DJI Mini 4 Pro Vs. DJI Air 3 | EXTREME Night Mode Comparison!

[@geminibsee]

Thank you for making this video. Awesome information.

[@amoktimeflies]

You’re very welcome ☺️ thanks for watching! 🖖

[@619sdbdub]

So glad you posted this. I was asked to fly a recent fireworks show for a local town. I was flying an A3 and needless to say the event didn't start on time and that 15 minute after nautical twilight start time made for unusable video. Oddly not even the fireworks helped the lighting any. But it was a small fireworks show all the same. Glad to realize that the error wasn't mine, and I should have at least charged them for my time. Something I will amend in my contract.

[@amoktimeflies]

Yeh - fireworks can be done, but you basically have to be right in the middle of them (which is obviously quite risky). FPV are better for it but obviously a very different skill set! Glad you found this useful and thanks for watching!🖖

[@sewjojosewingandcrafts3679]

Love your vlogs. They're simple, but very informative. I've recently bought a mini 4 pro, I've no previous drone experience, and I am absolutely thrilled to bits with it. It's so easy to use. I made a fantastic little video of the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland using light cut after watching one of your vlogs. 😊

[@amoktimeflies]

One of my favourite ever comments - Thankyou so much for your kind words - they genuinely mean a lot! It's so lovely to hear that I've helped someone (even if it's showing how *not* to do something sometimes!😂). Would be great to see your creation on KZbin at some point, especially as my family hails from Falkirk! All the best. Amok🖖

[@MartinAmbler-g9v]

Information with humour. Superb 👏👏

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou so much - glad you enjoyed it! 🖖

[@RWProo22]

great video amok i love flying my drone at night love seeing all the lights keep up the good work

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks RW! Will do! 🖖

[@Tazz6326]

Looking to get a mini 4 pro, where did you get the mini strobe light from? Thanks 👍

[@amoktimeflies]

Hey Tazz - Yep - just get the Mini 4 Pro - you won't be disappointed! I got the strobe off Amazon and would thoroughly recommend it - this is my affiliate link if you want to pick one up : amzn.to/4ehJtkg 🖖

[@BinoLvv]

Is the flashlight on the mini 4 pro good? It looks like it’s pretty strong ( i mean the light underneath )

[@amoktimeflies]

Oooh - now that IS a good question! 👏👏👏- yes... very good for takeoff and landing. BUT! how much battery does it take up of you want to use it to keep track of the drone at night whilst in flight vs a strobe? Answers coming soon... (ish)... 🖖

[@BinoLvv]

@ exactly! But if you attach a strobe on your drone, that makes it more than 250g, right?

[@amoktimeflies]

Correct, so depending on the rules in your territory and what qualifications you have that could limit where you can fly. I bought a strobe for £12 then realised it put me over 250g, so then spent £80 and a whole day studying to pass the UK A2 CofC which allows me to fly as if it’s a sub 250g drone (with no ‘intentional’ flight over people). Some people might call that a bit disproportionate 😂 but it did mean I had fewer restrictions with my Air 3 and Avata 2 as well + allows me to fly commercially. 🖖

[@BinoLvv]

@ and that is exactly why i wanted to know if the light on the mini 4 pro is any good 😂 Because there is literally no video to find about it, and on the parts where i saw it, it looks really strong. Thanks in advance!

[@amoktimeflies]

@ I’m actually a little reluctant to use it over places of residence as I’m concerned that a flashlight facing straight down would worry people, whereas a strobe is a little less invasive. That said - I may do one test with it… 🖖

[@Amack1966]

Love your down to earth videos, what was the noise like on the footage with the M4P? Did you have to adjust any settings on the drone or do any post?

[@amoktimeflies]

Cheers Amack and thanks for your question... Nothing done in post (except for some zooming) and I was using night mode on the Mini 4 Pro, but other than that all pretty native. All the best 🖖

[@shaunthedrone]

Great test and interesting to see the Night mode works so well - since this year, I can't night fly (video) because of the green light goes out when video goes on :( Enjoyable video.

[@amoktimeflies]

Hey Shaun - thanks for watching! Yeh - I just checked - I’m sure there used to be a setting in the camera menu for that… best get a strobe and stick it on the back (if the EU allow that sort of thing?) All the best! 🖖

[@johnnymac26]

The metal roof will throw the compass my autel evo took a total benny after doing that 😅

[@amoktimeflies]

The weird thing is that I’ve taken off from my car roof loads of time before without issue. Possibly something random to do with recent updates… thanks as always for watching Johnny! 🖖

[@chriscapune7873]

Wow kinda surprised that the MP4 looks a little bit better 😃👍. Great tests and I am glad everything made it back home 🤣. 👍👏🐈‍⬛🐾🍻🐝

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Chris - I was glad *I* made it home to be frank! Probably the most nervous I've been on a shoot - that area isn't really somewhere you want to go after dark with a bunch of expensive equipment if you know what I mean! As ever - thanks for watching! 🖖

[@chriscapune7873]

🙀😅👍🍻

[@frankinblackpool]

@@amoktimeflies Good job you don't have an infra red camera for all those people walking their dogs.😜

[@amoktimeflies]

'Walking their dogs' 🤮😂🖖

[@frankinblackpool]

It just so happens that I too have been experimenting with some night time magic. I was out till 11pm last night and up here it does not really get dark compared to you south of the border. 🤣 I've also come to the conclusion that if its around Twilight then I'll use HLG for my Mini 4 and if it gets really dark then I'll move over to the Natural colour profile. Last night I happened to bump into a Professional Drone Pilot, filming around the prom, who had a Mavic 3 with its 3/4 sensor. It made my Mini 4 look completely inadequate. 🤣😂 As for my experiments I shall be steering completely away from Night Time mode, which just makes my footage look like a waxwork and Dlog-M is just awful that its not worth even bothering. You're welcome to take a look at my handy work. 😀

[@amoktimeflies]

Yep - have already taken a quick butchers at some of your stuff - love the Blackpool tower one! Been meaning to switch to HLG for a couple of vids based on your advice, but you know how it can be - I know what I know and venturing into what I'm not used to can be a little challenging! I'm also not that technical when it comes to videography, but perhaps I need to do more research and create a vid on it 🤔😉 All the best - and thanks for watching! 🖖

[@frankinblackpool]

@@amoktimeflies That is kind of you to take a butchers at my Blackpool Tower stuff. As for HLG, I'm so glad that I gave it a second chance after getting my fingers burned using in on my Panasonic camera. It is a really good colour profile which play's nicely when put through the Resolve washer when editing. Side by side HLG and the Natural colour profiles look almost indistinguishable while Dlog-M looks awful and really hard to get even close to look the same. And that's after using the DJI dLog-M official LUT. No need for LUTs with HLG and Natural colour profiles.😀 I did a little experiment a couple of nights ago where I went into the garden and filmed a static scene, of some garden ornaments and solar lights, with the drone hand held. I kept the camera as still to get the most out of the bit-rate and available low light and reduce any rolling shutter or blurring. Taking five second clips of each colour profile was very instructive. I filmed Natural, HLG, DLog-m and Night Time. Out of the can HLG and Natural were the best hands down. In fact the Natural colour profile, which is an 8bit codec, had less noise and was a bit sharper than HLG. I was expecting this after learning on KZbin a few years ago that a camera's colour profile, for REC 709 standard dynamic range (SDR) will usually perform better than a LOG colour profile (HDR) at night even with the high dynamic range and 10bit codec.

[@paullawrence8572]

I was up for 15 mins the other day ( Drone that was) came back down and realised i never pushed record!🤪.Looks great!👌🖖

[@amoktimeflies]

I predict a firmware update that gives us the option to automatically record on takeoff. It still wouldn’t completely protect from MY incompetence but would go a long way to helping! Thanks for watching and the comment, Paul!🖖

[@psoon04286]

I missed a couple of awesome shots due to not hitting the record button too. We should ask DJI to add a coloured border when it’s recording like on some of the high end new cameras. This oversight is more common than we think

[@amoktimeflies]

Yep - that’s a good idea - I have that on my a6700 - it helps, but isn’t infullable 😉🤣🖖

[@psoon04286]

@@amoktimeflies me old eyes need something more obvious than that little blinky red dot😜

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Was going to say the top of your car's not the best place to take off from. It's a shiny surface so the drones have a hard time with it. It is mentioned in the manuals. Not that any of us read them of course though! 😉

[@amoktimeflies]

🤣Yeh - we probably wouldn't admit to it, but pretty sure you're right!. Have taken off from the top of my car plenty of times before, but only this time did I have a problem. I think it may be because its the first time I've done it since the recent updates that were meant to 'fix' the mini 4 pro RC2 compass wobble. Pretty sure it's a myth that the RC2 just has a 'sensitive compass' cos it's rock steady with the Air 3 and I use the same handset! Anyway - apologies for the rant! 😂 Thanks for watching! 🖖

[@MarkBowenPiano]

@@amoktimeflies No worries at all. Rant away if you want 😉 Might help next time to use a rake-off / landing pad on the roof of the car to give the drone something to look at instead of the shiny surface. Might help.

[@amoktimeflies]

Appreciate the advice, I have a landing pad, but very little point in using it as the vision systems don't work that well in the pitch dark anyway. Also I had the compass error even before taking off so I don't think it would have made that much difference. Normally I'd hand launch, but I had my hands full and wanted to be in and out quick so kept it simple... If you know the area then you'd know what sort of freaks are around there at that time of night! 😱😂🖖

[@vince-n]

I use a landing pad with a light so I can see it with the drone controller

[@picknikbasket]

Walking the dog?? 😂😂

[@amoktimeflies]

😬😳😂🤣🖖

[@bowwave59]

There’s got to be some in software thing about launching and landing on a car . I haven’t managed it. Hand launch is easy.

[@amoktimeflies]

Yeh - but trying doing all of that when you’re trying to film a vid and there’s doggers to the left and dealers to the right is a bit tricky! 🤣 thanks for watching buddy! 🖖

[@bogunio]

I like this !!!

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou - glad you enjoyed it!🤗🖖

[@efpdronefootage]

This my friend, is going to be my decider video. I am going to take your superb word. Good to see you by the way. I now have over 700 subs and a vid with over 300k views since we last spoke a few months ago and I had 12 subs

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks for watching Bud - 300K! 🤯 That's an amazing achievement and that's excellent growth from 12 to 700! There's plenty more to come with the Mini 4 Pro - and the Air 3 is just a BEAST that flies for what seems like an eternity even in relatively high winds! Well, when I say an 'eternity' - about 40 minutes - suffice it to say I can't remember the last time I had a low battery warning! All the best! 🖖

[@efpdronefootage]

@@amoktimeflies hahha if I got the air 3 it would just be for special just me time because of the boundaries or go get that gvc. But yes thanks for your input too, always grateful. Ps, nice Mic, I got one in May

[@amoktimeflies]

@@efpdronefootage I was about to say that with the Air 3 flying with Article 16 it’s not that much of a big deal, but then realised that you’re the ‘automated flight’ king! 😂 (which isn’t covered by A16 sadly) 🖖

[@iansantanabr]

Exactly, they are in pairs, walking their dogs. 🤣 Next video: Does the thermal camera work on an extremely dark night? Oh no, there's so much movement on there. 🤣🤣🤣

[@amoktimeflies]

I think they must have just left their dog off the lead or something. Thanks for watching, Ian! 😂🖖

[@rodiknov]

Мне тоже этот Дрон понравился я имею в виду мини четыре

[@amoktimeflies]

Спасибо за просмотр! 🖖

[@jaysbrowseraccount]

This the government cannot replace

[@amoktimeflies]

ermmm.. OK.... Possibly need a little more context with that one, but thanks for watching anyway 🙂🖖