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Sorry I know this has been done many times but wondered, with Xmas coming up, whats worth looking at?
Imagine the tech and usability has improved so much and fast in last few years hence a new thread. I'm keen for boating use. Cheers
 
250 grams with batteries is the limit without a licence.
And the DJI Mini or Mini 2 fit that criteria at 249 grams.
In fact, there are limitations whatever you fly but the licence requirements are far less if you keep below 250 grams.

At the moment, the licence requirements, generally, aren't that bad but any drone over 250 grams needs to be registered.

So, licence requirements aside - what is the best drone for the money.
I like to think of it the same way as chose my SLR cameras in the past.
You can pay professional prices - a good Canon SLR in the professional range is over £2000.
But Canon also make plastic body cameras aimed at the person who wants quality by not that "tip top" quality that you get from a professional camera.
These often come in around the £800 mark.

So, back to drones and not considering the sensor/technology.

The DJI Mini 2 could be thought of as the drone equivalent of one of those Bridge Cameras.
Produces perfectly good results but not as good as a full SLR.

The latest DJI Mavic Pro 3 and the old Mavic Pro 2 (and, perhaps, the even older Mavic Pro), IMO, can be thought of as the professional range - like the £2000+ SLR cameras.

So that leaves us with "mid range" - those of us who don't want to pay professional prices but want something a bit better than the basic (the drone equivalent of an £800 SLR cameras)
I think I have the answer to my £800 drone equivalent.
And that is the DJI Mavic Air 2 (not the first Mavic Air - the newer Mavic Air 2 or the even newer DJI Air 2S)

I have a DJI Mini and a DJI Mavic Air 2

The DJI Mavic Air 2 and the DJI Air 2S have all the features that you would ever want.
One big feature is circulating an object whilst filming which both the Minis don't have.

Whilst particularly filming boats, it is nice to keep the subject (a boat) in the centre of the image whilst you concentrate on flying the drone.
With the Mini, you have to do this manually - not too difficult but it takes a bit of practice.
Withe the Mavic Air 2 and the DJI Air 2, you simply draw a box around the subject using your finger on the screen.
And thats it - the drone keeps its focus on the subject wherever you fly.
There are other benefits as well but for me, my Mavic Air 2 does most of the stuff that I want.

If you are beginning, though, you can't go wrong with a Mavic Mini 2
I wouldn't recommend the old Mavic Mini - the range isn't that good.

Does that help?
 
Dont think about anything other than DJI.

DJI Mini 2 fly more combo (£550) Dont even consider the mini 1
DJI Air 2S fly more combo (£1,060)

The two best options of all depending on your budget.

I have about 12 Drones and 8 are DJI.

If you look on my little Youtube channel (link below) you will see many videos mainly filmed on the DJI Mini 2 or the DJI Air 2. Mostly boating orientated

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR7_YT7tAsh_FwM_q5gOg6Q/videos
 
Bigplumbs said:
Dont think about anything other than DJI.

DJI Mini 2 fly more combo (£550) Dont even consider the mini 1
DJI Air 2S fly more combo (£1,060)

The two best options of all depending on your budget.

I have about 12 Drones and 8 are DJI.

If you look on my little Youtube channel (link below) you will see many videos mainly filmed on the DJI Mini 2 or the DJI Air 2. Mostly boating orientated

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR7_YT7tAsh_FwM_q5gOg6Q/videos
Click to expand...
Question deleted. I should have read the whole post. Already answered!!
 
I'm a professional photographer and am very happy with the Mini 2. It gets around a lot of the drone rules, you can overfly uninvolved people and have no separation distances to keep. The camera provides Raw files which can be processed in Lightroom, the quality is very good. The Mavic 2 or 3 have bigger sensors which result in better low light performance but I don't think you'll go far wrong with the Mini 2.
 
Hurricane said:
250 grams with batteries is the limit without a licence.
And the DJI Mini or Mini 2 fit that criteria at 249 grams.
In fact, there are limitations whatever you fly but the licence requirements are far less if you keep below 250 grams.

At the moment, the licence requirements, generally, aren't that bad but any drone over 250 grams needs to be registered.

So, licence requirements aside - what is the best drone for the money.
I like to think of it the same way as chose my SLR cameras in the past.
You can pay professional prices - a good Canon SLR in the professional range is over £2000.
But Canon also make plastic body cameras aimed at the person who wants quality by not that "tip top" quality that you get from a professional camera.
These often come in around the £800 mark.

So, back to drones and not considering the sensor/technology.

The DJI Mini 2 could be thought of as the drone equivalent of one of those Bridge Cameras.
Produces perfectly good results but not as good as a full SLR.

The latest DJI Mavic Pro 3 and the old Mavic Pro 2 (and, perhaps, the even older Mavic Pro), IMO, can be thought of as the professional range - like the £2000+ SLR cameras.

So that leaves us with "mid range" - those of us who don't want to pay professional prices but want something a bit better than the basic (the drone equivalent of an £800 SLR cameras)
I think I have the answer to my £800 drone equivalent.
And that is the DJI Mavic Air 2 (not the first Mavic Air - the newer Mavic Air 2 or the even newer DJI Air 2S)

I have a DJI Mini and a DJI Mavic Air 2

The DJI Mavic Air 2 and the DJI Air 2S have all the features that you would ever want.
One big feature is circulating an object whilst filming which both the Minis don't have.

Whilst particularly filming boats, it is nice to keep the subject (a boat) in the centre of the image whilst you concentrate on flying the drone.
With the Mini, you have to do this manually - not too difficult but it takes a bit of practice.
Withe the Mavic Air 2 and the DJI Air 2, you simply draw a box around the subject using your finger on the screen.
And thats it - the drone keeps its focus on the subject wherever you fly.
There are other benefits as well but for me, my Mavic Air 2 does most of the stuff that I want.

If you are beginning, though, you can't go wrong with a Mavic Mini 2
I wouldn't recommend the old Mavic Mini - the range isn't that good.

Does that help?
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That is a huge help and great summary.
Many thx
Simon
 
Bigplumbs said:
Dont think about anything other than DJI.

DJI Mini 2 fly more combo (£550) Dont even consider the mini 1
DJI Air 2S fly more combo (£1,060)

The two best options of all depending on your budget.

I have about 12 Drones and 8 are DJI.

If you look on my little Youtube channel (link below) you will see many videos mainly filmed on the DJI Mini 2 or the DJI Air 2. Mostly boating orientated

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR7_YT7tAsh_FwM_q5gOg6Q/videos
Click to expand...

Thx BP was hoping u would say what you have used on your posts
Simon
 
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