DJI Mavic 2 Pro Review

Colin Smith

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DJI MAVIC 2 PRO REVIEW

DJI have just released 2 new drones. People have been waiting awhile for the Mavic 2 and they were delivered in 2 flavors:

  • DJI Mavic 2 PRO: Featuring a Hasselblad 20mp camera with 1″ sensor and 10-bit color for video.
  • DJI Mavic 2 Zoom: Featuring a optical zoom lens and a special feature called Dolly Zoom (Think Alfred Hitchcock).

This review is on the Mavic 2 Pro and includes examples of unprocessed video and photos from the new camera.

The Mavic 2 Pro drone with the Hasselblad is my weapon of choice. I have always liked the portability of the Mavic with the fold out arms and smaller remote, but I have preferred the camera on the Phantom 4 pro which is very impressive. Could it be that DJI have now combined both of these great qualities into a single drone? If that’s the case, I’m selling all my other drones and getting 2 of these. Check out the video and see if this is “the drone you are looking for” of not. I am analyzing photos and video and will be posting a follow up to this really soon where I compare the Phantom 4 PRO camera, to the Mavic 2 Pro’s camera.

In a rare move, DJI started shipping Mavics on announcement day and I can confirm it took less than a week for me to receive mine.

Video test here – DJI Mavic 2 Pro vs Phantom 4 Pro.

Thanks for checking this out, updates are coming soon.

Examples of photos shot with the DJI Mavic 2 Pro.

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Here are a few photos from the M2P that are unedited.

Unedited DJI Mavic 2 Pro aerial photo of a sailboat with red sails on green water

Unedited Mavic 2 Pro aerial photo of boats in a harbor channel at golden hour with a city skyline

Mavic 2 Pro drone photo of the harbor entrance at sunset with boats, kayaks and a floating dock

Overhead Mavic 2 Pro photo of a floating dock with solar panels, a small boat and a kayak

Here are some low light shots. This was after sunset, you wouldn’t think so would you.

Here is the full, unprocessed shot

Low light Mavic 2 Pro shot after sunset of a harbor village with lit buildings and boats

Here is a zoom in, to show some detail. (This is using the standard shooting mode, not the special low light – Ill get some tests of that soon.)

Zoomed in crop of the low light Mavic 2 Pro shot showing detail on boats, docks and houses

Here is a panorama using the horizontal pano mode shooting 9 raw files and stitching them together in Lightroom Classic.

Mavic 2 Pro panorama of nine raw files stitched in Lightroom Classic, a harbor at dusk under clouds

Thanks

Colin

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5 comments

  1. Since I have the Mavic Pro and the P4P, I am thinking I’ll stick to what I have and see what’s next from DJI

  2. Titano Cruz

    Great review and samples, please tell us, what are your settings for the panoramic? I am getting only JPGs even after I select the save original in RAW, thank you for the review and keep them coming.

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