Mavic 4 Sensors

[bkushner]

The Mini 5 has leaked and is carrying a 1" sensor. So that means the sensor on the mini 5 will be better then the two secondary cameras on the Mavic 4 Pro?

 

[Johnmcl7]

Looking purely at sensor size that would be correct, the Mavic 4 tele lenses use a 1/1.3in (same as the Mini 3/Mini 4) and a 1/1.5in sensor both of which are smaller than a 1in sensor.

However I don't really see the point in comparing the tele lenses on the Mavic 4 to the wide angle sensor on the Mini 5. The equivalent lens on the Mavic 4 is a 4/3 sensor and also has variable aperture which the previous MIni's lacked, also the Mini 5 lens may not be great if they've had to make compromises to fit the bigger sensor into a small package which could impact the image quality.

I hate this sensor naming system....I really wish there was something better by now.

 

[Bussty]

The other thing you can do on the smaller 6x Camera sensor on the Mavic 4 Pro is take a FreePano effectively a wall of images to make a single image and end up with quality surpassing even your Modern DSLR single wide or slightly telephoto image. And you get to do that in the air!

 

[GadgetGuy]

The Mini 5 has leaked and is carrying a 1" sensor. So that means the sensor on the mini 5 will be better then the two secondary cameras on the Mavic 4 Pro?

Kind of an apples to oranges comparison. 24mm FOV vs. 168mm FOV.
The 28mm on the Mavic 4 Pro is a MFT sensor.

 

[Austrian Knight]

The Mini 5 has leaked and is carrying a 1" sensor. So that means the sensor on the mini 5 will be better then the two secondary cameras on the Mavic 4 Pro?

Yes

 

[GadgetGuy]

Yes

No

 

[Filmarik]

Kind of an apples to oranges comparison. 24mm FOV vs. 168mm FOV.
The 28mm on the Mavic 4 Pro is a MFT sensor.

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The 28mm on the Mavic 4 Pro does not have true MFT sensor. MFT sensor (Micro Forth Third) has aspect ratio 4:3, as shown on the diagram. However M4P sensor has aspect ratio 3:2. It might be cropped from MFT having the same width as MFT and smaller height or it might be some kind of odd size sensor.

 

[GadgetGuy]

The 28mm on the Mavic 4 Pro does not have true MFT sensor. MFT sensor (Micro Forth Third) has aspect ratio 4:3, as shown on the diagram. However M4P sensor has aspect ratio 3:2. It might be cropped from MFT having the same width as MFT and smaller height or it might be some kind of odd size sensor.

Now we are splitting hairs. The point was not whether it is a true MFT, but that it is a significant upgrade from a 1” sensor, whether "true" or not.

 

[Johnmcl7]

The 28mm on the Mavic 4 Pro does not have true MFT sensor. MFT sensor (Micro Forth Third) has aspect ratio 4:3, as shown on the diagram. However M4P sensor has aspect ratio 3:2. It might be cropped from MFT having the same width as MFT and smaller height or it might be some kind of odd size sensor.

Micro 4/3 sensors do not have to be 4:3 or any specific aspect ratio, the 4/3 measurement is a diagonal measurement across the frame and there have been other micro 4/3 sensors that are not 4:3 that have been used in micro 4/3 certified cameras.

The MFT design standard also specifies multiple aspect ratios: 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 (the native HD video format specification), and 1:1 (a square format). With the exception of a few MFT cameras,[6][7][8] most MFT cameras record in a native 4:3 format image aspect ratio, and through cropping of the 4:3 image, can record in 16:9, 3:2 and 1:1 formats.

Micro Four Thirds system - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Mavic 4 is a 'true' micro 4/3 sensor since it has the required diagonal across the sensor, it isn't certified as micro 4/3 nor is the Mavic 3 since they aren't interchangeable lens cameras. DJI could release a drone with a 16:9 micro 4/3 sensor and it would still be a 'true' micro 4/3 sensor.