The drone takes off swiftly and smoothly without any jerky movements or pauses. It also descends steadily and lands softly. Overall, the Mavic 3 is a joy to fly — it almost feels like it's moving effortlessly, floating around the sky even.
I am curious to see how these features perform on the Mavic 3 series once they become available. Of course you'd never want to fly this far but what this means is that there will be a clear transmission and the drone is less likely to lose its connection, especially if it flies behind an obstacle.
Like its predecessor, it supports both 2. In ideal conditions, it can fly up to 46 minutes: 15 minutes longer than the Mavic 2 series or Air 2S. The Mavic 3 can travel at up to The standard Mavic 3 supports memory cards up to 2TB and contains 8GB of onboard internal storage should you forget a card or run out of space. The Mavic 3 Cine contains 1TB of internal storage plus a memory card slot. You many need to use the latter as a backup if you're shooting a good deal of ProRes footage.
If you've ever panicked about running out of space on a memory card, experienced corruption, or lost one, you'll especially appreciate this feature on the Cine. Instead of the drone flying to a certain altitude that you predetermine, it'll identify the shortest and most efficient path and bypass obstacles within a m range to get back to the home point. I look forward to testing this after launch when I know it'll be fully functional.
The Cine Premium combo comes with two sets of ND filters. Even with a variable aperture, these will give you smoother video and hyperlapse footage in bright conditions by allowing you to properly adjust the shutter. It also includes a sturdy 10Gbps Lightspeed Data Cable that transfers your files from the drone, especially the ProRes clips, rather quickly. The cable's material is interwoven and sturdy. It doesn't appear to be something that will tear or come undone over time.
As stated earlier, this app was debuted two years ago with the Mavic Mini — a drone aimed at beginners. Even though the Air 2S could work for some professional use cases, it's still priced in a range that makes it a justifiable purchase for consumers.
The Mavic 3 series is clearly aimed at professional drone pilots, given its pricing. Why does DJI's Phantom 4, which was released over five years ago warrant these sophisticated photography settings compared to a drone that costs substantially more? I may have mentioned the Autel EVO II has a messy app in a review, but the company had the right idea including settings a professional photographer desires.
The Fly app was built with more casual consumers in mind. Why would it be incorporated into a drone aimed at professionals? I'm also having a difficult time processing no pun intended the fact that DJI is offering up a digital zoom, versus an optical one, on such a pricey drone.
What's even more perplexing is that the files can only be saved as JPEGs. Some professional photographers and videographers tend to delve into inspections and other industrial use cases. Why did the Mavic 2 Zoom offer up some optical capabilities while the Mavic 3 does not?
Then there's a pertinent issue with the unique shape of the lens, though DJI may already have a solution for what's pointed out below. Looks like a circular polarizer is going to be hard to implement for the Mavic 3. This isn't to say that there aren't aspects of the Mavic Cine 3 that would make it a good fit for creative professionals. What most people need to know is that this codec isn't necessary for their workflow.
The files are gigantic and you'll need a powerful MacBook to process them. When operating with a few dozen photos already taken, I had the ability to record about one hour of ProRes HQ footage. To give you some context, as soon as I switched back to.
MOV files at H. The other files took about one minute, tops. These files may not be as finely detailed but a lot of that effort could get lost with ProRes clips if you're uploading them to YouTube or social channels. Commercial films and the like will benefit from having material filmed on Apple ProRes. Most people will be fine with what the basic Mavic 3 model has to offer.
I am a fan of the variable aperture, which was also available on the Mavic 2 Pro. It does make customizing your settings for photo and video less frustrating compared to the Air 2S. The quality of the imagery, especially at night, is also very good.
I was delighted that there wasn't any grain in my images captured in the dark. Finally, it's nice to have a drone that has proper obstacle avoidance sensors covering each side of the drone, an issue with the Mavic 2 series if they worked, it was usually in Tripod mode.
The release of the Mavic 3 series is long-awaited and for the most part, it delivers. My disappointment comes from the fact that more abilities to customize your photo settings weren't included. DJI periodically updates its firmware, so the company could surprise us in the future. And since they never cannibalize their product line, I can't help but wonder what's next? What's yet to come might offer the Hasselblad color profile, an optical zoom, and possibly even interchangeable lenses on an aircraft that can easily be carried around.
I got to test the Cine Premium combo. I am really impressed with the carrying case that converts to a back pack, the Intelligent flight batteries that are easy to insert, now in the back of the drone, and the close to 45 realistic minutes of flight time.
It's nice to go out and know you'll have over two hours to get your desired shots with three fully-charged batteries. The drone is easy and enjoyable to fly and maneuver.
I also found the new gimbal guard so much more convenient to attach and remove. The fact that omnidirectional obstacle avoidance worked when I was flying in Normal mode is a bonus. I look forward to trying out the features that aren't available yet, especially APAS 5. APAS 4. A cellular transmission dongle will also become available in the future although we are told that it is not expected to be available in North America, the European Union, or the United Kingdom and this will help the drone keep its connection in congested areas, especially if it's flying between buildings.
All in all, the Mavic 3 series may not be perfect, but it represents DJI's ability to innovate and iterate with every new release. Please do not reproduce any of these images without prior permission see our copyright page. I don't see why anyone would spend that much money.
As a result, the corner noise level is unusually high after correction. For video, it might not bring huge advantage over Mavic 2 pro or Mavic Air 2S. Watch that from to in the video.
For video the 3 is superior but at a hefty price increase. The best bang for the bug is no doubt the M2Pro. How difficult can it be for a company like DJI to offer at least some degree of backwards compatibility? Every camera manufacturer on earth manages to do that, and most other makers of electronic gear. Not willing or not able to. Pick your poison. Once the controller is out of juice, the day is over.
This is a particularly big problem since the controller batteries don't seem to hold up well over time. My Phantom 4 controller now lasts for little more than an hour, which means that as a work tool, it's moving closer to the trash can every day, potentially taking the drone and accessories with it.
DJI has the product philosophy of a toy factory. One day shiny new, the next day trash. For a company that approaches Leica levels when it comes to pricing, that is rather shocking.
But with gullible consumers queueing up, they seem to have hit a gold mine in any case. Can we address the elephants in the room? These new drones offer BVLOS and night flying features that probably require FAA certification for commercial operations, plus careful flight-plan authorization and remote ID by mid Then there are municipal, park, or private parties apt to restrict launchings or "aerial surveillance.
No drone is immune to electrical wires or tree twigs. No shutter or aperture priority modes? I prefer to set one or the other and use exposure compensation to fine tune.
I don't shoot video, so the basic camera functions are most important to me. No way I'm going to reward DJI for such mistreatment of long-term customers! Otherwise you're clearly untrustworthy to loyal users. Criticism in this review and others comments are a bit overly harsh. I agree with an earlier post that this title is clickbait.
The pictures can be saved as DNG, the reviewer says Jpg only which is incorrect. The advantages of the GO 4 App may make a professional feel like they have more control, but this is an unnecessary illusion in the first place. ProRes is absolutely necessary for higher quality video and anyone who would choose less doesn't have image quality at their highest concern.
True, I professionally used h. The camera is still limited but this makes it better. It's expensive but worth it if you want this to be your main drone for professional work and can't afford or use a bigger drone. I attached a nx to my Phantom 2 years ago and been getting 28mp images for years, with sharp image due to setting high shutter speed, it would take a Ar7 series too, bit of guess work, but once you know about photography its easy to predict right settings and get a great image, all of which are far superior to these 20mp phone quality images from a overpriced drone, at least the cine version.
I have 2 Phantom 4 Pro and Adv , great tools, good controls fully satisfactory images. I can't understand why somebody could be angry at this new release. If we are looking for better performance, it is quite reasonable and simple to choose a truly pro device. Ironically, the high prices of these gadgets made consider the amazing Sony drone not so expensive anymore, could be a better move as I already own some compatible gear.
I don't think its asking too much for a company to release a drone with more megapixels than the model they released nearly 3 years earlier. I waited 18 months for this thing, held off by a drone through fear of it being outdated by this but its fine, I can gladly buy the Air 2s. So this is a TapouT Purchased the Air S2 on Monday Thanks for this first review.
A few questions remain open, though, and further sample images would be needed for example at golden hour into the sun and with the sun in the back, as well as shots done at f2. Question for example: what is the transfer rate of the provided "Lightspeed" cable with the Cine Version? Is it Thunderbolt 1 level at all? One of the few times a DP Review article title seemed like clickbait.
All cameras have pro and cons. Since they all have cons, every camera reviewed falls short. For some reason, image quality is so-so. I was pretty happy with p4P camera - it's truly great and sharp, this one should be more impressive but it's not. For me as an aerial photographer after having downloaded and processed those raw files, I see lots of noise and not good I Age quality, reminds me of the Inspire 1 camera Zenmuse X5, not vary good.
I would love to have a full frame camera possibly when the Inspire 3 comes out. The larger sensor of the Mavic 3. The 46 min. Just note that the Mavic 3 does not have a mechanical shutter, so for orthomosaic maps and 3D models, you might have to stop and hover for each image taken, increasing the time required to fly the mission. Are photos taken in motion or in very windy condition? Could you tell me how the adjustable aperture is controlled.
How is the aperture controlled with the Mavic 3. I'm not gonna lie, it sucks. How many years did they have to get this ready? This is how they reward early adopters? I'm less than pleased with DJI. At least let us use the Go 4 app so we have some control back! Looking back at the early videos produced by experts around when I got my Phantom 3 pro, they were truly impressive. I wonder if the Mavic 3 is worth the money? There is a huge gap in photographic splendor between photographers with true ability and those who have money to burn and desire the best spec that their cash can buy.
I suspect most enthusiasts with real creative ability will still churn out great imagery with cheaper drones. Although I have never lost a drone, many have.
What about continuous shooting photos with Mavic 3. There is almost nothing available to us on the Fly app. Next to nothing. You can shoot a regular single image, brackets, and that's it. No hyper lapse. No pano. No burst. No nothing. If I had it to do over, I would have just stayed with my Mavic 2 Pro. What's that, an agency sent you a booking order but they specify the footage needs to be ProRes? Oh but your drone doesn't do that Not sure if your are joking - but footage can be transcoded without any hussle to ProRes.
It wont be possible to tell the difference in the final files The points about ProRes don't make sense to me - ProRes should be easier to process, not more difficult.
And why do you need a MacBook to edit with them? Is it some proprietary format that only a Mac can use? There are ways of editing footage encoded with on Windows. That's hard to believe - even DPReview's own website says that's not correct.
So I bet that's not correct. And beyond that, why only MacBook? That doesn't make sense even from an Apple-only standpoint. ElectricPics - no, prores is not proprietary. It works perfectly fine on any windows machine.
Premiere and Davinci can work with it directly even with prores RAW and can also encode to prores. Its just better optimized on macos especialy on the m1 macbook pro I worked on both system without any problem with Prores. ProRes works fine in Windows as well and Apple even makes the code available to developers for proper encoding and decoding. Premiere, Resolve, even Vegas Pro support it natively. The samples at the end n. Even the 38, 39 from the main camera at iso may actually look worse than Air 2S dpreview gallery.
Something seems wrong.. Why is it underexposed so much? Better gallery needed. In addition, nearly all the photos are of landscapes. How about some pictures where the drone is between 30 and 50 feet away from the subject where some detail can be seen? These were taken on a beta version of the app. And they're unedited. I'm collecting more imagery through the week as more features become available. Especially that tele would need a spot on exposure. In theory it could be somewhat better than the even smaller sensor i Mini 2.
Maybe dji does some computational trickery with it or maybe the FOV will result in less pictures where DR will be a problem no sky in image , but my guess is the tele will not be usable for anything serious. I had a MP2 for a week before returning it to amazon due to the left side of the image being blurry. I received another with the right side being that way. I decided to not bother. What do you mean here is not very clear. And why GO 4 app is better? Can you explain?
I wish someone would explain this. I just got mine Sunday and I'd return it if I could. I feel like I'd be better off with my Mavic 2 Pro. DPReview Isn't this a mistake in the article? I assume that it is a 6. That would make sense as 6. The tele lens gets you 7x optical zoom. So with 7x selected, you're all optical zoom, no digital. And it shoots only jpg at 7x anything with the zoom camera is jpg only at this point.
I'm very disappointed. You mention the ProRes file size is massive at 30 seconds and it over an hour to copy. How big was that file? I've seen that make a big difference on transfer speed. You can change all those things, just no aperture or shutter priority modes. It just takes forever using the touchscreen. Don't buy it now. Wait until the firmware update in January. It's not worth it now.
You'll be mad you got it, and end up using your Mavic 2 because of the functionality. The Mavic 3 is, currently, not great. Who can clarify this? Anybody aware if there is a auto-panorama RAW stills mode for the tele lens?
Should help a lot offsetting its small sensor size and make it usable for photographers. LOL, you can't even shoot a pano, period, with the 3. And you can't shoot RAW with the tele. This drone is a disappointment until a bevy of things are fixed. I'm disappointed in my purchase for sure. Wait til January at least when the firmware update rolls out.
You'll regret this purchase currently. Fly more kit seems pricey too. Can charge first battery in car while flying 2nd battery It is recommended that batteries should be allowed to cool down before charging. That will ensure longer life and better reliability, so fundamental on a flying device. But yes, more than 1 hour of operation is likely enough for an average user.
Yeah I know Except that it is expensive, I don't see where it falls short? Complete nonsense, this is definitely the best you can get right now. The reviewer thought the app was lacking and since changes could not be made for specifications that she wanted. I think I trust the reviewer since there was a hands-on experience. The app is just an app that is continuously updated, what's important is the specs of the drone such as photos and videos capabilities..
Doesn't fly app have shutter and aperture priority modes? If not I surmise they will add them. I actually have the mini 2 with the fly app and I won't buy another drone using that app. The go 4 in my phantom 4 adv is in another league. There is nothing right now to suggest that the fly app will get upgrades so that it could compete with the go 4. The mavic 3 is a very uneven product with too high a price. AcerK, you sound like you work for dji, do you?
I'll tell you where it falls short: No aperture mode. No shutter mode. No burst mode. No raw images with the zoom camera. The Fly app is a disaster - anemic control over a pro-level drone. Controller offers less functionality than the Mavic 2 Pro predecessor you're seriously going to make me tap on the screen to control my exposure instead of giving me a dial?? I don't care whether some of these issues will eventually be fixed with a firmware update.
You're asking someone to shell out nearly 2x what the previous version costs and offering me completely crippled functionality as an early adopter? I'll be taking my Mavic 2 Pro out until January when hopefully some of these issues are fixed and they come to their senses and increase the functionality to mimic the Go 4 app or just let us use the Go 4 app.
Extremely disappointed in this purchase. Quite confused on this Kara, forgetting the Cine version which I think most people will including pros like me! Is D-log the only 10bit format on this thing? What happened to HLG? Or is that what they are calling H? What DJI aren't taking into account with cine package is that the ProresHQ files are HUGE, so not only do we get slugged for a ridiculous increase to just get a controller and an extra codec, but we have to spend maybe thousands on getting extra storage.
I think they will have to hugely reduce the price on the top end package, but they may do it too late. Everyone is doing their sums right now. What are your thoughts? And the cost is prohibiting a whimsical upgrade. This is basically aimed at travelling pros now as only a small percentage of consumers will want to dish out this money.
I'm also likely to crop it to , so I will end up with less resolution. I wish they didn't overthink it and just put there a mm zoom ala rx with 1" sensor. You are better off with an upgrade to the Air 2S. Flying a Inspire 2 with most X5s f1. Especially the X7 shoots excellent stills. Chrimal - The Air 2s doesnt really seem an upgrade.
I'd like a smaller lighter drone, but that seems like an upgrade in some areas and a downgrade in others. Same 20mp sensor, Air 2 has a wider field of view which I wouldn't want. Air 2 does have the adjustable aperture which I use all the time. The camera moves up and down, but not left-right. Don't tell me there is no way for the lens to be recessed a little bit more into the drone body.
It's super easy to knock it off. Disaster waiting to happen, like it did happen with my Mavic Pro. DJI - please recess the camera in the body. If you recess the camera into the body, you restrict what you can shoot with it because rotating the camera upwards will show the underside of the drone. No one is going to knock the camera off lol. What are you doing with it, playing football? The camera does not need to point up. If the drone slides off a shelf, table or backpack, the camera breaks first.
Propellers are ok, etc. It happened to me and I am not the only one. The price was a complete shocker. I too am considering just purchasing an M2P. As usual with DJI, you're supposed to dump your old gear and buy new everything.
But glad to see that the lenses are optically better than in the DJI drones with 1 inch sensored cameras. Something really disappointing to me is that it uses the same controller as the Air 2S.
I owned it and sold it for the M2P a few months back, and much preferred the customizable buttons and extra dial of the Mavic although, did find the Air controller much better to hold and put a larger phone into. This feels less "pro". Excellent piece of technology. However, the fundamental problem with buying consumer drones in the last years, is that in most places you'd want to fly them, you can't fly them anymore, not legally anyway.
And every year drone regulations are getting tighter everywhere. It's not necessarily bad, since there's too many reckless idiots who are doing dangerous stuff, but it certainly renders the future of the consumer drones market to be dark, and makes buying a drone very questuonable investment, unless you are full time professional drone pilot with a license.
Same, one day perhaps. I guess the prices should drop in the next few years as drones gain more popularity, and tech improves. I was ready to click buy on the Cine version today, but I'm so disappointed it records in Apple ProRes. ProRes these days is highly supported by most editing software, just not by Black Magic as they feel the need to protect their own BMRaw. And with the new Macs ProRes is blazingly fast.
Even if retrospective certification could be introduced which is doubtful you don't want to be arguing with a jobsworth that your unmarked drone is really certified after all. For this price it really needs to be future proofed. Not DJI's fault? DJI forum moderators are now confirming that the existing smart controller isn't compatible with the M3 due to new data protocols. Odd that the first larger sensor device to employ proper computational tricks would be a drone and not a larger camera where weight isn't so important.
In essence this is a flying MFT sensor with the computing power of a modern smartphone and adjustable aperture. My goodness. I don't shoot video, even on my video-capable cams, so I have no basis to comment on that aspect of this critter, and my days of boom-shot real estate photography are far behind me, but this would be something really, really useful for anyone involved in RE marketing and advertising.
What is really stunning is the level of tech that is jammed into this little drone. Pretty much any DJI drone in the last few years will do great for the Realestate market. You don't have to spend a boatload to get good images. Also with cine end of things, they'll just go for Inspires and Matrices, so depending on what you do, this drone could either be high end or entry level. If you think it's too expensive, you aren't the target market.
This is closer to a mini Inspire 2 for half the price than it is the outgoing M2P. I've been using drones professionally since the original Phantom and I don't think DJI will be able to keep these in stock.
I think people understand perfectly, but I also think DJI overestimated who is actually buying these drones. They just made a huge marketing mistake and could have better given it a new productname instead. Yes it is a large step forward, but we are talking about the iteration of a single model and then all of a sudden a dollar price increase is just too much to sell this to your existing customers.
Well, I would disagree to some extend. Suddenly, you start feeling an apathy towards your job, when you previously took pride in it. Then cynicism sets in. Your productivity drops, or at least it feels that way. You just feel even more tired. Burnout, though, is not a recent phenomenon. Queen Latifah revealed all to Parade about her struggle with burnout as well. Selena Gomez, just 26, took a career hiatus in to overcome burnout, explaining that she even switched off her cell phone for 90 days.
Finding time to recharge helped Latifah feel better mentally and physically. As I said, we tend to think of burnout as affecting doctors, teachers, office workers. Now, forced productivity or not feeling a sense of purpose at a day job are just two of the reasons.
On the contrary, many people are doing work they consider more important than ever. Many of us have been cut off from the people and activities that gave our life meaning before.
But more than a year on, says Torsten Voigt, a sociologist at RWTH Aachen University in Germany who has researched burnout, this initial expenditure of energy may be catching up with us.
People in lower-paid jobs are in fact at particular risk of burnout, precisely because they are given less resources and less support. The world in which burnout was initially conceived was quite different to the one we live and work in today. The gig economy, automation, smartphones, zoom calls have transformed the way many of us work. Though the World Health Organisation has not defined burnout as an occupational disease, the symptoms of burnout have become medical.
Living through the pandemic has been making us sick. Any primary-care doctor will tell you that the physical-health toll of collective trauma — high blood pressure, headaches, herniated discs — have become quite common. And this has been before many people have returned to the office or resumed their pre-pandemic schedules. The mental-health crisis of the pandemic is also very real. According to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a staggering four in 10 adults reported symptoms of anxiety and depression, a quadrupling of the pre-pandemic rate.
More than one in four mothers reported that the pandemic has had a major impact on their mental health. I do not suppose that people in Malta have been spared the crisis, though the percentages may be different. This may be little comfort to those suffering, but this moment may pose an opportunity to rethink our roles at work and to reconsider our relationship with work — not just on an individual level, but on a societal one.
Addressing burnout in a systemic way could mean reducing workloads, redistributing resources, or rethinking workplace hierarchies. One suggestion, is to give people more autonomy in their roles so that they can play to their individual strengths — fitting the job around the person rather than making a person fit into the job. But it could also mean grappling with broader inequalities, in the workplace and beyond.
This could mean improving a toxic company culture, adapting parental leave and childcare policies, or introducing more flexible working. It could be offering more social support to parents and carers.
It could mean making sure everyone has decent working rights and a living wage. Making system changes is difficult. Feeling like a zombie. Frans Camilleri 6 min. Same Author Economy. Notify of. Inline Feedbacks. Most Read.
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