Pocket Camera
DJI Osmo Pocket 4
One-inch sensor in a pocket gimbal — the motion side of StudioTJ in a device the D3500 isn't.
The Pocket 4 is the move into video. The D3500 still handles photography — denoise has kept it useful longer than its age suggests — so the question for a long time wasn't which body to upgrade but what to add. The Pocket 4 adds something the D3500 can't do at all: handheld motion on a 1-inch sensor with three-axis mechanical stabilisation, in a device that fits in a jacket pocket. Travel atmosphere, walking shots, b-roll for the photography work, and the dynamic in-person sections for Subtext Lab pieces that the static webcam shot can't carry.
The 107GB of internal storage is the headline upgrade, and the microSD slot is still there — internal speed for the shoot, card capacity and backup for the travel days. 4K up to 240fps, 10-bit D-Log, the new fill light from the Creator Combo for low-light situations, and the Mic 3 transmitter that pairs to the camera natively over OsmoAudio.
The DJI Mimo app on Android is the friction. Fiddly to connect, not always clear when it actually is connected. None of that matters once you're shooting, but it adds friction at the start of every session.