Mavic 4 Rumors

[wco81]

Seeing the leaked pictures of the significantly beefed up cooling, it must be for sensor/processor cooling and news of the rumoured jump in internal storage must point to the Mavic 4 Pro shooting at least 6K (and 24MP stills).

The extra stop on the lenses should then make up for the extra resolution and we hopefully get the improved processing and more modern sensor design tech from the Air 3S giving gains in dynamic range making this drone potentially very a tasty upgrade.

Would be surprised if they did BSI or even stacked sensors.

But we'll see.

The thing is Micro 4/3 sensors seem stuck at 20 Mp. Olympus just introduced a new camera the other week and it's a 20 Mp Micro 4/3 stacked sensor.

 

[Gazwas]

Would be surprised if they did BSI or even stacked sensors.

But we'll see.

The thing is Micro 4/3 sensors seem stuck at 20 Mp. Olympus just introduced a new camera the other week and it's a 20 Mp Micro 4/3 stacked sensor.

Let’s hope its a super35 sensor then.

When I see Mavic’s being used on BBC nature programmes, it shows how almost industry standard the Mavic 3 Pro has become.

Here’s to dreaming.

 

[Wreckhunter]

Air 3 (3S) is a 12MP drone....... end of story.

It was never going to be a great photography drone with so little resolution however, unbelievably good for video.

It is suppose to do both equally,still photos and video.Not one being better than the other,some may not agree.
The Air 3S was suppose to be a minor but STILL an upgrade over the Air 3,but many are not seeing it.

 

[Gazwas]

Putting a 24mm equivalent camera, 60m in the air with only 12MP of resolving power is never going to result very detailed images.

Hasselblad pioneered multi-shot capture on their H series digital medium format cameras which made a massive difference compared to single shot. Lets hope that team were in charge of the development of the rumoured 100MP mode on the Mavic 4 camera.

 

[Wreckhunter]

Putting a 24mm equivalent camera, 60m in the air with only 12MP of resolving power is never going to result very detailed images.

Hasselblad pioneered multi-shot capture on their H series digital medium format cameras which made a massive difference compared to single shot. Lets hope that team were in charge of the development of the rumoured 100MP mode on the Mavic 4 camera.

True just do not want to see the name Quad Bayer anything in a high end drone.

 

[Gazwas]

True just do not want to see the name Quad Bayer anything in a high end drone.

I know exactly what you mean but it would be nice to see some more Hasselblad in a Hasselblad branded Mavic drone, rather than just the sticker.

 

[wco81]

Putting a 24mm equivalent camera, 60m in the air with only 12MP of resolving power is never going to result very detailed images.

Hasselblad pioneered multi-shot capture on their H series digital medium format cameras which made a massive difference compared to single shot. Lets hope that team were in charge of the development of the rumoured 100MP mode on the Mavic 4 camera.

True just do not want to see the name Quad Bayer anything in a high end drone.

Yeah what Apple, Google, Samsung and others do with high-end phones is take multiple shots and blend them together, not just for better HDR but also resolution.

They have more powerful processors in these phones which start at $500-600 and up and sophisticated software to do all this "computational photography." So despite smaller sensors and limited optics because of very thin devices, they produce images which punch well above their weight.

If DJI had that kind of engineering and software chops, they could make images from 1-inch and Micro 4/3 sensors look real good, almost make it appear like APS-C images at least.

They obviously can't put in processors as performant as those in a $600 or more phone.

 

[Wreckhunter]

I know exactly what you mean but it would be nice to see some more Hasselblad in a Hasselblad branded Mavic drone, rather than just the sticker.

You got it.

 

[TonyPHX]

While waiting for new mediocre cameras to hit the air, I had to pre-oder the 35mm prime 1.2 from Nikon. : ) It will never get above roof level, but that is a lens I wish I could put in the air.

 

[SkySteve83]

The Mavic 3 Pro was very close to being good enough for professional photography work. Just a bit more resolution and a better lens would do it. I hope the new one is enough of an upgrade to provide us with the quality we need. IMO, the Inspire is just too expensive to be practical for still photographers. It's also very bulky to travel with compared to the Mavic. Hasselblad is a company that's only focus is on high quality still photography. You'd think they would make a drone for the same purpose. I know we are probably a tiny part of their market, but let's hope for the best.

 

[Gazwas]

Hasselblad is a company that's only focus is on high quality still photography. You'd think they would make a drone for the same purpose. I know we are probably a tiny part of their market, but let's hope for the best.

You would hope with a Hasselblad branded camera this would be the case but can pretty confidently say that the sticker is the only thing Hasselblad about the Mavic.

The RAW files are not even Hasselblad 3Fr files but plain old dng’s.

 

[SkySteve83]

You would hope with a Hasselblad branded camera this would be the case but can pretty confidently say that the sticker is the only thing Hasselblad about the Mavic.

The RAW files are not even Hasselblad 3Fr files but plain old dng’s.

I know, it's really silly of them, but hey, it may impress my clients

 

[bkushner]

There has to be some trickery going on with 100 mp photos, because a drone featuring a native 100 mp image sensor would be out of the price range of most consumers.

It's always trickery with DJI on the photo side.

 

[bkushner]

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So we are losing some zoom range?

 

[Gazwas]

So we are losing some zoom range?

Anyone else feel the Mavic 4 looks significantly bigger than the Mavic 3 in these leaked video’s?

For me, if the rumours are true, slightly wider telephoto lenses (60mm and 144mm) would be a nicer option. Just hope they share the same sensor size and march the main camera’s maximum aperture.

The long telephoto was always the week spot in the 3 so I hope DJI have addresses this in the 4.

 

[Gazwas]

Pretty cool picture surfaced of folded drone.

EXCLUSIVE DJI MAVIC 4 PRO FRONT VIEW AND CHARGER SPECS CONFIRMED

What could be the long lens (lower RHS) looks like it will have quite a large aperture.

 

[Mrktn]

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Pretty cool picture surfaced of folded drone.

EXCLUSIVE DJI MAVIC 4 PRO FRONT VIEW AND CHARGER SPECS CONFIRMED

What could be the long lens (lower RHS) looks like it will have quite a large aperture.

Not long to go now. Rumoured release date 20 April

 

[wco81]

View attachment 181356

Pretty cool picture surfaced of folded drone.

EXCLUSIVE DJI MAVIC 4 PRO FRONT VIEW AND CHARGER SPECS CONFIRMED

What could be the long lens (lower RHS) looks like it will have quite a large aperture.

Seems likely that it will have a greater MTOM than the Mavic 3 Pro.

 

[mavic3usa]

Not long to go now. Rumoured release date 20 April

Heard the same but how does a Sunday become a DJI launch date? And in America, are they aware of what 4/20 means?

 

[Gazwas]

Heard the same but how does a Sunday become a DJI launch date? And in America, are they aware of what 4/20 means?

Don’t some rumours mention announcement on the 20th April and release May?

I’m in UK and no idea what a 4/20 is….. some sort of police code number?