that scary inheritance zoom style), timelapse, motionlapse and hyperlapse. 

All of these features are powered by the Mimo app which you download to your telephone successful bid to power the gimbal. 

DJI OM 5 is disposable to bargain successful 2 colours: Sunset White and Athens Grey and volition outgo $159, £139 successful the UK oregon €159 successful Europe. The Fill Light telephone clamp is abstracted and costs £42/€49. 

Writing by Cam Bunton. Originally published connected 8 September 2021.