DJI Action 2 Review – lightweight 4K…is it a GoPro KILLER?

DJI has just unveiled their newest action camera—and it is TINY! The square form factor is perfect for our FPV drones. But can its image quality and durability hold up to what we need?

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Drones used in this video:
Skyeliner HD

Cinewhoop

Special thanks to Deezerland for letting us come fly our Cinewhoops around their amazing facility!

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- FPV Freestyle Pilots / Hosts -
Drew Camden [Le Drib]
Corey Tapp [CRICKET FPV]
Shawn Morrison [Let's Fly RC]

-Production Team-
Drew Camden - Producer
Reese D'aquin - Camera / Editor
Christian Kapper - Editor

MUSIC:
WAIT
By: VORT3X

Interstellar
By: Chinoldinho

SAVED
By: Chinoldinho

Aokigahara
By: Chinoldinho

Subside
By: 7db

Sky
By: PlatinumEDM

Chill Out Man
By: VORT3X

[russnbish]

I need one, This is the camera FPV has been waiting for. Needs a removable battery or a way to hook up to our quads power.

[leopoldvisart]

Hope gopro will respond to dji with a new session or something that has the same form factor

[dalemayer]

With that super wide FOV and lighter weight, I'm so tempted to get the Action 2 just so I could mount it on my DJI FPV!

[blueridge]

If the camera is identified as a regular ol’ external USB drive when connected to a computer then it should be super simple to put a Raspberry Pi in a little 3D printed USB dock to dump the files off the main camera module while in the field. And you could make it a one-touch file dump, no screen required, by assigning a small hardware button on the dock to run a script on the RPI. Something like: Power On RPI, mount external USB drive, select all files on external drive, copy selection to RPI’s microSD, select all files on external drive again, delete selection, eject external drive, Power Off RPI.

[jacksonwhiteley]

I wonder how easy it would be to make an adapter to charge the camera off the quads lipo, like the Caddx peanut. Could be a great way to get more than 30 min out of it and if two of those pins on the bottom are 5V and ground it wouldn't be to hard .

[Azuller]

RR are such DJI Simps and i love it :)
im glad you guys put this stuff out there so fast!

[gastonfg]

So nice to see you 3 together presenting my next fpv cam.

[peterdolkens]

This is amazing - multiple cameras totally makes sense for FPV, as not only do you get quick battery swap, quick storage swap, but if you bust a lens, you get quick lens swap!

[SpiralEyesFPV]

Seems worth the downsides, the weight is perfect for using on some of the smaller styles of drones like the ultra light long range, cinewhoops, and toothpicks. Wasn't sure if losing realsteady would be worth it but after seeing the stabilization I'd have to say that unless you have a specific requirement for using realsteady, that the stabilization in the camera is on point and will work just as well for most shots. Definitely going to pick one up at some point.

[tinongnjong]

13:13

Cricket 🦗 back at it again with that reverse 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[alexnostalgix]

9:52, did you guys grade the footage of the DJI or was that an overlapping adjustment

[DavidOwensuk]

Drew you can off load the footage to base units SD whilst recharging, no laptop required.

[eleglance]

Lol okay, you made me laugh out loud hard with the TikTok comment.... And I'm in a library!

[mouseFPV]

12:11 drib flying with no stab like it's 2018 ❣️❣️❣️❣️😍

[donshort]

Finally something good to use the DJI copilot for 👍

[carbendi]

What about the video profile settings?
Is there a flat profile? or shutter and iso settings?

[baggszilla]

I'm very excited and thinking of picking one up. Thanks boys!

[Ian_MacGregor]

Does it have the ability to connect to the DJI mimo app and dump footage that way…. While still retaining full quality?

[ATF]

Glad you guys got your own channels but still put on for the RR team. You all got me paying attention to FPV and you gotta keep pushing together so we can follow the best.

[RoyClaessen]

impressive but I can sometimes see jello due to the digital stabilisation. No lens replacement.. It looks promising but still cant keep up with realsteady and a gopro.