– Doubled the controller video streaming bitrate from 16Mbps live video to 80Mbps – Increased controller streamed FPS from 1080p/30fps to 1080p/60fps – Increased range to 20KM (FCC), 10KM (CE/EU), 10KM (China), 10KM (MIC) – Added/changed to O4 transmission type from O3 – Added ActiveTrack 5.0 features like one-tap configurable angle of filming – Added support for all FocusTrack modes (ActiveTrack/Spotlight/POI) on BOTH lenses at full resolutions/FPS (previously only 30FPS) – Added/changed to APAS 5.0 from APAS 4.0 (automated flight system) – Added additional obstacle avoidance sensors, now full omnidirectional avoidance (previously no sideways avoidance) – Increased claimed max flight time from 31mins to 46mins – Added Waypoints feature (pre-planned and repeatable flight routes) – Added/included support for Hyperlapse mode on the tele camera – Decreased Hyperlapse mode on Air 2 from 8K to 4K – Added/supported 10-bit on the secondary lens – Added sorta-vertical shooting mode (doesn’t rotate gimbal, just crops) – Increased gimbal arrangement to allow from –90° (straight down) to beyond 0° (flat) to upwards 60° (max previous 24° on Air 2S) – Increased panoramic photo size from 8192×4096 to 13000圆500px – Slow-Mo options increase, 4K from 60FPS to 100FPS, and 1080p from 120FPS to 200FPS – Main camera goes from 1” sensor to 1/1.3” – Main camera decreases resolution goes from 5.4K/30FPS to 4K/60FPS – Main camera increases from f/2.8 to f/1.7 (better low-light performance) – Added secondary tele (3X) f/2.8 lens, with full/all resolutions and feature support Here’s what’s new compared to the Air 2S: Anyways, more on that later in the photo section. So much so that the resolution going from 5.4K to 4K isn’t a big deal given the new secondary optical zoom lens gives you native 4K, thus, in effect, giving you greater resolution than if you were to crop into that 5.4K image. It’s one of those upgrades that if you look at something like resolution, you’ll cock your head sideways for the clear resolution downgrade (let’s call a spade a spade), yet when you approach every other aspect of the aircraft, it’s clearly a big upgrade. The DJI Air 3 is mostly a solid upgrade over the Air 2S, but in some cases it won’t be as obvious. If you found this review useful, you can use the links at the bottom, or consider becoming a DCR Supporter, which makes the site ad-free, while also getting access to a mostly weekly video series behind the scenes of the DCR Cave. As always, I’m gonna call it like it is – both the good and the bad. No company gets to preview my reviews ahead of time, nor have any say on what’s in them. I’ve been using a media loaner Air 3 to put through its paces, after which it goes back to DJI. Oh, and as usual, this review isn’t sponsored. On the flip side, we got much higher slow-mo speeds/resolutions that weren’t there on the Air 2S. Albeit, that has come with a drop in the total resolution, which was 5.4K on the Air 2S down to 4K on the Air 3. Likewise, the main camera also got a spec boost, going from f/2.8 on the Air 2S, to f/1.8 on the Air 3. As was the case on the Mavic 3/3 Pro, this has quickly become my favorite lens – especially since the resulting image quality coming out of it has been virtually identical to that of the Mavic 3 Pro lens. The biggest addition for the Air 3 is that of the new secondary tele/zoom lens, which is a 70mm equivalent lens (compared to the 24mm main lens). In other words, it makes for a complicated buying decision tree. In doing so, it includes the vast majority of the Mavic 3 series features, while being largely a step up in minor features compared to the Mini 3 Pro. This drone is meant to slot in below the Mavic 3 Pro price/feature-wise while being higher-end than the Mini 3 Pro. DJI has announced and released the DJI Air 3, the successor to the Air 2S, and the ‘middle-child’ of the core DJI 3-series lineup.
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