DJI has officially taken the wraps off the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P in China, delivering the dual-camera setup it first teased at the Cannes Film Festival last month. It’s a huge hardware leap for the popular vlogging line. But it arrives under the shadow of a legal battle with Insta360 over who actually owns the rights to this exact form factor.
First, the hardware. The Osmo Pocket 4P takes the winning 1-inch sensor formula of its predecessor and bolts on a dedicated telephoto lens. The primary shooter features a 20mm equivalent focal length with an f/2.0 aperture and a staggering 17 stops of dynamic range.
Sitting right next to it is a new 1/1.28-inch telephoto sensor. It rocks a 60mm equivalent f/1.8 lens that DJI is marketing as a “golden portrait” focal length, designed to naturally separate subjects from the background without relying entirely on software processing. The telephoto maxes out at 14 stops of dynamic range, but it brings 3x optical zoom and 6x lossless zoom to the table, alongside a 12x digital push.
Both cameras can shoot 4K video at 240 frames per second, capture 37-megapixel stills, and record in 10-bit D-Log2 for heavy color grading. DJI also threw in 103GB of built-in storage (capable of 800Mb/s transfer speeds over USB 3.1) and a battery that promises 210 minutes of continuous recording. If it dies on a shoot, fast charging will juice it back to 80% in just 18 minutes.
Priced at ¥3,799 (roughly ₱33,889 or $562), the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P is currently scheduled for a June 23 release in China, with a broader global launch expected in the coming weeks.
DJI Osmo Pocket 4P first look
The Luna Ultra lawsuit
If those specs sound familiar, it’s because Insta360 just launched the Insta Luna Ultra — a dual-camera, 1-inch sensor gimbal camera that shares an uncanny resemblance to the Osmo Pocket 4P. Insta360 beat DJI to the punch in international markets, but DJI didn’t just sit back and watch.
On the exact day the Luna Ultra hit U.S. shelves, DJI fired off two patent infringement lawsuits in the Eastern District of Texas. DJI alleges that Insta360 blatantly copied the Osmo Pocket 4P’s physical design, subject-tracking systems, and stabilization technology, seeking a permanent injunction to ban the Luna Ultra from the market.
Insta360 didn’t flinch. Within 24 hours, the company launched two countersuits of its own, claiming DJI’s entire stabilizer catalog — including the Osmo Pocket line — infringes on Insta360’s patents. Insta360 CEO JK Liu publicly rejected DJI’s claims, stating the Luna Ultra was the result of years of independent research and that DJI’s lawsuit simply exposes a “fear of competition.”
For now, the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P looks like a powerhouse piece of creator tech. But whether you’ll be able to easily cross-shop it against the Insta360 Luna Ultra globally might ultimately be decided by a judge, not a spec sheet.
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