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Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by coder543 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #38
ben7799 wrote: post #22

I've had the original Mini since it came out. Other than damaging a prop from it hitting a blade of grass on landing it is in perfect shape. Yes, they are so fragile I landed very smoothly in the grass and soft grass is enough to damage the props! I don't fly it as much as I used to. These new ones are certainly an engineering marvel with how much they have added and still kept it under 249g. The big one to me though…

I have a friend that builds his own drones (and RC vehicles, like a really big, fast tank). He sneers at DJI, but keeps one to entertain the mensch (that's me). He also sneers at licensing, jailbreaking, geofencing, etc. I notice that there aren't any pictures that actually show people in close proximity to the drone. The "drone in hand" picture looks photoshopped, so I assume the drone is actually not-so-mini. I hav…

The size of the drone is not some secret... you can search for the Mini 4 Pro on YouTube and find a bunch of hands-on reviews.

The DJI Mini drones are very compact. The DJI Air 3 is arguably the next level up in the lineup, and it weighs 3x as much and is noticeably larger. The "teeny-tiny drone" you're describing just doesn't sound comparable or particularly useful.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by willio58 »

Whoever developed this website was probably told "We want it to look like Apple.com" and didn't veer one inch from that request. Not to say it looks bad, but it does feel unoriginal to me.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

#63

Post by f3d46600-b66e »

Foivos wrote: post #54
ramenmeal wrote: post #21

Streaming 1080p/60fps up to 20km wirelessly is mind boggling to me. What kind of tech is used to make that happen? seems like it'd require a lot of power.

Keep in mind that this only applies to the FCC regulations. In Europe (CE regulations) the claimed range is 10 km. The mini 3 pro has a CE regulations claimed range of 8 km, but after 2.5 km I pretty much loose connection. If I turn the drone to face my direction, I might be able to fly it a bit further, but at this point it is so hard to control it, that there is no point. Btw, according to regulations, you can not…

You're not allowed to use binoculars.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

coder543 wrote: post #61
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a friend that builds his own drones (and RC vehicles, like a really big, fast tank). He sneers at DJI, but keeps one to entertain the mensch (that's me). He also sneers at licensing, jailbreaking, geofencing, etc. I notice that there aren't any pictures that actually show people in close proximity to the drone. The "drone in hand" picture looks photoshopped, so I assume the drone is actually not-so-mini. I hav…

The size of the drone is not some secret... you can search for the Mini 4 Pro on YouTube and find a bunch of hands-on reviews. The DJI Mini drones are very compact. The DJI Air 3 is arguably the next level up in the lineup, and it weighs 3x as much and is noticeably larger. The "teeny-tiny drone" you're describing just doesn't sound comparable or particularly useful.

It isn’t useful at all.

Quite boring, frankly.

I just realized the DJI that my friend has, is a mini.

It’s small, but some of his hand-built ones are smaller.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by SirMaster »

Foivos wrote: post #54
ramenmeal wrote: post #21

Streaming 1080p/60fps up to 20km wirelessly is mind boggling to me. What kind of tech is used to make that happen? seems like it'd require a lot of power.

Keep in mind that this only applies to the FCC regulations. In Europe (CE regulations) the claimed range is 10 km. The mini 3 pro has a CE regulations claimed range of 8 km, but after 2.5 km I pretty much loose connection. If I turn the drone to face my direction, I might be able to fly it a bit further, but at this point it is so hard to control it, that there is no point. Btw, according to regulations, you can not…

Hmm, 2.5km?

I've flown the original DJI Mavic Pro to about 4-5km multiple times and never had any real issue with the video feed.

I'd be surprised if this much newer gen is worse.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by yetanotherloser »

ceejayoz wrote: post #57
yetanotherloser wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Solution: stop saying "why didn't you do anything", righteously slap people who do.

No. Sometimes "you should have anticipated this would be a problem" is the appropriate response. I don't subscribe to the idea that government should be exclusively reactive to things.

The problem isn't that, it's governments being excessively reactive to things. In their view few people dying of random mishaps is always an excuse for more government. In my view everybody dies of something and faced with the threat of a 251g drone to the skull vs the horror of everyone pickled in aspic under maximum government insanity just to preserve me long enough enough into decrepitude that the medics get to torment me properly before death, bring on the drone. A society where people aren't free to die of ordinary mishaps is a sick society.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by bittercynic »

bmurphy1976 wrote: post #33

I have a Spark and a Mavic Air 2. I really love flying the Spark, it's a fun zippy little drone. I'd compare it to something like a Miata. The Mavic on the other hand is all serious, professional utility. It's more like a mini-van. It's a great tool but it's not even remotely fun to fly. My biggest issue with my Spark is the 9 minute battery life. Even though I have 4 batteries, having to constantly land and swap the…

Original mini here, and I've flown a friend's spark. The mini flies about 30 minutes on a charge, and is much more compact when folded. The spark had more sophisticated collision avoidance than my mini. They seemed comparably zippy to me, but I never flew them back-to-back.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by whyenot »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #52

The product they make, that I think is a lot cooler than their drones (but probably was inspired by them), is their Osmo Pocket minicam[0]. [0] https://store.dji.com/product/pocket-2?vid=98631

It seems like the Osmo Pocket line has stagnated a bit. I bought a Pocket 2 in the summer of 2021, and more than two years later, it still is the current model. That's a shame because while it's a good idea, the camera has some problems. Video quality is not great, especially in low light. It does not work well for creating vertical format (TikTok-style) videos. The screen on the camera is smaller than a postage stamp and is pretty much unusable -- you really need to pair the camera with your phone. ...which then leads to the question, why not just use DJI's excellent Osmo Mobile gimble and record footage using the much better camera that your phone has.

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

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Post by SirMaster »

cheesemayo wrote: post #47

Beware that DJI's software to control these craft is super sketchy to install and use. It doesn't exist in the Google Play Store, to avoid inspection.

But yet it exists on the Apple App store where I am sure Apple has inspected it.

I guess the Android version could be a lot different, but why?

Re: DJI Mini 4 Pro

#70

Post by mk_stjames »

broguinn wrote: post #26
cush wrote: post #14

Light drones are great, but how far away are we from quiet consumer drones? I'd love to not have every hike ruined by some wannabe videographer.

I had the same thought seeing the hero videos on this page displaying beautiful mountain scapes and vistas - I wouldn't want to be the person disturbing this space with an intrusive drone.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.

I read over their product page and, like always, I'm absolutely amazed that these things exist now and can capture such amazing video and photography at their price point. I'd love to get one to use.

But I won't buy one, because every time I go out now to the beach or on a hike, I see people with things like these and I just cannot stand them. I hate the ridiculous noise, I hate the fact that these people are filming things in the middle of streets and sidewalks and trails and generally putting themselves in the center of everything and inconveniencing everyone else just to 'get their shot'. I hate the idea that I am potentially being filmed by some random kids with a high speed camera on the drone hovering out over the park bench I'm resting on.

And because I hate these things, I will not buy one, because I do not want to turn into the annoyances that I feel, no matter how cool the tech looks.

That... or... I'm secretly afraid that I'd buy it and not actually have anything cool to film and it'd sit in a closet and be another $800 paperweight device.

But let's go with not wanting to be an another annoying 'Main Character Syndrome' person and just be quiet and peaceful when out and about.

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