I knew nothing nor cared nothing about photography. I bought the mavic just for the thrill of flying it. I have not been disappointed in the least. I have found myself getting more and more sucked into the videography aspect of things the longer I have it, and I still hate the editing process (time-consuming and I'm not a patient person), but I do enjoy going back and watching some of the stuff that I shoot and always trying to improve on it. Plus, the only thing that the wife likes about this expensive toy is that we now have amazing vacation videos.
I always record every flight from beginning to end, just in case anything interesting happens, so if I review it later I can see what differences the various camera settings make, and tweak them to make them better over time. I just use iMovie for editing : free, easy, and does a lot of cool things for an amateur like me.
I never have a burning desire to go outside and film something, per se, but I do have a constant craving to just fly around a few times every week since I've had it, weather permitting. Even if it's just taking off from my yard and flying it around the neighborhood - still fun! And I'm constantly on the lookout for what
would make a cool shot from mavic, which can be difficult to find in the city. It's been 10 months and I still enjoy just flying it around the park or the neighborhood or the nearby lake just as much as the day I got it. I just added the
DJI goggles a month ago to add to the whole experience - LOVE them.
As a geek, nerd, wanna-be-pilot, speed junkie, immature man who still likes playing with toys, I think I just get-off on the speed, power and accuracy and the preciseness of the controls, in awe of all the incredible technology working seamlessly together to make it happen, while communicating with 20 satellites, etc. I like to haul-*ss across the lake at low levels, dive-bomb pigeon flocks, do high-speed spins and spirals forwards and backwards as fluidly as possible and just marvel at the degree of control I have while watching it dance in the sky. (I fly in sport mode most of the time.)
And then I usually enjoy sitting on the couch afterwards watching some pretty cool 4K footage on the giant flat-screen that (almost) looks like it was taken by pro, while listening to "Highway To the Danger Zone" with my sunglasses on in my underwear and singing into a hairbrush..... oops... too far?
So "NO", you don't have to enjoy photography or cinematography to really enjoy the mavic, IMO.
