Interesting news. In another very recent thread it was posited that any optical zoom in a consumer drone is unlikely and quite a few reasonable explanations were given for that position. Now dronexl.co seems to think differently. To quote them:
"Based on a rough translation, it seems that one of the payloads of the new DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and Thermal drones will feature the following:
I just got the Mini 3 much to my wife's chagrin. If the Mav3 with optical zoom comes out soon, I'll most likely have to check for the Couch Surfing forum here...
"Based on a rough translation, it seems that one of the payloads of the new DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and Thermal drones will feature the following:
- A 3m–1200m laser range finder
- A 24MP, 1-inch CMOS sensor
- 3 – 16 times optical zoom
- Up to 300 times hybrid zoom"
I just got the Mini 3 much to my wife's chagrin. If the Mav3 with optical zoom comes out soon, I'll most likely have to check for the Couch Surfing forum here...