There are plenty of videos and channel bait out there, but I wanted to pass on as a mainly Still photographer, working into Video, that with the Mavic Pro 2 DJI got it right.
After the first 2 hours of setup, which always for some reason make me nervous which included:
Firmware update to drone and controller, (done via DJI assistant for Mavic 2) Controller via Djigo4
Activation, (hung for a bit but did take)
Battery charging, may have made a few mistakes in moving to the multiple charger first. But still working that out.
IMU and compass calibration
All done and worked flawless.
Flight:
Drone is solid, quiet, to me as quiet as the MPP. Control are great and flow from DJIGO4 on iPad 10.5" was great. No compass issues and or map issues. No hover or yaw drift (as with P4 Pro Vr 2.0). Net flight characteristics are excellent. I was able to get my mavmount 3.0 to fit, however the rubber holders for the sticks get in the way and keep it from a totally solid mount at least for me. Could resolve with grinding a bit. But it works. CS still has no support odds are won't for a while. But tired my PolarPro CS mount and it will not fit as well, as the rubber holders for sticks keep the mount from getting a good secure mount under the lip of the controller. Can be used but I would use a lanyard.
Only flew it around my yard, so up 400 feet and about 100 feet to 400 feet away. Will get out for a distance test later.
Camera:
I have to say that there are some improvements over the P4 Pro Vr 2.0. I assumed same sensor, same results. All shot raw. Opened in Lightroom. Lightroom sees the files fine, I picked a color profile from the list and worked from there.
Color is impressive, DR is a bit better than the P4 Pro to me. Highlights are way better controlled and you can now expose to the right and not risk blowing out your clouds and sky. I would say about 1.5 stops of range maybe a bit more. Details are good, from F 3.5 to F 6.3 and past you start to see diffraction issues, but up to F8 you can control with sharpening. Noise .5 stop to possibly 1 stop cleaner than what I was seeing in my P4 Pro Vr 2.0. Too bad DJI will not allow a great bracketing stop that .7 as you still need that full -1.34 to 1.34 range. Saturation and color and shadow push are very nice. Lens appears to hold good details full frame 3:2.
Overall, I have to say it's a huge photographic improvement over the MPP. I will defer to the video experts to run on Video.
Paul C
After the first 2 hours of setup, which always for some reason make me nervous which included:
Firmware update to drone and controller, (done via DJI assistant for Mavic 2) Controller via Djigo4
Activation, (hung for a bit but did take)
Battery charging, may have made a few mistakes in moving to the multiple charger first. But still working that out.
IMU and compass calibration
All done and worked flawless.
Flight:
Drone is solid, quiet, to me as quiet as the MPP. Control are great and flow from DJIGO4 on iPad 10.5" was great. No compass issues and or map issues. No hover or yaw drift (as with P4 Pro Vr 2.0). Net flight characteristics are excellent. I was able to get my mavmount 3.0 to fit, however the rubber holders for the sticks get in the way and keep it from a totally solid mount at least for me. Could resolve with grinding a bit. But it works. CS still has no support odds are won't for a while. But tired my PolarPro CS mount and it will not fit as well, as the rubber holders for sticks keep the mount from getting a good secure mount under the lip of the controller. Can be used but I would use a lanyard.
Only flew it around my yard, so up 400 feet and about 100 feet to 400 feet away. Will get out for a distance test later.
Camera:
I have to say that there are some improvements over the P4 Pro Vr 2.0. I assumed same sensor, same results. All shot raw. Opened in Lightroom. Lightroom sees the files fine, I picked a color profile from the list and worked from there.
Color is impressive, DR is a bit better than the P4 Pro to me. Highlights are way better controlled and you can now expose to the right and not risk blowing out your clouds and sky. I would say about 1.5 stops of range maybe a bit more. Details are good, from F 3.5 to F 6.3 and past you start to see diffraction issues, but up to F8 you can control with sharpening. Noise .5 stop to possibly 1 stop cleaner than what I was seeing in my P4 Pro Vr 2.0. Too bad DJI will not allow a great bracketing stop that .7 as you still need that full -1.34 to 1.34 range. Saturation and color and shadow push are very nice. Lens appears to hold good details full frame 3:2.
Overall, I have to say it's a huge photographic improvement over the MPP. I will defer to the video experts to run on Video.
Paul C
