The XIAOMI FIMI PALM handheld camera is available for 174€80 at Gearbest.
It is the direct competitor of the DJI Osmo Pocket camera at a price almost two times cheaper without any particular concession.
And what could be more logical that the brand behind this product is FIMI, the company of the {{Xiaomi}} group behind the very good FIMI X8 SE drone.
The idea behind the XIAOMI FIMI PALM pocket camera is to provide a video device capable of capturing 4K videos but also pictures directly integrated on a 3-axis stabilizer in a very small form factor. The FIMI PALM will fit easily in any pocket.
The Xiaomi FiMI Palm mesures 30.5 x 22.7 x 127 mm for only 120 grams. A touch screen 1.22″ enables you to follow the capture but also to interact with the camera as it is touch sensitive. There are also buttons to drive the movement of the camera or to start shooting.
The SONY sensor used has a resolution of 12Mx – 1/2.3″ CMOS angle 128 ° with the possibility of capturing video in 4K 30 frames per second with a rate of {{100 Megabits}}. Pictures are taken in 12 MPx photo jpg & RAW mode. It records on a microSD card.
There is a dual microphone and also an external jack.
The mini camera is mounted on a 3-axis stabilizer with very wide range of motion in space:
Pan: -245° – +65°.
Tilt: -105° – +105°
Roll: -90° – +90°
There are of course several shooting modes like face tracking, height lock, full lock as well as creative functions like 8x slow-motion, time-lapse, super HDR, night shots, panorama, …
the camera has a great autonomy of 240 minutes thanks to its integrated battery of 1000 mAh.
It can be connected to a smartphone via WiFi & Bluetooth.
The FIMI PALM promises a lot.
