The increasingly thin line between toy for wealthy fans tool for professionals begins to fade quickly in the market for drones . As happened in your day with the camera, the sudden appearance of models of high performance and reasonable price begins to bring formerly separate segments so well defined to give rise to a new category of products where DJI wants to play a leading role hand Mavic Pro.
Recently introduced and shown to the European media yesterday in Lisbon, this new drone for the consumer market is seen as a slightly more sophisticated and most expensive alternative -and the GoPro Karma , displaying as its nearest rival in a peculiar folding configuration thanks to which can be easily carried in a suitcase. And naturally also it has a 4K resolution camera to record high - quality video.
Although its folding design could raise suspicions about the strength of the chassis, the fact is that the Mavic Pro appears to be a very well finished. The simple deployment of the rotors conveys solidity, without at any time ABS plastic construction do want to use stronger, heavier materials such as metal.
As usual in the drones of DJI, the blades can be easily replaced in case of accident or when they reach the end of its useful life; simply put pressure on them and are automatically released from its socket.
Once deployed with rotors, the Mavic Pro has a size similar to the Phantom in April . It is not therefore a drone exactly small, although little space in its closed configuration.
DJI sell a small bag for easy transport along with an extra battery and other accessories, but also costs the least seek space in a backpack conventional photographer. In fact, hardly it takes more than a conventional camera, and even his command is extremely compact.
Once in flight, it is confirmed that the Mavic Pro is not a toy. Far from wanting compared with lower - cost models, your remote small control -reminiscente no small extent a gamepad for video games- reveals a precision almost surgical movement and that has little to envy drones higher category. Ascent rate is very high, but even more so is its displacement in Sport mode when the drone can reach a blistering -and yet fully controlables- 65 kilometers per hour.
The remote control has a small monochrome screen, but better use a mobile phone using Android or iOS for direct access to advanced features and connect in real time to the chamber of the apparatus with extremely low latency time.
The official scope of OcuSync video link is up to 7 kilometers. Although control a drone is not easy task for a novice, the controls are simple and almost intuitive. The biggest challenge is to gently move the camera whose vertical tilt is adjusted using a small dial on the back of the Command - while the unit, which does not require little coordination.
While the use of a mobile phone as a screen is more than recommended, its use under direct sunlight may leave something to be desired.
For this reason DJI offer immersion glasses called Goggles, which with two OLED screens resolution Full HD offer very high quality - and illusory image without distortion while flashes and darkening of the image produced are avoided by the Sol. in addition, also they allow monitoring camera drone using only the movement of the head. Unfortunately, DJI has not provided pricing or release date of this handy accessory, which judging by its quality doubtfully will be cheap.
Beyond its compatibility with the viewer immersion DJI Goggles, the Mavic Pro also incorporates some innovations at pilot level. More specifically, it is now able to identify bicycles, dogs and people moving for automatic tracking, including sweeps side, rising rotations and take a bird's eye view.
It is also a drone very safe. Multiple sensors detect obstacles in its vicinity and stop safely to avoid a collision, which proved more than handy during touchdown on a golf course surrounded by large poplars.
The camera, as well as its folding design, is the section that makes Mavic Pro a truly remarkable product. DJI has used the release of its drone consumer to unveil a new design gimbal where a camera is integrated with a sensor 1 / 2.3 - inch capable of recording video in 4K format. As a curiosity, it should be noted that the clear plastic dome shown in official photographs only mission is to protect the camera during transport and it is recommended its removal during flight to prevent reflections and distortions.
According to the information provided by DJI, the captor of unknown paternity has a focal equivalent to 28 mm and can capture video at high resolution with a frame rate of 30 frames per second, or take pictures at 12 megapixels with the ability to store RAW format files (DNG). Tests with preproduction units displaced by DJI to Lisbon show a good image quality, although its obvious use is the video capture rather than as camera flying.
While it is not possible to enter into discussions about the true photographic performance Mavic Pro to enjoy a final unit, your camera is pointed ways. Not only stabilizing the gimbal three axes is extremely effective, showing no trepidations to abruptly stop the drone , but also DJI offer various filters, and has even reached agreements with third - party companies to develop accessories of various kinds.
Will the Mavic Pro that expected drone semiprofessional that allows aerial photography enthusiasts making their first steps while shaking your checking account? It is still early to say, especially given the guided nature of the test. However, DJI has created with this drone an extremely attractive to the most demanding non - professional consumer, and with a price of 1,200 euros even product would not be strange if he found his niche as affordable aerial platform for video production.
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