DJI’s Mavic 3 Classic is a Cheaper Option That Loses the Telephoto Lens

TheDJI Mavic 3 arrive a year ago , with an telling 46 transactions of escape time and a telephoto lense camera capable of entrance closemouthed - up footage from afar . It also do with an expensive price tag : a downside that DJI is trying to call with a unexampled increase to the Mavic 3 lineup called the Classic , which walks back one of the Mavic 3 ’s best feature .

On the surface , the DJI Mavic 3 Classic is nearlyindistinguishable from the original two option : the 8 GB standard modelling and the Mavic 3 Cine ( which bring a 1 TB SSD drive and support for capture television to the Apple ProRES 422 codec ) . Fifteen moment of redundant flight of stairs time was a welcome upgrade the Mavic 3 drones had over the Mavic 2 , but the inclusion of two cameras — one with a 24 - millimeter prime lens and one with a telephotograph — was their magnanimous merchandising point . Unfortunately , that ’s what the young Mavic 3 Classic sacrifice for a cost drop .

The new entry - level option let in just a single Hasselblad camera with a 20 - megapixel , 4/3 CMOS sensor and 24 - millimetre tantamount lens that can capture 5.1 K footage at 50fps or 4 K and 1080P at 60fps . It ’s also got a slow motion way that can hike up 4 K captures to 120fps and 1080P to 200fps . Photos are capture as 12 - bit altogether files for an increase active range , while telecasting is immortalise in 10 - bit D - logarithm so there ’s flexibleness for grading and colour rectification .

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The DJI Mavic 3 Classic is also compatible with both the DJI RC outback accountant , with its built - in touch screen , and the cheaper DJI RC - N1 distant controller , which requires the user to pair it with a smartphone and the DJI app for live camera previews .

The DJI Mavic 3 Classic is useable for sales event starting today . On its own , with some introductory accessories , the Classic startle at $ 1,469 , but you ’ll need to bring your own compatible accountant . For those new to DJI ’s drones , the Mavic 3 Classic can also be purchased bundled with the DJI RC - N1 removed control for $ 1,599 , or the more innovative DJI RC remote controller for $ 1,749 .

For comparability , the received DJI Mavic 3 model , which includes the DJI RC - N1 remote controller , iscurrently listed on DJI ’s on-line store for $ 2,049 , so prefer for the new Classic choice instead will save you about $ 450 . If you ’re a drone videographer who actually make a living shooting with it , the added creative flexibility of that supernumerary camera seems more than deserving the $ 450 agiotage .

The only way to tell the DJI Mavic 3 Cine (left) from the new DJI Mavic 3 Classic (right) is to look at the front lens or lenses.