One big differentiator between the Mavic series and the Air and Mini series has been the aperture of the camera lens – variable for the Mavic, fixed for the others.
I'm curious – does anyone have any rough idea what the materials cost difference is? Obviously, if you go with a Hasselblad lens, that's gonna cost you, but if you are DJI and you are buying just a generic high-quality fixed-aperture lens versus a generic high-quality variable-aperture lens, what's the difference in cost?
I'm asking this as I am heading out to try out my $50 set of STARTRC ND filters, which I wouldn't need if my Air had a variable aperture. I'm guessing that DJI saved less than $50 by giving the Air a fixed-aperture lens, and denied it to the Airs just to keep some distance between the Air and Mavic lines. That makes some business sense, but it's a little irritating. (Having said that, I'm delighted with all the Mavic-line features they did add to the Air 3 – the second lens, waypoints, cruise control, mastershots, etc.)
I'm curious – does anyone have any rough idea what the materials cost difference is? Obviously, if you go with a Hasselblad lens, that's gonna cost you, but if you are DJI and you are buying just a generic high-quality fixed-aperture lens versus a generic high-quality variable-aperture lens, what's the difference in cost?
I'm asking this as I am heading out to try out my $50 set of STARTRC ND filters, which I wouldn't need if my Air had a variable aperture. I'm guessing that DJI saved less than $50 by giving the Air a fixed-aperture lens, and denied it to the Airs just to keep some distance between the Air and Mavic lines. That makes some business sense, but it's a little irritating. (Having said that, I'm delighted with all the Mavic-line features they did add to the Air 3 – the second lens, waypoints, cruise control, mastershots, etc.)