Anafi is better than a Mavic because... 

Lol, don't underestimate the Yugo from 90's ;P

i have the mavic air, i can definitely agree with the points made by you. the compass calibration is a total nightmare to deal with and it is a constant issue for me. DJI is the big player inb the game and with that comes a built in bias when dealing with reviews and comparison i find. i think that parrot can carve out a decent chunk of the market if they offer drones that have features like zoom, 180 degree viewing angles etc. only point i disagree with is the usb charging being a plus. the interchangeable batteries on the mavic air can effectively give you about 45-50 minutes of flight time which is a huge deal.

LOL don't listen to the DJI faithful. I too own several DJI drones and they are not perfection. Nor are the apps which almost always feel like they are in Beta and being fixed and broken many times a year. This is a cool drone. Thanks for the unbiased review. Subscribed and I bought your books. You do great work.

That dance got you Chelsea...and Chelsea is quite easy on the eyes sir!

My first car was Yugo :-) ...Pozdrav iz Beograda :-)

Give them a year or two at the most, I think Skydio will release a consumer drone that will really challenge DJI's dominance.

The Skydio is used to photograph moving subjects, is better at this than the Mavic. But this is only a small part of the demand. Most people buy drones to take pictures of static scenes..

Autel

Berri Jam Frankly, based on the review and all the comments, I wouldn't get either. I don't mind waiting a few more years till there are more and more-reliable options on the market.

@@simonwalter7142 You will never stop waiting: there's always newer tech on the horizon. And if you can wait several years, you clearly don't have a need or desire to shoot video, so why get one at all?

@@mwarnas What? You're saying drones aren't going to improve and get cheaper? That is inevitable, like all new tech. Do you live under a rock?

Parrot was the first one to ever mass produce and market a Drone, remember the AR.Drone? that was pretty impressive at the time, then DJI came and Parrot was done, is good to see Parrot coming back with a product that actually could compete with DJI

competition is always good for us customers (y)

Flew a Mavic Air, Spark, and Pro at the beaches in SC recently. The most annoying and most often complained about was the Mavic Air. Yeah that drone is incredibly noisy. THis Anafi looks really cool. So glad DJI has competition and not just cheap toy wannabes. Yuneec needs to make their version next, but something bigger than the Mantis.

The new props for the Mavic Pro have winglets that reduce the noise significantly. About the same as the Anafi.

Anafi still much quieter than MPP.

Yes, we would hate for anything to impede on your luxurious vacation time.

It's wise to be courteous and considerate to beachgoers, guests there etc. Not everyone flies a drone, not everyone wants one flown near them. The more noticeable the prop noise it to those more private individuals, they more they will report the drone user, or simply make it known they don't like it near them. Anafi and MP are pretty quiet for the most part, so if you fly those it can be less of an obvious attention getter other that kids yelling "cool !! a drone" Vacationers are really going to like this drone. I agree with Tony 100% here. Most others say DJI beats the crap out of this drone, but there is a lot of bias, and they often do not consider the average user. Just like the average user of DSLR's will not jump at $1500 cameras and buy the $450 dslr with 2-3 kit lenses and do a great job in auto modes and have great pics of their event. Drone bans and limits are being posted at many beaches these days. For one, too many people flying over crowds. That is dangerous. If more flew away from crowds and away from the buildings and boardwalks it would have been better. One crash into a balcony like recently at Ocean City can really change the drone permissions. One incident of a MP crashing into a 12 th floor balcony convinced the area to ban drones there. That was one of the last places free to fly. Most others in resort or vacation areas have drone bans posted.

Yeah, we're in Norway now, and I just now figured out to wait for the green GPS. I wish the software had the option to not take off without GPS. I took off high in the mountains without a GPS lock and it just took off in a random direction, hundreds of feet away. Pure luck that it didn't slam into the side of a mountain.

Tony & Chelsea Northrup What part of Norway? If you are in my region i might have some good spots to recommend

Parrot 😂 I rather fly a syma

Is it actually that much quieter? I had an air for a couple weeks last year and I liked it, but it was too expensive to keep and the noise was so intrusive to the people nearby walking dogs etc where I would take it to fly!

@@StudioNirin Yes, it's super quiet...In fact, most people can't even tell it's around when out and about.

1Lifeonearth I hope u r correct all this suspense by dji

What propellers in the shot? Unless I'm filming in sport mode, I never see the mavics props.

I'm referring to my phantom, but I thought tony said his mavic shows the props too.

Many MP, MA, and MP2 videos with props in the scene.

@@mattball7341 I'd bet those are from people who increase the gimbal range of movement. I've got mine set as stock.

I have no problems with the app.. I do have Litchi but I rarely use it. GO seems pretty refined.

I agree, I just posted about this- I've had the Anafi for about a year and recently got the M2Pro.

Might not be to smart to calibrate right beside that metal rail??

Timothy Daniel Best comment I saw so far haha

Explain why the Anafi is displaying speed in M/s and distance in YARDS. That's annoying at best. And even metric users rarely use meters per second... they use kilometers per hour.

Hey look I'm into science and the metric system but when you grow up with MPH that's just how you think. I'd happily switch the US to metric if it were up to me.

I mean ... if you ran for president ... (AND Chelsea would make a great first lady ... just sayin')

Screw that noise. #chelsea2020 #sorrytony

I will disagree - DJI has the most extensive software support available. IF you don't like DJI GO you can spend 20 bucks and purchase a completely different system to fly with. I use Litchi for programmed flights - it's amazing. DJI allows you to choose the flight control system you want to use. I don't know of another brand that allows that.

Im thinking of getting it too and I'm new to drones.

Oman M how’s that Parrot been for ya?

I was reluctant to it, but after a few hours of footage I completely forgot about it. I can't even tell.

Yeah I hate that, your damaging your footage from the start. It would be warped and you’d have to crop most of your frame out if you add any additional warp stabilization

Not when you realize the 21MP camera of the Parrot will have better resolution after electronic stabilization degradation than the shitty 12MP of the Air's camera. It might be worse than a gimbal, but its not worse than the Mavic Air. Parrot wins here.

@@JKolman1234 noooo. I can definitely see when the parrot falters in the stabilization. Especially in the trees. Mavic does not do this. If you want competition for DJI, you can forget about f'ing parrot. The real competition is the Autel Evo.

I'll forgive you because you said it before the GoPro 8 was released..

It's a lossless digital zoom.

Oh, interesting.

No it's not the same; this is video, not stills. The video file produced at 4k is only 3840*2160 pixels: 7.4 megapixels, which is less than the sensor size. It digitally zooms by only reading off the centre of the sensor and creating an equal 4k video file from that, instead of reading from pixels all over the screen to combine into a 4k file.

Yep, I got it. I missed the lossless part. :)

I don't believe there's an actual compass in the phone, just GPS time signatures and cell tower triangulation

The compass in the Drone.

The rail guard wasn't preventing successfully calibration, the way in which he was rapidly and inconsistently rotating is why his calibration failed, and kept failing. Calibration should be slow, consistent movements in a rotation pattern, not abrupt and odd spinning.

DroningON that's what she said

Jesus Manuel Barreto lol!!

Looks to me he was doing the compass dance too quickly

I would call it bias. It’s an opinion that he got from use. Unless you used both it would be unfair to criticise. I’m assuming when someone complains that a user favours a product more than the other. I assume they say something because it’s unfavouring the product they own.

But everybody on RU-vid is saying go Pro or go home, so they appear to be photographic cognoscenti. You need to ask yourself how are you likely to use it and could you face losing a drone that costs as much as a Mavic 2.

@B Jiang That depends on what you are starting with and what you end up with. If you are recording in 1080 on a sensor that is bigger than 4k you can get useful zoom. I use an Anafi and a Mavic Pro so both can give real zoom at 1080, which is the resolution of my monitor. If you are already maxed out you haven't anywhere else to go. The best zoom is getting closer. The next best is optical. The third best is cropping in on a larger sensor. Most people are stuck with the fourth best, just concentrate a bit harder on that bit of the screen.

@B Jiang You have to try an Anafi to see. The zoom is better than the MP2 digital zoom.

DJI be like: But lets only use digital zoom, and only a shitty 12MP camera compared to Parrot's 21MP optical zoom. Oh then lets charge twice the price... This video was comparing it to the Air jacknuts, same price range. Parrot FTW, obviously.

Every photographer will tell you "Don't ever use digital zoom"

yes, thats exactly what I was thinking!

I definitely didn't say that you couldn't fly them anywhere. In fact, I said that I hoped people would buy a drone.

I think that they are both pretty awesome drones!

Tony & Chelsea Northrup I’m in the UK and things are still okay regarding the ability to fly drones where you want (within reason) I just felt your previous video was implying buying one was now more a no than a yes.

Robert Few I think he was saying you can’t fly a Dji product because of the NFZ , the Anahi does not has that problem that’s why I have one and doumped dji

Check your apps. UAV app can show winds 10-20 mph higher at 100' than AGL

Alex Nikon AYE!

DJI the best yeah plks sbs my channel friend

Same confidence with Parrot, i fly old Bebop 2 and its very reliable, always comes back if you losing signal...

Guy Jordan Man purse.

Just what i also reacted on, its just a simple crop....

While also affecting the picture but 🤷‍♂️

@@jd2161 Not necessarily obvious if you use good quality nd filters and do not pixel peep or view on huge screens.

I want to know that too. Everyone keeps talking about video on drones, and sure that's cool, but I'd like to use it for photography as well. Is there raw support on either?

Yugen my guess is that it’s pretty bad. Honestly consumer drone cameras are pretty bad at photography compared to normal cameras or even modern smart phones. But with good light and the right settings you can have some with it. Specially if you found a great subject, view, sunrise etc..

We didn't notice a significant difference in image quality - about 8:12

@@simianinc ... in 4k video quality ... but what about photography?

I have tested both the Anafi and the Air as well as the P4P. The P4P has excellent dynamic range and the air is decent. The Anafi will do every bit as good as the Air and it also does support raw files. If you really need a photo drone though the P4P is the best bet still.

The Mavic 2 Zoom and Mavic 2 Pro are dropping on August 23rd, it would be a terrible time to get a new drone rn.

Price...

603ON2 thing is, there have always been better options than DJI products, just you had to know what you're doing with a quad copter, I give DJI full credit for their idea to plunge into allowing complete noobs to instantly get professional phootage, other companies just aren't interested in that market

yeah, how about no. Name 2 drones better then the DJI from a year ago or more in the same price range.

Well dji did it best marketing wise and they should keep up with software complaints... if not I'll take my money elsewhere

Yes, DJI is just unreliable. They're just not professional. You can get professional resaults but not professional reliability.

@@stevenholt1957 name a professional drone then

Travel light and carry less. The Anafi is a better "travel" drone. Besides that, you should not flight out of line of sight and the wifi connection on the Anafi is enough for that. Be careful flying a drone in Spain, it is forbidden almost every where and fines are hefty. I flew also in Budapest two years ago, but I think now drones (everywhere) are not so welcomed as then. Regulations have taken over and FAA certifications may not be legal in Europe (correct me if I am wrong).

@@jupersan Thanks for the heads-up on Spain, I've seen contradicting posts, I'll do more research- I hope they allow some flying within reason, or at least don't make me ship it back home.