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- So the DJI Mavic 3 was originally launched
without all the features ready to go.
And they just updated the drone
with all these added features that make it,
well, a complete drone.
And there's a few things
that I've been waiting for personally
that I'm super excited about,
and we're gonna test it out in this video.
One of those is ActiveTrack,
but the ability to shoot D-Log
and also the ability to shoot on a 2x zoom
using the ActiveTrack.
And this gives you just a lot more creative flexibility
because until now you had to shoot in the Normal mode.
And the Normal mode is great,
but when you're shooting in D-Log,
it just gives you so much more flexibility
in the color grade.
Also, show you a few other features that DJI has updated.
But first, let's go for a little ride on the mountain bike
and let's do some tracking.
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You'll see right away that one of the big additions
is Color Assist.
So when you're filming in D-Log,
you can actually see an overlay
that has more of a standard color look.
So this makes it much easier to use when you're flying,
so you're not looking at a log image.
But this is just something
that you're seeing on the monitor,
so you're actually getting the log image recorded.
And this for me is a huge addition
because a lot of times I'm out in bright sunlight,
and it's really hard to see the screen,
especially when you're looking at a log image.
So having the Color Assist just makes everything pop,
so you have contrast and saturation
and you can see exactly what you're doing
when you're out flying,
but then you still have that log footage
that you can use for the edit later on.
Now, with tracking, you have the ability
to punch in two times.
Now, this is doing a digital crop,
so it's using the bottom camera to do all of the tracking.
If you put it in Explore mode,
you still don't have the option to do tracking.
So when you put it in the two times zoom,
the image is not as clear,
and it's because of this digital crop.
And you can see when I put these two images side by side,
the one on the left is the two times zoom in camera;
and the one on the right is a two times crop
that I did in my editing software.
Now, looking at these side by side,
I don't see a massive difference between the two.
The two times zoom does look more clear,
and that's because you're recording this crop in at 4K.
However, it is still just a digital zoom on the image.
Now, one thing I'm noticing
when I'm looking back at this footage
is that it is kind of jerky with this ActiveTrack.
You can definitely find moments where it's super smooth.
But as you can see here when I'm rotating around myself,
just in this one spot,
the camera seems to jerk back and forth.
And overall, when using ActiveTrack,
it's not always perfect,
but when I'm using the 2x zoom,
you do see more of this jerky motion.
And now, another huge welcome to update
is the way that they've modified the menu settings.
So if you wanna change anything while you're flying,
well, in the Pro mode, if you click on any of the icons
in the lower right-hand corner,
it now brings up these two additional menus.
On these menus, you have the option to do Auto or Manual
for any of your exposure settings,
but then also you can change it from D-Log to Normal
and you can change your white balance.
So it just gives you everything that you need
in a super simple pop-up menu.
So one of the big additions is QuickShots,
which are basically these easy ways
to get creative looking shots,
and there's a few of them that have been added.
So let's just look at how these look in this one location,
so you can see the difference
between all of the different QuickShots.
Now, QuickShots are a great way to get these shots
that have lots of motion,
and it just does it all automatically.
The limitations are that you're stuck
in the normal color settings.
So, you can't use the log color when you're flying
with these different modes.
And also, you're limited to 4K, 30 frames per second
or 1080p, 30 frames per second.
So you don't have a whole lot of options
when it comes to color and frame rate and resolution.
Now, the QuickShots,
you have the Dronie, the Rocket, the Circle, the Helix,
the Boomerang, and the Asteroid.
And when you do the Asteroid,
that one is only available in 1080p,
and that's because of the way
that it uses photos and videos together.
Now, these are super simple to use,
so you just choose the motion that you want,
you tap on the screen to select your subject
or you draw a box,
and then, you just click Go.
It's as simple as that.
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So for photography, they've added Panorama mode,
and this basically stitches together a bunch of photos
to be able to give you this big panoramic view.
And so you can see I'm up here on this mountain top,
and this is the panoramic
that I was able to make out of these photos.
And so, it's not only a wider field of view,
but it's also a super high resolution
because it's stitching all the photos together.
So with this update, did the ActiveTrack improve?
I think, overall, the D-Log and Color Assist
are nice improvements.
However, I would like to see more features added
to the ActiveTrack.
Being able to use the 5.1K would be a huge advantage.
And also, the ability to use the Explore mode
would be really cool.
That way you could get tracking with that long lens
at a 7x zoom.
The other things that I wanna see
are less jerky movements when tracking.
Maybe something like an added Smooth mode
that doesn't respond as fast to little movements
could solve this.
But overall,
this update gives you a lot more creative control
over your image.
And now, the Maverick 3 has all the features
that were promised at the initial launch of the drone.
Now, there is a few other things they've added
with this update.
I'll include a full list down below in the description.
And next, I highly suggest you check out
this video right here.
It goes through some different ways
on how you can stop making boring drone videos.
I'll see you on the next one.