The DJI MINI 4K The Best Beginner and Budget friendly drone of 2024

so DJI released the mini 4K which is essentially like the mini 2 but a couple of $100 less the real question is what can you do with a $300 drone that films in 4k and weighs less than 249 G [Music] [Music] now in full disclosure DJI sent me this drone I do get to keep it but they're not paying for this review and so no other money changed hands now if you're going to buy this drone I'd highly recommend the fly more combo because having those extra batteries in the charging Hub will be really handy if you get the flymore combo you get the Drone you get the RCN 1C controller and you also get two extra batteries a bunch of extra propellers and this nice carrying case now because this is a budget friendly drone it doesn't have all the bells and whistles that you would expect on some of the more expensive models and because it's under 249 G it has some limitations which we'll definitely talk about later but because it's under 249 G it means you don't have to register it in most countries unless you're doing commercial work here in the United States in which case you still need to register it you still get about 25 minutes DJI says 30 minutes but in reality it's going to be 20 to 25 minutes-ish of flight time which is what I've been getting what I always got with the mini 2 and that's plenty of time to be able to go out and capture some great stuff and most likely what you're going to be doing is just capturing simple videos or photos of you and your family or you out doing fun things having an adventure whatever it might be and that's where this drone really does shine now in video quality it is limited there's no dcin like there's no dlog or anything like that it's just straight out of the Drone colors which is everything you've seen so far and you're seeing now but it's not bad DJI actually does a very good job in the normal colors and in automatic modes just to make it easy to capture great shots and that's pretty much exactly what this drone is for because not only does it work well in auto mode and you also don't get all of the options I mean you can shoot in manual mode with white balance and shutter speed and stuff like that but they've also made it really easy to just capture some good cool looking footage using some of the quick shots now just because this drone doesn't have any active track doesn't mean you can't get some really cool shots I made a whole video about how to get really creative cinematic footage using just the mini 2 this drone is basically the same thing you can see that out it'll be up in the corner link down in the description but right here I want to show you how you can get some really cool really creative shots even though this drone doesn't have active track so right here I'm just pushing forward to match myself match my speed in cine mode and I'm getting this really nice what looks like somewhat like a tracking shot and of course there's also things like the straight top down shot that looks really good especially if you're in a place like this where you have lots of interesting things to look straight down on it's an unusual angle so we don't see it very often and it makes it for a really interesting shot and then you can cut between the two to make a nice little sequence but then you could also do something like this to add just one more angle and get one more shot that will give you something else to cut between but the Drone also has some quick shots available so you can get a little bit more complicated looking stuff hit the green button hit start and the Drone is going to perform a motion now you don't have a lot of different options available and it's very important to make sure you're an area where you can do that shot because of the trees and bushes around this area I wouldn't do anything other than like a droney and maybe a rocket because obviously circling left to right here is not a good idea with all the trees and of course just because a drone doesn't have obstacle voidance doesn't mean you can't get some really cool shots if you got a straight line shot here like I do I'm going to just make it follow me and uh go through this path here and it should give a really nice shot with a fair amount of movement in it because of all the trees around but we also have quick shots like Circle Boomerang and Helix which could give you some really nice effects so you need to make sure you know exactly what's around you with the Drone because it's going to go sideways it has no obstacle avoidance but if you are in a clear area or in an area where you know it's not going hit anything then you can actually get some really nice shots that are really creative and look pretty nice now if you want to see how to capture some great cinematic I know that word gets thrown around a lot but just some really good shots and be able to put together nice video using a drone like this the mini 4K Mini 2 mini 3 I highly recommend you check out that video hey if you're enjoying or getting value out of this video then consider subscribing my goal is to help solo creators like myself make good decisions when it comes to purchasing gear or get the most of the gear you already own by teaching you the skills you need to tell great stories now while it might not be used a lot for photo work you actually do get a fair amount of options for photos it's 12 megapixels and you get the normal color profile but you also do get dng which is raw so that gives you the most amount of dynamic range if you want to edit it and post but the jpegs look nice and you can just throw them straight on social media as well right off your phone if you want to it also gives you things like sphere photos panoramic photos wide photos and so this drone does exactly what it needs to do which is capture cool shots capture great little bits of footage and capture nice photos of you doing whatever it is you do now toward the beginning of the video I said there are some limitations because there are this drone does not have a super high top spe speed depending on if you're going into wind or away from wind you're going to be limited to anywhere from like a few miles an hour depending how strong the wind is or you can you know maybe hit 30 something miles an hour if you're going with the wind or and going in a place where there's no wind that being said DJI does rate this at a level five which I think is 25 mph winds which is extremely strong winds so it's not that it doesn't have the capability to handle wind it's just you might be limited in what you can do with it and another is you need to be aware of is that when you're filming in say sport mode or going against heavy wind is you will the gimbal will not be able to tilt all the way up like it does with the Mini 3 or the Mini 4 because of the way the gimbal's designed now that's normal and so long as you know that and you you know where your limits are it's fine a couple of other limitations which for a drone that only is going to cost $300 is really not that bad is there's no obstacle avoidance like there is on some of the more expensive drones and there's none of the active track features but also this is based on ocusync 2 which isn't bad still a really solid signal link but you're not going to be able to fly that far or through that many obstacles which honestly with a drone this size you can't fly very far away anyway and still maintain visual line of sight which legally here in the US and most places you are required to do so while it is a limit it's not really that big of a limit in the fact that like this drone and the signal link will go much farther than you can see it when you're flying it within visual line of sight one of the thing people might complain about about this drone is the fact that there's no way to turn down in camera sharpening or noise reduction really though it's a $300 drone with Incredible capability you can't expect to have it all but if it really bothers you like in this video I basically put on a little bit of a gajian blur at like one or maybe two really low just enough to soften the footage up a little bit and take away some of that artificial sharpening look the one other limitation to this at least right now at the time I'm making this video is that this is only available in the North American and European Union markets and it's really only available through Amazon or through Best Buy so I put links in the description you can click on those links and if it's available in your area it should find you what you need it should be able to connect you with this drone all in all the mini 4K is a great solid little drone for $300 that captures good photos good footage for a drone that you want to be able to just put it in the air push record capture what you want to capture and move on with your life next you're going to want to watch this video right here I'll see you over there as always if you have questions you can ask me in the comments below or join my live stream which happens most Wednesday nights at 400 p.m. Alaska time 8:00 p.m. Eastern or you can have a little more of a conversation I can answer questions maybe I didn't get to in this video uh yeah I'll see you again soon in the next one cheers

Channel: Jake Sloan

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Length: 8min 45sec (525 seconds)

Published: Tue May 07 2024