I honestly watch your videos because they are insanely chill. It's great to watch your stuff after a hard day at work or uni and just unwind. Also, even if it's "just" a review, I can tell you put a lot of effort into making the videos which pays off in a big way. 5/10
I Kraig, I'm a big fan, but one question: what about flying laws? That's the biggest obstacle here in Italy even if I buy a drone without a license I can only fly the drone in remote places far away from inhabited regions and without any commercial use. I mean here in Italy 85% of the beautiful footage you made are probably illegal. I don't know about the flying law in the US or in other European countries but if you want let us/me know about your experience. This is a 5/10 commento ;)
I enjoy this series of thoughts. Its kinda like an inner mind monologue and your walking us through your thoughts and process. LIke how you didn't care for the shot due to the birds but also notice the colors were off. I enjoy the honesty!!!
I just got my Mavic Air as well- I love the portability of the drone but I do have connection issues at times. That being said, I am doing a two month trip to Europe and I need to travel as light as possible. Your drone shots inspired me to get a drone, I think your shots are simple but beautiful. I have been rewatching a lot of your videos on drones to get good shots myself. I am actually exporting a drone video as I write this comment.
Nice one Kraig. Glad you showed some of the finer issues like the banding and zooming into that noise. It's hard to tell on a lot of reviews those details due to trying to show comparisons side by side which are too zoomed out to really tell. The Air looks wicked, but I was so impressed with the Mavic Pro capability in high winds recently in Iceland that I'll stick with the Pro for now.
Hey Kraig - This is one of the best Mavic Air videos I’ve watched on TH-cam... and I’ve seen a lot. Honest and to the point. I’m a new Mavic Air pilot myself and love and hate it for the same reasons you do. Thanks for for this and hope to see more of your drone vids in the future. ✌️
Hi Kraig, since you ask...you and me are flying à Mavic Air, but we don’t have the same age (I am 73) and that makes a difference! I don’t have the guts to fly where it’s not allowed and respect the law as mentioned in my French hobby drone permit. That being said I do like your cool way of explaining and sharing your videos. 🇫🇷
Made it to the end (as always); I love the high quality narration with dope b-roll and music that really complements the whole thing on this one, feels much more personal than a typical tutorial-style vid, very easy to watch.
Had to pause your podcast to watch this :P Just got the Mavic Air and I looove it (especially upgrading from the Spark) but yeah that freaking propellor blade fold up order is like playing tetris. It makes me a little mad each time but it's worth it cuz it actually folds up into a tiny little package. But damn I really gotta stop being lazy and start shooting in manual exposure...
Made it to the end. Have the mavic air, just learning how to fly and shoot with it. Enjoying it a lot, will wait for firmware update to solve connectivity issues.
The snappy moviefeed at 5:25 ish is because your shutter speed it to hihj. you want to keep it at double your frame rate, so for example 30fps -> 1/60 shutter speed. this gives you motion blur and makes the image look a lot more cinematic. If the image looks to bright at 1/60 \ 1/120, then id recommend to use some ND filters to combat this. Hope I could help!
Watching this video as I activate my DJI goggles. (yes, the whole video) I have been struggling to see the image on my iPhone in the daylight, so I'm going to give the goggles a try. Appreciated your take on the Mavic Air. I'm using a Mavic Pro for portability, but will definitely be getting a Phantom 4 Pro+ for the higher quality work needs. Really enjoy your videos, realistic reviews/opinions.
Coming from Phantom 4, I think my Mavic Air offers better image quality. I couldn't get that good-looking shots from P4, since the image was oversharpened most of time even if I lowered the sharpening settings. With Mavic Air, footage looks excellent. Noise is quite a problem, but I rarely shoot in situation when I need to raise the ISO. I use changed settings, so that could be reason for my different opinion.
So I’m trying to get into wedding cinematography and I have a big Yuneec q500. Looking to get something more portable. Would you recommend the mavic pro or mavic air?
I like the idea of the Phantom 4 Pro + and a better portable drone like the Spark or Mavic Pro. We currently use the Mavic Pro strictly and love the portability with all our traveling, but having the quality of a 4 Pro + would be amazing
Good video man, i enjoyed it. I've had my Mavic Air about a week now and loving it. Im not new to flying but new to filming with a drone. I find the colour right out of camera pleasing to my eye, but I like the saturated look with lots of pop. But after watching like a stupid amount of these videos I couldn't resist the temptation to do a little experimenting and I was pretty happy with the results. So I tried 0/-1/-1 and Cinelike then tried some quick colour grading for my first time and I found right away the noise was reduced. Its an extra step but it may just be worth it.. Im still on the fence because it does look pretty sick with stock profile too.. Im sure by now you have tweeked the yaw/gimbal speed/exp and all that other fun stuff.. That was the biggest game changer for me, so much more control and buttery smooth movements... Good stuff have a good one.
I plan on getting my first drone this summer and was deciding between the mavic pro and the mavic air. I mainly want it for hobby purposes, to fly on hikes and stuff. Which one would be better?
Made it to the end. I’ll be (re) launching my TH-cam channel (among other things) soon and quitting my shitty day job. I’m trying to find my balance between cinematography vs storytelling, and information/insights vs personal stuff so I appreciate your vids like this.
I am a complete drone beginner. I just bought the Mavic Air 2. I got it all set up, inserted the SD card. Installed the app on my old iPhone SE. I prepared for my first test flight. Pressed the launch button and... nothing. It make a peep noise, but I don't see any error message. Can you think of anything I'm missing? I'll try contacting DJI support via Facebook Messenger.
Love the quality you got out of the default profile. Even with default profile, I'm surprised that you didn't decrease contrast and saturation. I've found that doing so helps with the noise in the shadows you were experiencing...but I'm also using D-Cinelike. I'm going to try default PP with -3 contrast and -2 saturation for this weekends wedding. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for this!
Hey Kraig, hope your EU trip was good! I'm loving what you've been creating recently, you should get Matt D'Avella on the podcast! I feel like you both have a sense of humor that would make a hilarious podcast or co-video. I'm really learning from your style, I'm a college student who does wedding films full time. Keep it up man!
Can you get away with using the Mavic Air for wedding venue shots? I use the GH5 just now... do you think it would be easy to match the footage in post?
This was perfect timing for me, since I'm about to leave on a trip to Puerto Rico where I'm planning to do some drone travel filming for the first time. I'm borrowing my dad's Phantom 3 which is a pain because its huge to carry, but its better than no drone at all. How do you figure out where to film in terms of safety/legality etc? I really don't want to do something accidentally illegal, lol.
Yo Kraig, nice review mate. Appreciate your delivery and honest feeling approach. Kind of waiting to see what the Mavic Pro 2 brings as the whole wifi connectivity thing has been a bit of a mehhhhh thing for me as well with this thing.
Hey Kraig, thanks for this thoughtful insight into the Mavic Air. Looking forward to taking mine out more once it stops raining so much here! Made it to the end :) Kat
Enjoying your vids every time, you got me hooked with the Japan supervlog being honest. I don’t get why dji is not using the same connection like they do with the pro though. I like getting a drown and the a small one but I not really need one for my TH-cam vids and for my trips I am even to lazy carrying my Dslr. Maybe I will check out the pro and the spark, not sure though whether I really should get one. Keep up the good work and thanks for entertaining, inspiring and teaching, cheers, Konstantin 👍🏻
Hey Kraig! I am new to your channel and I watched this video till the very end. I just got a mavic air myself and I am going to take it with me to Alaska this week. I was wondering if you could give me some quick tips for how to make the most of my shots? I seem to be experiencing a little glitchiness in my footage and someone said I should get nd filters for that, what do you think?
Excited to see Europe Super Vlog. Kraig if I’m going to buy a drone specifically for travel vlogging would you say mavick pro over the air? Or wait to see if they do improve camera quality with next model?
I knew I should like before watching xD Hi from Greece dude. Amazing I wanna get that one hopefully sometime this year. It rocks size wize and shots wise.
Great video and some of the shots (good lighting) look very good and you cannot notice any noise. I bet DJI already has a better Mavic Air in the pipeline. They could build a Phantom 4 Pro into a Mavic Air form factor, just want to keep certain price points. I would love a Phantom 4 Pro in a Mavic Air form factor. That would be so great.
I was wondering how the image quality really is. Basically, it's great because the drone is so small, but beyond that you might want a bigger drone like the Phantom 4 if you really care about the quality.
Made it to the end and your summary sounds like most of what I've heard as well, camera a tad bit worse than the Mavic Pro and connectivity, especially in urban areas. Nicely done video.
Hey Kraig! First, I'm booking my 12th wedding since I started last July. Big thanks to you for sharing your knowledge base!!!! Question: How often do you use your ND filters on the drone?
Thanks for this Kraig! Do you know if you need to have wifi or a data connection to fly? I plan on bringing the Air to Mongolia where any network is going to be sparse! Thanks so much!
Nice review. The Mavic Air uses the same comms as the Spark in the sense that it uses a high powered WiFi connection. Curious to see what the Mavic 2 brings. The Phantom 5 rumors say that it’ll have removable lenses which should be really cool
I honestly watch your videos because they are insanely chill. It's great to watch your stuff after a hard day at work or uni and just unwind. Also, even if it's "just" a review, I can tell you put a lot of effort into making the videos which pays off in a big way. 5/10
I Kraig, I'm a big fan, but one question: what about flying laws? That's the biggest obstacle here in Italy even if I buy a drone without a license I can only fly the drone in remote places far away from inhabited regions and without any commercial use. I mean here in Italy 85% of the beautiful footage you made are probably illegal. I don't know about the flying law in the US or in other European countries but if you want let us/me know about your experience. This is a 5/10 commento ;)
Love these Podcast style videos with B-Roll in the background
Same!
I enjoy this series of thoughts. Its kinda like an inner mind monologue and your walking us through your thoughts and process. LIke how you didn't care for the shot due to the birds but also notice the colors were off. I enjoy the honesty!!!
I just got my Mavic Air as well- I love the portability of the drone but I do have connection issues at times. That being said, I am doing a two month trip to Europe and I need to travel as light as possible. Your drone shots inspired me to get a drone, I think your shots are simple but beautiful. I have been rewatching a lot of your videos on drones to get good shots myself. I am actually exporting a drone video as I write this comment.
Bought the Mavic Air Fly More Combo. This drone is perfect. Love it.
Nice one Kraig. Glad you showed some of the finer issues like the banding and zooming into that noise. It's hard to tell on a lot of reviews those details due to trying to show comparisons side by side which are too zoomed out to really tell. The Air looks wicked, but I was so impressed with the Mavic Pro capability in high winds recently in Iceland that I'll stick with the Pro for now.
Thanks for your comments, Kraig. I agree, we should wait until DJI launches another Mavic Pro drone with a bigger sensor and better image quality.
Epic. I've really enjoyed my experience with the Mavic Air - couldn't ask for anything better for what I do.
Hey Kraig - This is one of the best Mavic Air videos I’ve watched on TH-cam... and I’ve seen a lot. Honest and to the point. I’m a new Mavic Air pilot myself and love and hate it for the same reasons you do. Thanks for for this and hope to see more of your drone vids in the future. ✌️
Just bought myself a MA for my very first drone and after watching your video it makes me feel more secure with my purchase. Thanks!
Hi Kraig, since you ask...you and me are flying à Mavic Air, but we don’t have the same age (I am 73) and that makes a difference! I don’t have the guts to fly where it’s not allowed and respect the law as mentioned in my French hobby drone permit. That being said I do like your cool way of explaining and sharing your videos. 🇫🇷
Made it to the end (as always); I love the high quality narration with dope b-roll and music that really complements the whole thing on this one, feels much more personal than a typical tutorial-style vid, very easy to watch.
I watched all the way to the end! Thanks for doing what you do!
Had to pause your podcast to watch this :P
Just got the Mavic Air and I looove it (especially upgrading from the Spark) but yeah that freaking propellor blade fold up order is like playing tetris. It makes me a little mad each time but it's worth it cuz it actually folds up into a tiny little package. But damn I really gotta stop being lazy and start shooting in manual exposure...
Made it to the end. Have the mavic air, just learning how to fly and shoot with it. Enjoying it a lot, will wait for firmware update to solve connectivity issues.
Watch all your content all the way through :) Killin it like always man
Hey Kraig, big fan of your filmmaking and all your videos. Keep it up, you're the man! Greetings from Mexico!
The snappy moviefeed at 5:25 ish is because your shutter speed it to hihj. you want to keep it at double your frame rate, so for example 30fps -> 1/60 shutter speed. this gives you motion blur and makes the image look a lot more cinematic. If the image looks to bright at 1/60 \ 1/120, then id recommend to use some ND filters to combat this. Hope I could help!
Made it to the end! Very helpful as I want to buy my first drone. Found you through WFS a couple years ago and love all the content!
Watching this video as I activate my DJI goggles. (yes, the whole video) I have been struggling to see the image on my iPhone in the daylight, so I'm going to give the goggles a try. Appreciated your take on the Mavic Air. I'm using a Mavic Pro for portability, but will definitely be getting a Phantom 4 Pro+ for the higher quality work needs. Really enjoy your videos, realistic reviews/opinions.
I know this wouldn’t happen but a collab between moment lenses and DJI would be fantastic.
Coming from Phantom 4, I think my Mavic Air offers better image quality. I couldn't get that good-looking shots from P4, since the image was oversharpened most of time even if I lowered the sharpening settings. With Mavic Air, footage looks excellent. Noise is quite a problem, but I rarely shoot in situation when I need to raise the ISO. I use changed settings, so that could be reason for my different opinion.
9:02 the minimalist says he wants two drones! haha Love it!
Great vid mate, really inspired me to get a little bit more into photography and cinematography and probably make it my hobby, why not. :)
Dude love what you do! keep it up! your drone work is out of this world! Great work!
Was really interested in your settings. Blows my mind you got this clean footage in mostly default. Great content.
You can check / change your “channel” if the one you are using is busy - which is most likely why you kept losing signal.
Made it to the end and glad I did. It reaffirmed my decision to keep the Mavic Pro. Thanks, Kraig!
So I’m trying to get into wedding cinematography and I have a big Yuneec q500. Looking to get something more portable. Would you recommend the mavic pro or mavic air?
I like the idea of the Phantom 4 Pro + and a better portable drone like the Spark or Mavic Pro. We currently use the Mavic Pro strictly and love the portability with all our traveling, but having the quality of a 4 Pro + would be amazing
I've gotta say that your Japan video is my favourite video on TH-cam, ever.
oooo also, i'll 'let you know' i made it to the end, Kraig Adams :) Cheers from Canada.
Patiently waiting for the next podcast haha
Hey Kraig! Made it to the end of the video. I really like your style. Getting a lot of inspiration from your work so far!
Consider messing with the settings for massive improvement in quality of the picture.
I really like that walking sequence where it''s just following you up the hill lol
Good video man, i enjoyed it. I've had my Mavic Air about a week now and loving it. Im not new to flying but new to filming with a drone. I find the colour right out of camera pleasing to my eye, but I like the saturated look with lots of pop. But after watching like a stupid amount of these videos I couldn't resist the temptation to do a little experimenting and I was pretty happy with the results. So I tried 0/-1/-1 and Cinelike then tried some quick colour grading for my first time and I found right away the noise was reduced. Its an extra step but it may just be worth it.. Im still on the fence because it does look pretty sick with stock profile too.. Im sure by now you have tweeked the yaw/gimbal speed/exp and all that other fun stuff.. That was the biggest game changer for me, so much more control and buttery smooth movements... Good stuff have a good one.
I plan on getting my first drone this summer and was deciding between the mavic pro and the mavic air. I mainly want it for hobby purposes, to fly on hikes and stuff. Which one would be better?
Made it to the end. I’ll be (re) launching my TH-cam channel (among other things) soon and quitting my shitty day job. I’m trying to find my balance between cinematography vs storytelling, and information/insights vs personal stuff so I appreciate your vids like this.
I am a complete drone beginner. I just bought the Mavic Air 2. I got it all set up, inserted the SD card. Installed the app on my old iPhone SE. I prepared for my first test flight. Pressed the launch button and... nothing. It make a peep noise, but I don't see any error message. Can you think of anything I'm missing? I'll try contacting DJI support via Facebook Messenger.
Great review, been wondering about the connectivity
Great video. You said you went to Europe. Did you switch to CE mode at one time? Did the range change?
Love the quality you got out of the default profile. Even with default profile, I'm surprised that you didn't decrease contrast and saturation. I've found that doing so helps with the noise in the shadows you were experiencing...but I'm also using D-Cinelike. I'm going to try default PP with -3 contrast and -2 saturation for this weekends wedding. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for this!
Hey Kraig, hope your EU trip was good! I'm loving what you've been creating recently, you should get Matt D'Avella on the podcast! I feel like you both have a sense of humor that would make a hilarious podcast or co-video. I'm really learning from your style, I'm a college student who does wedding films full time. Keep it up man!
Good content as usual. Looking forward to hearing about your latest purge!
To the end and loved it, your new "style". Huge fan here since long ago ;)
Kraig I also have experienced poor connectivity signal mor then usual. And even trace function does not work properly all the time.
i understand you mostly shoot in auto, but have you tried lowering your shutter speed to rid of the aliasing?
Cool little video man! I have connection issues as well with mine but super fun and just easy for travel hey!
Hey Kraig, what's your opinion on using this for weddings? I was using the phantom 3 pro and thinking of using the mavic air for wedding filmmaking.
Can you get away with using the Mavic Air for wedding venue shots? I use the GH5 just now... do you think it would be easy to match the footage in post?
Love your work btw👍🏼
This was perfect timing for me, since I'm about to leave on a trip to Puerto Rico where I'm planning to do some drone travel filming for the first time. I'm borrowing my dad's Phantom 3 which is a pain because its huge to carry, but its better than no drone at all. How do you figure out where to film in terms of safety/legality etc? I really don't want to do something accidentally illegal, lol.
Yo Kraig, nice review mate. Appreciate your delivery and honest feeling approach. Kind of waiting to see what the Mavic Pro 2 brings as the whole wifi connectivity thing has been a bit of a mehhhhh thing for me as well with this thing.
Okay so question- how and where do we need to register a drone..?
Would you ever record on the mavic and the do a quick edit on your phone for instagram purposes?
If you didn't own either - would you buy the Mavic Pro or the Air?
Great video. Did you use any filter?
This is great, Kraig!
Hey Kraig, thanks for this thoughtful insight into the Mavic Air. Looking forward to taking mine out more once it stops raining so much here! Made it to the end :) Kat
Enjoying your vids every time, you got me hooked with the Japan supervlog being honest. I don’t get why dji is not using the same connection like they do with the pro though.
I like getting a drown and the a small one but I not really need one for my TH-cam vids and for my trips I am even to lazy carrying my Dslr. Maybe I will check out the pro and the spark, not sure though whether I really should get one.
Keep up the good work and thanks for entertaining, inspiring and teaching, cheers, Konstantin 👍🏻
The birds flew into my Mavic Pro! I thought it would never happen!
those pesky birds.
Hey Kraig! I am new to your channel and I watched this video till the very end. I just got a mavic air myself and I am going to take it with me to Alaska this week. I was wondering if you could give me some quick tips for how to make the most of my shots? I seem to be experiencing a little glitchiness in my footage and someone said I should get nd filters for that, what do you think?
Excited to see Europe Super Vlog. Kraig if I’m going to buy a drone specifically for travel vlogging would you say mavick pro over the air? Or wait to see if they do improve camera quality with next model?
I'm pretty confident in saying the update released a couple of days ago have fixed the GPS signal that keeps hacking in and out
When you're french and you know Kraig was in France, but you do not live in Paris..
Loved the video as always Kraig, I haven't owned a drone before but when I do I'd go for the Mavic Air.
Made it to the end! Love your content man
Good review. Intelligent observations!
Great work as always Kraig, tell BK I say hi.
Another great video yet again Kraig. Haven't taken the drone leap yet, but I'll get there eventually I suppose.
-Lucky
Thanks a lot, Kraig. Keep posting good work.
Thanks Kraig!
Hi kraig...love your videos. Any chance i can tag along with you next time you fly the drone or do some video work? I live in nyc too
Made it to the end!
Great vid Kraig!
Really enjoy these kind of videos. And I made it to the end :-) 5/10!
Nice video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences!
I will buy a mavic air when they come out with an ocusync version
Theres a lot of leaks of the Phantom 5. Looks like well be getting interchangeable lenses
how is the connection inside the car ?
I knew I should like before watching xD Hi from Greece dude. Amazing I wanna get that one hopefully sometime this year. It rocks size wize and shots wise.
Great video and some of the shots (good lighting) look very good and you cannot notice any noise. I bet DJI already has a better Mavic Air in the pipeline. They could build a Phantom 4 Pro into a Mavic Air form factor, just want to keep certain price points. I would love a Phantom 4 Pro in a Mavic Air form factor. That would be so great.
awesome video Kraig, I also own a mavic air and feel like the review was spot on!
I was wondering how the image quality really is. Basically, it's great because the drone is so small, but beyond that you might want a bigger drone like the Phantom 4 if you really care about the quality.
keep that work ethic bro your going far !
Wish I could think of some cool term to let you know how interesting your work is. I really enjoy it.
Thanks
Got a link to that sweet case you have for the drone?
Sick drone footage bro. Solid 5/10. But yeah this video is much better than another review. 👍🤪
Made it to the end and your summary sounds like most of what I've heard as well, camera a tad bit worse than the Mavic Pro and connectivity, especially in urban areas. Nicely done video.
Made it to the end- thanks for the great review. Seems like the Air is a solid 5/10 :)
Hey Kraig! First, I'm booking my 12th wedding since I started last July. Big thanks to you for sharing your knowledge base!!!! Question: How often do you use your ND filters on the drone?
My friends always have connectivity issues too! Sucks they didn’t include radio bands :/ nice review
Also I made it to the end
Nice, you kind of convince me to buy one! Yeah. I am a hiking starter. Gonna get a drone to have more funs!
Thanks for this Kraig! Do you know if you need to have wifi or a data connection to fly? I plan on bringing the Air to Mongolia where any network is going to be sparse! Thanks so much!
Just letting you know I made it to the end and I always enjoy your content. 5/10
Great style!
Nice review. The Mavic Air uses the same comms as the Spark in the sense that it uses a high powered WiFi connection. Curious to see what the Mavic 2 brings. The Phantom 5 rumors say that it’ll have removable lenses which should be really cool
would you recommend this for simple wedding shots
Made it til the end :) Hopefully the mavic pro 2 will come within a few months and it will have the 1" sensor like in the p4p