I was out having fun today, and brought out 3 drones to fly, shooting some Dukes of Hazzard get together stuff. I brought 3 drones because its always good to have a backup drone if its something important you're shooting.
Fist up was the Spark, and I used it first because it's the noisiest, and I wanted to shoot while there werent too many people there. The Spark is superb for close-in aerial work. Wifi video feed is just fine, 1080 works for me, and its fun and stable to fly. Stayed up for 13 minutes and after I landed a couple of kids came over and wanted to see the "little green drone." Thats perfect, because people arent scared of it, and it looks like a toy. Little do they know what you can do with it.
Next up was the Mavic Pro. It's been my grab and go-to bird for everything since 2016. To me, the MP is not as noisy as the Spark, but it's bigger, and when people see it, they know to steer clear. It really shines in shooting, but I prefer to be 100-200 feet up with it because I dont want to scare anyone. Everything is just so easy to use on it, its stable, and battery life is great. I dont use low noise props, so thats why I like to fly a little bit higher up.
Enter the Mavic 2 Zoom. Within 30 seconds of taking off, I just said to myself, "what do I need any other drones for?" I know many people will agree with me on that one. It just does everything well, with very few compromises. Stable, smooth, solid as a rock in the wind, and just an absolute pleasure to own. DJI just did it right. When I was flying the Spark and the Mavic Pro, everyone knew where the drones were because of the prop noise. I was flying the Mavic 2 Zoom, and 2 of the Dukes cast members were chatting with me, and they said, "oh, hey youre the drone guy. Wheres your drone?" I pointed it out to them, and it was less than 20 feet in front of us. They couldnt believe how quiet it was. They both smiled and waved. Unfortunately the camera was pointing away from us, but they didnt know that!
Moral of the story, I love all my drones. Im glad I brought them all today. But I think I love my Mavic 2 Zoom more than ever before.
Fist up was the Spark, and I used it first because it's the noisiest, and I wanted to shoot while there werent too many people there. The Spark is superb for close-in aerial work. Wifi video feed is just fine, 1080 works for me, and its fun and stable to fly. Stayed up for 13 minutes and after I landed a couple of kids came over and wanted to see the "little green drone." Thats perfect, because people arent scared of it, and it looks like a toy. Little do they know what you can do with it.
Next up was the Mavic Pro. It's been my grab and go-to bird for everything since 2016. To me, the MP is not as noisy as the Spark, but it's bigger, and when people see it, they know to steer clear. It really shines in shooting, but I prefer to be 100-200 feet up with it because I dont want to scare anyone. Everything is just so easy to use on it, its stable, and battery life is great. I dont use low noise props, so thats why I like to fly a little bit higher up.
Enter the Mavic 2 Zoom. Within 30 seconds of taking off, I just said to myself, "what do I need any other drones for?" I know many people will agree with me on that one. It just does everything well, with very few compromises. Stable, smooth, solid as a rock in the wind, and just an absolute pleasure to own. DJI just did it right. When I was flying the Spark and the Mavic Pro, everyone knew where the drones were because of the prop noise. I was flying the Mavic 2 Zoom, and 2 of the Dukes cast members were chatting with me, and they said, "oh, hey youre the drone guy. Wheres your drone?" I pointed it out to them, and it was less than 20 feet in front of us. They couldnt believe how quiet it was. They both smiled and waved. Unfortunately the camera was pointing away from us, but they didnt know that!
Moral of the story, I love all my drones. Im glad I brought them all today. But I think I love my Mavic 2 Zoom more than ever before.
