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People who are concerned about DJI's new products should have watched the live broadcast of the drone Mavic on the 27th. People who are not so concerned should also be overwhelmed by news and articles. Many friends have already had an impulse of purchase in their minds. Is the era of universal drones really coming? What kind of product is this? Below I will compare and bring you a shallow analysis of consumer drones this year. The main PK players are： DJI Mavic , GoPro Karma and DJI PHANTOM Elf series.
The main content of this article:
1. The cons and pros of consumer drones;
2, DJI Mavic and GoPro Karma and other product parameters comparison;
3, DJI Mavic product highlights;
4. Purchase advice and market trend forecast for consumer drones.
1. The cons and pros of consumer drones;
When it comes to drones, many people have such questions. What exactly is a drone? Why do feel like the Dji Elf is so expensive, and other four-axis drones can use for the photograph, such as Megan, Sima, etc. Is the aircraft only forty or fifty dollars?
The drone is merely an unmanned aircraft. Unlike conventional four-axis aircraft, the drone can fly according to a specific program or a specified path, and the current mainstream drone can fly stably under specific external disturbance through the integrated IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit).
When talking about drones a few years ago, the appearance of military drones such as "predators" should still appear in everyone's minds, but with the emergence of DJI Dajiang in this field, drones have appeared next to us more likely four-axis form, such as Mark Zuckerberg’s speech scene, wedding.
At present, most frequent use of drones is still shooting, which means that the majority market of the drones are: a high-performance aerial camera head mounted on a four-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle. As a member of this broad audience, it is very early to study the aerial photography, starting with the early fixed-wing FPV (First-person view), and then multi-axis rises, and then four axes, six-axis FPV. I remember that when I saw Dji on the Internet in 2012, I felt a flight control drone, with a high price. Isn’t this a scam? Later, the first generation of Phantom, especially the Phantom FC40, was introduced. At that time, there was only a distance of 100m. But soon after the launch of Phantom 2 Vision+, I was amazed: the 700m range, the 350mm pitch. In this way, give up the previous DIY and enter the pit of DJI.
Some of the drone enthusiasts around me are former model friends, and a large part of them are photography enthusiasts or photographers. A large part of them are also starting from Phantom 2, many of them are invested a quite a lot of money.
Regarding the use of drones, they told me some of their situations and ideas:
How is the drone used?
Excepting for professional photographers, the frequency of use of others is not very high, and some total flight often does not exceed 2 hours.
What is the use of the drone?
Professional photographers: professionalism, the worst shooting environment, inaccessible places (in fact, this is not a problem for drones, it is often safer to stay away from crowded areas);
FPV enthusiasts and photographers: sea view, snow scene, night view, island tour essential, particular use when traveling;
Digital equipment enthusiasts: Plan to shoot daily life, baby, sport, exercise and other group activities, but generally the equipment cannot be deployed fully, or the shooting effect is not ideal, cannot be edited into the video.
Features of a good drone based on the friends around me. It seems to be very simple. In fact, it is a massive challenge to design and manufacturing.
α Stabilization: This refers to the stability of the drone platform operation, no short circuit, also include the balance of the internet and camera platform;
β Carrying: When going out, the weight and volume are incredibly critical. It is best to put it directly in a pocket or a regular backpack.
γ Unfolding: When using, you don't need to do too much preparation. It is best to open it directly and take off immediately.
And these points, DJI in the Phantom era only solved the first one: stability, but the elves from 1 to 4, 350mm pitch, not small body, even every flight must install the paddles. With the introduction of small drones such as Zero Dobby, Tencent Air Shadow, HoverCamera, etc., people seem to see the trend of miniaturization of consumer drones. Just a few weeks ago GoPro released Karma, once again this topic is hot yet, and even the grievances of GoPro and DJI were re-raised by people. Do Karma wants to set off a revolution in the drone industry?
The answer is this: the consumer drone is really revolutionary, but the initiator is not GoPro, but DJI. As a ruler, DJI has once again started a revolution. No sacrifice for performance because of smallness. ‘Inspire’ has the traditional 6-axis 8-axis. The Elf 4 has revolutionized the original‘Inspire, and now Mavic has revolutionized the Elf 4.
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