I just bought the Air 3s after 4 years of using my air 2s to the max. I think you can really still squeeze more years out of the air 2s def with the 1 inch sensor, 5k and lighter weight. But it was time to test new waters and have some nice to have extras!
Howdy!!!! AMAZING VIDEO (BIBLICAL)!!! I have flown the AIR3 for nearly 2 years! I crashed the AIR3 2 times; it's always been at night!! (I don't fly at night anymore) I wrote DJI numerous times about this issue (flying at night)!! The AIR 3 has a propensity to go "Kamikazing" into my neighbor's' house or the local trees!!" Flying during DAY the AIR3 is perfect!! It's great to know DJI listened to their customers!! Too bad there's no upgrade for the AIR 3 to avoid the "BONSAI" feature of the AIR3 at night!!
Should’ve gotten the Mavic 3 classic which has a better camera, variable aperture, way higher bitrate(better video quality at 200mbps), etc. Than the Air3s
I noticed that too. I’m very impressed by the Air 3S but that seems to be an artefact from the new algorithm which allows for more detail at a lower bitrate. If so then it is possible to be patched like they’ve just patched the Action 5 to allow a higher bitrate.
that's the famous moire artifact. It's interesting that it's not present on the air 3 footage! So far as I know, this is a problem that affects lots of cameras, no matter of their sensor sizes and other common features and it's usually not present on cameras that have optical low pass filter (OLPF - that is something that avoids artifacts like this moire). I think both these drones (air 3 and 3 s) don't have OLPF and maybe they will correct or improve this problem with the s with firmware updates.
Thanks God I didn't buy the drone until next month. this is going to be my first drone and cant wait to put my hands on it. Definitely going for the air 3s fly more combo ❤
I think I will do the same waiting for the Air4 but also I like the Air3s. But from now I’m very happy with my air3. There isn’t much difference between them two.
Air 2 is still goated haha. That was my first ever drone. I was scared to fly sideways but I never crashed it or anything, and ended up selling it a couple years ago. The new owner immediately crashed it lol I am tempted to get an air 3 or this air 3S now. I also have the Avata 2 on my radar, that thing is awesome
¡¡¡Hola!!! ¡¡¡VÍDEO INCREÍBLE (BÍBLICO)!!! ¡He volado el AIR3 durante casi 2 años! ¡He estrellado el AIR3 2 veces; siempre ha sido de noche! (Ya no vuelo de noche) ¡Le escribí a DJI varias veces sobre este problema (volar de noche)! ¡El AIR 3 tiene una tendencia a "kamikazear" contra la casa de mi vecino o los árboles locales!" ¡Volar durante el DÍA con el AIR3 es perfecto! ¡Es genial saber que DJI escuchó a sus clientes! ¡¡Es una lástima que no haya una actualización para el AIR 3 para evitar la función "BONSAI" del AIR3 de noche!! Yes, I speak Spanish as well!
8:17 nov. 16 currently dji will not sell you a drone by itself. you have to get the 1099 one. may change later but they won’t do it unless it’s a dji refresh
So the new sensor removes the option to “Brake” vs flying around? Thanks for doing this, trying to decide on upgrading and losing options is a serious consideration.
Do you think the air 3s would be an upgrade from the mavic 3 classic, or is the mavic 3 series still superior? In my case i am not depending on the 3x lens, so you can leave that out of the consideration :)
Great comparison review of the new Air 3s & Air 3. So I've put an end to holding off an u/g replacement for my 8 year old Mavic Pro! 😂 yes, I'm sure to find massive improvements with the current generation dji Air 3s. Can't wait to give it a fly! Cheers!
Thanks for this comparison video. Wondering if you had heard anything from DJI as to why the reported beacon was not released? Wondering if it was held back because it was not ready and hope it eventually is released with compatibility with more of their drones.
Everyone compares video not photos… I cannot understand is there difference in PHOTOS between A3 and A3S. A3 has problems with softness with 24mm camera, also chromatic aberration and lack of detail. Are these issues solved or at least toned down in the S version? Are we getting less noise in shadows in photo mode? Are we getting more information in highlights?Still 12mpx sensors but are they now somehow better than previous? The 48 mpx mode had weird artefacts are they now gone? Someone should make video comparing same photos taken with A3 and A3S in different light conditions - sunset, daylight, etc. in Lightroom - just “raw” commentary video inspecting the photos.
Yes the A3S is superior on photos - check real world comparisons by Tom Whazzup on TH-cam. He compares with Mavic 3 Pro too and the A3S is right there with it and better on the 70mm camera.
Even the old Air2s has a better sensor for photography! If you want quality go for the Mavic 3 pro or classic. The sensors of the Air3 3s are fake 48mp with a lot of chromatic aberrations and noise. The Air3s has even worse moiré problem because of low bitrate and over sharpening. The new Air3s has some fancy features and it is fine if you upgrade from a mini drone 👈🏼
Great video. To be honest the only thing I really like about the air 3, and 3S is the flight time. I'm not crazy about the next best thing to come out of DJI. I have the air 2 and air 2S, and to be completely honest I thought about getting the Mavic 3 Classic, but it's not a huge upgrade. I still enjoy both of my older drones and they still work as if still new. I've haven't crashed either one. I don't think flying an extra ten minutes is worth another $500 dollars. So, I will not be upgrading no time soon. The one inch sensor on the air 2S is still awesome. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
The Air2s is brilliant especially for photography but it's battery life sucks! I'll happily give some extra 💸 money for a quality sensor drone and 35 minutes fly time 😎
very good comparison. Have the air 3, gonna sell it and get the air 3s. If you have photo studio you still need the mavic 3 pro though for video and stills. The air 2s stills-images also still beat the air 3s because of the 20mp compared to the 12mp (it is not 50mp!) on the air 3s. you could argue about the dynamic range. For video the air 3s is actually better, even better then mavic 3 pros image, unfortunately DJI is not much improving the sensor performance on the mavic 3 pro, they want to sell the mavic 4 soon.
The Air 3S is a great drone but one important thing which we need to consider is the Air 2S was smaller and lighter, pro models used to be around 800-900 gms and now even the air model is as big as the pro and weighs similar. This is a big problem as this drone would get noticed more than Air 2S and portability is lost. The Air 2S has the 1 inch sensor with a smaller footprint and still a super strong drone.
While this is true, don't forget that the Air 2S is still over 250 grams which mean it and the slightly bigger Air 3S still fall under the same registration and flight laws which is A1 I believe. so not much differences there in terms of weight class on paper.
dji is getting wild. They listen.. two years ago i told them in many reviews.. just make bigger sensor and brighter lens. and you will be building best drones in the market. and they listened.. and they did. nice done DJI, and if you need any more ideas.. just let me know ;)
Hello nice video...I am currently own an Air 2S dji drone....will i see a urge difference in terms of video quality ?? My main complain with my Air2S is when I am flying more than a mile away ,many times I lose connection and it's really scary..waiting for up to a minute to get back the connection.:(((((
How can they make this drone without 5k camera its not really the air 3s, what they forgot to add that, because everyone was waiting for the 1 inch sensor with 5k camera, keep ur air 2s and air 3.
I’m really doubting to buy my first drone.. I’m really doubting about buying the dji air 3s or the mini 4 pro.. I’d rather want to spend good money and go on for years.. I’m going to use it for filming in nature, shooting kids and family and on holidays.. which one would you advise?
Can't even see any differences comparing the night videos. The only thing, that I'm interested in is the increased speed- but in shitty EU this doesn't play a role anyway due to speed limitations- all this EU does: Forbidding, suppressing, censoring ;-) I'm waiting for the Air 4- meanwhile I will further enjoy my superb Air 3.
What a nice lie.... 1. I have seen @05:57 how much moire and aliasing have Air 3S compared to Air 3 2. Side by side you can see how Air 3S loose extra small details, instead is getting an artificial sharpness, that being the famous algorithm from DJI of BS optimization...also CRF is increased, killing extra small details....yeah, you can see it also in your studio monitor, better than YT video. 3. 130 MBPS??? NO ! Actually you are wrong....is 150mbps(in reality 130mbps) for example in 60fps DLOGM from Air 3 versus 90mbps from Air 3S....is a 35% down... 130 MBPS in Air 3S is achieved only for 120FPS, that giving in fact a 35mbps at 30fps :))))) As you already know (I hope), there is a simple formula related to QUALITY OF HEVC in each res/fps...The formula is: BITRATE >= FPS x 2000....so, at 60fps, bitrate needs to be minimum 120mbps, or you need to increase CRF over 18, leading to loss in fine details at compression, also decrease number of P frames, leading to more compression and less fidelity. How is this possible to get "optimized algorithm for compressing more with 35%, a thing that is soooo SMART that was not achieved by HEVC developers" ? Simple! USE A BULLSHIT like "optimized algorithm", but you increase CRF in HEVC encoding, killing all small details...this will also generate a huge moire and aliasing....as you can see from your videos :) This and also a fake sharpening is the DJI "secret optimization", they have not reinvented HEVC as would be impossible at this point to do this and remain compatible with H265 users... Also advice: USE HLG! Is better in DR and does not need any LUTs. Hope to be more clear next time with this infos for your followers.
Better processing over higher bitrate? You can’t possibly believe that do you? Your a video editor, everyone knows that the higher the bitrate the better the video quality 🤦🏽♂️
I just bought the Air 3s after 4 years of using my air 2s to the max. I think you can really still squeeze more years out of the air 2s def with the 1 inch sensor, 5k and lighter weight. But it was time to test new waters and have some nice to have extras!
I watched many youtuber and no one talk about the low bit rate ... less then Air3 .. 70 and 80 depend on how you are shooting ... 🤔🤔
MAVIC air 2S is still a beast
@@giusepperandazzo7782 i just saw that you cant film MOV either
I have the mini 2 and I still enjoy life😊
I just upgraded from mini 2 to the air 3 and it’s a night and day difference how much better these new drones are. Highly recommend you upgrade.
@@jlutz63 u getting the air 3s?
I have a Mini 2 as well and love flying and capturing epic shots with it. There's always something newer and better but you gotta enjoy what you have.
@@MontanaMedic13 I love my mini 2
I have mini 4k & im happy & c0ntended.
Howdy!!!! AMAZING VIDEO (BIBLICAL)!!! I have flown the AIR3 for nearly 2 years!
I crashed the AIR3 2 times; it's always been at night!! (I don't fly at night anymore)
I wrote DJI numerous times about this issue (flying at night)!!
The AIR 3 has a propensity to go "Kamikazing" into my neighbor's' house or the local trees!!" Flying during DAY the AIR3 is perfect!!
It's great to know DJI listened to their customers!! Too bad there's no upgrade for the AIR 3 to avoid the "BONSAI" feature of the AIR3 at night!!
Almost pulled the trigger on Mav Classic. Same again with the AIR 3. I'm glad I held out a little longer and got myself the AIR 3S.
Should’ve gotten the Mavic 3 classic which has a better camera, variable aperture, way higher bitrate(better video quality at 200mbps), etc. Than the Air3s
I will definitely stick to my air 3 till Air 4 comes around
Waiting on mavic 4 pro cine...
Wait for the 5
true
Na wait for the 9 pro
At last an unbiased review !
5:51 in the video: A3s has a weird color banding-like effect on the rooftop buildings next to the track! Whats that about?
I noticed that too. I’m very impressed by the Air 3S but that seems to be an artefact from the new algorithm which allows for more detail at a lower bitrate. If so then it is possible to be patched like they’ve just patched the Action 5 to allow a higher bitrate.
It is called moiré. It's a shitty thing that destroys quality. Just like cameras the sensor needs a low pass filter to combat moiré 👈🏼
that's the famous moire artifact. It's interesting that it's not present on the air 3 footage! So far as I know, this is a problem that affects lots of cameras, no matter of their sensor sizes and other common features and it's usually not present on cameras that have optical low pass filter (OLPF - that is something that avoids artifacts like this moire). I think both these drones (air 3 and 3 s) don't have OLPF and maybe they will correct or improve this problem with the s with firmware updates.
Thanks God I didn't buy the drone until next month. this is going to be my first drone and cant wait to put my hands on it. Definitely going for the air 3s fly more combo ❤
I’d love to see a bunch side by side night footage with the air 3 and 3s
I don’t really see much improvement on night video
Thx bro for the good review , I think I will stay with my air3 waiting to see what will be air4 in the future
I think I will do the same waiting for the Air4 but also I like the Air3s. But from now I’m very happy with my air3. There isn’t much difference between them two.
4:22 For my part, I can live with these small differences.
I like air 3 footage more, color is more accurate !
Thank you for this. It helped me decide not to update to the 3S, I'll likely wait for the 4.
My Air 2 is still rocking alhamdulilha ❤
Air 2 is still goated haha. That was my first ever drone. I was scared to fly sideways but I never crashed it or anything, and ended up selling it a couple years ago. The new owner immediately crashed it lol
I am tempted to get an air 3 or this air 3S now. I also have the Avata 2 on my radar, that thing is awesome
Great video bro
¡¡¡Hola!!! ¡¡¡VÍDEO INCREÍBLE (BÍBLICO)!!! ¡He volado el AIR3 durante casi 2 años!
¡He estrellado el AIR3 2 veces; siempre ha sido de noche! (Ya no vuelo de noche)
¡Le escribí a DJI varias veces sobre este problema (volar de noche)!
¡El AIR 3 tiene una tendencia a "kamikazear" contra la casa de mi vecino o los árboles locales!" ¡Volar durante el DÍA con el AIR3 es perfecto!
¡Es genial saber que DJI escuchó a sus clientes! ¡¡Es una lástima que no haya una actualización para el AIR 3 para evitar la función "BONSAI" del AIR3 de noche!!
Yes, I speak Spanish as well!
8:17 nov. 16 currently dji will not sell you a drone by itself. you have to get the 1099 one. may change later but they won’t do it unless it’s a dji refresh
Thanks very much for the video... Do these drones have the same flight time?
So the new sensor removes the option to “Brake” vs flying around? Thanks for doing this, trying to decide on upgrading and losing options is a serious consideration.
you can still set to Brake in the options .
I have the Mini 2SE and I’m finally upgrading to the air 3s.
I am sticking with my air3 to me, it’s not that much of a difference thank you for the video
Do you think the air 3s would be an upgrade from the mavic 3 classic, or is the mavic 3 series still superior? In my case i am not depending on the 3x lens, so you can leave that out of the consideration :)
Great comparison review of the new Air 3s & Air 3. So I've put an end to holding off an u/g replacement for my 8 year old Mavic Pro! 😂 yes, I'm sure to find massive improvements with the current generation dji Air 3s. Can't wait to give it a fly! Cheers!
What would be the battery life of old Air 3 battery to the new drone as I have fly more combo of Air 3?
Thanks for this comparison video. Wondering if you had heard anything from DJI as to why the reported beacon was not released? Wondering if it was held back because it was not ready and hope it eventually is released with compatibility with more of their drones.
I have the air 3 and this is really helpful to me
Very similar to the AIR 3, the technical sheet is wrong for the LiDAR sensor, confirmed by DJI after writing to them . Thank you for comparison
Can I use the ND Filters of DJI Air 3 into DJI Air 3S ?
I upgraded from air 3 to air 3s with dji’s trade with latest drone program on the day of its release
How much did you pay sir for trade your DJI air3 to Air3s ?
Everyone compares video not photos… I cannot understand is there difference in PHOTOS between A3 and A3S. A3 has problems with softness with 24mm camera, also chromatic aberration and lack of detail. Are these issues solved or at least toned down in the S version? Are we getting less noise in shadows in photo mode? Are we getting more information in highlights?Still 12mpx sensors but are they now somehow better than previous? The 48 mpx mode had weird artefacts are they now gone? Someone should make video comparing same photos taken with A3 and A3S in different light conditions - sunset, daylight, etc. in Lightroom - just “raw” commentary video inspecting the photos.
Yes the A3S is superior on photos - check real world comparisons by Tom Whazzup on TH-cam. He compares with Mavic 3 Pro too and the A3S is right there with it and better on the 70mm camera.
Even the old Air2s has a better sensor for photography! If you want quality go for the Mavic 3 pro or classic.
The sensors of the Air3 3s are fake 48mp with a lot of chromatic aberrations and noise. The Air3s has even worse moiré problem because of low bitrate and over sharpening.
The new Air3s has some fancy features and it is fine if you upgrade from a mini drone 👈🏼
should I upgrade my air 2 and mini 3 pro to air 3s?
Does the Air3S support using the DJI FPV Goggles 2or 3 like the Air3? I haven't seen this addressed yet in the various reviews of the Air3S.
Great video. To be honest the only thing I really like about the air 3, and 3S is the flight time. I'm not crazy about the next best thing to come out of DJI.
I have the air 2 and air 2S, and to be completely honest I thought about getting the Mavic 3 Classic, but it's not a huge upgrade.
I still enjoy both of my older drones and they still work as if still new. I've haven't crashed either one. I don't think flying an extra ten minutes is worth another $500 dollars. So, I will not be upgrading no time soon. The one inch sensor on the air 2S is still awesome.
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
The Air2s is brilliant especially for photography but it's battery life sucks! I'll happily give some extra 💸 money for a quality sensor drone and 35 minutes fly time 😎
Can you please do a range test on both drones
very good comparison. Have the air 3, gonna sell it and get the air 3s. If you have photo studio you still need the mavic 3 pro though for video and stills. The air 2s stills-images also still beat the air 3s because of the 20mp compared to the 12mp (it is not 50mp!) on the air 3s. you could argue about the dynamic range. For video the air 3s is actually better, even better then mavic 3 pros image, unfortunately DJI is not much improving the sensor performance on the mavic 3 pro, they want to sell the mavic 4 soon.
Finally some honesty 😮
Where is the Skydio like Beacon for it ?
We don't say that name here.
@@avenoirvisuals6036 fine. where is the DJI RC track that is supposed to come out with the Air 3 s ?
I just got the air 3 around 3 weeks ago 😅
Same brother. Do you think i should uprgrade to air 3s?
@@Roamwithhim I don’t think an upgrade is necessary. I’d say wait a year or 2 and the specs will only be better.
@@trill_is_bliss Thanks bro
The Air 3S is a great drone but one important thing which we need to consider is the Air 2S was smaller and lighter, pro models used to be around 800-900 gms and now even the air model is as big as the pro and weighs similar. This is a big problem as this drone would get noticed more than Air 2S and portability is lost. The Air 2S has the 1 inch sensor with a smaller footprint and still a super strong drone.
While this is true, don't forget that the Air 2S is still over 250 grams which mean it and the slightly bigger Air 3S still fall under the same registration and flight laws which is A1 I believe. so not much differences there in terms of weight class on paper.
@@scottyzepplinphotography1188 That is true but somehow the stealth was better in Air 2S
dji is getting wild. They listen.. two years ago i told them in many reviews.. just make bigger sensor and brighter lens. and you will be building best drones in the market. and they listened.. and they did. nice done DJI, and if you need any more ideas.. just let me know ;)
4:13 - unm they’re two diff apertures. Def not the same.
I appreciate the review, but he is definitely off on some features….but this is a very early comparison. Waiting for Billy to do his.
Are the propellers interchangeable with the Air 3
yes
Danke für den tolle Vergleich! Passen die Filter von der 3 auf die 3s?
Ні, не підходять.
Hello nice video...I am currently own an Air 2S dji drone....will i see a urge difference in terms of video quality ?? My main complain with my Air2S is when I am flying more than a mile away ,many times I lose connection and it's really scary..waiting for up to a minute to get back the connection.:(((((
How can they make this drone without 5k camera its not really the air 3s, what they forgot to add that, because everyone was waiting for the 1 inch sensor with 5k camera, keep ur air 2s and air 3.
The sensor hardware is capable of shooting 8k if you look at the resolution. I think it could possibly come out in a later software update
I’m really doubting to buy my first drone.. I’m really doubting about buying the dji air 3s or the mini 4 pro.. I’d rather want to spend good money and go on for years.. I’m going to use it for filming in nature, shooting kids and family and on holidays.. which one would you advise?
Air 3S !
Mini 4 pro fly more combo is enough
Thanks for the video. I have the Mini 4 Pro and the Air 3, and since I don't do a lot of night flying, you just save me $1,000.00. Thanks
thanks for this. I won;t be upgrading my Air 3.
I fly side ways and I want more battery life, so for me, it's an Easy upgrade.
Can't even see any differences comparing the night videos. The only thing, that I'm interested in is the increased speed- but in shitty EU this doesn't play a role anyway due to speed limitations- all this EU does: Forbidding, suppressing, censoring ;-) I'm waiting for the Air 4- meanwhile I will further enjoy my superb Air 3.
brexit
What a nice lie....
1. I have seen @05:57 how much moire and aliasing have Air 3S compared to Air 3
2. Side by side you can see how Air 3S loose extra small details, instead is getting an artificial sharpness, that being the famous algorithm from DJI of BS optimization...also CRF is increased, killing extra small details....yeah, you can see it also in your studio monitor, better than YT video.
3. 130 MBPS??? NO ! Actually you are wrong....is 150mbps(in reality 130mbps) for example in 60fps DLOGM from Air 3 versus 90mbps from Air 3S....is a 35% down...
130 MBPS in Air 3S is achieved only for 120FPS, that giving in fact a 35mbps at 30fps :)))))
As you already know (I hope), there is a simple formula related to QUALITY OF HEVC in each res/fps...The formula is:
BITRATE >= FPS x 2000....so, at 60fps, bitrate needs to be minimum 120mbps, or you need to increase CRF over 18, leading to loss in fine details at compression, also decrease number of P frames, leading to more compression and less fidelity.
How is this possible to get "optimized algorithm for compressing more with 35%, a thing that is soooo SMART that was not achieved by HEVC developers" ? Simple! USE A BULLSHIT like "optimized algorithm", but you increase CRF in HEVC encoding, killing all small details...this will also generate a huge moire and aliasing....as you can see from your videos :)
This and also a fake sharpening is the DJI "secret optimization", they have not reinvented HEVC as would be impossible at this point to do this and remain compatible with H265 users...
Also advice: USE HLG! Is better in DR and does not need any LUTs.
Hope to be more clear next time with this infos for your followers.
Totally Agree with you, I keep my Air 3 and do not ‘downgrade’ in quality👊😀
Air 3s not worth upgrading, thir not at all enough upgrading, great review
Is it just me or the air 3s footage look over sharpened?
Whats Mi$$ing = No-Light night vision camera capable of capturing images even in 0 Lux conditions.
Dream on
@@neuromancer692 RIP
The air 3 is so washed out bc of the large non adjustable aperture. I know first hand the 3s is going to be worse. I can't stand that washed out look
Honestly the photos look better on air 3
many countries won't allow you to fly a drone at night
Meh. Not worth upgrading from my Air 2. Will see what the Mavic 4 brings to the table, or the Mini 5.
I think now it's time to upgrade from air1 to air 3s hahaa
Better processing over higher bitrate? You can’t possibly believe that do you? Your a video editor, everyone knows that the higher the bitrate the better the video quality 🤦🏽♂️
You give me😅 a one drone 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Buy air 2s still same .
Sir give me a drone