Hey, everyone. It's Colin Smith here from Photoshopcafecom. And
today I have the brand new DJI Mavic Three Classic.
Now, full disclosure, this was provided to me from
DJI in order to do a review. I'm not being paid to do this review.
So we're gonna look at three different areas. We're going to look at flight,
we're going to look at video, and we're going to look at the camera. So as far as Flight,
it has a 46 minutes flight time. It has a maximum speed. I've had it up to about 42.
Range on here is 15.
It uses aqsync three plus, which means it can transmit video to the controller at full HD at
60 frames per second. As far as the video, it can go up to five one K. It can shoot 4K up to
120 frames per second. And as far as Photos, it has 20 megapixel and it can shoot in Raw,
JPEG, or both. Now, the secret source in this, of course, is the Hasselblade camera. So a little bit
of history here. In 2018, DJI dropped the Mavic two. It came in two forms. It came with the zoom
and then it came with the Pro. This is the Pro that I actually bought back then. And a big thing
about this is it has a Hasselblade camera on it. Now, Hasselbladder is a very famous camera brand,
started in Sweden and actually was a Hustle blood that was used by Neil Armstrong on the
moon. Fast forward a few years, we have a new Hustle blood on the Mavic Three. So the
Mavic Two had a one inch sensor. The Mavic Three now has a micro four three sensor,
which means it has a larger sensor, which means it allows more light into the sensor,
which means, of course, you're going to get better looking photographs, you're going to
get much cleaner, low light shots, as well as a better kind of a depth of field effect.
And the larger sensor also enables you to shoot wider with less distortion. So,
among many things today, we're also going to be comparing the shots from
the Mavic Three Classic to the Mavic Two Pro. And we'll see how much those images
have increased. I expect the major difference is going to be in the low
light. So one of the things I really love about the maple three is the gimbal cover.
So this gimbal cover makes it very.
Easy to just kind of protect your camera and everything is nicely tucked away, so you can just
put it in a bag. One of the things I love about this is rather than having to carry separate bags
and everything, when I'm going on location, I can just throw this in my camera bag and I don't have
to worry about messing up the drone. So one of the things I noticed in the mavic three classic
over the mavic two pro is the sound. It actually sounds a lot smoother. It's not as high pitched,
but also, let's have a look. We're actually going to use the Apple Watch Ultra and test
the decibels. And you'll see on here that the Mavic Three is quieter. It's a little hard to
appreciate just looking at the numbers because just the whole pitch sounds very different.
So for a long time now, these drones have been able to avoid obstacles and do tracking. So
right now, in the Mavic Three classic, we're up to eight pass five. So this is the fifth version of
DJI's tracking. So I'm not going to go crazy here with this. I'm just going to fly through these
trees here, these palm trees, which normally I would be too scared to do, let's be honest.
But I'm going to rely on the obstacle avoidance. And you can set it to just stop or to go around
the objects. And we're going to use it to fly through these trees and just kind of test it
out. Now, remember, this is the same technology. You can just draw a box around an object if you
want to track it. So that means it will follow a vehicle or a bicycle or someone skiing or anything
like that, without having to be really, really good on sticks. We can just kind of follow it.
Why don't we test this out with a boat?
And right now, all I've got to do is just draw a little square around the boat.
And right now, it's following it, it's tracking it. So,
as you can see, the drone is going by itself.
Let's have a look at some of the camera settings. So just tap the camera button.
You can see there's a photo. We can do single auto exposure, burst time shots.
We can do three or five stops or exposure bracketing. Here's the different types of shots,
including master shots, quick shots, panos, hyperlapse. Let's go into the pano and see.
The different types of panoramas.
We can do a Sphere 180 wide angle or a vertical.
And this will automatically create the shots for us. So notice it flies, it shoots the.
Shots, but what it does is it.
Puts in a folder, so it creates.
A finished panorama, but it also gives you the individual images. So you can stitch it together
in lightroom or whatever you want yourself later. Right now, Mr Shooting in JPEG, of course, you can
change it to Shoot in DNG. So the settings for the panels are separate from the regular photos.
And here we can change it to Raw if we prefer.
If we go to Pro, that enables us to do manual settings on everything.
And we have an eight gigs internal. Or we can shoot to the card. And this is where
you would switch between the two. And we have the ability to do autofocus or manual focus
tap to focus. Let's look at the video settings. Do normal slow motion. That's where you get 120
and just tap. And this is where we can change the different formats. Of
course, we can do five point one K at fifty frames per second.
So right now I'm going to try some quick shots.
What we're going to do is just switch into that mode. We got master shots, quick shots. If we go
into quick shots, you can see all the different types of shots we can get. Droneys, rocket,
circle. I'm not going to do all of these right now,
but you can see in the preview there in the window, what they all look like is, boomerang,
there's our asteroid. So it flies away and then shoots a panorama and turns that into a little
planet. But what we'll do is master shots. And a master shot is actually going to take a series
of these different shots and it's going to give us something without us having to do anything.
So basically, it's going to shoot a.
Bunch of shots for us. Okay, let's try a master shot. What I'm going to do is I'm going to just
tap. I'm going to go into the master shots and then what I want to do is use that lifeguard tower
and it's going to take about two minutes, it says there, and I hit start.
There's a little countdown.
And now it's going to do a variety of shots around there. So as it starts, you'll see the rounded
little X. It'll show the percentage complete. And we'll also show right now it's doing a drone.
So it's going to go through a.
Variety of different shots.
And so doing these master shots is really good. If you're in a location,
you don't have a lot of time. You just want to capture a bunch.
Of shots that you can edit together.
Later on or something that it can even put together in the app, or.
Maybe you don't have a lot of experience. You can actually learn from these shots.
See the kind of shots it does,
and then practice moving in those ways and then you're going to get your own shots.
Thank you.
So now the lights kind of starting to come down and the worst thing you want to do is be in the
middle of a beautiful sunset and you've got to land and change batteries and miss the
shot. So that's one of the things I love about the extended flight time. The two is getting a
low battery warning and the three is still at 46% battery. So right now we're comparing the
shots between the Mavic Three classic and the Mavic two so we can see how the photos look.
And also I'm going to do a little bit of video so it looks like we're starting to see a little.
Bit of color in the sky here.
So it might be time to get flying again. Let's get some shots.
Dark enough now.
That we can throw them up and do some low light test.
Yeah, this one is pretty much dark now, so when people start playing drones,
one of the things they're most afraid of is crashing or damaging their drone. So
DJI shall have you covered with DJI Care to tell you about. That is me in the studio.
Alright, so I have my conclusion. Between the Mavic Three Classic and the Mavic Two,
probe quickly to talk about DJI Care, which is DJI refresh, which means that if you have a crash,
a fly away, water damage, you can have up to two replacements per year. Or if you get the two year,
you can get three replacements. So basically for a replacement, you send it in, you pay a small fee,
then immediately, as soon as they receive a turnaround and should one out right away. And
if you don't make any claims on it, your warranty actually gets extended by a year. Alright,
let's talk about my thoughts about the two drones. So, as I mentioned at the end of my video, I've
had the Mavic Two for a number of years and flown it and really enjoyed it. But it wasn't until I
started flying the Mavic Three for a little while that I realized just how outdated this felt.
Some of that has to do with flight, just the responsiveness. So the Mavic
Three Classic is very responsive in the sky. It's very quick,
it climbs pretty quickly, but it also has a faster descent speed than before, which is nice.
So that means when you want to bring it back in, you can do that a lot quicker. I did notice
it just seemed a lot smoother and quieter, just the pitch of the propellers. And also I noticed
the tips have little soft tips here on the props and I think that helps reduce the noise and just
give you a smoother playing experience. Now of course, the barrier increased from 31 minutes to
46 minutes. Now, you're not necessarily going to get 46 minutes, but you're definitely going to get
almost double the battery life is what you used to get before. So as far as the increased range,
it's really nice, but it doesn't affect me too much because in the US, you're not allowed to
fly beyond line of sight. So up to the time, the Mavic Two definitely had the best images I've
ever seen on a drone. Just the color science and everything in that Hustlebud camera really makes
a difference, but I feel like it's really been stepped up. Now, the Micro Four third sensor does
make a difference, particularly in low light. If you look at the green and the noise in the shots.
And then look here in the Mavic Three Classic, you'll notice that it's much smoother. Now,
it also has a night shot mode. Unfortunately, on my firmware,
it's not enabled at the moment. So look at those pictures and imagine them to be even cleaner.
What it does is increases the ISO and reduces the noise. So those night shots or those low.
Light shots are going to be even.
Better than what you've seen on here. Now,
I noticed a bigger difference even in the video than I did in the photos.
The video is just looking really good. Quickly.
Let me tell you about the three configurations. You can buy the drone by itself, the
RC, and one where you can attach your Android or iPhone, or you can get it with the DJI RC with the
builtin screen. Now, it's also compatible with the controller pro. Upgrades include the flywall kit,
which comes with two extra batteries, and the battery dock here. When you plug it in,
it can charge three batteries in series, one after the other. So now that DJI's dropped the classic
with a more reasonable price point, you know, if you've been waiting to upgrade maybe the three,
the Cine and the other three were a little bit outside of your price range, have another look.
Right now.
It's definitely worth considering. I know for a fact that this is going to be my main drone
that I'm going to be flying from now on. And join the Sky Pixel product tryout program for
a chance to try out the new Mavic Three Classic for yourself. I'm going to drop a
link underneath for more information about that. So thanks for watching this video.
Let me know in your comments underneath. What do you guys think about this? Is it something that
you're going to consider upgrading to? Maybe. Let us know. And by the way, I'll also drop
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