DJI Action 2 leak points to imminent launch for GoPro Hero 10 Black rival

DJI Action 2 leak points to impendent launching for GoPro Hero 10 Black rival

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The DJI Action 2, the rumored successor to the DJI Osmo Carry out, appears to take over successful its first public appearance in a YouTube television ahead of an imminent conflict with the new GoPro Hero 10 Disastrous.

The action camera's official box was spotted in a YouTube video by Twitter user Moe K and it appears to back up earliest speculation that the Action 2 will sustain a cube-like form factor in the vein of the now-discontinued GoPro Hero Seance.

The accidental reveal has now been altered in the video at 2 minutes 45 seconds, but a screenshot (below) has paste across Twitter. The packaging certainly looks pretty inalterable, so it seems likely that we can expect to run into the DJI Action 2 land pretty before long.

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The television leak out doesn't reveal anything otherwise a square form factor and screen, but earliest speculation has inclined us a taste of what the DJI Action 2's specs could embody.

A Chirrup post from DJI leaker Jasper Ellens (picked up by DroneDJ) last week claimed that the Action 2 will actually be modular, in a similar style to the Insta360 One R. This could allow you to attach an additional display to pull round suitable for vlogging to camera.

The apparently leaked manual as wel suggests that the Action 2 will have a 1/1.7in sensor (large than the 1/2.3in sensor in the DJI Osmo Action) and librate retributory 56g. This would make it around a third of the weight down of the GoPro Hero of Alexandria 10 Colored, if still twice as heavy as the midget Insta360 Go 2.

The other specs claim the Action 2 will be capable of shooting 4K/60p video with a 100Mbps bit-rate – this would exist impressive for such a small-scale camera, if slightly hind end the resolution of the GoPro Hoagy 10 Nigrify (5K/60p) and the sensor size of the Insta360 One R 1-Inch edition.

If the rumored specs are to personify believed, we stern also expect the Natural process 2 to have a 1.76in screen, a reasonably bright f/2.8 aperture and be waterproof down to 10m. But we'll have to wait for its surely close at hand launch to find out for foreordained.

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These late DJI Action 2 leaks suggest a big change of direction for DJI's action camera – and combined that it'll see it attempt to carve its possess niche, rather than directly need happening the GoPro Hero 10 Black.

The original DJI Osmo Action delivered handy new features like a front-facing screen, which eventually made their way onto GoPro's action cameras. But that model is now a bit dated, and the new square block-like design perhaps explains why there's been a two-and-a-half-year gap since that model.

The leaked packaging surely looks legitimate, so it does seem likely that the DJI Action 2 (which follows DJI's recent strategy of dropping its 'Osmo' sub-blade) will have a similar form factor to the discontinued GoPro Hero Session.

We were fond of the last mentioned when it first arrived in 2014, because its design meant it could be mounted beautiful much anywhere and it was somewhat more affordable than GoPro's flagships.

The downsides, though, were that information technology was a bit fiddly to function and lacked the modern stabilization we see on today's latest action cameras. Information technology also didn't have a replaceable battery, which passably limited its longevity.

If the DJI Carry out 2 does indeed have the rumored cube-like fles factor, it'll cost interesting to see if it overcomes the shortcomings we byword in the GoPro Sessions. If it can, we could have an fascinating new carry through camera option to add to our adventure backpacks.

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