DJI releases new flagship Mavic drones — Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine

Probably the most anticipated drone releases is lastly out. Truly, it’s two drones. At this time, DJI has launched the Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine.

There are a number of large headline options shared between each of the brand new drones, however let’s begin with the one reserved for the $4,999 Mavic 3 Cine. The Cine mannequin is able to filming Apple ProRes 422 HQ footage at 5.1K as much as 50FPS, and it has a built-in, however not user-replaceable, 1TB SSD.

The cheaper $2,199 Mavic 3 doesn’t include ProRes or a built-in SSD however shares the identical dual-camera system powered by a 4/3 CMOS sensor. Each drones are able to filming in 4K at as much as 120fps and capturing 20MP pictures. Along with the principle 24mm lens, there’s additionally a hybrid zoom lens able to 28x digital zoom. In focal size phrases, that equates to 162mm at f/4.4.

Each drones have batteries rated for 46 minutes of flight time, which is a major improve over the Mavic 2’s 31-minute battery and even the Mavic Air 2s & 2S, which might fly for 34 and 31 minutes on one cost, respectively.

The 2 drones are successors to DJI’s Mavic 2 Professional and Mavic 2 Zoom launched in 2018, which additionally launched the primary Hasselblad digital camera for use in DJI drones after it acquired a majority stake in stated firm in 2017. However since 2018, we haven’t seen a lot Hasselblad branding in DJI merchandise — till immediately. And identical to in 2018, DJI is together with Hasselblad Pure Colour Resolution, which guarantees extremely pure colours straight out of its digital camera.

However in the event you don’t need the built-in colour profile, the Mavic 3 can also be able to filming footage in 10-bit D-log for extra management over colour in post-processing. Along with ProRes encoding, you possibly can all shoot in normal H.264 and H.265 profiles, however there is no such thing as a HDR video on this drone.

Except for all of the digital camera enhancements, DJI has additionally upgraded its autonomous options for the Mavic 3. Similar to its predecessor, the Mavic 3 additionally shares omnidirectional impediment sensing, besides the sensors are actually able to detecting objects even 200m (650 ft) away, in comparison with 20m (65 ft) earlier than. I’ve all the time discovered the sensor to be a bit too delicate, so I’m curious to learn the way they act now whereas close to objects.

However that further attain does allow some new enhancements — Superior RTH (return to residence), APAS 5.0 and ActiveTrack 5.0. Superior RTH helps the drone plan out a extra clever route on its approach again to the launching place. And the APAS 5.0 does precisely that, besides once you’re the one working the drone. ActiveTrack 5.0, which gained’t be obtainable on launch, guarantees nice enchancment over monitoring and following topics. Corresponding to the power to fly in any course whereas following a topic and profiting from visible sensors on the digital camera physique to proceed monitoring topics in the event that they exit of body.

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Each drones additionally include up to date variations of DJI’s proprietary transmission expertise, OcuSync 3+, which guarantees 15km of vary (in splendid situations) and 1080p at 60fps reside feed transmission to your smartphone or controller.

If you happen to’re thinking about shopping for this drone, there are three bundles to select from. The usual model, which incorporates the drone, carrying strap, distant controller, charger, a set of additional propellers, and a joystick, will value you $2,199.

The Fly Extra Combo provides two extra batteries, a charging hub, 4 units of propellers, a carrying case that additionally transforms right into a backpack, and a set of ND filters (ND4, ND8, ND16 and ND32). The Fly Extra Combo will value you $2,999.

And the ultimate bundle is the Cine Premium Combo, which suggests you gained’t be capable to purchase the Cine model of the Mavic 3 with out spending extra money on the equipment that include it — together with a totally model new DJI RC Professional. It’s a distant controller much like the DJI Good Controller that includes a vibrant built-in display. The Cine Premium combo additionally consists of a further set of ND filters (ND64, ND128, ND256, ND512) that you simply gained’t discover within the Fly Extra Combo. Once more, the Cine Premium Combo bundle will value you $4,999. All three bundles can be found to order beginning immediately.