did you know this Mavic Mini is not available to purchase in Hong Kong
despite Hong Kong actually has a DJI flagship store and it's not even
available online it's just said it's not available in
this region don't know why you can even take a boat to Macau just one hour away
from Hong Kong and get this from Macau not in Hong Kong for whatever reason but
with a little bit of help from my friends from UK here it is DJI Mavic Mini
It is so small it is so light so small but actually this is not the
first time DJI release a small drone because in my hand this side is the Mavic...
not Mavic! DJI Spark actually around the same size
It's just this is foldable; not foldable
and a little bit heavier so they are really
similar it's similar size really portable you can carry it very easy so
what are the differences between them and which one should you get?
Now I think just like the Spark before when they release the Spark I thought is just
like a toys drone but it can actually fly outdoor, in the wind but today it is
quite windy, let's see can it actually works even the Mavic Air could quite struggle
under this kind of wind with the Mavic Mini survive?
okay start recording and take off
okay let's see
Ok it's fine! kind of! it's incredible to see this toy like piece
of plastic fighting the wind like that
Now it actually works, although it keep giving me strong wind warning
Pretty... pretty alright for a drone this size
and it can stand against this kind of wind it is quite astonishing
now I can take 2.7K which is pretty good but it don't have
any kind of color profile so I see quite a lot of highlight warning in my screen
quite a lot of overexpose let's see how far it can go
I'm not... I'm not saying I'm going to stretch it to its limit but I mean can
it go a reasonable distance
now it's quite far it's oh it's out... it's over that side with those cliffs
Actually I think the cliffs had already block some of the signal
and signal is still really smooth
this is really over my expectation I think it connects better than at least my Spark
Also as as they claim DJI spark only fly for 16 minutes this
claimed 30 minutes so on my Spark it actually only fly for around 10 minutes
at the end it gave me the first low battery warning after flying and
shooting for 18 minutes
don't forget it was in this kind of winter that
the Mavic Mini has be constantly fight again
and of course it still has returned to home
after all DJI got return to home feature
like so many years ago I can't remember!
and it also would sense if that ground is suitable to land
now it tell me is not suitable to land so now I have to give it a more flat
ground to land
now let's see how does it compare to the Spark
okay it can still... it still fly against this wind, as I remember it fine actually
one big difference is the Spark only has two axis gimbal which doesn't stabilise panning action
Most of the time it's fine but in strong wind it could give you
some jitter panning
both of them doesn't have any control on picture style
contrast that kind of thing so it could be quite contrasty
Naturally 2.7K from Mavic Mini looks sharper than Spark
You can also crop in from 2.7K to 1080
without losing pixels gives a more dramatic effect
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It is just so windy there's no point making my hair
Now the Mavic Air... not the Mavic Air! The Mavic Mini is as I mentioned 249g it's like
it's like a joke from DJI like if you can if you have to register a drone
for 250g so they make one 249g
And as I've mentioned it is actually around the size of the Spark that it can be a DJI Spark carrier
Probably because of that weight this actually feels a bit flimsy look at
it this you can twist this when you say this when well actually when I said this
feels like a toy at the beginning
this actually this properly feels like a toy
because it's so light is so hollow so...
But it doesn't matter as you can see it
fly really well and it take amazing footage 2.7K video maybe it's to save
weight because the SD card slot and the USB slot USB port don't even have cover
On the Spark there's actually a cover for the SD card and the USB-C...
not a USB-C! Micro USB port
But then the battery it got a hinge it got a door
it looks like a cargo plane
cargo door and then you take a cargo out which is a battery
now the remote control now this is the remote control this obviously it has new design of the
removable joystick sticks that you can store it inside the remote when you're not using
compared to the Spark, the Spark doesn't have it because this new design
come from the Mavic Air and then this also connects you with your phone with a cable rather than
this connect with your phone with Wi-Fi. I always suspect
this this is why the connection to my Spark is so weak because it has two Wi-Fi
going on one Wi-Fi going to the drone and other Wi-Fi going to the phone
this get less buttons; this got two more customizable button and one more pause
button also this is there's a sport button on the Spark controller on here
on the Mavic Mini you have to control that with the app
One thing really convenience is this charging battery case thing that it takes 3
batteries you can use it as a battery case and it's a charger as well
you only got got this... you can buy this separately or
you get this when you buy the fry more combo
now you only have to plug in a USB power and
it will charge your battery and it will tell you which one is charging and which one is full
Now the Mavic Mini sounds pretty good now what's the catch the
catch is one thing is that it doesn't have active-track
Spark actally have active-track
And although the Mavic Mini got a down facing camera so it can fly
indoor without GPS but it doesn't have the obstacle sensing thing so
I can basically crash it into the camera but the Spark actually got an infrared
obstacle sensing thing basically just like those urinal in toilet in male toilet
that when you finish, go away it sense that you have go away
this sense... opposite... its sense if there is something in front
It just stopped there, by itself
now one thing really useful with that sensing system
the optical sensing system is that when it's return to home
for example it lost control, lost connection with your remote
When it return to home maybe there's a tree in front it will sense that, it'll stop
climb up and then clear off the tree Mavic Mini it won't it won't sense
anything if there is something in front of it during return home it will crash into it
One thing I find it quite funny is that in front these two holes on
other Mavic Pro, Mavic Air these two holes are for two cameras 3D sensing cameras
this, on this it still got that two holes but it's just a sticker on it
okay how would I choose between these two well for myself because I have the
Spark I don't think everyone with the Spark they don't really have to I mean
don't really need to upgrade to Mavic Mini especially a lot of things that the
Spark actually has like active-tracking obsticle avoid system which the Mavic Mini
don't even have so yeah as a expensive toy it's still a flying camera
I do want all the safety system on it but of course in Hong Kong the weight is
not a thing that I have to consider because Hong Kong doesn't have a limit
of 250g that you have to register in Hong Kong it basically under a few
kilogram you don't really have the register your drone
unless you do it for business well of course everyone got different consideration so
if this is right for you I don't think it is a bad choice to make
for me I will wait for Spark 2 or just get the Mavic Air
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