Mavic 2 Zoom camera compared to P4P

John Gowland · Sep 17, 2018

How to test the quality of a camera.
I have seen lots of tests but was unhappy with the kind of tests that are done. They usually just fly high over and area.
I think a better test is to show depth from a low position with foreground and distant areas that can really test a cameras range.
I have a Phantom 4 Pro and a Mavic 2 Zoom(M2Z). I kept the P4P for quality and got the M2Z for close up work because I thought the combination ideal for “my” needs, flora and fauna, nature. The M2Z was not really an expense since I intend (hope) to pay for it with a combos Mavic Pro and Mavic Air, both including extras such as batteries.
But I wanted to compare the cameras of the P4P and the M2Z.
I have included a link. At first sight I thought they were pretty similar. But the more you look at it the more you see the difference. I decided on 5 levels of distance, not including the sky or river and examined each.

My conclusions were many but included how good both cameras are.
Just thought I would share.

Enjoy the food for thought.

rickw · Sep 17, 2018

which one is which ?

John Gowland · Sep 17, 2018

Which one looks better to you

rickw · Sep 17, 2018

the one on the right of course

John Gowland · Sep 17, 2018

That is the P4P. But I think the M2 Zoom is still a great clip and much improved on the Mavic Pro.
What I would like to see is a comparison between a P4P and Mavic 2 Pro camera from a similar point of view, that is low and looking at multiple layers of distance.

Shewie007 · Sep 17, 2018

There are plenty of those comparisons between P4P and Mavic.
Mavic pretty much as expected.
I was suprised how much for example Autel Evo is able to pull from the same sensor.
On par with P4P in daylight.

John Gowland · Sep 17, 2018

You're right Shewie007, there are plenty. But the point I was trying to make is that tests need to demonstrate how cameras cope with varying depths side by side. But I understand if you don't think that is important. I am just learning like most of us and I wanted to know "exactly" why one camera is better than an other.

mavRic32 · Sep 19, 2018

The left side looks overexposed, which is washing out most of the detail in the sky.

John Gowland · Sep 19, 2018

From a thread in P4P and posted by flyboy73
Some main points are that the P4P camera is much better than the M2Pro and M2Zoom. There is not much difference between the M2Pro and M2 Zoom.
A very in depth analysis of the latest DJI cameras.

Snowstorm · Sep 19, 2018

So this guy is saying that DJI has to degrade he camera on Mavic Pro because it is overheating the sensor? I don’t hunk they intentionally held back the camera to preserve the phantom line as they did not say that in any marketing material at all.