At £549, the Osmo isn’t particularly cheap. It costs almost as much as DJI’s Phantom 3 Standard quadcopter, in fact – but arguably it’s aimed at an entirely different crowd, one that doesn’t mind being tethered to the ground because of the extra control that gives them. After all, you can’t fly a Phantom 3 through a narrow hallway, but you can walk down one wielding an Osmo. And the footage will be silky smooth. While its imaging performance with the Zenmuse X3 camera isn’t flawless, the Osmo’s really in a category of its own at the moment; there’s no comparable stabilised camera on the market, and to get similar functionality with a DSLR or CSC you’d end up spending far more money on not only the camera but on stabilisation tech. The Osmo is a self-contained package (although I’d suggest you buy the tripod to expand the functionality a bit), and for its price it can’t currently be beaten. Buy the Osmo here from DJI
Super-smart stabilisation; Decent imaging quality; Ergonomic, compact design;
Doesn’t work with standard tripods; Mic records gimbal sounds;