How much STORAGE does a DJI Osmo Nano camera use?

How much memory does the DJI Osmo Nano camera actually use? I took the time to measure the file sizes for every combination of resolution (1080p/4K), frame rate (25/50/60fps), and bit rate (Standard/High). I'm sharing the full data revealing exactly how many minutes per gigabyte you can expect from your vlogging camera footage. 

See the data and decide if you'll shoot 1080p or 4K?

How much STORAGE does a DJI Osmo Nano camera use?



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How much file storage does a DJI Osmo Nano camera use when it when you're out filming? How much file storage does those video files take? How much memory do you need to buy? How many gigabytes per minute does the Nano use? Or how many minutes can you get per gigabyte? I'm going to show you everything in this table here. I've had a really fun morning. By the way, this is the very first time I'm out filming with the with the DJI Osmo Nano in the rain. Uh such is climate change that uh it's it's been a few days since we've had some rain and I'm out taking my cocker spaniel dog Casper out for a walk, but I wanted to share with you how big are the video files on the DJI Nano. And I know it's something that's unavoidable, but it is useful to know how how much storage these video files take because I it really affects me as a vlogger. It does influence whether or not I shoot in 1080p or 4K. I'm actually shooting this video in 4K at 50 frames per second. I'm on rock steady stabilization and I'm on standard dewarp field of view. Just in case you might be watching these videos trying to decide whether or not you want to buy this camera. I'm trying I'm talking a lot so you get lots of footage as well. I will get to these file sizes. I'll put them on screen. So to measure how big the file sizes are on the DJI Osmo Nano camera. I made some really boring videos this morning in my kitchen. I was actually shooting some low low light tests just to see if I could improve the the shutter or the wobble in the footage, but I realized that if I shot for 1 minute, then I'd know how. So, I'm out of breath and I've just only walked from over there. I thought if I shot these one minute videos, I'd know exactly how big the file sizes are for one minute and then I could work out how many minutes you'd get per gigabyte or how many gigabytes the nano takes per minute. So, this is the actual folder from the videos that I took this morning, but I've I've got AI to put them into a nice table that are on screen now. Let's take a look at them. And the rain is getting worse. Sorry if the uh the rain hitting my jacket is uh making the the audio crunchy. Uh by the way, I'm using my DJI Mic 2 for this. So, the first videos I took were at 25 frames per second. That's because I live in the UK and we're on an electrical standard. So, if you're on 25 frames per second, your footage should flicker less or 50 frames per second, which is what I'm shooting in now, even though there's no electrical lights here. I am in the middle of a field. So, look, this is the information we wanted. So, shooting bog standard, this is what I'd usually shoot at. 1080p with the standard rate bit rate, which is the default standard in the camera. I'll explain that in a moment. But shooting for 1 minute took 193 MB, which means that 1 GB of storage gives me 5 minutes 20 seconds. Now, your your mileage might vary, but these are just ballpark figures just to give you an idea of how big the video file sizes are when you're shooting with a DJI Nano. Then, I tried to improve the low light situation by setting the bit rate to high. the camera will use more memory to encode hopefully more information. And I wondered if that would help with the shutter in the kitchen. I've got a whole other video. I'll put that in the description about trying to improve the low light footage on the DJI Nano. But anyway, at high bit rate, it was 226 MB for 1 minute of footage. And that translates to 4 1/2 minutes per GB at 1080 high bit rate 25 frames per second. So then I thought, well, would 4K improve the low light situation? I've been advised it wouldn't because the camera would then trying to be cope with a bigger video file while also stabilizing as well. So I don't think it would improve the uh the low light situation. But this is the the footage. Gauge it for yourself. The file size at 4K for a 1 minute video is 384 MB, which means that I get 2 minutes 40 seconds per gigabyte at 4K at 25 frames pers. And then finally, I set it into high bit rate uh just to see if there was an improvement in the quality. And that came out that one minute of footage took 660 megabytes. And if you translate that the other way round, it means I get basically one and a half minutes per gigabyte at 4K. And then I thought, what if I were to shoot at 50 frames per second like I'm shooting now? This footage now. I might have some rain on the lens there. Forgive me. So, let's take a look at at these file sizes. for 1 minute of footage at 1080p at the standard bit rate at 50 frames per second. The file size is 260 mb. So that means it's nearly 4 minutes per gigabyte. At the high bit rate, I'll show you some footage here. This is at 1080 at 50 frames pers. That 1 minute of footage takes up 368 MB, which equates to 2 minutes 47 seconds per gigabyte. So that's at 50 frames per second at the higher bit rate. It's a lot of lot figures to work through, but I'm hoping the footage gives you some kind of context for it, even though it's just me wandering around a dark kitchen. At 4K, shooting at standard bit rate, 1 minute of footage on the DJI Osmo Nano camera takes 486 MB. So that is roughly 2 minutes or 2 minutes 7 seconds per gigabyte. And at the very top end, so we're now at 4K at the high bit rate at 50 frames per second. That is a whopping 810 megabytes for one minute of footage on the DJI Nano, which means that we get 1 minute 16 seconds per gigabyte at 4K 50 frames per second. Now, I I know you're not watching this in the UK and you're going to be, uh, but what about 60 frames per second? We need to know. Well, I did it. I... I shot 1 minute at 4K at 60 frames per second at the high bit rate. And I'll put on screen here how many megabytes that 1 minute took and how many minutes per gigabyte that means at 60 frames per second at the high bit rate. So, it's quite interesting for me the the the change from 25 frames per second to 50 frames pers. The recording time dropped from 5 minutes 19 seconds to 3 minutes 57. So it didn't double the file size, but it certainly made it bigger. And at 4K high rate at the high bit rate, the recording time dropped from 1 minute 34 seconds per GB to 1 minute 16 seconds. Doubling the frame rate to 50 frames per second needs roughly 25% to 35% more storage per minute. I'm just reading this off. I've not done those sums. Is this is this useful? Is this what you wanted to know? When when I am interested in a new camera, I want to devour as much information as possible and see as much footage as possible. So that's why I'm just vlogging in a field in the rain just to show you what the Nano is like. Hang. I've got to do a lens wipe. The footage for me looks absolutely wonderful in sunny weather. This is really overcast today and we've got light drizzle. Casper's really enjoying it though. But how's it for you? This was quite interesting for me. I think if anything it makes me feel better shooting things at 4K. It's something I tend to avoid because I think, oh, these files are huge. But I've got a system to dump it off the camera onto a onto a hard drive and to archive it on a hard drive. So maybe shooting at uh 4K high bit rate at 50 frames per second or 60 frames per second is something I might feel more comfortable with knowing these figures and I'll leave them on screen so you can uh digest them yourself. I am making lots of videos on my DJI Osmo Nano camera. I'm really enjoying it. I don't really use action cameras that much, but it's been a lot of fun using this. So thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button to see more of those videos. And right here are all of my DJI Osmo Nano tips and tricks and accessories and other videos where I shoot lots of footage, sometimes not of kitchens and sometimes when it's sunny.

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