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 write-up is built from published specs and independent reviews, not my own hands-on time. I have not used the Osmo Pocket 4P, so the "where it fits" section is how a camera like this suits a multicam workflow on paper, not test results.
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.