Best $200 I've Ever Spent on Camera Gear // DJI Neo

[@ianschutt6242]

Great review!...and don't worry........you are the perfect guy to review this drone!

[@RJ2A81]

I’m on the fence about this little drone. Maybe after I get the Avata 2 I’ll get the Neo. That way I can fly it fpv also.

[@getfitover40]

What frame rate did you edit in? As the NEO video looked really glitchy, like your editing frame rate was not matched to it? I have been using the DJI NEO for a while now and the video is smooth as long as you edit and export in a divisible frame rate. When flying in Manual FPV with the Goggles, I record in 1080p 60fps so I get buttery smooth video, I then export at 4k 60fps for upload to KZbin so KZbin doesn't compress it so much like it does with 1080p videos.

[@guerbyduval4104]

It films. But the video quality I'm seeing right now is now so top. But for $200 get a drone and a descent camera is ok I guess

[@mssippijim]

Only 50 megabits??? I can remember a few years ago when broadcast level video was only around 18mb/s.

[@NoSuRReNDeR001]

for 1080p 50mpbs (megabits not bytes) is was bottom of BC standard around 2016ish in the USA (that and 10bit but 10bit went out the window because action cams)...I used to sell PV cameras at B and H - 50mbits for 4k its unacceptably low - remember 4 k is 4 x times the res of HD as resolution scales exponentially... but I bought one anyways... its kind of my in case I need a drone in a pinch drone since its small I can put in camera bag and charge usb and use phone so no huge dji controller... its BAD but usable for social or in a pinch etc... its fun though so IDK

[@kawaiimemolove]

TFS!

[@ROAMitRALPH]

You’re welcome 😆

[@TheTechWanderer]

Honestly, I really miss having a drone 😂😅

[@ROAMitRALPH]

Stop crashing them 😂😂😂

[@ROAMitRALPH]

Oh… wait til you see my next drone video of the Hover X1 Pro Max. I’m loving that drone!!

[@TheTechWanderer]

@@ROAMitRALPH hahaha 😂 i didn’t crash the 2nd ONE!🤣 I just sold it to go to Europe lol

[@S2KPHD]

Img quality is a bit let down, but my biggest let down is no obstacle avoidance. Other YT videos show the Neo flying in branches and trees. Almost, but not quite there, but hey, it's $200.

[@ROAMitRALPH]

I agree, image quality isn’t quite there. And I’ve been spoiled by obstacle avoidance lol. My very first drone was the Mini 3 Pro. I’ve actually had the Neo bump into branches and I notice that when judging distances for the quick shots, you’ll want to go shorter to be a little safe (ie, choose 3m when you think you want 4m). I know it’s early, but I know they’ll get a lot of this fixed whenever they come out with a Neo 2

[@S2KPHD]

@@ROAMitRALPH I think my first drone will be a Neo 2 (hoping)

[@ROAMitRALPH]

@@S2KPHD yeah, I think they’ll release a Neo 2 in the future. Feels like this one was just to see if there was interest in a drone like this, and then they’ll fine tune it for the next gen. Just like how their Pocket 3 is leaps ahead of their original Pocket camera. Btw, your username, you drive an S2K? I used to own an AP2

[@S2KPHD]

@@ROAMitRALPH Yeah, 2003 AP1. Bought a Suzuka Blue in 06 with 12K miles. Sold it in 2014 at 30K when my first born was coming. Good times.

[@adischenker1851]

The sound is so squeaky

[@TheTechWanderer]

No controller?!😳

[@mssippijim]

Will work with N2, N3, RC2 and Goggles 3 combined with motion or fpv controller.

[@ROAMitRALPH]

You could connect it to a controller like @mssippijim was saying. Or you could even use your phone as a controller, but you can’t fly far with it (50m I believe) with your phone

[@vloggingtraveller]

Give it a miss the image quality is dreadful... it's a nifty toy at best.

[@getfitover40]

The way he edited the video it is really glitchy. I don't think his editing frame rate was matched to the NEO 30 or 60 fps. I'm going to guess he was editing in 24 fps or something like that. The NEO video is really smooth when done right but in terms of true 4k, yes it is a 4k sensor but for stabilization it has to crop in a lot lowering the actual recorded resolution and then it up-converts back to 4k so it loses detail for sure. You can get some of it back by recording in 4x3 using the DJI Goggles, this way it records in 4k but with more pixels top and bottom then standard 4k. You can then drop it into GyroFlow and stabilize in post keeping more data. Plus when recording using the DJI Goggles, you can adjust sharpness and noise setting s which helps make the video a lot more pleasing to look at. I have some recording on my channel that I think look a lot better.