DJI is ready to launch a brand new product subsequent Tuesday, and it’s all however a secret that it’ going to be a drone. And what’s additionally hardly a secret is what the brand new drone will probably be referred to as. If the myriad of different tech blogs haven’t already tipped you off, it seems to be like the following drone to return from DJI would be the DJI Air 3, extending the household of DJI Air drones that are recognized for his or her mild, transportable design but impressively high-quality cameras.
None of that’s official, after all. However what’s official are the small print of DJI’s subsequent product drop. It’ll be dubbed “Double Up,” and it’s set for Tuesday, July 2 at 9 a.m. ET. DJI introduced the product alongside a compelling graphic of a picture of somebody stand on a rock, showing to be trying up into the sky (at maybe a drone). See that picture beneath:
However what’s extra fascinating than what’s within the picture is the way it’s framed. It seems to be framed by that seems to be framed by DJI’s twin digital camera system, which we’ve already seen in different merchandise just like the DJI Mavic 3 drone. A twin digital camera system is precisely what it appears like: two separate cameras on one drone. Within the case of the DJI Mavic 3, you get each a Hasselblad L2D-20c aerial digital camera and a 28x Hybrid Zoom Tele Digital camera.
Right here’s a take a look at the twin digital camera on the DJI Mavic 3, to offer you an concept of what I’m speaking about:
The profit is that, quite than having to manually change lenses (as is the case on drones just like the DJI Encourage 3), or worse, being caught with one lens on a regular basis, you get each in a single go. You may even swap which lens is recording mid-flight, so that you don’t have to land your drone to alter the lens.
DJI has more and more leaned into constructing twin lenses into its merchandise. Actually, the DJI Mavic 3 Professional, which launched in April 2023, has a formidable three cameras on the one drone (the Mavic’s famend Hasselblad digital camera, plus two tele-cameras of various levels of zoom capabilities). It appears fairly seemingly that this drone could have twin cameras — in all probability a normal digital camera (vast angle is fairly frequent for drones) in addition to some type of telephoto digital camera.
However what about different options and upgrades? Listed below are the three options we wish most in DJI’s new product — assuming it’s, the truth is, a drone:
Longer battery life
To date, the premier drone in DJI’s Mavic Air line is the DJI Air 2S. The Air 2S drone stands out for its digital camera, however it falls flat by way of max flight time, able to 31 minutes. That’s far lower than DJI’s newer (and infrequently cheaper) drones. The Mavic 3 Professional can get 43 minutes. The DJI Mini 3 can get 38 minutes with its commonplace battery, however can provide a formidable 51 minutes for those who use it with the more-expensive Clever Flight Battery Plus.
The brand new DJI Air 3 ought to provide a minimum of 40 minutes of flight time to remain related.
Omnidirectional impediment sensing
The DJI Air 2S, which the brand new drone dropping subsequent week is theoretically is ready to comply with, affords impediment avoidance by way of a ahead, backward, upward, and downward imaginative and prescient system. However the even-better DJI Mavic 3 Professional affords a full omnidirectional binocular imaginative and prescient system.
Although the DJI Air line is usually lower-cost than the Mavic line, it could be good for the tech to catch up right here, contemplating that drones virtually at all times get options from predecessors at decrease prices. IT’s tie for the Air to have even higher impediment avoidance, making it safer for extra folks. Particularly on condition that the Air line reaches extra entry-level pilots than the Mavic Professional line, it’s essential to scale back crash threat among the many folks, properly, most in danger.
Improved video transmission
It’s powerful to check the DJI Air 3 to the top-of-the-line merchandise in DJI’s present arsenal, the DJI Encourage 3. But it surely’s laborious to not want that the drone’s cinema-grade O3 Professional video transmission wouldn’t present up in an upcoming, consumer-oriented drone as properly.
With regards to the DJI Encourage 3, there’s a max transmission distance of 15 km in single management mode and 12 km in dual-control mode. Each the gimbal digital camera and FPV digital camera assist 1080p/60fps stay feeds and an ultra-low latency of 90 ms. And the Encourage 3 was the primary to supply a max 5km transmission distance on 4K/30fps stay feeds, which was essential for UHD monitoring and livestreaming on set.
Whereas it feels unlikely {that a} consumer-oriented DJI Air 3 would match all these specs, one can hope, particularly given the tempo upon which DJI has improved its transmission vary expertise.
Now comes the enjoyable half! It’s time so that you can be an armchair DJI drone designer! Should you might choose just one new function in a brand new DJI client drone, which would it not be? Depart a remark beneath!
And don’t overlook to test again in subsequent Tuesday. The Drone Woman will carefully following DJI, able to share particulars on no matter DJI launches as quickly as we get them. Don’t overlook to comply with TheDroneGirl on Fb, Instagram and Twitter to make sure you don’t miss any of the information (and set your alarm for 9 a.m. ET on Tuesday).
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