Bye bye Karma GoPro. You had no chance.

B&H says it costs 1000 USD


Cost wise DJI Mavic is 100 usd cheaper than the Karma plus Hero 5 Black combo. However, Karma has added functionality in form of the handheld mode. One advantage of the Go Pro Karma drone is that you can use the gimbal and handle with the Go Pro. that is a neat design. Collision avoidance is there in DJI. I am not sure how it works and how big a difference it will create. Till now, I haven't got one in my drones.

The Hero 5 Black can shoot at 2.7K 50/60p. However the camera of the DJI Mavic can't do slow motion in 2.7k. That is a negative. I shoot in 2.7k 50p mode.

From the B&H link I couldn't find if there is a GPS location available to later on overlap on my footage (in some cases I need coordinates to mark some of the structures). I was hoping that one of the drones will have it.

Are there any other things that I am overlooking? The Karma could take off and land virtually anywhere. Don't know about the Mavic. Are there any other differences?
 
indiawilds said:
B&H says it costs 1000 USD
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$1,299 with similar accessories as the GoPro Karma

The included GoPro Karma handle does appear to turn the Karma gimballed camera into something equivalent to the DJI Osmo, so this is functionality beyond what DJI are offering.

I am curious to see how the actual camera footage compares between these two brands, and what the differences are between the drones themselves.

If the Osmo functionality is useful to you, the GoPro Karma appears to be a fair bit cheaper than buying the DJI Mavic drone kit + DJI Osmo camera.
 
It's apparently starting at $749 for drone only. $999 for drone and remote and $1299 if you then add case and charging hub.
 
If you are a very casual user, the Karma looks okay. But if you are mainly a drone user, the Mavic blows away the Karma with usable features. BTW, the Karma handle thing is cute but you can buy those for under $200.00 now so I wouldn't buy a drone based off of what you can do with pieces of it while not shooting drone footage. In the U.S., if you are making money with your drone, you need to become a 333 pilot. A lot more involved. I will be buying the Mavic but I would still hire a pro drone pilot for client projects. The Mavic will merely be for fun, family and stock footage gathering. Slow motion from a drone could be a factor for India Wilds work but for most, not a big deal.
 
Looks like the Mavic has checked all the boxes I wanted/needed for a drone. I just want to add some spice to some of my shots without breaking the bank.
 
Mavic looks great. Not that I think it's to much to complain about the DJI P4 but this is so small. With that plastic hood I'm just thinking if it's impossible to use filters and if scratches on the plastic hood and/or reflections will degrade footage? It looks like the hood can be removed thou...

I had hope for a bump in bitrate to 100mbps and the specs only says 24p in Cinema 4k.
 
Osslund said:
Mavic looks great. Not that I think it's to much to complain about the DJI P4 but this is so small. With that plastic hood I'm just thinking if it's impossible to use filters and if scratches on the plastic hood and/or reflections will degrade footage? It looks like the hood can be removed thou...

I had hope for a bump in bitrate to 100mbps and the specs only says 24p in Cinema 4k.
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The DJI people tell me that is just a transport gimbal protector so no worries. If ND filters aren't out yet for the smaller lens assembly, they will be momentarily, probably like the Go Pro slip on NDs for when the Go Pro is out of the housing. Think about it guys, they are pushing just slamming this drone into any backpack or case because it is so small. Even wear it on your waist when hiking. So a gimbal/lens protector makes a bit of sense, doesn't it?
 
I was about to pop in to say that plastic cover is for protection...never leave home without it. I have already pre-ordered anxious to get this little sucker in my hands
 
puredrifting said:
... In the U.S., if you are making money with your drone, you need to become a 333 pilot. A lot more involved...
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Actually Section 333 exemptions have been largely supplanted by Part 107.

Still more involved than buying a Mavic, but it's actually not a terrible process. Study for and pass a test, submit the application, get SUAS remote pilot certificate.
 
Ouch! That's gotta hurt at Go Pro. They are bleeding red the last 3 quarters and new ventures such as drones and other projects are an effort to get Go Pro back in black. This can't help.

The Mavic is COOL.
 
jbregar said:
Actually Section 333 exemptions have been largely supplanted by Part 107.

Still more involved than buying a Mavic, but it's actually not a terrible process. Study for and pass a test, submit the application, get SUAS remote pilot certificate.
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Yup, I was just going to point this out myself....largely because I just took and
passed the Part 107 Unmanned Aircraft Airman Knowledge test. After you pass,
you get a Remote pilot certificate and you are legal to be a pilot in command
and use your drone for commercial use. The test is tough....I studied for a couple
weeks and consistently got 90-100% on all the practice tests that exist online.
But I was only able to get a little over 80% on the actual test. The reason for this, is
that the FAA randomly chooses 60 questions (63 with 3 questions being 'control questions'
that don't count in your score) out of hundreds of possible questions. So no two tests are
ever the same, and in many cases they can differ dramatically. That being said, this new
Part 107 is HUGELY better than the old Section 333 in which you would have to get an actual
private pilot's license!
 
jbregar said:
Actually Section 333 exemptions have been largely supplanted by Part 107.

Still more involved than buying a Mavic, but it's actually not a terrible process. Study for and pass a test, submit the application, get SUAS remote pilot certificate.
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Thanks for the update. I wrote about drones last year for HD Video Pro but had not heard about the update to 333. Insurance requirements?
 
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