Watch this before you buy DJI Mavic Pro | In-Depth Review

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[AllThingsFilm]

From what I've seen in other Mavic Pro videos, the plastic piece covering the lens isn't supposed to stay on during flight. It's meant as a protective cover while you transport the drone.

[RCGB]

The protection cap is meant to be removed, absolutely not to be used during recording, it will cause poor image quality, as you may have realized !

[AirTimeEh]

the cap is not for flying.. its for storage

[colin_rootz]

Were you shooting with the gimbal protector on? As I understand, this is for protection when transporting! You can't get the best image when shooting through a piece of crappy, curved plastic!

[PathfinderFlims]

fixed pint focus is only for point up to 25 meters away. Tap the screen on anything beyon 25 meters away and the camera goes into INFINITE focus mode....

[jafs]

The plastic bubble is just for transport, not for use during flight time.

[manfrombkk]

After watching this excellent video, why on earth would any one even consider or waste their money on a GoPro Karma.

[RawkustvOfficial]

Incredible review and beautiful cinematography. Love the effort and production you put into this comprehensive review of the Mavic Pro, the images look amazing. I love cars, supercars to be specific and think the Mavic pro would be the perfect tool to compliment my car videos. Keep up the great work man. Totally awesome!

[mauulik]

is this your full time job ?? the production quality for this video is ming boggling...i cannot imagine the amount of effort/time it would have needed for you to bring this video out.

seriously amazing video!!

all the best

[johannesgetzner]

The plastic bubble is only for protection when transporting the drone. You are supposed to take it off when flying....

[markshirley]

isn't the plastic bubble only for lens protection in transit - you don't need to fly with it.

[ShaftDrive]

The most in depth review of the mavic pro yet. Thank you. I want to get one of these for moto adventure.

[RecordLifeMedia]

Tom, I believe the lens cover is for protection during transport. could this be the reason why you saw propeller shadow reflections? also, iJustine's video has shown the propellers from the mavic during flight I believe.

[murph]

Great review :)
I believe the plastic bubble is just to protect the camera during transport.

[TomsTechTime]

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Thanks all together, stay tuned and fly safe!

[cali_weejock]

For over 10 days I've been refreshing the link to 'Tom's Tech Time' each time a I sat at my iMac. This morning I wasn't disappointed :-)

Many thanks for this valuable review Tom. Coming from a none drone background I find your presentation style clear and easy to follow. I feel confident I could fly a Mavic straight out of the box.

[kris]

In case it wasn't already mentioned, that clear plastic bubble should be removed before flight.

[bginn]

I have been following DJI for a couple of years, and now am ready to buy. The Mavic is an incredible accomplishment.
Thank you very very much for that excellent review and how-to. It is the best I have seen to date.

[DerZaubererFN]

The plastic bubble is only for transport...

[YetSoAsByFire]

One note that would have been good to mention (unless I missed it) is that the Mavic is able to transmit 1080p as well as 720p real time video to your phone, while the Phantom 4 is limited to 720p only.