I’m one of those who “upgraded” and to be honest it’s not really out of choice. My barely 2 year old Mavic Pro gimbal just died out and cost me quite a bomb to fix. After that I just sold it. Funny thing is, the
Mavic Air 2 gimbal also just died by it self not so long ago.
Let me echo some of the comments above, the Mavic pro 1 is a hackable and that is a major thing if that’s your thing..
Mavic air 2 pro’s
1. Active track almost works perfectly. If you are careful with trees, power lines, poles, then it is functioning. It is able to create tracking videos much better than the pro 1 which just really doesn’t work most of the time.
2. Flight time is longer if you need it, and it’s important.
3. The camera is better at night when you don’t need to do the stupid auto focus to infinity / manual focus thing.
4. The camera has much better dynamic range in good light, if you notice that the pro 1 is kinda flat in challenging contrast conditions, then
Mavic air 2 is a bit better.
5. The range and occusync 2 in 5.8Ghz is much better than Mp1. Better live view, and better to overcome interference. There will be many instances when you can fly further at the same spot than the mp1.
6. I think that the total package weight and bulk,
ma2 is slightly lighter.
7. Rear sensor does help in reversing.
cons
1. Fly app is not as good, but most things are catching up
2. No litchi is really a big weakness.