the best zoom?

[johndrone33]

Wich drone have the best zoom?

When i say "best", i mean it have to be sharp en high magnification.
I have the mavic 3 pro and its great but 7x zoom is not that much when you try to film animals.
There have been man times i have used the 7x zoom but then i have to come very close, like 10m on a smaller animal and then it just flies or run away beccause it gets scared.

Would like to have like 14x instead or even more.
maybee i can put my nikon p1000 on some drone? Would actually be fun to see.

 

[PINEBARON]

I'm no expert but my Mavic 4 Pro has an amazing zoom

 

[johndrone33]

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I'm no expert but my Mavic 4 Pro has an amazing zoom

seems to be the same as mavic 3 pro

 

[PINEBARON]

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seems to be the same as mavic 3 pro

The main zoom difference is the telephoto camera's sensor; the Mavic 4 Pro has a much more powerful 50MP sensor compared to the Mavic 3 Pro's 12MP sensor, resulting in sharper details at long distances. The Mavic 4 Pro's new long telephoto camera also offers better performance with more detail, a larger sensor size, and the ability to shoot in true DLOG, which was not possible on the Mavic 3 Pro's zoom lenses. While the Mavic 4 Pro's mid-range telephoto is described as having a 2.5x zoom versus the Mavic 3 Pro's 3x, this is due to a change in focal length for the main camera and the image quality from this mid-range lens is largely unchanged, though the focusing issues found on the Mavic 3 Pro have been fixed.

 

[MS Coast]

Wich drone have the best zoom?

When i say "best", i mean it have to be sharp en high magnification.
I have the mavic 3 pro and its great but 7x zoom is not that much when you try to film animals.
There have been man times i have used the 7x zoom but then i have to come very close, like 10m on a smaller animal and then it just flies or run away beccause it gets scared.

Would like to have like 14x instead or even more.
maybee i can put my nikon p1000 on some drone? Would actually be fun to see.

You really can't expect to fly a drone within 10, or even 20 meters, of most wild animals without spooking them.

 

[PINEBARON]

I was able to take real closeup images and videos of Herons nesting with their baby chicks in several nests on top of 100' high trees behind our home. I primarily hovered the drone at around 200'-300' and zoomed in for very clear images. No herons or their babies were alarmed or concerned with the drone since it was a decent height away from their nests. I used my Mavic 4 Pro.

 

[jaja6009]

The best zoom for less than $10K is the Matrice 4 E or an Autel Evo Max. The Matrice 4 E is only a notch below the Matrice 30 series. It is truly a creeper zoom.

 

[PINEBARON]

Why is DJI Mavic 4 Pro better than DJI Matrice 4E?​

• 6 km longer flight distance
  2.08x more megapixels (main camera)
  100 MPvs48 MP
  41 kmvs35 km
• 4 m/s faster flight speed
  25 m/svs21 m/s
• Has a gyroscope
• 3.13x better video recording quality (main camera)
  3384 x 60 fpsvs2160 x 30 fps
• 171.8 mm shorter
  135.2 mmvs307 mm

Same optical zoom except the Matrice 4E has x112 Hybrid zoom vs x28 Digital on the Mavic 4 Pro

 

[jaja6009]

His question referred to the zoom.
The Mavic 4 Pro indeed has a better main camera, but it does not have a better zoom.

 

[PINEBARON]

Agreed. However, zoom alone may not serve him well since his wildlife photography also needs high quality recording capability where the 100MP MP4 may be a better choice.