(fast paced music) - I'm down on a beach
in Mexico at the moment and I brought along my DJI Mavic Pro because I want to show you why I think this is the best
drone for traveling. The biggest reason I'm
excited about the Mavic is because it is so
small and portable now. I'm able to fit my drone in
with all my other camera gear and it all fits in a carry on backpack. Alright guys, let me show
you my camera backpack and how small the Mavic really is. So, in here you've got all the gear I use. Pretty much all the gear I use on my travel photography
missions around the world. I've got the Sony A7R2 with
a 16 to 35 millimeter lens, a 70 to 200 millimeter zoom. I keep my GoPro selfie stick in there. Right here is the Mavic's controller. Look how tiny that is. There's the Mavic, so small, so light. It weighs 1.6 pounds, with the battery. That's insane. So small and look, it actually is about the
same size as my water bottle. In this pocket, I've
got two spare batteries. The intelligent flight batteries. So I've got three batteries total for it. And that's all my gear. I can bring this bag carry on an airplane. I can take it hiking. I can take it to the beach. It is so convenient to
have a high quality drone this small that fits
in a carry on backpack with all my other gear. Alright guys, the first
thing I want to show you is how fast and easy it
is to set this thing up and get it in the air. So the first thing I'm gonna
do is turn on the DJI go app, open up the remote controller, plug this in, turn on the remote. I'll adjust my phone a little bit there. Then, next step is to open
up the wings of the Mavic. And underneath here, the back ones. There's a protective cover on the front. I take that off. I take the gimble clamp off. Set this down. Power on the Mavic. And we should get a blue button
here when it's ready to go. There we go, blue button. It is finding satellites. Ready to go, green. That was fast. So, the fastest I've been able
to do this is about a minute, a little under a minute. Now it's ready to go. I could just take off. Swipe. Boom, there you go. It's up and flying that quickly. (drone humming) There are two sticks on the front. The left stick when you press up, the Mavic will raise in altitude. When you press down, it
will drop in altitude. When you press it to the left, the Mavic will rotate counter-clockwise. When you press it to the right, the Mavic will rotate clockwise. The stick on the right,
when you press forward, the Mavic will fly forward. When you press down, the
Mavic will fly backwards. When you press to the left, the Mavic flies horizontally to the left. When you press right, the Mavic flies horizontally to the right. There are a couple of buttons
here on the front as well. The button here on the left
is the return to home button. When you press and hold this, the Mavic will go into a program where it raises into the air and then flies back to the
location where it launched from based on GPS coordinates. The button on the right,
that's the power button. This is a pause button for
the intelligent flight mode. It pauses the modes. On the right here is a
custom function button. It has a couple different
things it can do. If you press straight down, it turns on the intelligent
flight mode menu where you can pick different modes. If you press up, it swings
the camera down very quickly. If you press down, it swings the camera back up very quickly. To the left, I've got it set
to zoom in, a digital zoom. And to the right, it zooms back out. There are a couple buttons
on the top as well. The one on the left
starts recording video. The one on the right
is the shutter release for still photos. There are two control wheels. The left control wheel
controls the gimble tilt. So you can swing the gimble down, swing the gimble and the camera back up. The one on the right, I've got set to control
exposure compensation. And finally, on the back of the remote, there are two custom function triggers. I have my trigger on the
left set to focus the camera. And the trigger on the right also swings the camera's
gimble up and down. Alright, let's take this out for a spin and show you what it can do. (upbeat music) The Mavic can fly up to 25 miles an hour or 40 miles an hour in sport mode. With a clear line of sight,
it's capable of flying up to four miles away. Lifetime is about 21 minutes. When the battery drops to 30%, you'll get an audible warning. At 10% the drone engages return to home and starts flying back to where
it originally launched from. Return to home also engages
if you lose your signal due to trees, buildings, or distance. The Mavic has obstacle avoidance sensors to keep you from crashing into
things but only on the front. So, you have to be careful
flying backwards or sideways. (upbeat music) Now I want to talk about the
cool intelligent flight modes. Active track is probably my favorite. It allows you to visually
lock on to moving objects, like people or cars and it
automatically follows them. Gesture is the Mavic's selfie mode. Wave your hands around
to get its attention then create a frame around your head. After a short delay, the
drone will take your photo. (camera clicking) Cinematic mode smooths
out the drone's flying, creating more cinematic looking shots. However, it also drifts more so you have to be
careful around obstacles. Tripod mode keeps the drone
super stable like a tripod. You can fly very slowly and controlled, which is great for
maneuvering in tight spaces. Point of interested allows
you to select a building or monument by flying
directly over it, locking on, and then adjusting the radius and speed to fly perfect circles around the subject, always keeping it in frame. Head on over to my blog post
linked in the description below if you want to read
more about some of these intelligent flight modes. It's really difficult to take
off from tall grass or sand because the camera hangs so low. So what I do, is I launch
the Mavic from the back of my camera backpack and I catch land it. Catch landing a drone
can be really dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. So I don't recommend trying it until you have a lot of experience flying in many different
kinds of conditions. (upbeat music) Basically, the DJI Mavic
is a dream come true for independent content
creators like myself. It's both compact and powerful. Perfect for sharing your travel
adventures around the world. Well guys, I hope you enjoyed the video. If you did, give it a like. Let me know if you have any
questions in the comments. Don't forget to subscribe
and I'll see you next time. (upbeat music)
