DJI Launches Osmo Pocket 4P in Japan: First Dual-Lens Pocket Gimbal with a 1-Inch Sensor, from 99,000 Yen

DJI has released the Osmo Pocket 4P, a palm-sized gimbal camera, in Japan. For the first time in the series, the camera head carries two lenses, letting you switch between a wide and a short-telephoto view on a single device. It pairs a newly developed 1-inch sensor with a 10-bit color mode and 4K/240fps slow motion, leaning hard into more expressive video, while the Standard Combo starts at 99,000 yen. It is aimed at people who want to capture travel footage and vlogs with a more cinematic look.

Two Lenses in One, a First for the Series

The first thing you notice on the Osmo Pocket 4P is the pair of cameras sitting side by side at the tip of the gimbal. This is the first time DJI has used dual lenses on a pocket-sized gimbal camera.

The main camera combines a newly developed 1-inch CMOS sensor with a 20mm-equivalent wide lens. With a maximum aperture of f/2.0, it comfortably covers wide scenes, including selfies. The other camera is a 60mm-equivalent short telephoto. At a bright f/1.8, it renders faces more naturally in portraits and makes it easier to blur the background strongly. This telephoto side supports 3x optical zoom, reaching up to 12x when combined with digital zoom. In effect, you get a wide vlog camera and a portrait lens that you can switch between without changing lenses.

A 1-Inch Sensor and New Color Mode Push Toward Cinema

The headline on image quality is the width of the dynamic range. DJI says a sensor technology it calls LOFIC delivers up to 17 stops of dynamic range. Dynamic range indicates how richly a camera can record tones from the brightest to the darkest areas, and 17 stops is a figure usually associated with much larger, far more expensive cinema cameras. It helps hold back blown highlights and crushed shadows even in backlit scenes or high-contrast situations.

DJI also added a new 10-bit color mode called D-Log 2. It can record over a billion colors and preserves highlight and shadow detail during post-production color grading, which widens the creative latitude for anyone who wants to fine-tune the look. Video records up to 4K at 240fps, enabling 8x slow motion. Waterfalls, splashing water, sports, and fast-moving city scenes can all be rendered with striking changes of pace.

Portability and Tracking Carried Over

Even with the new hardware, the camera keeps the lightness that made the Pocket series popular. The body weighs about 230 grams, small enough to slip into a jacket pocket, and it retains the three-axis mechanical gimbal that steadies footage.

The subject-tracking feature has evolved into ActiveTrack 8.0, which DJI says can keep not only people but also pets, vehicles, and other moving subjects centered even while zoomed in. Gesture controls also return, letting you trigger recording or tracking with hand movements. Still photos can be captured at 37 megapixels, and 4K Live Photos are supported. Data transfers run at up to 800 MB/s over USB 3.1, and charging from 0% to 80% takes about 18 minutes. Battery life reaches up to 210 minutes. The lineup of first-party accessories is broad as well, including ND filters, a Black Mist filter, a battery grip, a fill light, a wide-angle adapter, and a mini tripod, and it also works with OsmoAudio microphones.

Price and Availability

In Japan, the Osmo Pocket 4P is on sale through the DJI official store and authorized resellers. The Standard Combo, which includes a fill light and a handle, costs 99,000 yen, while the Vlog Combo, which adds a microphone and a mini tripod, costs 113,300 yen. Two colors are available: Classic Black and Pearl White.

Meanwhile, DJI has continued its recent pattern of rolling out new products region by region, and there is no official launch announced for the United States. With parts of Asia, including Japan, getting the camera first, buyers in the US look likely to face a stretch where obtaining one through official channels remains difficult.

Summary

The DJI Osmo Pocket 4P is an ambitious gimbal camera that combines a dual-lens setup of wide and short telephoto with a newly developed 1-inch sensor, 10-bit D-Log 2, and 4K/240fps slow motion. It carries over the roughly 230-gram portability and ActiveTrack 8.0 tracking while pushing toward a more cinematic image. At 99,000 yen for the Standard Combo it is not cheap, but for travel creators and vloggers who want to broaden their range of expression without swapping lenses, it looks like a strong option.