DJI Air 3: Any greater than a second digital camera?

After I learn the primary leaks in regards to the DJI Air 3, I believed that the one enchancment from its predecessor can be the dual-camera system. After the official reveling, I spotted it’s a client mass-market drone with some spectacular flagship options.

DJI stands that the brand new Air 3 has 48% extra battery life than its predecessor. With as much as 46 minutes of flight time is actually spectacular for its value vary. Together with improved battery life comes a brand new and improved good charging hub with juice switch from one battery to a different.

That includes the next-generation O4 transmission system, the DJI Air3 has a variety of as much as 20 km in FCC mode and 10 km in CE mode. The estimated max flight distance with a cost is about 32km.

Following the lead of high-end drones just like the Mavic 3, the DJI Air 3 will get two cameras on a single 3-axis gimbal system. Each cameras have a 1/1.3-inch CMOS picture sensor with 48 MP efficient pixels. Whereas the wide-angle digital camera has a FOV of 82° and 24 mm FE, the medium-tele digital camera has 35° FOV and 70 mm FE. Each cameras can report 4K (3840×2160) movies with as much as 100fps or FHD (1920×1080) with as much as 200fps for slow-mo footage.

DJI Air 3: Key options

• [Stabilized Dual-Camera System] Air 3 boasts the primary dual-primary digital camera system of the Air collection, embedding a 1/1.3-inch-CMOS wide-angle digital camera and a 1/1.3-inch-CMOS 3x medium tele digital camera in a modern and compact physique. The 2 cameras have the identical sensor measurement however completely different focal lengths, delivering constant picture high quality [3] and extra dynamic imaging potentialities.
  • Extensive-Angle Digital camera
    • 2.4μm Pixel Dimension
    • 24mm Format Equal
    • f/1.7 Aperture
  • 3x Medium Tele Digital camera
    • 2.4μm Pixel Dimension
    • 70mm Format Equal
    • f/2.8 Aperture
• [Extended Flight, Innovative Charging] Air 3 presents as much as 46 minutes of flight time, a rise of 48% in comparison with the earlier era. This offers loads of time to discover, modify compositions, and get the pictures you need, all throughout a single flight. The brand new battery charging hub helps an modern energy switch perform. Press and maintain the perform button to switch the remaining energy from a number of batteries to the battery with the best remaining energy,  supplying you with a extra absolutely charged battery in conditions the place charging choices are restricted.
• [Omnidirectional Obstacle Sensing] An omnidirectional sensing system permits complete environmental consciousness, permitting Air3 to detect obstacles in all instructions. When obstacles are detected, Air 3 can use APAS 5.0 to carry out smoother avoidance actions for a safer total flight expertise. Even full novices can fly confidently and execute artistic concepts with enhanced security.
• [O4 HD Video Transmission] The fourth-gen OcusSync HD video transmission system empowers Air 3 with dramatically enhanced transmission efficiency. It offers a max vary of 20 km with elevated stability and a 1080p/60fps max-quality stay feed to make sure ultra-smooth viewing and working.
• [Advanced RTH] Throughout Sensible Return To Dwelling (RTH), Air 3 will mechanically plan an optimized flight route for Superior RTH whereas sustaining omnidirectional impediment sensing to return to its dwelling level shortly and safely.
• [FocusTrack] This autonomous flight function retains you or your topic simply within the heart of the body. The 3x medium tele digital camera unlocks a novel sense of spatial compression when highlighting topics. This up to date monitoring efficiency, mixed with omnidirectional impediment sensing, enables you to get clever, well-planned pictures every time and wherever you want them.
• [MasterShots and QuickShots] MasterShots permits Air 3 to mechanically carry out numerous digital camera actions, taking pictures a number of clips and enhancing them with music, cuts, and results for quick and simplified cinematic footage. QuickShots empower Air 3 with artistic digital camera motion choices like Rocket, Dronie, Circle, Helix, Boomerang, and Asteroid.

Historical past of DJI’s Air collection

Over the past 6 years, DJI launched 4 fashions of its Air collection. The primary era Mavic Air was a pleasant drone with restricted options and, actually, an unpleasant design -even for that point. DJI launched the Mavic Air 2 two years later, reviewed right here on FirstQuadcopter. The Air 2 was a game-changer within the client drone market and was changed only one yr later by the Air 2S. In the summertime of 2023, the corporate launched the Air 3, which will get a twin digital camera, 48% improved flight time, and 20KM vary.

• 2018: DJI Mavic Air – take-off weight 430g
• 2020: DJI Mavic Air 2 – take-off weight 570g
• 2021: DJI Air 2S – take-off weight 595g
• 2023: DJI Air 3 – take-off weight 720g 

As you’ll be able to see above, the burden of the DJI Air collection elevated over time. Fortunately the burden of the DJI Air 3 nonetheless doesn’t put it in a unique class in relation to UAV rules -the subsequent threshold being over 900 grams.