Inspire 3 is DJI’s new full-frame 8K cinema drone with interchangeable lenses and a wide variety of hardware and software improvements compared to the last generation. In fact, DJI received one of our “NAB 2023 Best of Show” awards for this drone. We visited the DJI booth on the NAB show floor and asked Ferdinand Wolf, Creative Director for DJI Europe, about the new drone and what makes it so special. Right before this year’s NAB Show DJI announced the much anticipated new generation of its professional cinema drone – the Inspire 3. Please make sure to check my article from the announcement day, which includes all the new features and specs. After DJI skipped last year’s much smaller “first post-Covid” NAB show, they pulled out all stops this year and had a massive booth at the Las Vegas convention center. Among many Ronin 4D units rigged in various positions, there were multiple Inspire 3 units on display plus a huge “cage” where DJI pilots flew (as in hovered) the Inspire 3 for the spectators to see. We had the chance to talk to Ferdinand Wolf from DJI Europe about their new cinema drone. Let’s recap what we found out. DJI Inspire 3 – Zenmuse X9-8K Air unit The heart of the Inspire 3 drone is the new Zenmuse X9-8K Air camera system that houses a 3-axis gimbal stabilized 8.1K full-frame sensor. This shoots up to 8K 75fps in ProRes RAW, 8K 25fps in CinemaDNG, or 4K 120fps slow motion...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 28 April, 2023