Mavic 2 zoom or mavic air 2?

[Infide1]

I have a chance to get any mavic drone 70% off retail price. I currently own a mavic air. Pretty happy with it but I would like the extra flight time and range of the 2 drones in the title. Which one should I get? I use the drone for personal entertainment, no business requirements. I am leaning towards the zoom. I really miss the ability to come closer to the subject without risking the drone, and since I live in Europe I would like to easily enable FCC mode. The method to do that is much more complicated for the mavic air 2. Is there something else is should be considering?

 

[DavidT_ NZ]

I have a chance to get any mavic drone 70% off retail price. I currently own a mavic air. Pretty happy with it but I would like the extra flight time and range of the 2 drones in the title. Which one should I get? I use the drone for personal entertainment, no business requirements. I am leaning towards the zoom. I really miss the ability to come closer to the subject without risking the drone, and since I live in Europe I would like to easily enable FCC mode. The method to do that is much more complicated for the mavic air 2. Is there something else is should be considering?

I bought an Air 2 Fly More Combo in May. Very pleased with the quality of daytime still frames and video and ease of use and when DJI updated the firmware a couple of weeks ago and added a 4x digital zoom in 1080 res, it was taken from being a great drone to excellent! The digital zoom is very clear and makes close up aerial Inspections much safer. I think you would enjoy flying and filming with this drone.

 

[SmilingOgre]

That's a tough one for me. If you already have the Air 2 it might be hard to justify the cost of the Mavic 2. I like the Mavic 2 better as I have much more control over the camera, but both produce some very sharp video. The additional side sensors are nice as well but not infallible. I find no appreciable difference in flight time. They are both very capable drones, IMHO.

 

[Crashdummytest]

The M2P (and M2Z) supports FPV with the Goggles out of the box, the MA2 does not unfortunately. For me the M2P or Z is a better choice as I want FPV with gimbal head-tracking.
I have both M2P and MA2 drones and use the MA2 for 60fps 4K video all the time. For video only I would be in doubt which to choose. For photo and FPV the M2P is the better choice.

 

[Infide1]

Thank you all for your input. I failed to mention I use the drone mainly for video. As far as I understand both zoom and ma2 have similar video specs. If DJI released mavic pro 3 it would be a no brainer but the offer is valid till the end of the year and I don't think it will be released by then