Please note, this aircraft has now been discontinued and stock is limited. TapFly, which lets you move the Phantom to a point in space by tapping on it in the Live View feed, is joined by Draw. Draw works in a similar manner, but lets you draw a flight path on your screen.
TapFly – Using a mobile device again, you can tap the area that you want the Phantom to go to, and it will go there. The DJI mantle is one that’s difficult to live up to – such is the price of success, as people always expect the moon with every generation. The Phantom 4 takes all the expectations set by its predecessors and easily outstrips them by combining all the best features they had to offer.
The 20mm field of view of the dji fly strikes me as just right for its usage. Whilst some previous iterations of the Phantom drone required the user to purchase a separate GoPro, the Phantom 4 comes with an attached camera. The Auto setting does a great job, but tends to expose more for the shadows. Since the shadow detail retains more information in the Phantom 4 RAW files, I preferred to use Manual mode to expose for the highlights, then bring back some shadow detail in Lightroom. I’d definitely recommend purchasing one of these shorter lightning to USB cables, rather than using a regular length one which will be left dangling off the controller.
The lifespan was tested extensively just for this DJI dji drones drone review. For those of you who don’t know, the DJI Phantom 4 is a quadcopter which streams live video to your mobile device , which is attached to your controller. It’s basically a drone with a camera attached to it, but offers so much more than that. It is a well built, well spec’d and easy to operate machine that produces near-pro level video and some solid still photos. We see why it is still being offered as the leader in the Phantom line of drones.
This is about as close as you can get to the drone with the objct sensors activated. Yes, you will need to register your DJI Phantom 4 Pro with the FAA before you fly. As with any drone that weighs 0.55 lbs or more, you’ll need to either sign up for the basic Recreational Flyer, or for the commercial-level Part 107 certification.