As long as antigravity never becomes a real thing, I predict that drones are unlikely to go out of fashion anytime soon. For geeks who grew up loving everything about planes, flight and gadgets, drones tick all the boxes. They're easy to fly, they can shoot practically cinema-quality videos, and they're a great pastime even in the world of social distancing from coronavirus. And although you can get a toy drone for $ 100 or less, if you are really serious about quadcopters, you will want to invest in a more serious model, like that of DJI.
If that sounds like you, there are great deals on DJI gear right now. For example, you can get a free battery with the purchase of the well-rated DJI Mavic Mini, or get a $ 180 discount on the Mavic 2 Zoom or the Phantom 4 Pro V2.0. Here are the details.
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It's far from the best offer we've seen for the DJI Mavic Mini, but it's still an opportunity to get a free $ 45 battery in this DJI Mavic Mini bundle. Because the Mini gives you about 30 minutes of flight time, it's an hour of flight time out of the box. And equipped with the 2.7K HD camera and three-axis motorized gimbal, it is an impressive platform for filming videos on a low budget.
Read our first DJI Mavic Mini take.
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DJI's Mavic 2 Zoom generally retails for $ 1,439, but you can save $ 270 right now. His killer function? The Mavic 2 Zoom is the first foldable consumer drone in the world with an optical zoom capacity, ranging from 24 to 48 mm. Add to that a 2x lossless digital zoom when recording video at 1080p and you can go from 49 mm to 96 mm (all focal lengths in 35 mm equivalent). It also records 4K videos at 30 frames per second with a bit rate of 100 Mbps.
Read our first DJI Mavic 2 Zoom take.
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Usually priced at $ 1,599, you can save $ 180 on the Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 right now, which makes the price a little more affordable at $ 1,419. It's the drone that so many aspiring operators and directors of photography have cut their teeth on - it has a 20-megapixel camera that records 4K videos with a three-axis motorized gimbal and a multitude of modes intelligent and automated flight systems. This V2.0 exchanges the Lightbridge system of the original drone for the OcuSync transmission system and better collision prevention, but is largely the same.
Read our review of DJI Phantom 4 Pro.
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