Got to play with an Inspire 3 last night.

[karlblessing]

Had a fun opportunity to try out the DJI Inspire 3 last night with Kara Murphy who is doing the review of the Inspire 3 for DPReview (which is back now, due to a partnership with GearPatrol).

Over the course of 3 pairs of batteries we took turns swapping controllers to either be the pilot or the camera person since the Inspire 3 has a dual operator setup. Thanks to Richard Kates and Dylan Kaeigh Cutler lending their 35mm and 50mm to Kara, I was also able to try out those focal lengths as well.

Got some near sunset footage as well as some after dark videos. Some serious hardware like a car sitting next to my DJI Air 2S, the DJI RC Plus controller was also something else.

Going to get ahold of some of the footage later so I can try some editing with it. Initial footage was H264, but when I got the camera controller for my turn I switched it over to ProRes 422 HQ for the night stuff. Couldn't try CineDNG since a license for it wasn't purchased on the unit.

 

[3rdof5]

Very cool!

 

[karlblessing]

Test edit with the footage we captured. Didn't have too much time to go thru the bulk of it so I basically just chose ProRes 422 at 24p (since I don't get to do that with my Air 2s), and when I had control of the camera I changed the white balance from the 6500K it was previously on from sunset.

I like it, just feel like it's definitely best used as a 2 operator drone (or some sort of team), if I had to pick for a solitary drone I'd probably try to get a Mavic 3 Pro.