DJI mini3 pro parameters and time to market (how much is the latest model of DJI UAV in 2022)

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From Wuhan to Shenzhen and Shanghai this year, every time I see a city photographed by a drone, I press the pause button. Are you crying too? Do you also want to own a drone?

On the evening of May 10, 2022, DJI innovatively released the DJI Mini 3 Pro, the strongest drone in its mini series. The price is amazing. The standard version is 4788 yuan, and the remote control version with screen is 5788 yuan. In addition, the stand-alone 4 198 yuan is an option for old users who have already bought drones and are equipped with RC-N 1 remote controllers.

Luca, product manager of DJI, said that DJI wanted to use DJI Mini 3 Pro to prove that the mini series is not synonymous with entry-level.

He told Hu Weiwei: In fact, it can replace the original Air 2, and its positioning and performance can be completely crushed, but the Air series will have its own new positioning.

Left: DJI Mini 3 Pro；; ; Right: The DJI Air Force II shot by Tiger Sniff.

Rolling tanks can't be said at all, but they are really good substitutes. I happen to have a DJI Air 2 in my hand. Comparing the functions and parameters of the two, we can see that many performances of them coincide, and they are slightly better than DJI Air 2 in sensor size, vertical shooting, APAS flight assistance system, image transmission technology/distance and so on. However, the latter was released two years ago.

Why skip Mini 3 and name it Mini 3 Pro directly? DJI's new product development does not follow the normal market logic and planning, but conforms to the research and development progress. A person familiar with DJI told Hu Wei, so if there is new technology, we will go up. If the internal project feels ok, we will go up. We are mainly technology-driven. This is the characteristic of DJI, which is a bit irrational.

Why is it called Pro? Luca explained: Pro is the limit of product strength below 249g, and what performance can be achieved is called Pro. Pro is the best performance we can achieve at present. Pro is the strongest drone under the weight limit.

In this case, let's take a look at the performance and parameters of the DJI Mini 3 Pro officially provided by DJI:

DJI Mini 3 Pro adopts11.3 inch image sensor, with 48 million pixels and a large aperture of f/ 1.7, and supports 4K/60fps video shooting, 1080p/ 120fps slow motion shooting and D-cinema. DJI O3 digital image transmission is adopted, with the highest real-time image quality 1080p/30fps and the longest transmission distance 12km. Three-way obstacle avoidance, equipped with forward-looking, back-looking, down-looking binocular vision sensing system and ToF, to make the flight safer; APAS 4.0 flight assistance system can detect the objects on the flight path in real time and avoid obstacles flexibly in complex environment. Two kinds of remote controllers: N 1 remote controller and DJI remote controller with screen. DJI Mini 3 Pro, DJI RC with screen remote control and two-way battery housekeeper, shooting: tiger sniffing.

Endurance should be one of the biggest highlights of DJI Mini 3 Pro. Depending on the options, the standard version is 34 minutes long and the long-term version is 47 minutes long. Because the UAV needs to reserve at least 20% power for its return flight, the long-endurance version can increase the flight time by 30% ~ 45%.

Flying around, shooting: tiger sniffing

Another highlight is that in addition to supporting ancestral focus follow-up, one-click short film, time-lapse photography and panoramic photography, as well as the main lens and 4x digital zoom that became popular last year, it also supports vertical shooting. This is conducive to users' better aerial composition and avoids the loss of image quality caused by horizontal screenshots.

DJI Mini 3 Pro vertically shoots pictures, shooting: tiger sniffing.

The realization of this function mainly benefits from the new body configuration design of DJI Mini 3 Pro.

The top of the tripod head is hollowed out, which greatly broadens the rotation range of the tripod head and can realize vertical shooting and large-angle upward shooting. For example, when shooting a tall building, you can achieve another bottom-up perspective by shooting up.

Changing the fuselage inclination and increasing the blade area not only reduces the wind resistance, but also greatly improves the power efficiency and endurance.

Brand-new product configuration, longer forearm, removing tripod, hollowing out the top of pan/tilt, convenient for vertical shooting.

The heat dissipation mode is redesigned. There are two air inlets at the rear of the DJI Mini 3 Pro aircraft, and the blades are used to introduce large airflow into the interior to achieve heat dissipation. But during the test, I found that after flying a battery, its battery part and the metal bearing part of the propeller were very hot.

In order to reduce wind resistance, Mini 3 Pro also canceled the bracket on the forearm for supporting and placing the antenna, and made the arm longer and thicker.

Shooting: tiger sniffing

Tiger Sniff got this product in advance and got the version of DJI RC with screen remote control. It flew outside Beijing's East Sixth Ring Road on May 4, which was the hottest day in Beijing since 2022, with a high temperature of 34 degrees. Catkin flying snow on the side of the Grand Canal, there are more people fishing than fish. At the same time, although it can fly, the height limit is 120 meters, because there are civil aviation planes passing by in the sky.

There will be a strong wind during the flight, and the altitude needs to be lowered, which means that the wind speed of the day exceeds the maximum wind resistance level of Mini 3 Pro, which is a five-level wind. At the same time, due to the height limitation, many one-click short film modes are not well realized, but three batteries let me fly intermittently for two hours, which is quite comfortable.

Prompt the drone to encounter strong wind, shooting: tiger sniffing.

I have to say that the brightness of the remote control DJI RC screen under strong light is really excellent, much better than that of the mobile phone. Its function also includes liberating the mobile phone, avoiding the inability to answer calls and return messages in the middle, and saving the power of the mobile phone.

DJI launched the Mini series that year, mainly to comply with the laws and regulations of various countries, and set the weight at 249g g, which is light, compact and portable, and friendly to laws and regulations. It can fly in most countries without registration, so that users can use it with peace of mind and avoid violating the laws of various countries or recruiting police because of registration problems.

Originally, I thought that the Mini series was launched by DJI to play with tickets, just like the Spark drone was launched that year, just to dominate the 3,000 yuan market. At the same time, the first generation Mini makes me feel like a child's toy in terms of performance and body material. However, the Mini series was founded in 20 18, the DJI Mavic Mini UAV was launched on October 30th, 20 19, the DJI Mini 2 was launched on October 5th, 2020 10, and the DJI Mini SE was quietly launched in July, 2002 10. MINI series belongs to Mavic series from the first generation, and now it has become a single series, which shows that it has been tested by the market and voted with its feet. 3354 is small and portable.

Finally, back to a traditional project, is this product worth buying? The improvement of performance has made its price rise from 2899 yuan in the standard version of Mini 2 to 4788 yuan, an increase of almost 2000 yuan. This price is really not an entry-level price, which is estimated to scare away many consumers. However, judging from the performance of DJI Air 2, some performances are equivalent to that of Air 2S, and this pricing seems reasonable.

For beginners, maybe Mini 2 is enough. If you are not short of money, you can certainly start with DJI Mini 3 Pro. In any case, it is the cheapest flagship product in the DJI UAV series.

Its long battery life and vertical shooting function are irresistible, and its compliance is a huge advantage, which is equivalent to your visa-free going abroad. And I believe that once the epidemic is over, traveling abroad will usher in a climax. Then, if you happen to like aerial photography, from the perspective of the United States, DJI Mini 3 Pro will be a good choice. Of course, every choice you make smells like RMB.

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