# The ultimate gimbal vlogging camera

Channel: Katie Steckly
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0tnbeCpsA
Duration: 22 min
Language: English
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[0:00] This is the ultimate battle of the pocket gimbal cameras. DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P and the Insta360 Luna Ultra. There has been so much drama around the launch of these cameras. The biggest thing being you might not even be able to buy this one. [music] As of filming this, it's not available for purchase in the United States. However, I do not live in the United States and so for creators like myself in Canada and around the rest of the world, I want to compare these two cameras and talk about their pros and cons so you can decide which pocket gimbal vlogging camera is right for you. Disclaimer, this video is not

[0:32] sponsored by DJI or Insta360. [music] It does have a sponsor though, Storyblocks, who I'll talk about in just a minute. I have worked with both of these companies and I was sent both [music] of these cameras for free for previous videos, but neither of them know I'm doing this comparison and they don't have any control over what I say in this video. So, let's dive in. Let's start by talking about price. If you're in Canada, you can buy both of these cameras on Amazon. The Osmo goes for 859 Canadian dollars for the base camera or 969 dollars for the vlog combo. The Luna Ultra sells for 949 Canadian dollars for

[1:03] the base camera or 1,199 dollars for the creator combo. I have the combo bundles in both of these cases so let's just go over what you actually get with these cameras. The Osmo Pocket 4P comes with the camera itself, obviously, a screw mount adapter, a mini tripod that you can add onto the bottom, this Bluetooth remote, a light which magnets onto the camera, one microphone that you can attach either a white or black cover to depending on your preference, plus a charging cable for the camera, the mic and the remote. The Luna Ultra creator combo comes with the camera itself, of course, a hard plastic carrying case, a

[1:37] screw mount adapter, an extra battery handle, this wide angle lens adapter, and a USB-C cable that charges both the camera and the mic. Very similar lineup here overall, but a couple of key things that make the difference for me. It honestly annoys me a bit that the Osmo comes with three separate cables that you have to carry around. The Luna Ultra can be charged by USB-C and the Mic Pro that comes with it can as well. However, I will say I like that the Pocket comes with this included magnet light. It's a nice touch that Insta360 does offer, but you have to buy it separately. Physical

[2:09] design. These cameras are strikingly similar, both being mini handheld gimbal cameras, each with two lenses. However, the Luna's lenses are horizontally adjacent, while on the Pocket they're vertically stacked. This doesn't actually make a difference when it comes to filming, but it does make the Luna Ultra look a bit more like Wall-E. Both have a flip-out screen that turns on the camera when you flip it to the side, and both cameras have a few physical buttons and controls to work with. The Pocket 4P has got a zoom button, a custom button, a joystick, and a record button. The Luna's got a joystick and a record button, too, but it's also got a

[2:44] dedicated zoom rocker and two custom buttons below the screen here. The biggest difference, though, which might just be a decision maker for some, is the Luna Ultra's detachable screen / remote. If you press in these red buttons here, it unlocks the screen and all of the buttons from the camera, so you can pull it away. This ends up being extremely handy, especially if you are filming solo, because you can control the camera from anywhere. You don't have to be holding on to it to change the angle. Now, you can control the Pocket 4P in a similar way, but you're going to be using this Bluetooth remote. It comes

[3:19] in the creator pack, and it lets you control everything you need to on the camera from a distance. However, you are going to need to charge it separately, and I feel like it could be pretty easy to lose this. While both of these cameras offer the convenience of framing your shot and controlling the camera from afar, I lean towards the Luna Ultra design because you don't need to charge the remote separately. There's a very obvious place where you're going to store it, so you always have it with you. So, to me, it feels like a slightly more foolproof design than the separate little remote that you've got to

[3:49] remember to bring and not forget anywhere. Okay, I also wanted to mention that both of these cameras have a micro SD card slot, but they also have internal storage. The Osmo Pocket 4P comes with 103 GB of internal storage, which I think is pretty amazing. That is a lot of space. [music] The Luna Ultra on the other hand comes with 47 GB of internal storage. While the Luna Ultra wins in my opinion for ingenuity of design, I'm going to give the build

[4:13] quality award to the Pocket [music] 4P. This camera just feels a little bit more sturdy. It feels more solid hand. It turns on quickly. The screen [music] feels a little bit more solid. Like as soon as you turn it on, it clicks into place firmly, whereas the Luna screen feels a little bit more wiggly. And I've honestly just had mixed results with the

[4:32] turn on time with the Luna Ultra. Sometimes it goes really fast, other times [music] it takes a while, whereas the Pocket 4P is very consistently fast. Before we take a look at the side-by-side [music] comparison shots, I wanted to take a second to remind you that no matter what camera you end up filming [music] with, chances are you're going to need some extra assets to make your video more engaging [music] and dynamic. And my favorite place to find those is Storyblocks, the sponsor of today's video. I've been using Storyblocks for years to tell more interesting stories with my [music] videos. Their platform is an online stock media library full of stock

[5:05] footage, background music, sound effects, [music] and animation templates that make your videos more interesting. All of the content on their platform is always 100% human-made, never generative AI, and all of it is royalty-free and pre-licensed, so it's safe to use in your content across social media. You're never going to have to worry about content ID or copyright strikes. If you need a time lapse or some drone footage or an establishing shot, you can always find what you need on Storyblocks. For a video earlier this summer, I was shooting a scene at the beach, and I had planned to get a shot of the sun glistening on the water for one of my

[5:40] close-ups. However, [music] when I got there, it was a very gray and overcast day, so I I that kind of shot wouldn't be possible. However, I was able to find the clip that I needed on Storyblocks and it slotted into my video perfectly. What's really cool is Storyblocks is offering viewers of my channel 15% off of any [music] annual plan, but only for a limited time. So, if you're interested in that, make sure you go to storyblocks.com/katie to check it out or you can head to the link in the description. And thanks again to Storyblocks for sponsoring today's video. Now, let's compare the video quality. When it comes to

[6:10] resolution, in practice, the video quality of these two cameras is extremely similar. I feel like both of these camera companies try to differentiate in the marketing. For example, the Pocket 4K has a max resolution of 6K at 60 frames per second, while the Luna Ultra has a max resolution of 8K at 30 frames per second. Realistically, when you are filming day-to-day, you're probably just going to be shooting at 4K 30 frames per second anyway, which both of these cameras do. They both have a 12 times zoom range and you can get up to six [music] times zoom with no loss in quality and from six times to 12 times,

[6:44] you're getting a digital crop, which basically means the image starts to look a little less crisp, but it's still pretty good. And the footage from both these cameras looks really great. They each have a main lens with a very low aperture, F2.0 on the Pocket and F1.8 on the Luna Ultra, which means in either case, you get a really nice cinematic background blur. As I was testing out each of these cameras independently, I truly did not have any complaints about how the footage looked on either of

[7:11] them. I found them both very impressive. So, of course, you know, I had to put them on the dual camera rig so we could get some exact comparison [music] side-by-side shots with clips taken at the same time of the same thing in the exact same environment to compare. I genuinely was not expecting this. This

[7:27] footage is like indistinguishable to me. I'm scrubbing along the timeline here and when it switches from the Osmo to the Luna, I sometimes can't even tell. Like other than the fact that there's a jitter between the framing cuz they were next to each other, not on top of other, obviously. How is it so similar? I went into this thinking, yeah, okay, on paper very similar specs, but I thought for sure at least the colors would look a little bit different, but at least in like natural daylight girl, if you can tell which is which, then you've got better eyes than me, which I guess fair enough, probably many

[8:00] people do. As I continue to test and review the footage between these two cameras, I eventually landed on three key distinctions, mostly between the color performance. In direct sunlight, the Luna leans a little bit more warm, the pinks really pop, and my hair has a little bit more of a golden look to it rather than just the flat brown that the Osmo kind of gives. I find that artificial lighting is when you really see the difference between [music] these two cameras in terms of their white balance defaults. Like in these clips of me getting ready in the bathroom, I feel like the Pocket gives a more

[8:27] true-to-life view of the colors, where the Luna is a little less accurate. Like look at how the Luna makes my skin look a bit more yellow, whereas the Pocket is more accurate to my [music] pink undertones. But like even as I watch through these clips, I don't think that that is something I [music] would notice at all if I was just filming completely

[8:44] on the Luna or completely on the Osmo. In general though, I do think I prefer how my skin looks on the Pocket 4P. It just seems to have a slightly more natural result. However, I really like how the Luna footage looks in those direct sunlight natural light clips, cuz I think the colors just really pop. Obviously, none of this matters if you plan on using I-log or D-log to anyway, cuz your color grade will vary. But I'm going to be honest, personally, I tend to vlog just using the normal color profile on cameras, and I know many of you watching want to know what a camera's going to be like when you first

[9:18] get it and you turn it on straight out of the box. So, all the footage that I'm showing you in this video is just in normal color profile and auto exposure, unless otherwise specified. Finally, the last instance where I really notice a difference between these two cameras is in their low-light performance. I took both of these cameras out at night to Blues Fest back in August, and while they both have quite impressive low-light performance, I thought the

[9:39] Luna footage looked just a bit better. In these shots where I'm walking down the street under the lights, I think the Luna clip has a bit more clarity. The blacks are a bit deeper and the contrast is nicer, in my opinion anyway. Also, this is a pretty specific circumstance, but when we were watching the show, there were these colored lights on us and this is where you can see the Luna's aggressive white balance and color correction going on here. Because we actually look pretty normal in the Luna clip, but on the Pocket clip, we are completely pink. The like ceiling of the tent is pink. I don't know if this would

[10:11] come up very often, but I just found it interesting how differently these cameras treated that same lighting situation. Overall, the quality of these cameras is strikingly similar and while I can find a few nitpicky places where they perform slightly differently, overall, is that going to be a deal breaker? I don't know if it would be for me. Okay, so let's talk about slow motion. The Osmo Pocket 4P does have the slower slow motion at 4K 240 frames per second. The Luna Ultra does 4K at 120 frames per second, which in my opinion

[10:41] is still pretty adequate slow motion. Like, yes, the Osmo does win here. It does have slower slow motion, but most likely 120 frames per second would be good enough for you. So, I guess it depends on how important slow motion is to your creation process. Color profiles. Okay, so both these cameras have a few different built-in film looks that you can switch through. It essentially puts like an Instagram filter on your footage. I'm going to be honest, I never use these. I find them a little bit gimmicky, but I guess if you came across one that you felt like already encompassed the kind of vibe that you would be going for in color

[11:16] grading anyway, then hey, it's a nice shortcut. The real star of the color options here though is the log profile. Both cameras have a log profile. The Pocket 4P has D-log, the Luna Ultra has I-log, and basically it's a desaturated color profile that preserves your highlights and shadows, which gives you more flexibility later in color grading. Now, the one catch to know here is the Osmo Pocket 4P has Dlog, but it also has Dlog 2, a slightly upgraded version of a

[11:44] log profile with more dynamic range. However, Dlog 2 only works on the main lens, it doesn't work on the zoom lens, which is a bit unfortunate. Maybe a future firmware update will change that, but like honestly, I think for the majority of creators myself included, Dlog is like probably [music] good enough. Personally, what I've been doing and what I would recommend is like just shooting Dlog so you don't have to keep switching between them. Now, the Luna Ultra's Ilog works whether you're on the main lens or the telephoto lens, which is nice. Plus, another bonus with Ilog is in the latest version of DaVinci Resolve, Ilog is one of the built-in

[12:22] color profiles, so you can really easily convert your footage from Ilog to Rec. 709, whereas with Dlog 2 specifically, there isn't a color profile in Resolve for that yet, which is another reason why I would just lean towards still using Dlog. Another thing that I've noticed is Ilog works in 4K up to 120 frames per second. That's if you're just in video mode and you switch your resolution and frame rate. If you switch over to the built-in slow motion mode, it's going to just go to your normal color profile. Now, Dlog only works in 4K up to 60 frames per second because to get more slow motion than that, you have

[12:57] to switch over to the slow motion mode, and that is going to default to normal color as well. Now, in terms of using all of these features, one major advantage that the Pocket 4P has is you've got custom modes. So, for example, my first custom mode is just regular video at 4K 30 frames per second, and then I can switch over to my custom mode 2, which is slow motion at 4K 240 frames per second. You can set these up by getting your settings into place, then swiping down from the top of the screen to open this menu, tap on the little person icon with the plus button,

[13:32] and then you can save it as a custom mode. Then, what I would recommend doing is changing your custom button option by going to the menu and tapping on this little C here. I've personally set mine to be double press switches C1 to C2, which means that when I'm shooting, I can really quickly change from my regular like vlogging video mode over to slow motion without having to swipe through and change all the settings each time. The Luna Ultra does have custom buttons under the screen here, but there's no custom video modes, and you can't program those buttons to quickly

[14:06] switch between slow motion and video. You can use them to switch between photo and video, but I just don't personally find that as useful. Gimbal features. The main thing that distinguishes both of these cameras from other vlog cameras on the market is, of course, their gimbals. You get built-in stabilization while you're filming, whether you're walking or vlogging, or trying to get smooth sweeping b-roll shots of the environment. They also both offer subject tracking with extremely similar menus and options, actually. To start tracking yourself on either of these cameras, all you've got to do is press in the joystick button once, and a green box will pop up around your face, and

[14:44] then the camera will follow you and keep you in frame no matter where you move around. To stop tracking yourself, all you've got to do is press the joystick button in again, the green box will go away, and now you can move without the camera's framing changing. And to track any subject that's not just your face, all you have to do is double tap on it on the screen, and you'll see the green box appear around it. And both of these cameras actually have a dynamic framing option where if you tap into the little menu icon on the left-hand side of the screen, you can choose which quadrant

[15:13] you want to keep that object in as you move it around, which just gives you some more flexibility when it comes to your framing. Okay, let's talk about audio quality. The onboard mics of these cameras provide again [music] extremely similar results. Here is a sample of what it looks like to walk and talk. And this is what the audio sounds like both just straight out

[15:34] of camera. Not using any mics right now. And I look crazy carrying around two cameras filming myself walking on the street. Which in my opinion sounds pretty great. Obviously, I wasn't holding the cameras too far away from my face in that example, but I think the result is good. Now, with both cameras you have the option to improve the audio a little bit by using their respective wireless microphones. You can connect any DJI

[15:59] wireless mics to the Osmo Pocket 4 P. I've done it with my Mic 2's and my Mic Minis and of course anything newer than that would work as well. And Insta360 offers their Mic Pros, which also connect wirelessly. Okay, so this is the audio test of me vlogging out in the real world with the wireless microphones. This is what the Mic Pro connected to the Insta360 Luna Ultra sounds like and this is what the DJI Mic 3 connected to the Osmo Pocket 4

[16:30] P sounds like. I'm going to say pretty similar, but you can let me know what you think in the comments. Another aspect to consider with these cameras is the accessories that are available for both of them. The Osmo Pocket ecosystem has been around for a while now and thankfully DJI has kept the design similar enough that many of the accessories that I already owned are still compatible. For example, I've talked about this K&F Concept base before, this magnet stand, and I don't have this myself personally, but I've also seen converters that you can get to be able to use the same ND filters and lenses that you use on your Pocket 3

[17:06] [music] on the 4 P. The Luna Ultra on the other hand is a totally brand new ecosystem for Insta360. It just hasn't been around as long, so there are fewer third-party accessories available right now. I actually 3D printed my own little stand for it, which if you're interested in that, you can watch this whole video where I 3D print camera accessories. But like overall, I feel like the Luna Ultra comes with a lot of the features that you kind of need, so you're not really hurting for options with accessories that way. My biggest accessory suggestion for you, whether you get [music] either of these cameras, is to

[17:37] get an extendable tripod like this one from Ulanzi. I use this all the time either with my phone or with these cameras. The really incredible thing about either of these cameras is that they're both so small and light, you can just use a phone tripod, which is easier to carry around, it folds up really small, so it just makes for a very compact vlogging setup, and I think it works perfectly. So before you get any other accessories, honestly, I would get the mics that go with the camera and then this [music] tripod. Okay, so as I've been working on this video, I received some questions from you guys on

[18:08] Instagram that I wanted to make sure to address here. If I already have the Osmo Pocket 3, can I use the Luna Ultra as a secondary camera? Will the footage cut together seamlessly? Okay, this is especially a pertinent question for those of you who are in the US that maybe you already have your Pocket 3 and you're looking to add a B cam to your setup, and you want the footage to look good together, and you can't necessarily get the 4P. As you've seen throughout the video, the color science on these

[18:29] cameras is really, really quite similar. I was being very nitpicky to point out the differences in a lot of cases, so I think realistically, you could use them interchangeably and probably no one would notice. And if you film in log or make any manual adjustments at all, then they certainly wouldn't. So if you notice the white balance is a bit different between them, you could just adjust one or the other to make them match. Is this good for sit-down videos or just vlogs? I think both of these cameras are great for both. If you use the Ulanzi tripod setup that I showed you before, plus whatever lav mic comes

[18:59] with the camera you pick, that's a pretty great all-in-one YouTube setup. Now, the screens are a little bit small to be able to monitor the shot from a distance. So in either case, you could use the app that comes with the camera, or of course the little remote to check on how things are looking even if the camera's far [music] away from you. Are either of these cameras really better than my phone? Okay, if you already have a newer iPhone, then you will probably find that the quality difference isn't that crazy. You can achieve really, really great results just using your phone, and especially if you have like

[19:29] the Pro version, you've already got the multiple focal lengths going on. So, phones are really great for vlogging now. That being said, what you don't get from a phone is the benefit of the stabilization from a gimbal, the tracking features, the separate dedicated storage, which is actually huge cuz like I know all of us have our phone storage almost full like all of the time. So, having a separate place to store all your photos and videos is pretty big. And of course, the physical buttons that make controlling the camera more efficient, especially as you get more practice in. So, if those things sound important to you, I do think that

[20:02] either of these cameras would be an upgrade from your phone. But yeah, in general, I would say the bar is pretty high to make a vlogging camera that's better than an iPhone [music] because it's pretty freaking good. But those reasons make these cameras worthwhile, I think. Okay, so how do we wrap this up? Now that I've tried to lay out all of the facts for you, let me give you my honest opinion. The build quality and user experience overall on the Osmo Pocket 4P, I think, is better. It turns on faster, it feels good to hold, and I find the custom modes really, really helpful. The footage is honestly

[20:33] incredibly similar, like to the point where I'm like, "Girl, how how did they do that? How did they make it look so close?" I think the overall, I prefer how the Pocket's footage looks in artificial light. I like how the Luna footage looks in [music] like bright, direct sunlight. As you've seen throughout this whole video, honestly, sometimes it's pretty hard to tell even which clips came from which camera. So, it's it's really hard for me to choose based on video quality, honestly. In terms of other features, I really do

[21:00] love the Luna Ultra's removable remote. Like, that is really handy, and it is just nicer than the separate Bluetooth remote that you can get for the Pocket 4P. Okay, this is such a hard call, but if I had to send one of these cameras back and just keep filming with one of them, [music] I think I would maybe choose the Pocket 4P. Just because of some of those features that make filming with this a little bit easier. And the difference is so marginal. If you're actually unable to buy the Pocket 4P, like if you live in the US and you're not going to have a chance to travel abroad somewhere where

[21:35] you might be able to pick this up, I really don't think the Luna Ultra will feel much like settling. It's a really great camera and in so many ways it's completely interchangeable with the Pocket 4P. And if you think that you're going to use the remote screen a lot, then you might actually prefer this camera, I think. I hope that you found this video helpful. I know it's really hard to make a decision between these cameras, so hopefully some of these details will have helped you make your decision. If there's any unanswered questions that I didn't cover in the video, let me know in the comments and

[22:05] I'll try my best to get back to you. And as always, thank you so much for watching. I hope you're having adventures and following your dreams, and I'll see you in the next video. Bye.

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