The BIGGEST Problem With The DJI Mini 3...

[@itsamemario720]

There are limitations but, to be fair, still the best option for a drone under 250g

[@DylanGorman]

I don’t disagree with you

[@femiomomo4467]

Finally someone said it! 👏 SDK should be launched ASAP once the SDJ is available from the manufacturer we still have to wait for the 3rd party software to be optimised with the SDK. DJI should offer the SDK as a beta software before the drone has been released. So the drone can be released at the same time as the SDK. This will 1. increase sales immediately 2. Save the client from only using old redundant drones. 3. The drone operator can offer his clients the very latest. The first drone manufacturer to resolve this issue will get the largest sales. , because they will be offering up to date drones.

[@DylanGorman]

Thank you for agreeing with me on this! So much potential with this drone but all held back with a simple SDK

[@dhoser9296]

@@DylanGorman what is SDK?

[@DylanGorman]

SDK is what allows other 3rd party software to send and receive commands to the drone so that I can do functions like mapping missions, automated flight routes and more!

[@dhoser9296]

@@DylanGorman Thanks Dylan!!

[@Matanumi]

these manufacturers don't care when they control 70% of the market- they want to lock you in. buy the competition when you want the 3rd party software

[@30yearvet.48]

Again Dylan, excellent video giving your impressions and limitations of the Mini 3. I cannot agree with you more regarding the difference between the DJI Go4 and Fly App. The absence of all the telemetry data that is not displayed on the Fly App as compared to Go4 was a disappointment for me. I also miss the ability to change the auto discharge rate of the Mavic batteries on the Fly App. Mavic 2 Pro battery discharge on the Go4 App can be adjusted to a 10 day discharge rate.... but only a 5 day discharge rate on the Phantom 4.....hmm

[@cipri198zero]

Amazon must be joking. I just sold my Mavic 2 with fly more combo for 550£ with all accesories you can think of, including high quality ND filters. And the drone was in absolutely perfect condition, batteries were almost new. I’m not the only one selling at this price. This is the price for a “used” one in UK.

[@DylanGorman]

Right and I was speaking more on the mint condition ones. Used will always be cheaper, Amazon just sucks 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@georgios_georgiou]

DJI has good products imo but the price of a new drone is not worth it just got myself an air 2 and not looking back 😎 especially the mavic 3 is on a whole other level in terms of pricing compared to previous gen..

[@InfrastructuraRomania]

Asta e marketingul de la DJI. Toata lumea vinde acum Air 2s ca sa cumpere acest Mini 3...

[@cipri198zero]

@@InfrastructuraRomania Am cumparat-o si eu (Mini 3 Pro), pachet complet si ND filters, am strambat din nas din cauza pretului, stiam ca o sa se simta ca o drona ieftina, insa cand am zburat am fost uimit de calitate din restul punctelor de vedere.Atat doar,cand tii drona in mana pare ieftina.Ce sa zic… nu ma asteptam chiar sa fie o drona foarte buna considerand dimensiunile. Chiar am zambit cand am zburat-o pentru prima data, se controleaza perfect iar imaginea e foarte buna. Nu stiu daca pot sa regret banii. Regret pretul cu care am dat Mavic 2-ul. Daca legea nu era asa stricta, nici nu ma gandeam sa o vand. Asta e. Cel putin sunt multumit de drona si nu mai vreau sa ma gandesc cat am platit, ca vreau sa ma bucur de ea.

[@InfrastructuraRomania]

@@cipri198zero salut! Acum locuiesti sau zbori in RO? Ce sa zic, la consumer DJI-ul le are categorisite. Adica nu pot fi comparate Mavicurile Pro cu cele Mini, chiar daca se vrea a se compara Mavic Pro 1 cu Mini 3. Din clasa Mini eu am 2-ul si cred ca nu voi lua 3-ul.

[@smithtv1110]

People were also too critical of the Mavic 3 at the beginning and now it just proves to be one of the best drones out there. I know there's definitely a lot more to the Mini 3!

[@DylanGorman]

I’m sure it’s going to be their best selling drone this year without a doubt. Just wanted to point this out for people wanting to experiment outside of regular photography and videography

[@chris.jackson]

I for one as a programmer - this was a concern for the money the Mini 3 cost. But I’m sure ill enjoy flying it around until an SDK becomes available.

[@DylanGorman]

I’m sure a lot of people will, just an opinion I had that’s all! Thank you for watching!

[@nathanksimpson]

I get the feeling that DJI doesn't like/is moving away from third party software because it wants all your data...

[@rickholman2310]

So if I understand you correctly, the mini3 pro sucks primarily because it’s not capable of running software that you are promoting and are most likely being compensated financially for that promotion. Not everyone that buys a drone wants to go into the photogrammetry business. Some of us just enjoy having an easy to operate drone that’s capable of capturing high quality pictures and video, which the mini 3 pro delivers. I realize that if DJI hits it out of the park and comes out with a drone with lots of features and at a good price point under 250 grams that it’s quickly going to sell more drones of this type and unfortunately the companies that sell third party software are not happy. Apple does it, and so do many other tech based manufacturers. Why? Because it’s focused on their business, not aftermarket software companies that piggyback on their technology. So, I don’t think it’s fair to slag DJI and a pretty good product just because it doesn’t benefit Drone Deploy. If someone wants to get into the photogrammetry business they should buy the proper equipment for it, even if it means that they have to invest the extra money to do it right. Just sayin.

[@DylanGorman]

I was only endorsed by Drone Deploy once, on the contrary I pay drone deploy a significant amount of money every year for my operations. This was just a callout to DJI for not releasing SDK quickly, this has nothing to do with Drone Deploy. I do think the mini 3 pro is a fantastic drone for most people, I just think it would be cool if it worked with 3rd party software. That’s all this video was about. 100% my opinion.

[@fj1100mark]

Portrait mode is just going back to what we had originally with The original Mavic pro

[@DylanGorman]

True, now in a smaller form factor!

[@EpicAdventureCouple]

Dylan, I’m looking for help to recover a deleted file from a dji2 iPhone 11 phone app. Before it was uploaded 😥 Any clues 🤷‍♂️ Thanks

[@Richibald1]

Hi Dylan so appreciate the truth over the hype. Much easier to plan for! Very pleased to hear your videos about photogrammetry. Kind of thought the Mini 3 was capable of photogrammetry truth be told but hey what is your choice drone for photogrammetry and what might be your cheapest? Great video! 🙂 👍 🇨🇦

[@DylanGorman]

For a beginner drone it depends on what you are wanting to do with it. If you just want to learn about photogrammetry (and strictly just learn) then the Mini 2. There are so many options out there so it’s hard to say which one is the “best”. But learning photogrammetry wise, the mini 2 is your best option! My video before this one teaches you how to do it with that drone!

[@Richibald1]

@@DylanGorman cool will check it out!

[@Richibald1]

@@DylanGorman follow up... In Canada you can fly MINI3 PRO professionally (real estate etc) and still not* need any drone pilot certification. However as soon as you slap on a strobe or anything taking you over that magical 250 gram threshold NOW* your Mini 3 becomes a licence required issue for the pilot. So different up here in that slightly more lenient with Canadian laws in the private or professional applications. Upshot private Canadian MINI 3 owners can "work" their drone provided you don't fly near aircraft areas or fly over people. Additionally you must stay under 250 grams in flight or immediately other regulations apply requiring a drone pilot licence. Hope this helps Dylan. Big buyer's perk if that SDK never comes I can still pay down price of purchase on the under 250 gr never never plan. 😏👍🎶👋 🇨🇦

[@LBitoeverything]

I just realised…. Sold mini 2, it took them good amount of time to release the SDK for mini 2 and just when I started enjoying mini 2 I sold it. Now I’ll be limited to same thing from where I started…

[@Matanumi]

...why did you sell it? because you wanted the "latest greatest thing"? people need to stop with this mindset- the latest products aren't ALWAYS better then the tried and true. now go back and buy it and fly litchi

[@LBitoeverything]

@@Matanumi I sold it because it was actually not that good for night time photography. Bigger sensor with f1.7 sounds super promising, so I had to 😊

[@brunogt1982]

Awesome thanks for the update brother 👍🏼

[@DylanGorman]

Thank you for watching!

[@jochubigochu]

Hi Dylan, I just want to say I love your videos! Recently, I’ve found out that the SDK for the DJI mini 3 pro is slated to come out around late august. This is with a completely new SDK called MSDK V5 which I am very excited for! It will offer support for the Mavic 3 and mini 3 pro around the end of august with the higher enterprise drones taking more priority. I hope you found this helpful!

[@markohara3645]

How do you know this? I would need 3rd party apps using rhis drone as a backup

[@DylanGorman]

I’m hoping this is true but we will see

[@Pepesplants]

Collision avoidance really? Not on my mini 3. What's up?

[@DylanGorman]

Mini 3 no, mini 3 pro yes

[@WiljanWiljan]

I love my mini2 with Litchi! It has more features then the mini 3

[@Billo1281]

This is why I initially cancelled my Mini 3. Because of litchi and having extra features that comes with that. I may just buy a mini 2 as well. I’m not a professional, so it really doesn’t matter. I just like having fun.

[@elineblind348]

Wait, I've heard litchi is a bad mix with mini 2? Is your experience good with Litchi then? Even the follow modes and flight mapping?

[@WiljanWiljan]

@@elineblind348 to be very honest, litchi is working great with the mini 2! But the tracking function is not doing very well. This is however due to the drone limits. The follow me mode works however fantastic and also waypoints, orbit, focus point is working great. If you want very advanced mapping, i would recommend Dronelink over Litchi and this works also great with the mini 2. Dronelink is a bit more complicated for beginners and a bit more expensive. I use both programs with my mini 2

[@islamiceshop1]

@@Billo1281 hi are you from the UK ? I have a dji mini 2 fly more combo flown only for about 15 minutes.... if you'll like to purchase let me know and I'll post it any official selling site for purchase .... RRP £550 .... am selling it for £450 ... thanks

[@smanzoli]

nooooooo lol

[@nexus_at]

there is another issue with this drone: im doing VR-tours for construction sites, inside churches etc. Now dji developed a drone that really can tilt up and thus would be able to do full spheres. But still the sphere of this drone blurres the top 20% of the sphere as all others. What a shame when u fly in churches and wanna do spheres and show the beautiful inside roof paintings, etc. I was hoping for that, and dont understand why dji kills this absolute USP on the market, given the fact its the first to tilt up that high on 60° - including the angel inside the lens 90° would be easily possible - and making this drone a really 360-game changer. what a shame

[@christymclaughlin618]

I just seen there's a 360 camera that you can put on air2s and Mavic 2 out now

[@Matanumi]

bruh your asking a lot for a sub 250 G drone.... yeah get a 360 camera and an Air 2S- boom

[@nexus_at]

@@Matanumi no i dont. i watched my mini 3 pro already doing the sphere, and it doesnt use its full capability to tilt up by making panoramas - to close the blurred zenith at the top. dji just would have to reprogramme and re-arrange the stitching software and the picture taking algorithm taking the panorama. that for sure would not be that kind of an issue. but the mini 3 pro would be a game changer. and this feature u would mostly use in urban areas, where the mini 3 pro is deisgend for (regulations)

[@mbelof57]

Great video, Dylan. The biggest problem with the Mini3 Pro is the low quality of the remote RC signal regarding robustness to interference (@ only 600m distance it starts to fail or even freeze). OS3 should perform better than OS2 in the mini 2 or air2. Sadly, it doesn't! Besides, screen recorder is pretty bad at only 512p ie. not even 720.

[@Grandmasterjord]

There have been a ton of tests on KZbin showing that isn’t the case most of the time.

[@mbelof57]

@@Grandmasterjord there are at at least 2 tons of those tests (in Europe) where the opposite is just on display. :-) And in the mini2, air2 even in CE version that never happens. Of course it's not about range (because we all know we should always fly VLOS). It's about feed quality and susceptibility to interference which in OS3 should be notoriously better. Together with the poor 512p screen recording, I guess these won't be fixed by any forthcoming firmware updates. :-(

[@Grandmasterjord]

@@mbelof57 I heard in a video last night that the EU are the only people having that issue with signal strength because in that same video in New York they took the drone out two miles (3218.688m). Are you a KZbinr yourself? To me the quality of a screen recording means less to me than anything I could think of. If you’re a KZbinr trying to make videos like these guys, I can see where it could be an issue.

[@frankseville2136]

You are awesome !!!! Thanks for this VIDEO!

[@DylanGorman]

Thank you for watching!

[@TonesDroneVisuals]

It took over a year for the Mini 2 to get it's SDK. Maybe it might be like that for the Mini 3?

[@DylanGorman]

I’m hoping that’s not the case but with the track record of the Mini 2 and now the Mavic 3 with not confirmed date in sight it’s looking like the Mini 3 will follow that same path!

[@blomberganders]

Just picked up the mini 3 as my first drone and was really disappointed when I found out about this. I'm not a professional pilot but was planning on using it for simpler work in my architecture business when the budget doesn't allow for a surveyor. Now I'm just stuck using it for some pretty pictures. I put my hope to the "Pro" name and hope to see the SDK sooner rather than later.

[@DylanGorman]

I agree with you hence why I wanted to call it out! Companies need to be held responsible and need to stop slapping “pro” on things that don’t deserves the “pro” name

[@ivanjdrakov1957]

@@DylanGorman it's all relative bro, compared to the Mavic Mini and my Mini 2 it really is a Pro, lol.. 😁

[@DylanGorman]

🤷🏽‍♂️

[@scottwillson5562]

almost nobody says D J I, they all say D G I haha. but great information.

[@nonyabusiness1126]

Buy what instead?

[@RKYT0]

would really love to see the into deep of the mini 3. besides from the unavailability of third party apps, to me, it comes down to the global shutter of the P4 versus the higher horizontal GPS accuracy of the mini 3 (±1,5 m vs ±0,5 m) what do you think about that?

[@DylanGorman]

It would be an interesting study for sure. I currently have no workflow that can leverage the mini 3 hence why I don’t have it but that may change!

[@barneyfromblueshift]

Hey Dylan, Assuming an SDK existed and you were able to use the 3rd party apps as expected, how would you then feel about the Mini 3 Pro? Is it still not serious enough of a contender for someone with a growing interest in the hobby and the desire to got 107 and make some side money, maybe enough to grow into something else? Love your content, appreciate how honest you are about the realities. Kindly, Fortune

[@DylanGorman]

Yes absolutely! If you do not intend on using 3rd party software, this is a fantastic drone for beginners!

[@shannoncombs3036]

I understand and respect your opinion. But in my opinion the mini 3 was targeted for the rec drone pilots. Not professional photography drone pilots. Thats why it still a sub 249g drone. Pilots who want to use aftermarket software to fly will not use a 249g drone to make professional videos for several reasons. Wind, flight time for example. Yes it will be nice to use other flight software but its something I can wait for. Its not something that would stop me from buying a great drone though. Again just my opinion.

[@DylanGorman]

100% your opinion! I don’t think this is going to be a deal breaker for most but maybe if you wanted to try out other things in the drone industry you can’t until the SDK is released! I appreciate you being nice about your disagreement, happy flying!

[@Matanumi]

na with that price they were defs after the "prosumer" market. the sub 249 was made to skate through a lot of stupid ass laws created for drones that weigh a pound over DJI however is out of touch with their newer releases and no one calls em on it because of the dominant market share

[@vasiliss3597]

It took a couple of years to get an sdk for mini 2, so I can't see it happening any sooner for mini 3

[@DylanGorman]

Exactly my point in this video haha, a lot of people seem to disagree 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@chris.jackson]

Dylan - I appreciate this video. When I came across your KZbin channel at first I thought “some rich kid making money” - but I see that you do have the experience and thought in this field. Ill continue watching your content.

[@DylanGorman]

Haha I appreciate it. I really did work hard for all that I have. My video I posted last year was more of a showcase of what’s possible. I’ve spent a lot of time, money and energy learning a lot about this industry and I’m still learning to this day! Just looking to help educate or bring new ideas to my industry as we have a shortage of quality pilots.

[@chris.jackson]

I have DM you on Telegram.

[@chris.jackson]

I have DM you on Telegram.

[@chris.jackson]

Dylan - this Scammer is hitting your viewers - see above comment reply…

[@spencernewell2597]

Would you recommend the mini 3 or the air 2s? Looking to shoot for businesses and real estate

[@DylanGorman]

I would say Air2s. With the ability to capture up to 5.4K video and stunning 20mp photos from a 1inch sensors, you’ll have so much information to pull from when editing as the quality of a 20mp photo from that 1inch sensor is better than a 48mp photo from a 1/1.3 inch sensor.

[@jamskof]

@@DylanGorman quality of photo not true

[@DylanGorman]

Are you sure? I’ve been a photographer way longer than I have been a pilot and I know how different sensor sizes can help contribute to a better quality photo regardless of megapixel size. What am I missing because if I’m wrong I’d like to fix that mistake!

[@Tvj_films8452]

I would say air2s. I got lucky and found a used one for 650. And they only had 2 hours flight time.

[@floatingrabbit3556]

@@jamskof You need a 101 about sensor size and pixels my friend. Larger sensors will always capture more light which will always produce better looking photos if you pixel peep.

[@jkreviea]

If you have the RC Pro, can you not use third-party apps with the Mini 3 Pro?

[@DylanGorman]

As of right now I don't think there are any 3rd party apps that work with the mini 3 yet

[@utopian666]

Holy saturation batman!

[@kalef1234]

Shit i just bought the mini 3 pro, then saw your vid on mapping and the point cloud and crosshatch for 3D imaging lol. I still have my Magic Pro, the original one. Does that work for drone deploy? EDIT: Seems it is supported for both fly and processing. I guess i could start on the Magic Pro i already own and see how it goes

[@InfamousStar1]

I want them to give us the ability to adjust sharpness in the DJI Fly App.

[@HMHprospective]

I agree with you sir. Thanks for the informations.

[@12vibaba]

All these features will only be available on the enterprise versions I suspect. and now the m3 enterprise is here, that is confirmed.

[@marklittledale8429]

So as someone who is seriously considering buying a beginner drone, what would by your recommendations?

[@DylanGorman]

What are you looking to do with it?

[@greenogre22]

sorry, but not every profession needs a sdk for a drone. for some inspections for instance you just need sharp pictures. as one landscape ecologist for example you need pictures for yourself to evaluate certain landscape elements or gain some overview over settlements or other bigger areas. as i have to deal with angry land owners the disadvantage you talked of regarding the small size as an image problem for customers in reality is one big advantage in my business just because it’s small and silent so it attracts no attention. i use it for expertises. the mini 3 is perfect for this. some friends of mine are using the mini 3 for roof inspections. they are highly satisfied with it and the professional use in those fields. as for me there’s already enough software to cover many needs.

[@SunnyandNova]

Dude after listening closely it seems like you’re trying to convince yourself you made a good choice spending $5000 for the mavic 3

[@DylanGorman]

Clearly I didn't lol. I only use it for cinematography now for youtube and casual flying.

[@SunnyandNova]

@@DylanGorman I’m hearing the mini 3 has signal issues is this true

[@brunogt1982]

I heard great things about M30 do you own one?

[@DylanGorman]

Working on getting my hands on one!

[@INFINITYSWEEP]

It's not all that bad honestly. I bought it as my first drone. It will just take some patience for everything to be updated. Also an italian company doing photogrammetry as main job, said that it will take around 6 months for SDK to be released. I will learn the mini 3 pro then when sdk will come out I will learn photogrammetry.

[@matthewmartin6873]

any advice for getting into photogrammetry?

[@DylanGorman]

Check out my video from last week!

[@DylanGorman]

I do agree that the drone isn’t bad at all, it’s a fantastic one. This was more so for being able to use it with other apps and since the Mavic 3 still doesn’t have that capability, there’s no telling when it’ll be out for the mini 3. DJI have said in the past that they are working on it but I mean look at the mini 2 and air 2, those came out almost a year and 1/2 after those drones got released.

[@INFINITYSWEEP]

@@DylanGorman yeah that's too much time in my opinion but at least we know that we will have them.

[@DylanGorman]

One day 🥲

[@DiogoReis]

What a clibait title, the mini 3 pro is an amazing improvement over the mini 2 it almost let's me forgot how amazing the phantom 4 pro was...

[@cjayfalloran]

What is the name of your intro music

[@Deaner1965]

I was concerned about this very topic. However as a beginner I was also thinking that the mini 3 pro would be a good stepping stone starting in the real estate and visual inspection areas. I would of course upgrade as funds allowed possibly to the Skydio 2+ for other types of work and upgrade further as I went along. The under 250g category means no need for certification or registration and that is a big consideration for me here in Canada. Your thoughts on this are welcome and thanks for all of your posts I find them to be concise and informative.

[@DylanGorman]

I’m not sure about Canadian law but here in the US regardless of the weight of the drone, if you plan on doing any commercial work (making money with the drone) you still need to get certified in order to make money with your drone! But I agree this drone is perfect for beginners!

[@Deaner1965]

@@DylanGorman Thanks Dylan. I am aware of the U.S. laws regarding making money with your drone but so far I have not come across any such law here. rest assured though that I will make sure of it before starting up anything. Thanks again.

[@rickracine9758]

@@DylanGorman In Canada you need a pilot license at least the study material are the same for drones over 249g , very strict rules and laws as well but the weird thing is under 250g drone you can pretty fly anywhere without license and registration and more over commercial work included. they do have one rule that they use in the rules and that is dont do anything stupid rule

[@DylanGorman]

That is nice to know! Thank you for informing me!

[@rickracine9758]

@@DylanGorman NP , thats the only reason why i have the DJI Mini's eventually ill take the course and try for the license but it discouraging even experience aircraft pilots have failed the test

[@ActionGoVideos]

Doesn't the Mini 2 have SDK? Surely of they added it to the Mini 2 they will add to Mini 3 eventually?

[@DylanGorman]

Eventually yes, but it did take a while for the mini 2 to get its SDK. Mini 3 is still a fantastic drone!

[@tech9251]

@@DylanGorman In fact, it took more than a year after the release of the Mini 2 for DJI to add support for it to the MSDK. That support only became available relatively recently! And DJI kept pushing back the estimated dates for when it would appear. So, while it might happen faster with the Mini 3 -- don't hold your breath.

[@DylanGorman]

And that’s my biggest fear! I have had over 100+ people tell me that they are buying the mini 3 to run drone deploy or other softwares out there with the drone…but it’s not even supported yet without a date that’s even expected on when it’ll be out!

[@tech9251]

@@DylanGorman What's really ironic is that just weeks ago when MSDK support for the Mini 2 finally arrived, the YT drone "influencers" were all excited about Litchi and the others -- finally waypoints, etc. But now that the Mini 3 is out, hardly anybody (with you being a major exception) is bothering to mention that the M3 has no third party support. Or mentioning how long it took for the M2 to get third party support. So yeah, people buy the M3 and just assume that since you can now use 3rd party apps with the M2 you can do so on the M3. Oops, no way today!

[@DylanGorman]

Thank you for pointing this out. I’ve been attacked for this video already but very few people seem to understand that at all!

[@floatingrabbit3556]

Air2s. You forgot about it. It has SDK.

[@richardpliml1079]

so are you saying that if I buy the new mini 3 with the normal N1 controller and not the more expensive RC controller, and connect my phone to it I wont be able to use 3rd party apps?......

[@DylanGorman]

Get the regular controller that you can connect your phone to because once support comes out for 3rd party apps you’ll need to use your phone not the smart controller

[@trancer03]

I am thinking of buying a mini 3. If you want to use software like dronedeploy and pix4d what controller do you use? I heard the new smart controller coming with the mini 3 does not support dronedeploy? What combination of controller and display should I use?

[@LydiaReiko]

its not the controller/display. its the sdk for that drone. and plus theres no mention from DJI about other controllers being compatible with the mini3 pro, nor the dji-rc with other drones

[@DylanGorman]

DJI Smart controllers have never worked with 3rd party apps and most likely never will.

[@LydiaReiko]

Litchi might be able to install on some smart controllers, but its not available for the mini 3 pro nor the mavic 3 yet

[@DylanGorman]

It all falls back on the SDK, without the SDK Litchi and all the other 3rd party software can’t interact with the drone to send and receive commands. I even have this issue with the M300 that I have which is 20x the cost of the mini 3 but DJI has built their own version of flights plans and what not so I’m not too mad about that one

[@trancer03]

@@DylanGorman when I go and try to buy the mini 3 I have 2 options for controllers. The DJI RC-N1 and the more expensive DJI RC. It does a really bad job at explaining what the difference is. And which one is going to get support for dronedeploy first ?

[@esbenvb]

TLDR: He's dissappointed that 3rd party apps can not yet support Mavic 3 and Mini 3 Pro due to lack of SDK updates. There you go, 10 minutes of your time is saved :)

[@DylanGorman]

You summed it up perfect!

[@Matanumi]

oh I'm sure the SDK will come out... when the Mini X pro is announced/rumored/whatever that stupid hype cycle is before release. :/ anyway this video is less about a flaw with the drone itself and moreso flaws with buying things BRAND brand new.

[@DylanGorman]

To be fair as a consent as big as DJI is, it seems incomplete to sell a drone with missing features from day 1. It’s sad to see that this is becoming the norm for “flagship” tech devices now.

[@broz8819]

Can't you just back door the dji Enterprise app on the mavik 3 like we can on the mavik 2?

[@DylanGorman]

I don’t think so but I also haven’t tried it

[@broz8819]

Should be able to use the lightning browser on your pro controller to download it.

[@DylanGorman]

I will try it!

[@broz8819]

Assuming the free drone is a scam eh?

[@wanderingyoutube]

Why the side glances? It is distracting from the point you are trying to make

[@DylanGorman]

Lol nice

[@radovanjovanovic9872]

most people wont buy a mini drone for professional work, i agree with you for the mavic 3, but the mini is going to be used for just taking pictures and videos, and the app is going to be fine for most people

[@DylanGorman]

You are right about that. I just think it would be great for those that want to experiment without shelling out $$$ to learn about the other industries in the drone market!

[@dmadman101]

Android MSDK V5.3.0 Released as of 2023-04-07

[@mrlawilliamsukwarmachine4904]

The REAL issues about the Mini 3 Pro are that 1, it’s light and therefore has less stability than bigger drones. 2, The RC is a joke, as it disconnects all the time. 3, the drone is small. This it looks like a toy. The thing here is image and ego. This is why I believe some pro wedding DJs want to hook up retro turntables to their mixer and laptop, rather than look ‘cheap’ as if using mp3s. My above analogy is that if I was paying someone to do some drone work - and saw his equipment was small Nd looked cheap, I might be reluctant to pay a high price. I don’t think the issue (with a v skilled) drone pilot/photography is the ABILITY of the mini 3 per se. It’s not 💩.

[@sayakakunze2394]

Do you think if DJI allows the SDK. Would you try using it for photogrammetry? I’ve been interested in learning and just bought the mini 3 but now I feel defeated ☹️ I could probably rent one though and just practice with the mini 3. P.S your hair is on point in this video!

[@DylanGorman]

For a beginner yes! This drone would be great it’s just missing the SDK for any 3rd party software use! I will say the Mini 2 is still an option (that took DJI over a YEAR for them to release that SDK!) I have a video about it on my channel! I’m flattered thank you!

[@420SmokeJumpers]

they havent released The SDK yet...

[@DylanGorman]

They haven’t for the Mavic 3 either and that’s been out for 3 months! I know the drone is new but DJI used to be on top of this, now it seems like they are taking their time with it which kinda sucks. But outside of that this drone is fantastic!

[@Buckethead270]

I thought the mini 2 could use third party app

[@tonyrobinson362]

It can no problem

[@Matanumi]

yes it can- that was super recent though as of like this year...and the apps didn't get good until march

[@TheGrouch2000]

The mini 3 target market is not into 3rd party software.

[@DylanGorman]

Never said it was, just would be nice as a secondary option for people wanting to explore that market

[@nekrostmc3486]

Proud of you Dylan! great video

[@DylanGorman]

Hi! Long time no speak! Thank you!!!

[@nekrostmc3486]

Making big moves very proud of you for chasing your dreams 🙂

[@kylecarter7928]

I think we're all still figuring out the Mini 3 right now. I would give it more time until it gets released to regular users.

[@geodrone7643]

They restricted the range of Mini 3 ...is like 300-400 m max in urban and 1300m outside....after this is red, jerk video on remote and unsafe...so...Mini 3 sucks at range !!!

[@DylanGorman]

That’s unfortunate! Hopefully and update fixes that.

[@tonyrobinson362]

Just remember VLOS

[@redstone589]

Good channel! DJI has been blacklisted in the US since December. This is probably why we will not see the SDK for new 'nonprofessional' drones from them as long as the restrictions remain. And given the U.S. government's anti-China bias, this is likely to last for a long time.

[@elmienlamprecht4003]

Thats the mini 3 PRO

[@cfagil]

I can fully understand your points from an angle of a professional drone videographer. However, I can also see your concern of DJI MINI 3 opening a floodgate for people who want to get into drone videography. Unfortunately, the proliferation of small drones like MINI2/3, with increasing functionalities and very little restrictions, has inevitably lowered the barrier of entry to the commerical drone flying industry. It is always a compromise between price point and functionalities. The argument for not buying a drone because of its lack of interoperativity with other software or systems may not be a major concern for someone who is flying a drone for the first time. The idea of asking a beginner to get a sophisticated drone but with heavy baggage of costs and certification requirements may not be a good one.

[@DylanGorman]

Thank you for that! I feel that giving beginners the option to learn about other industries with a cheap drone without going broke is what we should strive for. But the price disparity with cheap drones vs good deliverables are ever so increasing making it hard for good pilots to make more. It’s a double edge sword.

[@cfagil]

@@DylanGorman Now that DJI has found the sweet spot in the market, it would be nonsensical/foolish for them to let others share their return on investment. Good deliverables are in the eyes of the clients. If DJI MINI 3 can deliver results at a very favouriable price point, it would be difficult for anyone to say no. I do feel for those commercial drone pilots who have invested so much to face this little disruptor. The situation is not that disimilar to the traditional broadcasting houses facing millions of small content creators via KZbin.

[@frankseville2136]

Please share this channel and tell everyone you know about this channel it’s so so informative. I really want this channel to get big.

[@dron3studio]

clickbait video, don't even have the drone in your hands to start...

[@DylanGorman]

It's an opinion that I have with DJI clearly documenting that they don't have SDK support...

[@GrandChampion007]

I mean if you're a professional, you will probably invest more in your work tool.

[@DylanGorman]

If you want to become a professional I think you'd want to experiment first hence why an SDK would be needed to play with some of the 3rd party tools.

[@csx2k]

Instead of doing a proper review most of the time is spent flexing his gear and comparing the mini to drones that cost 5k. I want to film my family on vacation, IDGAF about sdk etc. I'm the market for this drone not the professional videographers.

[@DylanGorman]

Never said this drone was marketed towards commercial pilots. I think this would be a great entry drone to those wanting to explore other markets without shelling out thousands of dollars. You missed the message.

[@Mechrank]

Even after watching your video i went forward to buy this drone in the hopes that one day sdk will be released by dji 😂. I own dji mavic pro, can it be used with Drone Deploy? Any idea? Thanks.

[@Riverrage_03]

DJI does not care it seems .. their are not much to choose from they have the market. We think wow this new drone out it’s going to be as great or better then their drone from 5 yrs ago 😂 sad

[@AByrdProductions]

So for us noobs what’s an sdk

[@DylanGorman]

Software Development Kit. It allows software developers to build applications that can talk directly with the drone to do things outside of what the original manufacturer allowed the drone to do

[@AByrdProductions]

@@DylanGorman awesome thank you so much!

[@doogyob]

If I may add to Dylan’s response...DJI maintains 100% control over the functions the SDK exposes to third-party developers. Therefore, any developer writing an app that uses the SDK to interface with a drone can’t really get the drone to do something DJI doesn’t expressly allow them to do.

[@DeansDrones]

Only KZbinr that seems to have a problem so far.

[@DylanGorman]

Just an opinion 🤷🏽‍♂️ I also do this for a living, not for show on KZbin

[@basketballjones6782]

Aren't as baller? Sorry - I thought I was watching an English speaking channel up until that point. Moving on...

[@DylanGorman]

Haha thanks for the engagement. Just trying to add some personality to the video!

[@WatchingtheWorldBurning]

No idea what an SDK is?

[@genxd977]

What’s SDK? Can you please explain the acronyms in your videos

[@jd2161]

They did NOT just announce this... other youtubers already have them. Can't watch the rest of this

[@DylanGorman]

I’m a little late to the party but the announcement was only 11 days ago. Additionally if you were able to make it half way through I spoke about the problem that the drone has and it’s that it doesn’t have an SDK available to allow you to use 3rd party apps like Drone Deploy, Litchi and Pix4D! Outside of that I think this drone is leaps and bounds better for an everyday carry drone! Sorry you feel that way, wasn’t trying to upset anyone!

[@joshunboxing3332]

i strongly disagree with you stating that if you show up to a client with the mini 3 you'll seem crazy... the reality is that its all about how creative you are and what you can do with the tool you have. I've seen persons shooting music videos with expensive cameras and Cole Bennett is out here shooting music videos on the iPhone and he's killing it. having a 1 inch sensor and all of that is fancy and and would be nice but non of that matters the majority of the time. its about the content you produce, what can you do with the tool you have. THE ONLY WAY you would seem like an idiot to a client is if you show up and charging your equipment's on the job and not looking organized.

[@DylanGorman]

We are speaking about 2 entirely different industries because I do agree with you in a sense that equipment doesn't determine how good your product is as in the world of artist it's about what is created. In my industry equipment does matter. This drone will NOT produce engineering grade data, but a $10,000+ drone can. I was speaking more on the fact that if you wanted to experiment in my industry without shelling out thousands of dollars that this is the perfect drone to do that if it had the SDK that would allow app and software developers to make the tools accessible on this class of drone.

[@rbak]

Too much waffle

[@benjotyson7183]

😁

[@7777russ]

blah blah, what was the purpose of this video? nothing of value for me here.

[@DylanGorman]

Just an opinion I had about how this drone is useless outside of taking photos and videos. Wasn’t supposed to cause any harm. Any particular reason why you felt your comment was necessary?

[@Phoenix4montana]

@@DylanGorman bro calm down its a great drone and the quality is superb just your looking for attention 👌 also your a wierdo

[@GRIIIMMIND]

You named no reason why the other drones are better 😂😂😂 you just want to look professional bro that's all

[@jochubigochu]

You’re posting memes on you’re channel and you’re the one talking about professionalism? Smh why you have to be so salty

[@skyaerialview]

Dylan stop waffling on about rubbish. You won’t get more likes & subscribes by making a video about nothing that is useful to viewers.

[@DylanGorman]

I’m not really sure you understood the video but that’s ok. Additionally this was more of an opinionated video, for people wanting to explore more options outside of the DJI proprietary apps and with how versatile this drone can be for beginners, I think DJI missed a good opportunity at launch once consumers get their hands on this. We can agree to disagree but no hard feelings. Happy flying!