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Hey Tom, thanks for the great work. Your URL needs to be fixed, it incorporates the word "Stay" into it. Which MicroSD cards would you use for this drone?
Most important to me would be comparing the camera footage of the air to the P4P and MP. Could you show us this comparison? Thanks for your great video's so far
There is one link for SD Card. You can’t see the link unless you hit the DOWN ARROW BUTTON at the right hand side of the video. Just right under the video. Of course you got to minimise the video to see that button. I use Sandisk Extreme Pro, red and black coloured card. It’s fast enough for 4K. Tom is right. 👍
From your test footage, I can tell that the clarity, and sharpness are way ahead of the Pro, and Platinum footage. I also notice that this camera has none of the odd blur halo around objects, especially when seeing through an object like a tree, or bush, that the other Mavic camera models exhibited.
This blur effect came from noise reduction that the MP do if selected sharpness value is lower than +1. He may have recorded with sharpness +1 and did noise reduction in post production. Just wait a bit more for others with footage and their recording settings.
Tom. Thanks for another GREAT review. I watched your previous video entitled Mavic Pro Best Camera Settings and made numerous notes. Do those same settings apply to the Mavic Air. Als0, were there any restrictions on flying a Mavic air in Israel? Where can I get a list of do's and don'ts?
The problem of mavic air is the desaturated colors areas. from 1:22 time the colors of clouds in sky are so desaturated so even in postprocessing in't can't be fix. I have too my mavic air and have same issue with colors. Note.....in cache phone memmory every things are fine and colored but into mavic SD card are not.
hello tom's tech time can i shoot a photograph 90 degrre psotion just lika in a racket mode .. can I manually control gimbal (tilt : up and down) through remote and shoot different prespective photograph please reply
Does anyone know the dynamic range of the camera? Nobody's talking about it and I'm worried that it's not great from the footage I've seen. Love the bitrate bump but I don't want to always have to choose between blown out highs or clipped shadows.
Awesome footage, I know this video was about the new drone but it was pretty incredible to see live footage from your country. I looked for the links for the best SD Cards you recommended but I couldn't find it.
Hi Tom, I m from India & I m big fan of yours knowledge about drone technology and everything about drone. Thank for making such videos and shearing knowledge with us and also thanks for teaching “how to shoot cinematic videos” i watch your everything video “big fan” 🙂 I would like to tell you that I bought Dji Mavic Air. I saw your links about memory card but I m confused between 32 GB or 64 GB please help Thank your...
Great VLOG! I have to say - you are a real Pro. beautiful footage of beautiful Israel - this week you might bring us some beautiful snow footages from the north!
hey Tom, does the camera have the focusing problem as the mavic pro or even focusing at all? and how does the loudness compare to the mavic pro platinum? thanks
Since I haven't received mine yet, I would like to know if the Air really supports 1080P60Hz because to the date I haven't seen a single video shot with this drone that looks smooth when panning large views, with lots colors and information. The frame rates of these drones seem to be still too low to create a true cinematic experience.
@Philipp Smoothness in video reproduction isn't just about fps. You have to consider Hz which tells how many times a screen is refreshed. That's where I see some deficiencies in all the videos I've watched so far for this new drone.
The Air's video gets particularly choppy when new data is introduced as is the case when panning and the algos can't use already available bits and it has to compute larger previously unavailable chunks of information.
Not exactly. The main reason of choppy video is the frame rate and shutter speed desync. For smooth video shutter speed must be a multiple of frame rate (if fps is 30 shutter speed = 1/30 or 1/60, 1/90 etc). And that is why you need a ND filter for sunny days. Usually people shoot video with auto shutter speed - this is the reason.
Philipp Seven In reality it’s a bit more complex than that. There are many things involved in smooth video recordings and transmissions. Bit rate, throughput and the ability of the hardware/software to process a stream with eye-fooling speeds. Unfortunately, we aren’t there yet with this product. 100 megabit (theoretical) is a gallant effort though.
All these people given the drones from DJI for marketing do not seem to be going to in depth regarding camera settings, waypoints etc etc etc I wonder why....... something to hide that makes this not so appealing? Why don't you highlight that this does not feature Gesture Mode, Cinematic Mode, Fixed-Wing Mode, TapFly, Terrian Follow, Point of Interest, Course Lock & Home Lock? And are you sure it supports RAW Format Photo's? DJI compare doesn't mention it.
I know it's a smaller battery and I know it's the reason why it's a 21 minutes only but it would of been nice if the engineers could of made it a 30 minute battery drone even if they made the drone a little but larger.
This is just a shorter version of your "DJI Mavic Air | Everything you need to know!" video. Wish you had mentioned that at the beginning as I just wasted 5-10 mins of my life. :-(
No mention of the camera can record in 2.7k @ 60fps. This review sucks, if you're going to do a so called review of the camera actually learn all specs of it 😠
I just received my air, I had the pro and the spark. Unless you have something wrong configured or corrected by software, I can say that this is true. the image in the mavic pro I at least saw it more clearly, in the air I see it as more pasty. Sorry for the translation
For me there is no reason to buy it, camera looks like Mavic Pro. I will keep my Pro. I am waiting for a Mavic 2 or Phantom 5.. With sik camera. Who else?
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Hey Tom, thanks for the great work. Your URL needs to be fixed, it incorporates the word "Stay" into it. Which MicroSD cards would you use for this drone?
Tom's Tech Time Hi Tom wie geht's?
Hi Tom, the download function is unfortunately blocked by google caused by too many users...
Most important to me would be comparing the camera footage of the air to the P4P and MP. Could you show us this comparison? Thanks for your great video's so far
Why do you have that long white cable connected when the mavic air already supplies the correct cable curious ?
So there is D-log? Please can you make a followtrough menu to see the color profiles in video?
What are the memory cards used? It wasn’t listed in the description.
Thanks for the downloads!
How reliable is the DJI application with Mavic air? Is there any experience with flights during which erratic behavior was noticed?
I dont see any links for micro SD card!
There is one link for SD Card. You can’t see the link unless you hit the DOWN ARROW BUTTON at the right hand side of the video. Just right under the video. Of course you got to minimise the video to see that button.
I use Sandisk Extreme Pro, red and black coloured card. It’s fast enough for 4K. Tom is right. 👍
those photo transitions are mint
From your test footage, I can tell that the clarity, and sharpness are way ahead of the Pro, and Platinum footage. I also notice that this camera has none of the odd blur halo around objects, especially when seeing through an object like a tree, or bush, that the other Mavic camera models exhibited.
This blur effect came from noise reduction that the MP do if selected sharpness value is lower than +1. He may have recorded with sharpness +1 and did noise reduction in post production. Just wait a bit more for others with footage and their recording settings.
Tom. Thanks for another GREAT review. I watched your previous video entitled Mavic Pro Best Camera Settings and made numerous notes. Do those same settings apply to the Mavic Air. Als0, were there any restrictions on flying a Mavic air in Israel? Where can I get a list of do's and don'ts?
Hey Tom, can you say anything about the Wifi issue that can cause distance interfences?
You seriously do the best reviews and tutorials. Love it. Danke
Are you certain Air's cam shoots in d-log? Thought it only has cinelike?
The problem of mavic air is the desaturated colors areas. from 1:22 time the colors of clouds in sky are so desaturated so even in postprocessing in't can't be fix. I have too my mavic air and have same issue with colors. Note.....in cache phone memmory every things are fine and colored but into mavic SD card are not.
I'm not seeing anything in the description?
Hey Tom, what do you think about its WiFi only control protocol? Did you experience any interference?
where do you see your 360 photos?
What's the range of this drone (and also of the mavic pro) in Europe? For example in Italy? Is there any restrictions?
What about tap fly mode, tripod mode, follow me mode and waypoints mode?
Does Mavic Air include all these modes besides quick shots and active track?
What's the difference between Follow Me and Active Track? Good point on the others though! :-)
andywild76 active track follows the target visually while follow me mode follows the target through mobile GPS location
Hey Tom will the Scandisk Extreme Pro 32GB work fine? The 16GB is all sold out on Amazon.
have you also tested the ND filters?
hello tom's tech time
can i shoot a photograph
90 degrre psotion just lika in a racket mode ..
can I manually control gimbal (tilt : up and down) through remote and shoot different prespective photograph
please reply
Another great review as always thanks Tom
What video software did you use to put this review together?
Very good Tommy, great video.
I need help for my drone specification dji Mavic Air ,foto and image.
Thanks
Nice review, Tom. By the way, what is the name of the first background soundtrack? Thanks.
Can you post the links for the sd cards . Thankx
What's the background song it reminds me of my childhood
Does anyone know the dynamic range of the camera? Nobody's talking about it and I'm worried that it's not great from the footage I've seen. Love the bitrate bump but I don't want to always have to choose between blown out highs or clipped shadows.
Awesome footage, I know this video was about the new drone but it was pretty incredible to see live footage from your country. I looked for the links for the best SD Cards you recommended but I couldn't find it.
Another great review! Well done!
Tell me, can you take a picture while recording video??
Dude, I'm trying to download the footage from your website bit the link keeps taking me to DJI website to buy the drone!?
Hi Tom, can you flip the camera vertically (portrait mode), like the Mavic Pro?
Nevermind
Hi Tom,
I m from India & I m big fan of yours knowledge about drone technology and everything about drone. Thank for making such videos and shearing knowledge with us and also thanks for teaching “how to shoot cinematic videos” i watch your everything video “big fan” 🙂
I would like to tell you that I bought Dji Mavic Air.
I saw your links about memory card but I m confused between 32 GB or 64 GB please help
Thank your...
🤟 Danke für‘s Review, aber wo ist der SD Card Link? ☺️
Great VLOG! I have to say - you are a real Pro. beautiful footage of beautiful Israel - this week you might bring us some beautiful snow footages from the north!
Thanks. Download videos do not work because Google Drive said too many users. Download photo first link is incorrect.
hi tom i want change my mavic pro to mavic air,is worth it?i use my drone just for hobby not for profesional photographer
hey Tom, does the camera have the focusing problem as the mavic pro or even focusing at all? and how does the loudness compare to the mavic pro platinum? thanks
He covered the loudness in his other video "DJI Mavic Air | Everything you need to know!"
max phone size to fit in controler? Note 8?
Hello, and for the film mode? do you have different cinematic settings ? like Slog, flate mode,...etc...I mean same as the regular Mavic pro?
there is cine-d which is pretty fine for post. 4k is packed with details.
Can't download the files anymore. Google claims too many downloads have occurred.
Does the mavic air have zoom?
Excellent video, thanks for sharing.
Mine doesn’t have a dlog option. Are you sure u saw it in the menu ?
Grant Baldwin it definitely doesn’t shot Dlog.
where did you buy it in Israel?
i also want one :)
Since I haven't received mine yet, I would like to know if the Air really supports 1080P60Hz because to the date I haven't seen a single video shot with this drone that looks smooth when panning large views, with lots colors and information. The frame rates of these drones seem to be still too low to create a true cinematic experience.
Miramarensis cinematic? Cinema standard is 24fps. ;)
@Philipp Smoothness in video reproduction isn't just about fps. You have to consider Hz which tells how many times a screen is refreshed. That's where I see some deficiencies in all the videos I've watched so far for this new drone.
The Air's video gets particularly choppy when new data is introduced as is the case when panning and the algos can't use already available bits and it has to compute larger previously unavailable chunks of information.
Not exactly. The main reason of choppy video is the frame rate and shutter speed desync. For smooth video shutter speed must be a multiple of frame rate (if fps is 30 shutter speed = 1/30 or 1/60, 1/90 etc). And that is why you need a ND filter for sunny days. Usually people shoot video with auto shutter speed - this is the reason.
Philipp Seven In reality it’s a bit more complex than that. There are many things involved in smooth video recordings and transmissions. Bit rate, throughput and the ability of the hardware/software to process a stream with eye-fooling speeds. Unfortunately, we aren’t there yet with this product. 100 megabit (theoretical) is a gallant effort though.
I want to see the noice test. Can you do a noice test to see which is louder between mavic air, pro and spark
He covered the noise comparison of Mavic Air vs Mavic Pro in his other video "DJI Mavic Air | Everything you need to know!"
Fixed focus?
Orlando Streets yes
I don't get it, they hit the 30 minutes air mark with the Mavic Pro Platinum and some of the Phantoms, why not the Mavic Air?
Rick Whitham cause it’s smaller...smaller battery.....
Businesses policy...
What's music???
All these people given the drones from DJI for marketing do not seem to be going to in depth regarding camera settings, waypoints etc etc etc I wonder why....... something to hide that makes this not so appealing? Why don't you highlight that this does not feature Gesture Mode, Cinematic Mode, Fixed-Wing Mode, TapFly, Terrian Follow, Point of Interest, Course Lock & Home Lock? And are you sure it supports RAW Format Photo's? DJI compare doesn't mention it.
Great review, thanks... and by the way... If you don´t mind my asking... what are you doing in Israel? do you live there now?
the only 2 things that it fails its the OcuSync of the Pro vs the Enhanced Wi-Fi of the Air .. and the controller which has better features on the Pro
Very great bro 👍👍👌👍👌
DLog?
Price
I fly within 11/2 miles of a commercial airport. Will the Air firmware allow me to fly? If not, can a setting change make it so?
Ken Foss Dji website has a map of NFZ, do Google search.
Hi wie gehts ?
Wow! I want to buy it)))
I know it's a smaller battery and I know it's the reason why it's a 21 minutes only but it would of been nice if the engineers could of made it a 30 minute battery drone even if they made the drone a little but larger.
That is the Mavic Pro Platinum.
i think useful flight time is limited not more than 15 to 17 minutes...
Unfortunately it's not the for engineers to decide max flight times etc :-(
What I wouldn't give for my phone to actually fit completely into the controller while connected 🙏
And Tom doesn’t answer questions it would appear......
Still has the trademark DJI tilted horizon...
Israel❤
quota exceeded on google drive
No Ocusync :) fail?!
can it fly for 30 minutes?
Max z 20mins
Thanks for providing DNGs. The lens is just not sharp, same as the mavic pro. I’ll wait and see what other toys DJI gives us.
this a device is panned in jordan country 😢😤😭😭
It doesn’t shoot Dlog.
There's no D-Log.
👍👍👍🙏
what about the DJI goggles
What about birds attacks?!! smaller drone means more bird attacks i guess.
Bitrates at all videomodes of the Mavic Air:
4K30 100mbps
4K25 100mbps
4K24 100mbps
2.7K60 90mbps
2.7K50 90mbps
2.7K48 90mbps
2.7K30 50mbps
2.7K25 50mbps
2.7K24 50mbps
1080p120 100mbps
1080p60 70mbps
1080p50 70mbps
1080p48 70mbps
1080p30 35mbps
1080p25 35mbps
1080p24 35mbps
720p120 70mbps
720p60 45mbps
720p50 45mbps
720p48 45mbps
720p30 25mbps
720p25 25mbps
720p24 25mbps
Hola perros
This is just a shorter version of your "DJI Mavic Air | Everything you need to know!" video. Wish you had mentioned that at the beginning as I just wasted 5-10 mins of my life. :-(
Hello Tom. The footage in this video, is that Israel? Or is it the land you people stole from Palestina?
Horizon problems are still there i guess...
No mention of the camera can record in 2.7k @ 60fps. This review sucks, if you're going to do a so called review of the camera actually learn all specs of it 😠
download link to purchase link !! nice clickbait bro
Why don't you tell us the truth that the camera on Mavic Air is not as sharp as Mavic Pro's.
I just received my air, I had the pro and the spark. Unless you have something wrong configured or corrected by software, I can say that this is true. the image in the mavic pro I at least saw it more clearly, in the air I see it as more pasty. Sorry for the translation
Just a marketing video to fill your pockets so you don’t need to get a proper job, worst TH-camr Ive seen
Thats not true rhe camara its so bad they must pay you to say that
*You have a much beautifull country, why do u take your videos in desert and occupied lands from innocent Palestinians*
Screw IsraHell
For me there is no reason to buy it, camera looks like Mavic Pro. I will keep my Pro. I am waiting for a Mavic 2 or Phantom 5.. With sik camera. Who else?
It's not for Mavic Pro users though. Its fills the price gap between the Pro and Spark.