DJI
DJI FPV drone finally announced – 4K60fps video with a top speed of 87mph
Mar 2, 2021
John Aldred
DJI has announced finally announced the new DJI FPV Drone. It features an on-board 4K 60fps gimbal stabilised camera with a 150° super-wide field of…
End of DJI? Company goes under United States blacklist
Dec 19, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Chinese drone manufacturer DJI has been added to the US economic blacklist. According to the US Government’s Commerce Department, DJI is one of four…
2020 DIYP Holiday Gift Guide – Cameras
Dec 8, 2020
John Aldred
‘Tis the season to give gifts to the photographers and filmmakers in your life. Or, if you’re the photographer or filmmaker in your life, to…
DJI’s LiDAR module gives you autofocus even with f/0.95 manual focus lenses
Oct 22, 2020
John Aldred
One of the biggest problems I hear people talking about when it comes to gimbals it the lack of autofocus. In an ideal world, we’d…
Teardown reveals the $749 DJI Mavic Air 2 is made from around $135 worth of parts
Sep 3, 2020
John Aldred
This isn’t the first Mavic Air 2 teardown we’ve seen, that honour goes to the folks at iFixit, but a new teardown by Tokyo-based…
DJI makes radical staff cuts due to coronavirus and political pressure
Aug 19, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The leading drone manufacturer DJI has been facing difficulties lately. The company has reportedly made significant cuts among its staff. According to several sources, the…
The DJI Mavic Air 2 is actually super easy to fix
May 25, 2020
John Aldred
The folks at iFixit have been working hard during the lockdown, including building a massive repository of repair information for ventilators and other devices to…
Autel Robotics wins patent suit over DJI – Calls for stop of sale and import of most DJI drones
May 18, 2020
John Aldred
Autel Robotics USA has won a pretty major victory over competing drone manufacturer DJI. The suit claimed that many of DJI’s consumer drones have been…
DJI’s new Matrice 300 RTK drone offers a ridiculous 55-minutes of flight time and 2.7kg payload
May 8, 2020
John Aldred
DJI has announced their new Matrice 300 RTK “flying platform” (big drone) and the Zenmuse H20 hybrid camera series, to provide “a safer and smarter…
Leaked DJI Mavic Air 2 manual shows 48-megapixel camera, 42.5mph speed and 34 minutes flight time
Apr 17, 2020
John Aldred
Ahead of the anticipated official announcement of the DJI Mavic Air 2 on April 27th, the manual for the upcoming drone appears to have leaked…