DJI OSMO Pocket Part 13 - Expansion Kit

Everything works as expected.

Now DJI has gone, once again, over the top on specialty equipment necessary to make your DJI OSMO Pocket much better. So here goes.As in the photos above, the 3 items are:•OSMO Pocket controller wheel•OSMO Pocket wireless module•OSMO Pocket accessory mountAnd as an added bonus, you will find DJI will include a Samsung 32Gb micro SD card.☆The controller wheel allows you at your fingertip, well your thumb, it gives you the ability to control your OSMO Pocket camera the manual ability to go up and down and with the simple switch, also at your thumb tip to scroll side to side. Left/right.The 2 buttons allow you to control your Pocket much more with ease. Single and double tapping the left allows you action tracking or basic tracking. The right button allows you to scroll through your options to manipulate your pocket more involved. Far too much to fully explain in a review.☆The wireless module allows access to your mobile device that's connected through the DJI MIMO app. When you are using this wireless module to your mobile device and using the DJI OSMO Pocket DJI Extension Rod (selfie stick) you won't have to use a wire connecting both. It just gives you so much ease and it cleans up the appearance of all you're using out there and you can focus on what you're recording or photographing, not worrying about forgetting as cord that would typically leave you helpless and your equipment useless. A great addition.■■■ (The hard wired connections on the DJI OSMO Pocket are all TYPE C connections)☆The OSMO Pocket accessory mount allows you to securely snap your Pocket into place and now you have the GoPro mount that you can use with all the GoPro accessories. Just slip the 2 slots built in the mount to any 3 slot GoPro accessory. You are set with DJI security attachments that will secure your OSMO Pocket with confidence and the security making sure your investment is safe and secure and you won't have a catastrophic failure and lose your OSMO Pocket.☆Finally the Samsung 32Gb micro SD memory card will give you a great start to make your videos and photos secure and safe and then transferable to the DJI MIMO app so you can manipulate and edit all footage and stills. You can use the Sandisk Extreme Pro running currently $94.42 USD/SRP (prices vary). Its best to use minimum standard SD card ProGrade V90 UHS-11.The higher the read and write speed will help you so the Micro SD card you choose will be an investment for your higher quality of videos and photographs you take and then essentially edit.The DJI OSMO Pocket has the highest capability of recording in 4K 60FPS.------------------------------------------● With DJI genuine authentic parts and accessories, you get quality accessories that only DJI makes for their products. Guaranteed and with their convenient customer service support you get answers to any question you may have and tech support on anything you need in functional ability to utilize your OSMO Pocket to its highest expectations.

These accessories are really needed to have a complete package. Frankly, they should just come with the OSMO. But they are not perfect.The wireless module actually connects to your phone via WiFi. The bluetooth connection is used only briefly to pass the wifi password to your phone. So saying it has bluetooth capabilities is not really true. It does not allow you to connect to your phone in any useful way via bluetooth. The wifi connection works fine on my iPhone. But I cannot connect to a wifi hotspot and the Osmo at the same time.The controller wheel is handy - it's the only practical way to control the pan or tilt. But you can only control one at a time. You have to flip a switch to choose which axis you are going to control. A joystick would be much more useful, as you could control both axes at the same time.The Accessory Mount is great for attaching the Osmo to anything your heart desires. It uses a GoPro style mount which is on the back side of the handle. You'll need to dig deep into your GoPro mount collection to actually mount it to anything, because the GoPro mount faces away from the camera rather than down. It also blocks the port on the Osmo, so you have to remove the controller wheel or the teeny-tiny phone connector or the port cover to use the mount. The wireless module can stay in place.I wouldn't hesitate to buy this bundle. All three items (4 if you include the SD card) add to the usefulness of the Osmo. But they all have their own limitations as well. They make the Osmo better, but they don't make it a replacement for a higher end camera on a dedicated gimbal.

The only negative is that the control wheel isn't just built into the Pocket. It sticks out a bit and feels odd in the hand.But the functionality of the wheel and wifi are required to make good use of your Osmo Pocket.If you are using the pocket in any sort of active sport like riding in a vehicle, running, etc, the Pocket can get confused when you turn it on. It's not sure where level is (I guess). You can either double click the select button, turn it off and back on, or heaven forbid, use the touch screen to correct the problem. OR, you can quickly fix it with the control wheel.Using your phone to control the Pocket while it's sitting on a tripod or a table in the corner is perfect for un-obtrusive videos, and that's where the wifi module comes in. I even use the wifi just for pulling photos and videos off the camera, it's quicker and easier than trying to cable or connect the phone physically.