Mavic 3 Pro Cine with RC Pro - $2,100 OFF the $4,799 list price ($2,699 @ B&H)

[macfawlty]

Truly unbelievable price for a new Mavic 3 Pro Cine Premium Combo w/ RC Pro and 2 batteries. $2,699 or $2,100 off the list price of $4,799. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1761810-REG/dji_cp_ma_00000664_01_mavic_3_pro_cine.html

I already have a M3 Classic, but this Black Friday week deal was too good to pass up.

 

[mavic3usa]

Yeah hate to say it but we're going to see a real push to clear out whatever remaining DJI drones are in inventory that anyone wants to sell because of the unknown: whether they will be able to actually legally sell them after Dec 23 or not. Most people would rather not take the chance on the possibility of higher post-pricing. Temporarily, we are bound to see some stellar prices for the next few weeks. I'm looking out myself.

 

[Riptide]

Truly unbelievable price for a new Mavic 3 Pro Cine Premium Combo w/ RC Pro and 2 batteries. $2,699 or $2,100 off the list price of $4,799.

I already have a M3 Classic, but this Black Friday week deal was too good to pass up.

At that price I’d still pay a few hundred more and get a 4 pro creator combo from Korea unless you reallllly need prores

 

[macfawlty]

At that price I’d still pay a few hundred more and get a 4 pro creator combo from Korea unless you reallllly need prores

I really wanted the 3 focal lengths and the RC Pro, but the original list price was above my mental threshold. I’ve used ProRes on other cameras, but it’s not likely much benefit for aerial footage.

 

[moldorf]

At that price I’d still pay a few hundred more and get a 4 pro creator combo from Korea unless you reallllly need prores

you may want to be cautious about that. I've read some people saying that the estimated time of delivery for some of these drones coming from S Korea and Japan is a lot less than the reality. And with Christmas coming it could get worse. I'm not sure what would happen if you take delivery after the 23rd. Could you even activate the drone?

 

[Riptide]

you may want to be cautious about that. I've read some people saying that the estimated time of delivery for some of these drones coming from S Korea and Japan is a lot less than the reality. And with Christmas coming it could get worse. I'm not sure what would happen if you take delivery after the 23rd. Could you even activate the drone?

I've bought two drones from them and both showed up in 3-4 days. My father's Air 3S took longer to get to him from an Amazon order. DJI is not going to stop people from activating drones in the USA as there is no benefit for them to do this and only downsides. Whether you can register the drone with the FAA after Dec 23rd remains to be seen.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I've bought two drones from them and both showed up in 3-4 days. My father's Air 3S took longer to get to him from an Amazon order. DJI is not going to stop people from activating drones in the USA as there is no benefit for them to do this and only downsides. Whether you can register the drone with the FAA after Dec 23rd remains to be seen.

Preventing registration offers no benefit to the FAA. That just creates involuntary civil disobedience. Any drone already previously approved with a compliant serial number should continue to be registrable with the FAA, unless retroactively revoked, which, while now possible, has been deemed unlikely, and requires a convoluted time consuming legal process, with a right to appeal.

 

[mavic3usa]

Preventing registration offers no benefit to the FAA. That just creates involuntary civil disobedience. Any drone already previously approved with a compliant serial number should continue to be registrable with the FAA, unless retroactively revoked, which, while now possible, has been deemed unlikely, and requires a convoluted time consuming legal process, with a right to appeal.

I've said this before but I think it bears repeating. If a drone does not get a valid FCC DoC then the serial number cannot be entered into the FAA database and therefore cannot be registered. Obviously drones that already have a valid DoC are fine but this would mean new drone models that don't get FCC, it's not going to matter if they can be sold or not or whether they can activated or not or whether they can be bought and shipped into the US or not....they can't be registered and if they are required to be registered, flying an unregistered drone in the US would not be legal.

For example, DJI launches the Mavic 5 Pro and it doesn't get FCC because DJI is on the covered list, so there is no DoC. Let's say eBay continue to sell them, you order one from overseas, and it arrives. You take the serial number range and you attempt to register because it's greater than 250g, the FCC database will come back "invalid." What happens now? The recreational flyer already has a valid FCC registration ID and the civil disobedient citizen might affix his registration sticker to Mavic 5 Pro and fly anyway. Not sure what a part 107 flyer would do.

The government doesn't have to knock on your door and take possession of your equipment in order to "confiscate" it. The government doesn't have to send a software update or some sort of command over-the-air or raise a permanent TFR to "ground" your drone. The government can simply use the FAA registration database and it is possible we just might see its full capabilities in 2026. I realize recreational sub-250g drones are not required to register......Stay tuned.

Ultimately I don't believe the FAA will prevent drones from being registered but I do believe there is a small chance that DJI drones will be blocked from submitting new entries so if you have these drones sitting around as a backup, get them registered before the database is possibly closed to DJI and Autel drone new registrations. This doesn't happen as a result of Dec 23 but if it does happen later, it's unlikely you will be given notice.

 

[Droning on and on...]

Preventing registration offers no benefit to the FAA. That just creates involuntary civil disobedience. Any drone already previously approved with a compliant serial number should continue to be registrable with the FAA, unless retroactively revoked, which, while now possible, has been deemed unlikely, and requires a convoluted time consuming legal process, with a right to appeal.

Unless I'm mistaken, you can register any drone, including a home-built. There's no database of FCC approved drones connected to the FAA registry system.

Keep in mind that you MUST register any home-built drone over 250g. A system checking drone models and only accepting those that have been approved by the FCC would not work.