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I finally got a chance to fly the Mavic 4 pro in good conditions with real photo subjects today and I'm impressed.
All three cameras exhibit significant improvements over those of the Mavic 3 pro.
They all show greater dynamic range.
I always had problems with shadow detail and highlights in clouds but today's results are a game changer.
Here are a couple of examples ...click twice on the images to see them at large sizes.

Here's a shot with the 6X long tele.
The areas under the bow and the front which is out of the sun, are showing detail just as well as those parts which are lit by the sun.
Cloud detail is good, as are the colours.
DJI_20250610115158_0002a-4K.jpg


The 2.5X short tele is also very good for shadow detail as well as highlights ..
DJI_20250610115318_0023a-4K.jpg


The 1X wideangle performs just as well.
The images straight from the camera are quite good and hardly any tweaking is required.
All my previous DJI cameras tended to slightly overexpose at EV 0 and I would always shoot at EV -0.3 or -0.7 to get correct exposure.
The Mavic 4 pro gives pretty good exposure at or about EV 0 and the way that changes to settings for any of the cameras are applied to all the cameras, whether that's exposure or changing resolution.
DJI_20250610120204_0107a-4K.jpg


Car carriers are the ugliest things afloat but the Mavic 4 pro does a good job of making this ugly duckling look pretty good.
This new drone looks like it's a keeper and the 3 pro will be sold.
 
Are you using any kind of noise reduction with these images? I am especially impressed with the level of detail in the 2.5x and 6x images compared to what I am used to working with from my Mavic 3 Pro.
 
It really is an improvement over m3p. Both mid and long tele required lots of work and denoise to look good. The same lenses on the m4p are much cleaner and sharper
 
I finally got a chance to fly the Mavic 4 pro in good conditions with real photo subjects today and I'm impressed.
All three cameras exhibit significant improvements over those of the Mavic 3 pro.
They all show greater dynamic range.
I always had problems with shadow detail and highlights in clouds but today's results are a game changer.
Here are a couple of examples ...click twice on the images to see them at large sizes.

Here's a shot with the 6X long tele.
The areas under the bow and the front which is out of the sun, are showing detail just as well as those parts which are lit by the sun.
Cloud detail is good, as are the colours.
DJI_20250610115158_0002a-4K.jpg


The 2.5X short tele is also very good for shadow detail as well as highlights ..
DJI_20250610115318_0023a-4K.jpg


The 1X wideangle performs just as well.
The images straight from the camera are quite good and hardly any tweaking is required.
All my previous DJI cameras tended to slightly overexpose at EV 0 and I would always shoot at EV -0.3 or -0.7 to get correct exposure.
The Mavic 4 pro gives pretty good exposure at or about EV 0 and the way that changes to settings for any of the cameras are applied to all the cameras, whether that's exposure or changing resolution.
DJI_20250610120204_0107a-4K.jpg


Car carriers are the ugliest things afloat but the Mavic 4 pro does a good job of making this ugly duckling look pretty good.
This new drone looks like it's a keeper and the 3 pro will be sold.
My Mavic 3's main camera can do better as the ocean color in this shot doesn't look natural.
 
Good report, thanks for sharing.

I look forward to having my Mavic 4 Pro order filled about the same time the Mavic 7 Pro is announced...;-)
 
Good to see this improvements !!
 

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