jared polin froknowsphoto.com and today
we're going to take a look at two drones
that DJI is offering to help you figure
out which one is for you if you're
looking to pick up a drone right now so
right here we have the DJI phantom 3
professional and the DJI phantom 3
standard now they do make an advanced
model but we didn't put that out here
because it's very similar to the
professional end let's talk about price
right off the bat twelve hundred and
fifty nine bucks for this bad boy six
hundred and ninety nine bucks for this
one now that's not bad if you're just
getting started out you're somebody who
wants to fly the drone for the first
time you want to be able to capture
video you want to be able to fly
something for six hundred ninety nine
bucks that's not bad at all but right
here at twelve hundred fifty nine bucks
it's called the professional for a
reason because the specs are better it's
more stable it's gonna we'll get into
that in a second let's look at some of
the other specs so speaking of specs
let's take a look and compare both of
them to see what the subtle differences
are now this one does 4k where this one
only does 2.7 K now it's not a huge
difference but for those who want to
shoot 4k you want to have that option
this one is definitely the winner there
they both have a three axis motorized
gimbal that is what keeps everything
nice and stable that's what keeps your
video nice and smooth when you're flying
it they both take a microSD card now
there's a major difference when it comes
to the remotes the remote alone on the
professional side if you had to buy it
by itself is five hundred and ninety
bucks it has a rechargeable battery it's
just built better it's just a better
quality wrote all around and honestly
they put this in there higher in over
three thousand dollar drone kit you
could use this same remote if you
stepped up to the all the way to up to
the inspire one now on the other side if
you pick up the standards remote it just
feels a lot more plasticky a lot lighter
it has a little clip emic clip person
right here where the other thing can
actually take
a tablet or a larger phone this is
really going to be a smaller phone and
not a tablet it's just not built as well
you have a lot more buttons on the
professional version but of course
you're paying for that and it's not
saying that the standard isn't good it's
the standard it's basic it's just going
to get you off the ground flying and be
pretty good one of the other major
differences are is that there's a visual
sensor on the professional one that's
facing down the standard doesn't have
that sensor now that helps if you if you
lose GPS it's going to the sensors are
going to face the ground and they're
going to help you keep everything nice
and stable if you wanted to fly it
inside well the professional is going to
fly inside much better than the standard
you may have trouble because if you
don't have GPS the things going to fly
all around like it's drunk and it's
going to hit the walls it's not going to
be good indoors now battery life you
only get 23 minutes out of the
professional where you get 25 minutes
out of the standard so that's about it
for specs now let's take a look at the
build quality the professional one just
feels like it's built a little better
now they do weigh almost the same thing
but the rotors just feel a little
different where one feels more like
metal and strong on the other side on
the standard it feels like it's more of
an aluminum feel now I'm not sure
exactly what the differences are there
but I would think that the professional
is going to be built better verse the
standard but really a lot of it comes
down to price if you're somebody that
has all the money in the world and you
don't mind spending the twelve hundred
and fifty nine bucks by all means go
with it but if you're just starting out
and you're not sure look if you're not a
professional photographer or
videographer you may not need the specs
that this gives you you may just want to
fly around and photograph and video
Johnny playing soccer or whatever you
want to do with your fun videos then the
$699 option could be perfect for you
this thing is going to be easy to fly
you're going to get great video and then
on this side you're going to get great
video it's a little easier to fly but
it's a little more expensive so that's
really what it comes down to DJI has
done a fantastic job creating a standard
drone which is very inexpensive and a
great
way to start and a professional one
which is you know almost twice as much
but you can see the difference with the
specs so so we'll leave it at that it's
up to you to decide which one is best
for you and that is where we will end
jared polin froknowsphoto.com
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