DJI Oct 20th Release Isn’t a Drone or Action 2 – It’s a PRO Gimbal

Forget about Mavic 3 rumors for a minute. Earlier this week DJI teased a 3 part product release announcement and everyone is claiming its the Action 2. Or the Mavic 3. Or just the Action 2 in three parts. Or worse.

Today DJI followed up with the actual invite for the October 20th product launch featuring a reasonably clear image (that we’ve enhanced!) showing exactly what this new product is.

And it’s not a consumer gimbal.

Months ago we saw a leaked photo showing a handheld PRO-level camera gimbal ‘station’ designed to carry a new generation of Zenmuse-style lenses. Check it out:

And with the latest DJI announcement it looks like its finally coming to market.

The DJI invite, shown at the top of this article is exposed enough just to make out a power button and some foggy features, so we took it into Photoshop and upped the exposure to get a better look. And sure enough, it’s exactly what we expected.  We can now make out additional buttons, control wheels and body features that confirm it’s what we saw in another leak last month:

Looking at the leaked photos we saw last month, we think the first image, below, most clearly shows the circular arm mount of the gimbal and the two black and one red button to it’s right. Also visible is the control what we can make out, above, below the red power button.

DJI has shared some information about what we should expect from this new Ground Gimbal in their invitation. Comparing the innovation in this product release to the great leaps forward in CCD, Steadicam technology, Autofocus and more the professional film-maker in you is left with high expectations.

Designed with myriad connections and ports to allow creators to add external microphones, video transmitters, remote controls, external displays and more the real beauty of the DJI Ground Gimbal is that DJI also designed the next generation of cinematic lenses to go with it.

In fact, check out this first look at the new Zenmuse X9 6K cinema lens, below, designed to fit the new DJI PRO Gimbal. Can’t wait to see the footage that comes from this new suite of lenses. And you can bet there will be modular SSD storage with huge capacity that connects to the gimbal to store that 6k footage!

We don’t know the timelines of how much DJI will share with us about this new film-making ecosystem on October 20th, but we expect it will be pretty epic.

Right now DJI has already put this device in the hands of key opinion leaders and content creators. On October 20th we don’t just get to meet a new, PRO-level camera gimbal from DJI…we’ll also get to see what a new generation of filmmakers does with at the same time.

Stay tuned for more updates. We’ll be sharing more info and leak on the DJI product launches coming through November so be sure to subscribe to our newsletter and click allow for notifications to be the first to see what comes next.