DJI Phantom 3

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Turning into Apple now, new costly shop

chef

lol ...wanna c the gopro drone... when it comes out

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Phantom 4K introduced

http://www.dji.com/product/phantom3-4k/info

AKED

What is the difference to the Phantom 3 professional with 4 K except that the Phantom 3 4K is about 400€ cheaper (899€) ?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@AKED

4K obviously can shoot 4K. But lacks their digital video transmission and just use Wi-Fi.

AKED

The professional version also shoots in 4K 30fps.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@AKED

My bad, I mean difference between their lower models. It must be positioned below top version.

peaceonearth

specs says also lower video bit rate (10Mbps vs 2Mbps) than P3 professional

AKED

According to the specs both have the same bitrate: 60 Mbps Phantom 3 4K: http://www.dji.com/mobile/product/phantom3-4k/info

Phantom 3 professional: http://www.dji.com/mobile/product/phantom-3-pro/info#specs

filthy

My understanding is that this new Phantom is basically same as the pro, but without Lightbridge. Same crap camera available on both models.

AKED

Ok, Phantom 3 4K has no lightbridge, transmission of the video signal only via Wifi and only in 480p (not in 720p) and max distance only 1.2 Kilometers compared to 5 kilometers of the Phantom 3 professional with the lightbridge version.

@filthy: can you elaborate, why the camera is shitty for example compared to the Gopro hero+ black?

rhayokely

Madagascar Lanscapes shot by GH4 V-Log L and phantom 3 advanced.

filthy

@AKED - The bitrate is much too low to make 4K useable in most aerial situations (similar to GoPro actually). The 1080 is decent. But the 2.7k seems to be the sweet spot to be able to handle most aerial detail and motion with the added benefit of increased resolution. The Phantom 3 Pro doesn't offer it. Strangely, the Advanced model does. I haven't seen any examples of that though. Granted, the stills appear to be sharper (especially in the corners). But at the end of the day, it's basically a different version of a Gopro that can only be used on the copter. My Gopro's aren't perfect either (I have owned every model), but at least I can used them in plenty of other ways than just limited to aerials. So I may have jumped the gun calling it a shitty camera. My apologies there. But labeling the thing "Professional" is definitely misleading.

mrbill

I just bought a phantom 3 pro in preference to the 4 because of the fully featured lightbridge. 3rd party apps like litchi and air nest look like providing all the intelligent flight modes missing in the 3 that the 4 has - apart from the anti collision feature. Wonder which 3rd party app will develop that first?Loving all this flying stuff - just wish we had some sunshine!

@filthy - the phantom 3 pro does have 2.7k mode - been shooting in it two days ago

zcream

Could one of the users kindly confirm which of the Phantom models shoot 2.7K at 60mbps ? I saw a post stating that a firmware update offered this capability - now I cant find that post.

zcream

I refer to these posts that reference Phantom 3 Advanced v1.5.3 Firmware.

> Previously in firmware 1.3.2, 1080p/30fps records at 25Mbps and 1080p/60p records at 40Mbps. Now 1080p/30p records at 40Mbps and 1080p/60fps records at 60Mbps. >

> Check your video meta data. 2.7 k and 1080p now uses a 60mbps bit rate EVEN on the Advanced model which used to be capped at 40mbps. >

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2384430-Official-Phantom-3-Professional-Advanced-Owner-s-Thread-First-post-has-FAQ/page2993