Unfortunately the Air2s is not the star of this promotion and I doubt DJI is relying on this sale to move a bunch of Air2s drones; if anything it's just a part of the big show and no one is worried about how it comes off. Primary, it is likely DJI cannot walk and chew gum at the same time, you don't launch *anything* in the middle of your annual sale because you don't want to overburden the support, impact the logistics, affect the supply chain, confused the DJI workers, store people, etc. If DJI is like most companies, they have launch windows or blocks of dates where you launch new product since you don't want new stuff to show up any time of the year, any time of the month. Everyone can plan around it. During the planning, the promotion don't go on top of the launch windows. All of this is irrespective of the drone models or the contents of the promotion. ie. you wouldn't want to launch FPV2 this week either. That would be my take on why it's likely you won't see Air3 until next week. Doesn't DJI launch on Tuesdays I thought?
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It would take a substantial upgrade in camera for me to want to upgrade. The Air2S, which is not the best camera on DJI drones, is good enough for what I do. Now if it were a micro 4/3 sensor with interchangeable lenses... I might look at it. I am interested in the new tech to see what they come up with next, just not that interested in purchasing it.
Like you, I have a Nikon camera. I upgraded to the Z6ii from a D700. Sold all F lenses and bought the Z14-30, Z24-120, and am waiting on the Z180-600. That will more than likely be my last camera outfit I own. I'll see how long I can keep the air2s airborne. I presume as long as batteries are available, it should fly until I do something stupid and crash it, or DJI just stops supporting it and allowing me to log in with it. When that happens, I will probably give up the drone hobby completely.
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Wait to see the price of the Air 3 and your Mavic 3 will loose half of his value.
The first DJI Air 3 price leak is in and it's actually pretty reasonable
While it is unlikely that DJI will announce the Air 3 this week, leaks regarding the new drone continue to...
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If you mean the original Mavic 3, it still has the upper hand on being a micro-4/3rd sensor, also depending on where they cripple the Air 3 in terms of software features.Wait to see the price of the Air 3 and your Mavic 3 will loose half of his value.
The first DJI Air 3 price leak is in and it's actually pretty reasonable
While it is unlikely that DJI will announce the Air 3 this week, leaks regarding the new drone continue to...
Yeah, but honestly the difference between a micro 4/3 rd sensor and a good 1 inch sensor is almost invisible.
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Not the only one, but is a significant one (aside from being a micro-4/3 sensor vs 1")
Seems if they come out with a Phantom 5, the main difference on that to the Mavic 3 Pro (or any of the non-enterprise models) is that it'll have a mechanical shutter while the Mavic won't.
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I'm no lawyer, but I suspect if your perfectly well-working drone suddenly became completely unable to fly because of something DJI did you'd have a pretty strong tort case in most countries.
Problem is, the prospect of success in a lawsuit isn't enough. Has to be worth it. The opportunity cost in pursuing such a case IMO isn't – by quite a big margin.
What to do? Flip DJI off, come here and complain mightily, then go buy a new DJI drone. Before you get the DT's from not flying
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Is a micro 4/3 (1.33") different in some other ways from the 1" sensor, or is "micro" meaningless in the above statement?
And I disagree... assuming the same pixel density, 33% larger pixels will gather 33% more light, which is a large difference in noise and Dynamic Range.
Resolution ain't everything. In fact at the resolutions we're working with these days, noise, low-light performance and DR are of much greater interest to many of us.
for the 4/3" sensor 
I sold my Mavic 3 last week(the 2 lens one). Bought for $2100, sold for $1400 and ebay got $200 off it.Wait to see the price of the Air 3 and your Mavic 3 will loose half of his value.
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Here in the US it's more likely that US ISPs would block DJI servers due to sanctions or such, before DJI themselves shut them down.I'm no lawyer, but I suspect if your perfectly well-working drone suddenly became completely unable to fly because of something DJI did you'd have a pretty strong tort case in most countries.
Problem is, the prospect of success in a lawsuit isn't enough. Has to be worth it. The opportunity cost in pursuing such a case IMO isn't – by quite a big margin.
What to do? Flip DJI off, come here and complain mightily, then go buy a new DJI drone. Before you get the DT's from not flying
Look at a side by side comparison between the Mini 3 Pro / Air 2S and the Mavic 3. It's sometimes hard to tell a difference, even in low light. We will see that when the Air 3 will come out but I bet that the image quality will be as good if not better as on the Mavic 3 and in any type of situation. It was already the case between the Air 2S and the Mavic 2 Pro.Is a micro 4/3 (1.33") different in some other ways from the 1" sensor, or is "micro" meaningless in the above statement?
And I disagree... assuming the same pixel density, 33% larger pixels will gather 33% more light, which is a large difference in noise and Dynamic Range.
Resolution ain't everything. In fact at the resolutions we're working with these days, noise, low-light performance and DR are of much greater interest to many of us.
Really.. a 1" sensor is 116mm2 and a 4/3 is 225mm2! a nearly 100% increase in sensor area might be invisible to a blind person.
as mentioned above 1" sensor area is 116 sq mm. 4/3s have 225 sq mm.Is a micro 4/3 (1.33") different in some other ways from the 1" sensor, or is "micro" meaningless in the above statement?
And I disagree... assuming the same pixel density, 33% larger pixels will gather 33% more light, which is a large difference in noise and Dynamic Range.
Resolution ain't everything. In fact at the resolutions we're working with these days, noise, low-light performance and DR are of much greater interest to many of us.
The "Micro" part is meaningless WRT the sensor - 4/3rds is the sensor size developed by Olympus and a couple of other DSLR camera companies that had penta prism (reflex) and moving mirror shutter systems..
When Olympus and Panasonic developed their mirrorless digital cameras the lenses and mounts were able to be shrunk to a much smaller size (because the sensor is much closer to the lens system without a mirror-box) which they called Micro 4/3 and created the M4/3 standard which distinguished the mounts and lenses from the 4/3 mount lenses which were much larger.
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