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    Mini 3 Pro beats Air2S in both photo and video

    As it happens, my university degree was in physics, and I understand how this works very well. A number of other people in the thread with relevant experience are agreeing it's true, but let's go back to first principles and I'll explain it for you. Power-to-weight ratio determines how well a...
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    Mini 3 Pro beats Air2S in both photo and video

    As has been pointed out in this thread, the advantage of a heavier drone isn't in respect to steady winds (where the power-to-weight ratio are what's critical) but with respect to gusts that cause the drone to accelerate one way or another. Since the camera is on a stabilized gimbal, really the...
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    Mini 3 Pro beats Air2S in both photo and video

    The M3P's camera (judging from those chart images) is pretty impressive, and it does seem to outperform the Air 2s camera in some meaningful ways. Not really a surprise, considering it's a couple years newer. However, in addition to some of the comments about video above, if regulation is not...