Triple-Camera DJI Mavic 3 Pro Takes Flight
Even though it's just shy of 18 months in market, DJI announced this morning a pair of upgrades to its best folding drones, the Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine.
The new Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 3 Pro Cine make one big change from the original double-camera Mavic 3, as the Pro series adds a third camera stack, a 70mm telephoto that rests comfortably in between the 24mm main camera and 166mm.
It's an interesting upgrade for sure. In our review of the Mavic 3, we called out the so-so picture quality from its 166mm telephoto camera as a questionable selling point for creators, while lauding it as a selling point for structural inspections and other enterprise applications. It also does more to set the upmarket drone apart from the recently announced Mavic 3 Classic, a version of the drone with just the main wide angle Hasselblad camera, starting around $1,600 with a remote.
Apart from the new camera, the Mavic 3 Pro matches the original feature-for-feature. The drone has a huge battery for up to 43-minute flights, and its main camera uses a Four Thirds format sensor and a Hasselblad color profile for great-looking footage without the need to grade color. A 10-bit flat profile, D-Log M, is included for editors who prefer to handle their own color correction.
The Mavic 3 puts obstacle sensors all around its airframe for 360-degree coverage, good enough for it to autonomously navigate through complex environments and perform pre-planned waypoint flight missions without worry. GPS is included as an additional safety measure and precise positioning for steady performance and automated return-to-home in the case of an emergency.
The obstacle sensors also come into play for subject tracking. The Mavic 3 Pro extends support for Active Track
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