If you’re looking to start vlogging or just want to upgrade your current setup, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is one of the most versatile and best cameras for the job. However, due to tariff price hikes earlier this year, it’s since shot up in price. Thanks to Black Friday deals though, you can grab it or an even cheaper rebranded version at a steep discount.
Right now, you can pick up the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 for just $529 on Amazon. That’s 34% or $270 off its new price. However, if you like the look and features of the Osmo Pocket 3, there’s a rebranded version on sale for even less. You save over $100 by skipping DJI’s vlogging camera and getting the Xtra Muse for $419 instead. This is an even better deal at 40% off and it’s also the lowest price ever for this almost identical camera.
Now I wouldn’t blame you for going with the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 over the Xtra Muse. After all, it is the original. In our DJI Osmo Pocket 3 review, our camera editor Peter Wolinski praised it as a fantastic 4K gimbal camera that’s almost perfect with a 4.5 star rating. It’s worth noting though that the latest rumors suggest the new Osmo Pocket 4 could be revealed any day now.
Now for the Xtra Muse, while we haven’t tested one ourselves yet, by all accounts it’s a functionally and physically near-identical clone of the Osmo Pocket 3. Many believe it’s a rebranded version that was released specifically to get around tariff price hikes in the US.
When it comes to physical differences between the two, the only thing I can see as someone who owns an Osmo Pocket 3 myself, is the DJI branding has been replaced with the Xtra logo underneath the joystick and record button. You won’t have to worry about finding accessories for the Xtra Muse either as all of the ones designed for the Osmo Pocket 3 will work with this camera too.
The only big downside I can see to opting for the Xtra Muse over the Osmo Pocket 3 is the fact that you don’t get native wireless microphone support with the former. Instead, you’ll need to plug a wireless mic receiver into its USB port. At the same time, the Xtra Muse App, which is nearly identical to the DJI Mimo one, is a bit less intuitive and not nearly as polished. You also don’t get as strong of a warranty as you would with the Osmo Pocket 3.
The choice is yours but with either of these deals, you’re getting a compact and highly versatile vlogging camera that can shoot in either landscape or portrait mode just by changing the orientation of its rotatable screen.
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