The original Osmo Pocket line always had an obvious limitation: one fixed, wide-ish lens, no way to get closer without walking closer. Useful for a lot of run-and-gun work, but it meant leaving it in the bag the moment a shot called for any real reach. The Osmo Pocket 4P is DJI's answer — a genuine dual-lens gimbal camera that fits in a pocket, and the first Pocket that can plausibly cover two focal lengths on its own.
What's New — the Dual-Lens Gimbal
The headline feature is the gimbal head itself: a primary 20mm-equivalent f/2.0 wide-angle lens on a 1-inch sensor, paired with a new 60mm-equivalent f/1.8 medium telephoto on a smaller 1/1.28-inch sensor. Switching between them is a tap on the touchscreen — the gimbal itself does the work, so you're not swapping hardware or losing stabilisation mid-shot. For a device this size, having a genuine 3x-equivalent telephoto option — not a digital crop — is the real story.
Specs
| Lenses | 20mm-equiv. f/2.0 wide (1-inch sensor) + 60mm-equiv. f/1.8 tele (1/1.28-inch sensor), dual-lens gimbal head |
| Dynamic range | Up to 17 stops |
| Slow motion | 4K at up to 240fps |
| Colour | 10-bit D-Log 2 — DJI's first Pocket with a professional log colour mode |
| Internal storage | 103GB |
| Screen | 2.0-inch rotatable touchscreen, 1,000-nit peak brightness |
| Weight | 230g |
| Price (UK) | £529 Standard Combo / £605 Vlog Combo |
Not sold officially in the US due to government restrictions on DJI products — worth knowing if you're quoting a US-based client on gear.
Where This Fits in a Working Kit
This isn't a replacement for the ZR or a proper multicam setup — it's a different tool for a different problem. The cases where a device like this earns its place in the bag:
- A genuine third or fourth angle on a multicam shoot — small enough to clip somewhere a full camera can't go, stabilised well enough that the footage cuts cleanly against the main cameras.
- Behind-the-scenes and social content — 10-bit D-Log 2 means BTS footage can actually be graded to match the rest of a project, rather than looking like a different production.
- Walk-and-talk or handheld interview follow shots — built-in stabilisation without carrying a separate gimbal rig for a phone or small camera.
- Client-facing quick-turnaround content — internal storage and a touchscreen mean same-day exports without pulling cards.
Where it doesn't replace anything: primary interview or narrative work, anything needing interchangeable lenses or full manual control, or situations where a 1-inch sensor's low-light performance genuinely isn't enough.
"It's the camera you'd otherwise leave behind — and for the first time, one with real reach."
Verdict
On paper, the Osmo Pocket 4P addresses the one real complaint about every Pocket that came before it — no reach — without giving up the size and stabilisation that made the line useful in the first place. A dual-lens gimbal, a genuine log colour profile, and 4K240 slow motion on something that weighs 230g is a legitimate step up, not an incremental refresh.
This writeup is built from published specs and reviews rather than my own hands-on time — once I've actually shot with one on a real job, I'll follow up with how it performs against a phone and against the ZR as a genuine third camera, not just a spec sheet.
Thinking about adding a compact gimbal camera to your own kit, or want a multicam setup that includes one? Get in touch: contact@niteshmistry.co.uk.