The DJI OM4 was just unveiled, and it’s got a neat new trick: your phone attaches to the gimbal via magnets.
The DJI OM 4 is the new gimbal for your smartphone camera that fixes our biggest pet peeve with such video stabilizers: it won’t completely take your phone hostage. The OM 4, now available for $150 / £139, uses magnets to secure your phone to the motorized gimbal arm and, from our DJI OM 4 review testing, it has a firm hold. It’s nearly impossible to knock your phone off (under normal circumstances), but not difficult to pry away when you want to palm your phone again. This is good news for anyone who wants to record 3-axis stabilized footage with a bunch of smooth Hollywood-esque crane and dolly shots, but doesn’t want to have to mount and unmount their phone every time they want to send a text or Google something mid-shoot.
