An electronic shutter may cause artifacts and distortion, such as jello, when shooting fast moving objects. A mechanical shutter prevents this and guarantees a high-quality image. DJI Phantom Drone may also take advantage of the professional suite for surveying, mapping and inspection by using the DJI Drone – DatuFly imagery application and DatuGram, 3D Field-to-Plan Software. Timestamps are extracted from the module post-flight and combined with images taken in flight as centimeter-precision geotagging using various specialized software options available on the market. There’s no better way to take aerial photos and videos than with drones.
The Intelligent Flight Battery comes installed on the Phantom 4, and is designed specifically for the quadcopter drone to maximize life and reliability. The battery is a LiPo 4s and has a maximum capacity of 5350 mAh, increasing flight time to almost half an hour (25% longer than the Phantom 3). The lifespan was tested extensively just for this DJI Phantom 4 drone review.
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. In high wind, the drone will do its best to keep adjusting to maintain stability. 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. You can use a range of tablets, but I found the Mini to be the best in terms of size/weight.
In the age of continued UAS safety & scrutiny, never has the time been more right to implement a aerial safety recovery system. Without an effective backup system in place, every flight is an unnecessary risk that simply shouldn’t be taken. To complete the drone workflow puzzle, DJI and Propeller combined forces in fall of 2018, bringing a seamless flyover-to-processing workflow to market.
I used TapFly to navigate gaps between trees that I would never have attempted on my own. Again, it’s also not hard to see how this capability might improve in future releases. For example, DJI could add a way to slow down and speed up the drone at specific points in the flight path. You can do all of those things with the Phantom 3 models, but new for the Phantom 4 is ActiveTrack, which uses the OSS to follow a subject. You just draw a box on screen around what you want to track, tap the Go button that appears and the drone starts following, keeping the camera centered on whoever or whatever you selected. Clip a tree at 100 feet in the air and it can either start an uncontrollable fall to the ground or, perhaps worse, get stuck like some cruel Christmas tree ornament you can see but never touch.
The XF4H-1 was designed to carry four semi-recessed AAM-N-6 Sparrow III radar-guided missiles, and to be powered by two J79-GE-8 engines. As in the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, the engines sat low in the fuselage to maximize internal fuel capacity and ingested air through fixed geometry intakes. The thin-section wing had a leading edge sweep of 45° and was equipped with blown flaps for better low-speed handling. DroneNerds.com is the largest UAV dealer in the United States and we are DJI’s largest and most experienced authorized service center in the United States. The built-in screen is available when purchasing the dji drones Pro+ V2.0 edition.
It also gets an excellent flight time of 30 minutes — great for pro pilots to get the shots they need and minimize downtime. The Phantom 4 has top of the range stabilization and camera which can be used for more than just professional filming. The Phantom 4 is terrific for aerial landscape photography and cinematography. With the existing camera it can be used to create 3D photogrammetry maps and images.
This gives the Pro a longer flight time of up to approximately 30 minutes. The new Phantom 4 Pro V2 is equipped with the OcuSync 2.0 transmission system, which allows the drone to connect to DJI Goggles wirelessly. The Phantom 4 Pro V2 features a more advanced Return-To-Home function. It has a narrow sensing flight mode for extra safety flying in narrow areas. We also look further into the 3 main flight modes and all the intelligent flight modes listed above. There is also some terrific Phantom 4 flight mode videos throughout.
Whilst some previous iterations of the Phantom drone required the user to purchase a separate GoPro, the dji mini 2 fly more combo comes with an attached camera. For those who don’t know, the zebra lines provide a live visual cue as to any area of your photo that is ‘blown out’ – i.e. retaining little to no visual data. The Auto setting does a great job, but tends to expose more for the shadows.