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[@gastong.loperena7378]

I still prefer my MAVIC Pro. This MAVARK is a nuisance...

[@marshallives658]

Toms tech time 1 question: I have the spark and phantom 3. Do you think the Mavic air would be a good upgrade from the spark or phantom 3?

[@chrisdorsey3071]

What were the SD card recommendations you had?

[@stratopause]

Are ND filters designed for Mavic Pro also compatible with Mavic Air?

[@Quadcopterguide]

@Marshall Wait for the Mavic Pro II coming this summer. Getting the P4P camera onto the Mavic will be the next huge step.

[@DavidOliver_Skier]

Good review Tom. I'm sold on how well this drone flies in literally all conditions and the image processing package on-board is doing an amazing job with that tiny 1/2.3" sensor.

[@itaco8066]

Amazing that you got it so fast. thank you for that!

[@dritchy88]

Du machst wirklich die besten Videos was Drohnen angeht, man hört dir gern zu und es ist alles drin ohne überflüssige Infos 👍🏻 mach so weiter..

[@JamesStevens013]

Hey Tom, great videos. I have just found your channel after buying a mavic air. Not my first camera drone but its an awesome package. Keep on bringing thte awesome content

[@glennaleonhart]

Absolutely amazing review! I’m sold on this drone!

[@LEXPIX]

Great job Tom. Your channel is where I first go for drone related stuff. Keep up the good work man.

[@AaronsLyfe]

That was the most comprehensive and thorough video I have seen yet of the Air. Awesome job man

[@jrosedds42]

Super comprehensive and professionally done review. This must have taken ages to put together. Well done.

[@drodone]

Great Video Tom! Very thorough and informative. Thanks!

[@MikeBoening]

Great job and very detailed. Thank You

[@tonyniderost1630]

Just catching up on your stuff, Tom. I love it! Keep up the good work.

[@Chippathingy]

Great review video Tom! I've placed my order for the Flame Red on DJI's presentation day in New York. Can't wait to get it!

[@readysetdrone]

Great video Tom. Missed you in New York!

[@IvanSnz]

It's like the Mavic Pro and the Spark had a baby!

[@livingminecraft5667]

Ivan Snz such a quick reply I know

[@ZLL668]

Sparvic or Mavark??

[@jannepelto8206]

Spanky?

[@SteveH-TN]

Awesome in-depth review on 1st day of announcement. Thanks.

[@LaurieandBillRetired]

As a potential first drone purchaser I found your video very informative. Well done! I also enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful places captured with the Mavic Air. Bravo!

[@EODHammer]

Rear sensors! Best addition yet!

[@DoomerONE]

This was an awesome presentation, it really helps me understand this drone. Thank you very much, once more you did a great job showing off a new drone.

[@mickeyg.c.1654]

Thanks Tom! As usual very informative and clear.

[@nealdrury6584]

Great review Thanks. I have the Phantom 4 pro but think I need one of these also.

[@TygerByte]

Excellent thorough review. Best review online. Thank you!

[@DIFLAZIO]

You are fantastic nothing but an proffesional it is a dream looking at your videos I think you are the best one i am looking forward for more videos of the DJI Mavic Air.

[@miquaelmiquael1079]

Tom, I really enjoy your posts. I try to view them whenever possible. I believe It was you who mentioned in one of your segments about the Course-Lock feature no longer being available on the Mavic Air - I would really like to know your view of the new Tap-Fly suit of options on the Mavic Air. I personally think that they more than make up for the the absence of the Course Lock feature! You do such a great job going into detail with your reviews, I think your subscribers might appreciate it as well, since few (if any, to date) have covered this powerful new addition to the Air. Keep up the great work!

[@nicestrat]

Excellent presentation. A wealth of information that is very helpful. Thank you!!

[@MIMCKMedia]

thanks you for this Tom

[@brucefox6580]

Hi Tom. Outstanding review, thank you.

[@jonnyboy4music11]

This was a great video!! Very informative and entertaining. I loved seeing the footage from Israel. The fact a tiny drone took such advantage shots is crazy and it makes me consider purchasing one.

[@Pindi44]

Wonderful tutorial and video footage, I learnt a lot, many thanks.

[@DennisSchmitz]

Just looked at the raw footage. That looks almost like my Phantom 4 Pro footage (-2 sharpening user as well). Clean, lots of details, no crazy oversharpening and good DR! Really impressed, especially after that Mavic Pro (Platinum) video mess...

[@adamw1944]

Excellent video, one of the best presentations of this kind.

[@elaprendiz007]

I was waiting for this review... Well done!

[@gadreem]

Great presentation, & the shots you took in Israel are stunning. I am visiting Israel a lot but never seen it from this angle. Thanks

[@omcasanova]

Dude, overkill review. Awesome work.

[@edkonvang]

sensors in the front and back...that is soooo cool! Can't wait til put my hand on this drone.

[@poulan9]

you sound like Weinstein

[@strangerzproductions1551]

Thanks for the thorough review!

[@truenorth365]

Great review Tom! DJI please take my money and I will put this in my kayak hatch. Thumbs up from Sweden

[@motionmanager]

Thank you! Awesome review! What is the image quality compared to Mavic Pro? With what container do you get the best image quality: .mov, .mpeg4, h264, mp4?

[@jeffreyjackman7053]

Great drone, great video but i still love my Mavic Pro!!

[@locouk]

jeffrey Jackman I’m thinking the Mavic II will include all of these advancements and a few more to boot, I too am happy with the Mavic, it’s still an awesome machine. It’d be nice to have the asteroid and boomerang video options though.

[@youbetubber777]

jeffrey Jackman i have the platinum mine is better lol

[@youbetubber777]

This has all the same stuff the mavic pro does only smaller and the camera can go upwards

[@locouk]

A.J. Williams The Mavic camera can also go up.

[@poulan9]

I like the new avoidance features

[@verdonrocksphotography3510]

WOW what a great review, you are the best my friend, thank you! One Q: did you hear any releasing dates for Phantom X (or 5)? Thank you and keep up good work!

[@eroggero]

Great review and awesome footage.Just wondering the return to home feature , returns to last point of take off, not bank to controller, or do you have that option? Would be nice when filming from a boat...could be especially bad if battery runs low and it returns to home , but home is no longer there due to boat moved..

[@Mitokafander_Production]

To give you a quick tip towards your Switzerland incident where the card was full. You should get one of those USB dongles that convert your phones charging socket into a USB port. Then you can carry around an SD card reader and hook it up to your phone to empty the drone card.

[@DillonLoomis]

Awesome review, thanks man!

[@MrMarantzman]

Totally awesome video Tom welll done... This new Mavic looks fantastic. ( When did they send this early one to u ?).

[@Rayi3000]

Great Review. Thank you for this. Subscribed !

[@Matthewaustrie]

Amazing!! Great review can you confirm if the mavic air has the point of interest intelligent flight mode?

[@BonBonBonni]

Great Review, Amazing Drone!

[@nolirg]

This is an awesome review! Thank you

[@mabryatpinnacol]

As usual a very thorough and well done review... Will some of the new features (APS, etc.) be accessible via software upgrades for Mavic Pro flyers?

[@ckizer]

Great video thanks. What do you think of the 2.7k 60fps footage?

[@Planosdecasasy3d]

Me lo voy a comprar, esta asombroso

[@jetlagzombie8946]

Nice review -Thumbs up. It *almost* has everything I need to know. Does it have Tripod mode and terrain follow? Can you tweak the settings like the Mavic Pro for smoother footage? Plus what options like d-log or cinelike are there?

[@gilbertorodriguez4018]

Hey man, thanks for your awesome content. Can I use my Mavic Pro ND filters on the Mavic Air?

[@MatthewBayard]

Drone Nerds any chance you could do a test with the mavic air and how it performs doing active track following a subject going down hill?

[@NoviceUTplayer]

Very helpful video. Just one thing popped up. Can we use our DJI Spark compatible ipad holders or shall we buy a new one compatible with Mavic Air. Another thing is, as far as I can see the iphone plug is now attached to two extendable arms of the RC. So how will the ipad holder will fit into these arms. Many thanks in advance for the responses...

[@juniorrodrigues1805]

Great as always!

[@shingeko]

I could you get so much less views that Casey or iJustine ? Your review is a really good and precise one and you speak about settings and options that no one talks about yet. You deserve a lot more gratitude for your work.

[@ErickTapiaVillafranca]

well done

[@tomskerke1826]

can u do a complete set up first flight with all aspects and controller also is it true about dji customer service ive never delt with them before

[@samismyname40]

Great video! It's very detail BTW, Is this drone can charge by the power bank like dji spark dose?

[@AdrianNemeti]

Great review, congrats! The controller is compatible with Spark?

[@pabbip9]

Now I can't wait for the mavic pro 2.... If this guy is this good the mavic pro 2 will be crazy

[@anthonysmith5979]

Yes I recently crashed an i2 reversing to reveal a shot, so I concur with you, reversing sensors are very important. There has been a sneak peek of a rear sensor module for the i2, hope you can do a video on this. Regards Tony of Australia

[@areaoverground1105]

Ich danke Dir für dieses wirklich gute Video. Sehr cool und ich freue mich auf noch ganz viele Videos von Dir.

[@RSEMacademy]

Nice review as always Tom~ Do you know if I can do mapping with the Mavic Air? Does anyone know? I assume yes but I haven't gotten any information anywhere. Thanks in advance~

[@LD-um1ms]

Great video and thanks for the sample images :-)

[@rapaent]

Awesome review!! You're very clear and informative! I do have a question; In circle, boomerang, etc. modes can you do this without having the controller in hand giving yourself to move freely throughout taking video/pic's? Thanks again for the fantastic review! Ray

[@Zazougaming]

Did you like your trip there ? Amazing place right !

[@floflo3857]

great video as always Tom, How do u think the camera compares to the DJI Phantom 4?

[@thejigfreak4070]

hi Tom...nice review as always.. in a quickshot mode like helix, circle mode etc.. can we adjust the distance for the drone to circle from the subject? thanx

[@tofufa4122]

Tom can you please do a long distance test? How far the mavic air can go and also review the video feed from the enhanced wifi? Thanks

[@PhilipChristian]

This content is so professional it is like from a world class organisation

[@Eujeceen88]

Excellent review as always, very accurate. Could you please precise for european friends what's the range gonna be? Thanks!

[@Medalla104]

Hello Tom, could you do a flight test with the new Autel Robotics EVO, it seems to be a really nice drone besides the DJI drones. Thank you.

[@WalterSmolenski]

Very good review, best so far. Some of the flight footage is a little jumpy, it seems to move in steps when panning rather than smooth. They seem like set seeps not random. Is this a problem with the video footage conversion or is the gimbal or flight movement not smooth? Did you use any ND filters when trying to get cinematic shots?

[@rowlandh25]

Great video

[@save_the_night]

a very well done review

[@locouk]

The rear facing obstacle avoidance, I find with my Mavic, flying towards the sun can stop my drone moving, flying backwards fixes this. Not so with the Mavic Air, you’d have to use sport mode or fly sideways. Can just the rear sensors be turned off while leaving the front sensors active?

[@kev.chadee]

This is the best review I've seen for this product, great job!! A few questions, does this support 128GB V30 SD card? Also, how can I download your test footage, as google drive says I currently can't? Thanks again!

[@michaeljemery]

None of the early reviewers have properly compared the Intelligent Flight modes with the Mavic Pro. The Mavic Air does not have Course Lock, POI, Home Lock, or Fixed Wing mode. Course Lock and POI are absolute essentials for many of the Cinematic shots I like to use. I also haven't seen any evidence that the Active Track feature on Mavic Air includes the Profile and Spotlight modes of the Mavic Pro (we've only seen Trace mode). Profile is the most important tracking mode for most movie scenes using Active Track. I guess keeping quite on certain details was a condition of being an early reviewer. To ensure we remain in the dark until after the initial launch sales, DJI still haven't released the manual download for Mavic Air.

[@thetute59]

You sure it doesnt have POI? And Fixed wing?

[@randyharris6847]

Hi Tom, Great video! Question: Can I use my FPV fatshark goggles with the New Air because it says it supports 5.8 ghz video transmission? Thank you

[@GStrauss]

Great review Tom! Did you encounter any problems with the wifi transmission?

[@flytown9853]

The Mavic Air takes a beautiful video for such a small camera. If the price is really what you quoted, then it's good to go! Very good review. I would be interested in getting one of these.

[@HopeFullSpiritFlyer1]

hello. i have 2 questions about the diffrents options filming (dronies, circle around, etc...): 1) how the mavic do to get target in center? use the gps in TX? or just target "silhouette" , like tracking? 2) when doing dronies circle and other option filming, if there is obstacle, did the drone only stop, or get aroud obstacle and continue the dronie and other asking filming? thank you.

[@GiGsail]

Great job Tom! Please make a video on how to split, cut in pieces without losing quality, then put all together in a 60 secs video say ten 6 secs slices adding music too ... :)

[@DroneImage2024]

Nice video Tom and nice Drone. Am I wrong or we lost flight time and range compared to the « old » Mavic ?

[@Achisachis73]

Hi Tom, great video. I want to ask you about the cell phone use as while flying the Mavic Air, How do you prevent incoming calls from interrupting the flight and make you crash? Disable cellphone calls? or is the App doing this automatically? I'd hate to get a call in the middle of a flight and crash the drone

[@simonbaker4834]

Great review Tom! Any idea if the Mavic Air accepts ND filters so one can film at standard motion picture shutter speeds?

[@AV8R_1]

All of these cool modes like boomerang are all selfie modes? What if you would like to get these sweeping shots with something else as the focal point? Can you choose the focal point to fly those intelligent flight modes? Also, did the props get in the shop flying sport mode? And will it finally hold a phone that is in a protective case???

[@benediktlandrichter8640]

AV8R Tom I can only answer you question about if the controller holds now bigger phones/phones with cases and yes they made the slot a lot bigger so it should fit your phone + case

[@natserog]

thanks great review....im still on the fence with Mavic Air. I fly alot in montana back in the mts......not sure if wifi is going to work there...

[@RavindraJoisa_Official]

Thanks for the review and for all the details. Can I recharge the batteries using a power bank? What kind of port it has. As it has just 21 mins of flight mode, I want to know if it can be charged when I travel where I will have just a power bank with no power supply for a week during my Himalayan trekking. I will definitely carry more batteries.

[@shaasframe]

Thanks man

[@TaskSwitcherify]

Thanks, fantastic video. But... The background, which was panning horizontally in the Circling, Helix, and Boomerang mode, looked "jumpy" and not smooth. Is this a compression artifact with KZbin or the result of jerked turning by the drone while filming? Thanks!

[@jamesm568]

Need better lighting for night orientation and when are they going to put in a built-in display into the controller?

[@creatorlight]

The video quality looks great! On the Air sample video, the one where the camera rises with the palm tree to reveal the landscape machinery in the background, the footage looked a touch of the staccato effect. Can you control the Shutter speed when recording with the Mavic Air? Is there a shutter speed option available in the recording options?

[@cramos.]

GREAT VIDEOS. GREETINGS FROM SANTIAGO DE CHILE

[@5L1V3R]

Hey Tom, first of all: thank you for this overall review of this drone! After watching this video I see a point where I feel like I have to give you a hint here: please be careful with the data of focal length and f-stops considered to the crop factor. I know that the manufacturers are giving those data but technically they are wrong. What we've got here is a 4.3mm lens with a f2.8 aperture on a sensor with a crop factor of 5.6 That means we can talk about a lens which has an equivalent of a 24mm focal length, but with an aperture equivalent of f16 Telling people it is an 24mm f2.8 is like measuring the width of the drone in centimeters while measuring the hight in inches without telling anyone. All in all a very good review, keep going on!

[@seim139]

Hi Tom, Do you know if the Mavic Pro's filters are compatible with Mavic Air? If not, do you have any suggestion? Thank you in advance for your answer!

[@juanmanueldominguez109]

Excelent video!!

[@ApostolosZabakas]

Excellent video. One question. With what software are you editing the videos that you upload? I like the Facebook pop ups