I had a little bit of experience flying the DJI Phantom line prior to buying a
Mavic 2 Pro. I initially wanted to buy a Phantom IV Pro V2, but DJI appears to have discontinued the Phantom line, despite rumors that a Phantom V is in the works. WIth that I turned my attention to the Mavic line and took a look at the
Mavic 2 Pro. In terms of both specs and handling qualities, the
M2P seems to be the best of the high end 'prosumer' factory made sUAS, if you don't want to spend $6K-$20K on an
Inspire 2 with higher end camera kit. In addition the
M2P can shoot excellent still and video photography with loads of manual and automatic features, has good performance and battery life and fits into a backpack easily where as an Inspire can barely fit on a coffee table. The
M2P is nimble, responsive and precise flyer and later firmware upgrades seem to have solved some of its RTH and image warping woes which plagued it when initially released. In terms of videography, the
M2P can shoot cinematic quality scenes and still stays on par with the
P4P's capabilities, though I wish the
M2P could shoot 4K @ 60 FPS for extremely smooth high definition video like the
P4P can. The colors are vivid and rich and can be adjusted either with the drone's onboard color management system or in post production and the variable aperture on the Hassleblad camera is really great for getting perfect exposures. One gripe I have with the line is I wish the camera gimbal was quick detach so a user could own both the Pro and Zoom camera modules and change them out in the field as needed. Oh well.....
For $1500, the
M2P seems to be the best investment for the money. And for myself, I can use the drone to shoot really high quality video while I continue to build hours in the aircraft. The
Mavic 2 Pro can pretty much do anything a hobbyist or shutterbug wants as well as a lot of professional work in places where big drones cannot operate, etc. If you have a lot of UAV hours under your belt already and use drones for commercial photography, you're probably going to be headed over to the Inspire or Matrice aircraft, but you may still want a
M2P or
M2Z in your kit bag - you never know where it can come in handy!