It’s sounding like the
MA2s will be a replacement for the M2Pro in the lineup. The rumors I am hearing is the
MA2s will have a 20MP 1” classic bayer filter sensor with 10 bit color video and shoot 5.4k at up to 30p and 4k up to 60p.
It may not have an adjustable aperture which isn’t a huge deal but I definitely prefer adjustable over fixed.
The
MA2s almost certainly will have an HDR video mode, though, I wasn’t too impressed with that feature in the
MA2, though with a classic bayer filter it may be better (or worse.)
Incremental technology improvements assumes the bit rate will be at least 120mbps and better dynamic range than the M2Pro.
I actually think the
MA2s is shaping up to be closer to what we expected an incremental upgrade to the
Mavic 2 Pro or a
Mavic 3 to look like than a successor to the
Mavic Air 2. If all the rumors are true then either this is our
Mavic 3 or the eventual
Mavic 3 will be radically different from the
Mavic 2 Pro.
One thing I find really interesting in the rumors is what they call “Spotlight 2.0.” This is interesting because one feature of the
Inspire 2 that is invaluable is called Spotlight Pro which locks the camera onto the tracking subject while allowing you to fly the drone manually. The way it is done in the
Inspire 2 which makes it so flexible is you can combine Spotlight Pro with any and all flight modes. So you can use it in Sport mode, waypoints, tapfly, etc. I really hope this functionality makes it into the
Air 2s.
If the
Mavic Air 2s really can do 5.4k in 10-bits this will really be a big step up. The major complaint with the
Mavic 2 Pro was that in 4k it had to window the sensor to get the best quality, “HQ mode,” which meant you no longer were filming with a 1” sensor and took a noise hit because of that. If the
MA2s can record the full width of the sensor this will no longer be an issue.
I don’t expect the photo quality of the
MA2s will be much different from the
M2P