Hi everyone! I'm looking to rent either a DJI Mavic 3 Pro of a DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine! I want to film something far off in the distance, and I'd like to employ a cinematic zoom in which the zoom is as "seamless" as possible.
In contacting the rental company, here's what they told me about the zoom in each drone:
DJI Mavic 3 Pro
In contacting the rental company, here's what they told me about the zoom in each drone:
DJI Mavic 3 Pro
- It has only two cameras:
- Wide Camera (24mm)
- Telephoto Camera (162mm, 7x Optical)
- What happens when you zoom?
- You start with the wide camera (24mm).
- As you zoom in, it digitally zooms until 4x, then suddenly "jumps" to the telephoto camera at 7x (162mm).
- This jump is noticeable and abrupt, meaning you’d see a cut in your video.
- After that, it can digitally zoom up to 28x, but again, it's not smooth.
- It has three cameras:
- Wide Camera (24mm)
- Medium Telephoto Camera (70mm, 3x Optical)
- Telephoto Camera (166mm, 7x Optical)
- What happens when you zoom?
- You start filming with the wide camera (24mm).
- As you zoom, it smoothly transitions from 24mm → 70mm → 166mm, so there’s no sudden jump.
- The medium telephoto lens (70mm) makes zooming gradual and cinematic—like a movie, instead of a “cut.”
- It can also digitally zoom up to 28x, but again, it’s smoother because of that 70mm step.
