I gave up on DLog after using it for on the Mav3 standard lens and struggling with going back and forth between it and DLog M on the two tele lenses. On my first day of shooting some moose in a lake with ripples and reflections along with swans on a nest ….with my Mav4 Pro… being able to select all of those clips together and applying a DLog LUT to all of them at once and seeing all the bright swan feathers still in range with nothing blown out was just a joy. Shooting swans, as I love to do was such a struggle. I had to shoot at -2 or darker in DLog M in order to get the white feathers exposed with any detail - not blown out, and then recover the shadows in post. It was such a chore. Circle around a swan and the reflected light changes and one side is blown out and the other is fine. Grrrrr. I stopped shooting DLog with the normal lens because matching that to the DLogM was a pain. Full DLog in all three lenses lets me shoot at or close to 0EV for pete sake. The shadows and bright white feathers are all recovered. What a huge, huge improvement for the tele lenses. Winter scenes with bright snow which I live with for most of the year will be a joy. The three hour battery life is fantastic. Oh..wait…that was a dream. Nevermind. But the battery life is noticeably better and the big screen....for my 73 year old eyes...what a treat. I often shoot from withing my car, watching out through the windshield. It's more comfortable at -30F for some reason. I tested the Mav4 yesterday and in conditions that caused my Mav3 Pro to give me orange RC connection bars showing on the screen, the Mav4 continues to show me 4 solid white bars...without the antenna even being folded out! Buying a Mav 4 is, today, a huge gamble. Regardless of the lack of Care Refresh, even if you are willing to pay for repairs as I am, a replacement from DJI may not even make it through customs but I'm super happy with this drone after just a few flights. Highly recommended for anyone willing and able to take the gamble - and it is that.
