DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo, Drone

 

DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo, Drone

The DJI Air 2S,

This drone is a huge upgrade from a lot of the other drones in DJI's lineup, and in this article, I want to go through 10 different reasons why people would want to get this drone.

 

01-The one-inch sensor.

This sensor is going to give you better-quality footage, and it's going to give you better footage in low-light situations. The one-inch sensor is only reserved for the Pro cameras. A one-inch sensor in the 2 Pro and the P4P, but there's a one-inch sensor on an Air-style drone. This isn't a Hasselblad one-inch sensor. There might be a little bit

of a difference between the two, but one of the massive upgrades with this one-inch sensor is that it does shoot 5.4K resolution for video creators.

The camera has F2.8, which is not adjustable, so it's not like the 2 Pro where you can go to an F11. This is just a fixed 2.8 aperture. And for the field of view, a 22-millimeter equivalent, so it's an 88-degree field of view, and the sensor is a 20-megapixel sensor. The original Air 2 is a 12-megapixel sensor with a 48-megapixel Quad Bayer system. Basically, they split the pixels into four. It's a different style of the sensor. It has a CMOS 20-megapixel sensor, so it's going to be able to give some better-looking footage, and it's going to give better noise performance as well.

02- The better obstacle sensing system.

This drone has more sensors on it.  It doesn't have any side-to-side sensors. it will detect objects in the way and it will fly up and over them, or it will just stop, depending on how you have your settings set up.

 

DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo

03- 10-bit footage,

Having 10-bit gives more data to be able to color-grade and fix and adjust things in post. It records in H.265 and it has a video bit rate of 150 megabytes per second, which makes it higher than the other drones in DJI's lineup.

The Air 2 only has 120 megabytes per second, and the 2 Pro, even though that camera is a 10-bit camera, it only has 100 megabytes per second. You're getting more information out of this drone, which allows you to do more color grading in posts, and it's just going to make your footage look better overall. All of the other cameras in DJI's lineup are 8-bit cameras, except for the 2 Pro, however, that one only records up to 4K, 30 frames per second, and this drone does have a lot more flexibility when it comes to resolution and also frame rates.

04- Its size.

This drone is the exact same size as the original Air 2. When you put them side-by-side, the only difference is the sensors and the camera. You can use the same battery as you used on the Air 2, and the only other difference is that the propellers have orange on them versus gray. Overall, the kit with the drone, a few batteries, the controller, and the ND filters packs up super small into the little case. It's a much smaller footprint than the Pro 2, and it's easier to travel with and take anywhere.

05- The 5.4K resolution.

This drone shoots in 5.4K, which just gives you more flexibility if you are editing on a 4K timeline, that means you're going to be able to punch in 1-1/2 times on your footage and not lose any resolution when you're cropping in post. when you combine this 5.4K resolution with the 10-bit camera, you have the highest resolution at the best quality that you'll get out of any of DJI's drones.

 06- Frame rates.

It has a ton of different options when it comes to frame rates in this drone. In the 5.4K resolution, have 24, 25, or 30. However, when you drop it down to 4K, all the way up to 60 frames per second, and drop it down to 1080P, 120 frames per second. If you want to shoot at a higher frame rate and slow down your footage, you have the option in this drone, especially with the 4K 60. Having 4K 60 gives the flexibility to slow down in the post and make your shots even smoother. You could go in any frame rate in any resolution and it would stay the wide field of view.

 07. Zoom options.

It has a lot of different flexibility to zoom with this camera, even more so than the original Air 2, but when you're zooming in, you're essentially losing pixels at a certain point. For a lot of situations, especially social content on your phone, you won't notice the loss in resolution. In the 5.4K mode, there is no zooming available, however, when you drop down to 4K, you can do a two-times zoom, a three-times zoom, and a four-times zoom. Doing quick edits and you're just uploading straight to your phone, it is nice to have these zoom functionalities in the drone.

 08- Master shots.

it has Active Track, it has Quick Shots, and now you have Master Shots, and essentially, Master Shots is an automatic drone that then edits your footage.  It is depending on what you're doing a Master Shot of, the drone's going to decide on a series of shots that it thinks is best for that location or that situation. It's going to shoot all of them in a few minutes and then it's going to edit a video automatically for you.

09- Active Track 3.0.

 It has the best Active Track that DJI has put into a drone. It locks onto the subject and stays locked on, and I think that it can be definitely used for following situations where on mountain biking or you are trail running it, and you won't have to worry about the drone losing its lock on the subject.

 10- The new transmission system.

The original Air 2 had two antennas to give you a clean signal. This one has four, no matter what situation you're in, you're most likely not going to lose a transmission from the drone to the controller.