DJI has launched its newest drone, the Mini 5 Professional. The corporate says that it’s the world’s first mini digicam drone with a one-inch sensor.
50 MP sensor
The DJI Mini 5 Professional includes a 50 MP 1-inch sensor. DJI says that this preserves even minute particulars in low-light situations, similar to sunsets and nightscapes. The Mini 5 Professional additionally has a brand new 48 mm Med-Tele mode with the next digital zoom decision than on earlier fashions. This could make your topics stand out with better texture, in addition to including depth.
The Mini 5 Professional makes use of DJI’s portrait optimization know-how. This enhances the brightness, distinction, and pores and skin tones to make them look naturally radiant with extra vivid expressions.
HDR video
The DJI Mini 5 Professional can seize HDR video in 4K at 60 fps with as much as 14 stops of dynamic vary. DJI says that this delivers cinematic footage in high-contrast scenes, similar to detailed views of cloud textures and different components throughout dawn and sundown. You can too shoot slow-motion footage at 120fps in 4K. The Mini 5 Professional can document 10-bit video utilizing H.265 encoding with the utmost ISO raised to 12800. As well as, in D-Log M and HLG coloration modes, the utmost ISO is raised to 3200. DJI says this enables for better brightness and extra particulars in city evening scenes.
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225° roll rotation
The DJI Mini 5 Professional helps wide-angle 225° roll rotation, which delivers versatile and dynamic digicam motion. You possibly can pair this function with clever modes like QuickShot Rotate, Timelapse, Highlight, and Waypoint Flight, so capturing inventive rotating footage is simpler than ever earlier than. The Mini 5 Professional additionally presents true vertical capturing. That is very best for capturing skyscrapers, waterfalls, and metropolis scenes with no cropping wanted earlier than you should use your footage.
Additionally, ActiveTrack 360° has been upgraded with customizable monitoring for varied situations and has a extra secure and safer monitoring efficiency than earlier fashions.
Safer flights
The DJI Mini 5 Professional options forward-facing LiDAR, fisheye lenses on the entrance and rear, binocular lenses, and a 3D infrared sensor on the underside. These ship omnidirectional impediment sensing for safer flights. In metropolis nightscapes, the drone actively detects and avoids obstacles alongside flight and return paths for worry-free flying. With enough gentle, the Mini 5 Professional may memorize flight routes, enabling protected take-off and return even with no satellite tv for pc sign. Moreover, with L1 + L5 dual-band GNSS, the Mini 5 Professional connects to extra satellites for improved sign stability and exact positioning.
What we expect
The headline new function of the DJI Mini 5 Professional is its 1-inch digicam sensor. This delivers greater than twice the sensor space of the 1/1.3-inch sensor within the earlier Mini 4 Professional mannequin. Which means it might probably seize extra gentle, which ought to give higher pictures in low-light settings. The Mini 5 Professional additionally consists of the upgraded impediment avoidance with LiDAR from DJI’s Air line of drones. All in all, it’s an important new addition to DJI’s household of drones. The one drawback for U.S. prospects is that DJI at the moment has no plans to promote the Mini 5 Professional in America. That is due to the continued points with U.S. Customs blocking DJI imports. For the remainder of the world, the DJI Mini 5 Professional could also be your new favorite compact drone.
Pricing and availability
The DJI Mini 5 Professional is on the market worldwide now, besides within the U.S. as a result of ongoing ban state of affairs. In Europe, the drone is priced at €799. There are additionally two Fly Extra Combos. These include the DJI RC-N3 for €999 or the DJI RC 2 for €1129.

