![]() Signal strength is a little better on the Mini 3, with its 4 antennas, though both operate well beyond sight range without drop-outs. 200m/s on the Mini 2.Īgain, this heading amounts to a luxury choice the Mini 3 Pro offers a nicer controller for even more cash, or essentially the same superbly crafted one for those attaching to a phone. Speed demons may also feel that latency (signal delay) is trimmed to 120m/s against approx. ![]() The real advantage, however, is the convenience of never having to connect a phone and worry about interruptions while you’re flying, not to mention the fact that, at just 5g heavier than a phoneless standard remote, it’s a lot lighter in the hand. It has a 700-nit display (good, but actually beneath the iPhone 13’s 800 nits). Mini 3 Pro customers, however, can opt for the new DJI RC controller, with built-in screen, which launched alongside the drone and comes in bundles for surprisingly little extra investment (compared with DJI’s Pro controller, at least). While we think the standard controller is an excellent example of the technology, refined from previous designed to a point of useability and with a good long battery life, with the Mini 2 it represents the only real option. Where things differ with the Mini 3 Pro is, as with batteries, the arrival of choice. That’s because it’s the same controller, although the video tech in the Mini 2 isn’t quite as good, providing a lower resolution video stream and having slightly less power. The control experience on the Mini 2 and Mini 3 Pro can be essentially identical if you choose the standard remote control – the DJI-N1 – which requires you to plug your phone into the top to act as a live view screen. DJI Mini 3 Pro vs Mini 2: Controller & range However you look at it, the Mini 3 Pro’s gimbal is better, but if you aren’t excited by portrait mode shooting then – unless you fly extremely aggressively, making sharp turns – you’ll rarely encounter a moment the Mini 2’s system isn’t able to keep your camera still and level. Both can also point down to -90˚ to afford the classic aerial map view, however. It’s also possible to tilt the lens up 60˚ compared to the Mini 2’s 20˚ limit. Still the engineering to give the Mini 3 Pro that portrait option has also made for a bigger gimbal which has a large range of movement which is useful even if you never turn the lens once. In normal stabilization terms, it can lean 45˚ each way, still comfortably beating the Mini 2. We should dispense with the obvious outlier first the Roll option on the Mini 3 Pro seems wildly unequal because of the extra trick it can achieve – to rotate the camera unit 90˚ for portrait shooting. On both drones the camera is mounted on a 3-axis mechanical gimbal which stabilizes the image, but even a quick glance – let alone the tables reveal – they are not created equal. DJI Mini 3 Pro vs Mini 2: Gimbal & camera ![]() It is perhaps because of that, and the goal of reaching to professionals, that the Mini 3 Pro will be offered with a longer lasting (but heavier) battery in some markets.ĭJI has confirmed that won’t include EASA territories (including the UK) because the rules are based not on the actual take-off weight but the one written in the manual, so by circulating a manual in those countries which even mentioned the Intelligent Flight Battery Plus the Mini 3 would be moved from the C0 category to C1, something they don’t want for the ‘Mini’ line. ![]() Hover time is often a better guide, but it’s also worth remembering that both the Mini 3 and Mini 2 are inclined to alert the pilot to return to base with around 20% of the charger remaining, so you can reasonably lop another 5 minutes from each if you’re looking to measure useable flight time. Because drones are at their most efficient when traveling forward, the theoretical maximum flight time is rarely a measure of the actual time you’ll get in the air.
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