Mavic 3 Pro same price as the current Mavic 3

[Cymruflyer]

Another interesting question is whether of not all 3 cameras can run simultaneously. That capability would support Multicam editing which is enormously useful. For example, many music videos rely heavily on it for visual variety.

Yes, but in music videos they don't have multi cameras stacked on top of each other. They are all around the artist, so straight on, 3/4 front, side view etc. Then they can jump and chop between camera viewpoints. With the Mavic 3 Pro if it did have all three-camera recording at the same time, which I'm sure it is not, they would all be from the same viewpoint, just stepping in varying fixed zoom ranges.

 

[Cymruflyer]

Here's a confusing reply from DJI customer support.
DJI Mavic 3 Pro is equipped with three cameras, capable of switching freely between different focal lengths to adapt to the shooting composition of various scenes, including the Hasselblad camera with 24mm format equivalent, a 70mm medium tele camera, and a 166mm tele camera.
The tri-camera imaging system supports up to 28x Hybrid Zoom: 1x is the original optical ratio of Hasselblad camera, 1-3x optical zoom is achieved by the medium telephoto camera, and 1-7x optical zoom is achieved by the telephoto camera.

Ohh, well that is different then. Here they are saying they are zoom camera, but I am thinking only the 1X camera has the digital (Hybrid) zoom range of up to 27X, which is rubbish unless you are filming a real Alien, of course, then anything is of value.

 

[offtheback]

Yes, normally when a camera company states that a lens has a 3X optical zoom, it means it can be zoomed and stopped anywhere from 1X to the max. of 3X and stop anywhere along that zoom range. So, for example, it could go from 1X to 1.3X to 2.6X to 2.9X to 3X, or what ever the user desires within that range of 1 to 3X.

However, with DJI, this may just be how they are trying to describe the optical range of each of those cameras. One being the 1X the second being a zoomed in optical equivalent of 3X and the third the optical zoomed in equivalent of 7X, with no other optical ranges in between.

It would be nice if they were real optically zooming ranges of the lenses though. Ahh, we can dream.

That makes sense about the 3x+7x but they are FOS

 

[SkywalkerFeng]

Looks like we can't just buy the drone without an RC.. or am I missing something?

You can't buy it just yet - the drone only configuration is down the pipeline. You will have to wait sometime, until DJI shipped the initial orders for other customers, which takes higher priority.

 

[CactusJackSlade]

I skipped a couple generations hoping for goggles compatibility... Still hoping and waiting....

 

[Yoak]

Looks like you can use the goggles if you watch the DJI video

 

[Rilot]

This sounds like a perfect opportunity to pick up a 2nd hand Mavic 3 from someone upgrading.

 

[TwoSticks]

The use of the term optical zoom is an (incorrectly used) reference to the main lens. Optically, the two additional cameras are 3x and 7x longer in focal length. The term itself though should have been avoided. In marketing speak it makes sense to express how much more you get in terms of focal length but for people being technical it does not fly. You have 3 cameras, each with a fixed focal length, all with digital zoom capabilities. Hard to put into caption on a flyer someone not aware could read easily. To truly be optical zoom, the lenses would need elements that physically move to extend the focal length of the lens which we might see at some point, who knows. It's not today though.

 

[skyscapist]

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[Florian]

Specs from DJI web site. "Digital Zoom" End of zoom discussion.

 

[loop]

Is it just me or is the Mavic 3 Pro's camera construct ridiculously big for the chassis?

 

[Wreckhunter]

Is it just me or is the Mavic 3 Pro's camera construct ridiculously big for the chassis?

It has to be that big,think of what it would have costed if a full drone design change would have happened.

 

[Wreckhunter]

The use of the term optical zoom is an (incorrectly used) reference to the main lens. Optically, the two additional cameras are 3x and 7x longer in focal length. The term itself though should have been avoided. In marketing speak it makes sense to express how much more you get in terms of focal length but for people being technical it does not fly. You have 3 cameras, each with a fixed focal length, all with digital zoom capabilities. Hard to put into caption on a flyer someone not aware could read easily. To truly be optical zoom, the lenses would need elements that physically move to extend the focal length of the lens which we might see at some point, who knows. It's not today though.

I think it is going to be a long time before or if a true optical zoom lense is possible in a small folding drone camera.
But I suppose if any company could pull it off it would be DJI.

 

[loop]

It has to be that big,think of what it would have costed if a full drone design change would have happened.

Yes of course I do realize that.
But still, it looks awkward

 

[Wreckhunter]

Yes of course I do realize that.
But still, it looks awkward

Na,I think it looks great myself.