DJI Air 3S - Does it beat the Mavic 3?

The DJI Air 3S is here - and it brings back the 1-inch sensor, paired with a super bright F1.8 lens. No doubt it offers higher footage quality than the Air 3. But can the Air 3S also beat the Mavic 3 Pro in terms of footage quality? Watch this video and find out!

0:00 The NEW DJI Air 3S
1:18 Blind Test & Listing new features
2:17 The solution
3:14 About the copter hardware
3:56 Comparing the footage quality
4:27 Detail/Sharpness comparison of wide-angle camera
5:11 Dynamic range comparison of wide-angle camera
6:45 Comparison of 3x cameras
7:25 How to improve footage quality

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In order to check the comparison footage without Youtube compression yourself, you can download the clips here:
PLEASE NOTE: only the DynRange_1x clips are originals straight from the drone. The other clips are transcoded in ProRes 422HQ (which is more or less lossless) since I didn't want to expose my license plate ;) But the quality should be exactly the same as the originals. Enjoy!

[BryantAvant]

You win the internet today. Everybody else is milking the views and wouldn't show the comparisons.

[JamieFPV]

Best review video by far for air 3s. No hype train bullshit. Just real world testing. Spot on!

[AntonyCBSR]

Get this trending RN! This is de video everybody is looking for! Comparisons are the best! Thank you for this.

[navpreetsingh]

Best review out of the 10 I've seen, the camera image details is what we really want and you gave us that

[rocheuro]

and yeah. thats a PROPER comparison this is how it should be made. Cold calculation analysis and Dlog . perfect. Thanks Man!.

[jr.coffeeman]

man, you nailed it, all the aspects can be found on the DJI website but this comparison shows the dark side that nobody who gets the drone for free will talk about now, when is needed. well done man. Thank you.

[ukshot]

I've never subscribed to a channel this quick! This is THE REVIEW, incomparable, unmatched, unrivaled, detailed, descriptive, enlightening & refreshing. You're in a league of your own my friend! Thank you for this!

[UltraTrailSteven]

This is the video I was looking for! Excellent job comparing vs the Mavic 3 Pro. Kinda surprised by the outcome, but great job!

[paradoxicalcat]

Best review video by far! No BS - just cold hard facts no matter which way they go. Your video helped me make the decision and place an order for the Air 3S!

[juhokarhu]

thank you, this was the first actually useful Air 3S review that I've seen

[survivalcampman]

So Happy to see you upload a new video! Thanks Brother!

[basquescout]

Best review on the internet by far! Straight up to the point. Fantastic, Ty

[fluxcapacitor]

fc.king the best comparison ever..no bs comments, pure videos for us to compare. all shots are taken with good care, frames are same, similar flight routes...photos are at full size, same frame easy to see difference. as a pixel peeper, this is a pro review.

[maciejk]

I think still the winner is M3P...way more details.Cheers.Great review and First on the youbtube.Cheers

[JohnMoffatVideo]

Great review! The simple static shots make it so much easier to compare the drones side by side. Thank you!

[Panther-]

Brilliant video, my two favourites were video 1 and 2, but I felt the ai3s had the best looking footage tbh, best comparison video I have seen yet

[Tyberius]

Excellent review! Picked up my 3S a few days ago and I'm really happy with it. With all the features and capabilities of this drone, I'm really excited to see what DJI comes up with for the Mavic 4.

[erhangucel]

Been waiting for this comparison, thank you!

[beribear]

The review I’ve been looking for since this drone came out. Everyone else is just doing the same thing with little if any valuable info. Thanks for the comparisons.