DJI Neo Drone with Camera for Adults Self Flying Mini Drone Stabilized Video, Built-In Propeller Guard

Okay let me start out with the stuff I don’t like. There’s not much… I don’t like how it doesn’t have rear obstacle avoidance. I wish it went just a little faster/more power for better air control. I also wish it had an adjustable aperture. Wish the EXP’s for yaw were lower and more yaw range in the gimbal. Wish it had slightly more dynamic range too. Okay now what I do like! Coming from an Inspire 2 with X5s, the size is the biggest advantage overall. The fact it folds down so small is amazing. No longer needing to carry around a 50lb pelican case for my drone is quite convenient lol. The Air 2S is much more low key and quiet for “sketchy” quick flights or through tight obstacles. Plus, the Air 2S shoots higher resolution than the Inspire. Yes, given it’s not Cinema DNG RAW, but the D-Log and 10-Bit H.265 files from the Air 2S are very workable (Especially with the new Mac M1 processors). It has maybe 12.5-13 stops dynamic range from my eye and color grading tests in Resolve. As for color grading the footage, the shadow recovery is much better than highlight recovery so try and always expose your image for the highlights as they cannot be recovered nearly as much in post. The files are a good bitrate 5.4K 24fps 10-Bit, meaning you have the resolution to zoom in without loss and they have better color tonality. The colors can be a little strange especially blue midtone shadows. Fixable in post though. You just have to understand how amazing it is to have a camera that you can put virtually anywhere in the air with a detailed 5.4K video. With three batteries charging you can get a lot of flights in one day with this guy, maximizing your opportunities for creative shots in many different locations. The size of the drone is amazing. Like legit the size of a large camera lens. The controller also fits nicely as the thumb sticks come off and store in it making it more flat. Also, the controllers battery life is just simply amazing. It lasts forever. The bag the drone comes with is extremely nice and great if you are just doing a trip with it. Everything fits in there. The included ND filters are very nice and honestly required for most flights. No noticeable color shift on the filters and they balance on the gimbal perfectly. I did order myself some additional CPL filters that helped quite a bit when shooting water and such. You may need something darker than ND32 for mid day shooting FYI. Battery life is roughly 20 mins of spirited flying while still leaving plenty reserve and not letting them go below 20% to extend their life. Plenty for some fun hyperlapses, which is an awesome included feature. The master shots feature (will the drone will fly itself and get some base level shots) is good to just do as a base level and completes in a couple mins. Results are good for zero effort. Finally, the range on it is superb. 9/10 situations it will have no problems. Staying within line of sight keeps signal the best (and legal). Flying behind objects will sometimes lose the connection. Also in cities (areas with lots of wifi signals) it has less range. But I would say it has better signal than the Inspire 2. The Inspire 2 was more “nimble” and “smooth” given the better power envelope of the motors, 360 spin of the gimbal, and second operator all adding to smoother footage of hard to track items, but could not go nearly as far. With the Air 2S line of sight becomes a TINY speck on the horizon. For a single man band this drone is only beaten by the Mavic 3, which is several times the price ($5k for the good “cinema” version). In my 10+ years of videography I haven’t been this stoked on a new tool in a while and it will be used a lot when the bigger cinema drones cannot fly or are not practical. Okay let’s compare the drones I have flown/used: Mavic Air 2S ($1000) vs Mavic Air ($500) vs Phantom 4 Pro ($1600) vs Inspire 2 X5S ($10,000) vs Freefly Alta 8 RED Monstro Zeiss CP3 ($175,000) When I compared the top dogs like an Inspire and a flying cinema camera (Alta 8), the Air 2S surprisingly holds its strengths pretty well. They are different tools for different jobs and are not apples to apples AT ALL but the fact the Air 2S and everything in the bag is about the same size as the MoVI (Alta 8’s Gimbal) Controller is kind of funny. The image quality on the Air 2S is much better than the Mavic Air and the P4P both in resolution and dynamic range. The resolution is comparable to the X5S camera but the dynamic range of the Air 2S is noticeably worse than the X5S. Obviously, if you are shooting something with budget and need 8K with good lenses, the Alta is your best bet. But that is 2 huge 80lb boxes, has a 10 min flight time at 45lbs with massive batteries. Minimum of 2 operators. Whole different beast. Can’t really compare the Alta to the Air 2S. If you’re into travel vlogging, weddings, real estate, landscape this is the perfect drone if you can’t quite stretch to get the Mavic 3. Also to compare this to the “48mp” Mavic Air 2, the pictures are actually much sharper because of the 1 inch sensor and better lens. Plus the Air 2 is a 12MP camera with pixel shift it’s marketing talk. Megapixels are not everything and the true 20 MP of the Air 2S will be enough for most uses I think. Also note 4K 60 has a crop where 5.4K does not. Can be pretty useful actually IMO. Amazing where technology is going and excited to see when the Mavic line comes out with interchangeable lenses someday! Great product DJI! Included is a video I made along the California Coast with exclusively the Mavic Air 2S and the included ND filters. Enjoy!

*UPDATED BELOW* Bought the DJI Mavic Air 2, two weeks ago before I knew an update was coming so soon buttt.... I just ordered the Air 2S! The Air 2 has been fantastic but I did run into some range issues or losing connectivity around buildings and residential areas. Hoping the updated unit with 4 antennas vs 2 will fix that issue. Also looking forward to the updated hardware and 1 inch sensor! Will post back with comparison and if it was worth the extra buy. *UPDATE* So today I just got the beautifully upgraded 2S only two weeks after purchasing the Air 2. What are my first look and flight opinions... 100% worth the upgrade! Now don’t get me wrong the Air 2 is still an amazing drone and will work great for anyone but for me as I had the money and interest in learning how to edit video footage this upgrade was well worth it. Just look at the difference in the cameras in my pictures... Air2S - aluminum or metal material gimbal and has a beautiful 1” sensor vs Air2 - .5” plastic sensor and tbh the picture on the Air2S is just flat out better. However the Air 2 is still a fully capable drone and I will still use it as my everyday drone and for riskier shots. As for the OcuSync 3.0 or better know as O3 I didn’t see a huge improvement on my first flight and I live in a suburb area with no tall buildings. That doesn’t mean that the range won’t be better for some but in my impression I saw no improvement here. I do have out of ground power lines all over where I live so this could be causing the issue. It generally lost signal when I was about .25 miles away and was flying low but would regain signal going above 65 feet. Not a huge deal breaker for me and I know others have said they saw a big improvement so maybe it’s the specific area where I live. Lastly, MASTER SHOTS! This is one of the coolest things about the drone IMO. You select your target and the Air2S shoots a sequence of really cool dynamic shots and throws them into an edit for you. It literally does everything for you and it comes out really cool if you want to impress your friends or social media followers. All in all 100% BUY THIS DRONE if it fits your budget. I don’t think it is too far off the price of the Air2 so if you have the extra cash I would definitely spend a little extra and go with the Air2S. In my opinion - Always go with the Fly More Combo - I got it on both drones.

This purchase completes my DJI family. The Mavic Air 2s was the only model that I didn't have. I spent months agonizing whether I should buy it. But, a few advantages to the newest 2s FMC (fly more combo) finally tipped the scale. With the improvements to the OAS, autonomous flight programs and enhanced image quality, I just could not say 'no' to the Air 2s. And, who buys just the drone basic package, just to struggle with getting the additional accessories one by one later on? I'd rather just get what I need now and get it over with, as the FMC. Then, pick up the few accessories that I know I will need to round out the set. The Air 2s is on par with the rest of the DJI aircraft for performance and reliability. It's very easy to fly. It interfaces with your smart phone very smoothly. The controls are straightforward and simple to understand and operate. It's larger than the Mini, smaller than the M2P and right in the middle, price wise. The complications of adhering to FAA regulations and licensing have been simplified with built in and available software. The most basic things to remember right now are that, as a recreational flyer, you need to register with the FAA and display your registration number on all of your aircraft. BTW, as a recreational flyer, you only need to register once, as a pilot, and YOUR number is what's displayed on the drone. Each aircraft does NOT need to be registered. That is with the pilots that want to fly for profit. Because the Air 2s is heavier that 250g, your number has to be applied to this drone, in an obvious place on the exterior of the drone. I recommend using a label maker to do the FAA number and your cell phone number. The Air 2s is a great aircraft and like all of my DJI aircraft, it gets 5 stars.

So I wanted to wait a month before I wrote a review, I can say hands down this is the best drone they offer for it's price, it has everything you need from DJI, Active track 4.0, OcuSync 3.0, 31 minute flight time, 5.4k, 120fps in 1080p, fast speeds, an amazing gimbal, top/down/front/back sensors, the only lack would be of side sensors which can be a huge downfall if you aren't comfortable flying sideways or aware of the drones surroundings. Now to say the lack of side sensors is a huge risk, DJI has software for the the drone to fly kinda diagonal so the top and front/back sensors can act like side sensors, it wont as good as just having side sensors but it still works very well, i have a total of 6 hours of flight time on this drone, which isn't much but my images and videos can fool you to thinking I'm semi advanced and that's thanks to DJI's Active Track, easy learning and the ability to color grade and shoot log video and Raw photos. With this drone DJI has introduced 10-bit D-log in all resolutions options which allows us creatives to really go in and shape the footage how we like. with the option to shoot up to 5.4k footage you can get astounding footage. along side have a new 1 inch 20mpx cmos sensor you can capture amazing pictures. There's tons of new features like mastershots, hyper lapse, but I haven't messed with those to much to form an option on them yet.

I purchased this drone as a reward for passing my Part 107 exam to be able to fly drones commercially. Coming from a Mavic Air (the original one) this is so much of an upgrade that it's not even funny. The DJI Air 2S has a 1" sensor, giving it much better low light performance than the Mavic Air. On the Mavic Air, if you are shooting at anything at all over ISO 100 you might as well just throw the image away. On the DJI Air 2S I've gone up to ISO 800 without the level of noise I would have at 100 on the previous drone. Photo: With its 20MP sensor, I am able to take photos with an incredible amount of detail with enough room to be able to crop the image if I catch a telephone pole that I don't like. The colors and sharpness of the image remind me a lot of my A7iii if I were to strap it to a quad copter and throw it 400ft into the air. Video: This drone can record 5.4k video at 24fps in 10-bit D-Log. If you don't know what that means exactly, it means you can record super high quality video and not have to worry that the colors will break apart in post. The 5.4k resolution is great to use as-is or to crop in on to make vertical content that doesn't need to be stretched in order to work I use this drone primarily for landscape/urban photography and wedding videography and couldn't be happier. It's probably a bit overkill for most wedding videographers (plenty of friends use a DJI Mini 2 and produce great work) but if you have the extra money you won't be disappointed

This is not a paid DJI endorsement I've spent my own money on DJI products. This is my 4th DJI Drone and for one reason only guality. People don't like to admit it, no one on the planet especially in the USA can come close to the quality and the technology that DJI puts into their consumer drones , which explains why they are the global leader in consumer drone's bar none. The proof is in the pudding! I'm going to take a left turn here and set the record straight. People complain about China this and that but, the truth is almost everything if not everything comes from China thanks to the capitalist mindset of America. News break America couldn't survive without China and the U.S. government knows it. The government is literally so far behind China in this area we will never catch up, at best the U.S. gov can try to keep pace in the commercial drone field. Now the military is a different game all together we have that locked down with relative certainty. Case and point you just have to do your research to make the best educated buying choice you can and you can't go wrong with DJI. People want the most bang for their bucks you get that with DJI. My best advice is to do your research, there is no reason anyone should be ignorant about anything in this time and age goggle it. Like any big company DJI is not perfect they could do better in some areas and should. The bottom line is this for the most bang for your money DJI is hands down your best choice and the Air 2 S fly more combo you can't go wrong. Stay safe fair wind and clear skies.

I am a first time user. I received the drone yesterday. I charged the batteries, and controller. We had a tropical depression roll in off the Gulf, so I was not able to fly yesterday, and most of today, so I registered with the FAA, then the sun came out for about 15-20. The drone is easy to fly and easy to land, not using the automatic functions. It is very stable in flight, even with 24-44 mph winds. I expected this thing to be blown all over. I kept it low to the ground for a while, knowing winds are higher the further up you go. I have the ceiling set at 400 feet, I decided to go for it. It went to 400 feet and responded as well there as down low. I also learned something while flying and recording video, the bald spot down the center of my head is much larger. LOL I like this little frog looking thing. It started to rain again, so I came into the house. Update 21 June 2021 I am still very happy with the aircraft, but I cannot get Master Shots to work. I keep getting an error message about altitude to high. I have the latest firmware, and have sought advice, no one has an answer I have not tried already.

The item I received had been previously opened and re-taped shut. I noticed immediately that the memory card was missing, I did not inventory everything else so I’m not sure what else may be missing from the package. After downloading the DJI FLY app to my phone I found that the drone would not maintain connection to the remote. About 95% of the time the remote will not even find the aircraft, and when it finally does connect it only maintains the connection for approximately one minute… giving a black screen. Tried reinstalling the firmware on both the drone and the remote control using DJI’s consumer drone app. No improvement. After being very excited to receive the new drone this is very frustrating. Someone has obviously returned this item for this problem prior to me, and somehow it has been sold again. I hope this defective item does not wind up being sold AGAIN to another person who will be sorely disappointed after spending this much on their drone. It’s not cheap and now I have to wait for shipping time and for the refund to process in order to buy another one that works. Edit** I have since the last review purchased this same drone from Best Buy as I was nervous about spending this much from Amazon and possibly receiving another used/opened/damaged product again. And I REALLY wanted to have the functional drone as soon as possible. My package from the other store arrived unopened and completely functional. An unopened box for a DJI drone is shrink wrapped and has little pieces of security tape all over the drones body that you have to remove before use. Set up was easy and fast and it has awesome range and the picture quality is FANTASTIC. Even in low light evenings and mornings. I’ve put about 20 hours of flight time on this drone in the last week or so, and I absolutely love it. No issues whatsoever and I would recommend this drone to anyone. Buy the fly-more package so you have the extra batteries. Well worth it. Flight time is about 30 minutes so with all three batteries you’ve got over an hour of flying time.

Tengo un par de años con él y jamás ha fallado.

The Dji Air 2s is a masterpiece of engineering. Keep in mind this is my first major drone purchase. I'm completely ametuer. These drones have laws and regulations surrounding them. Please find your local laws and regulations. I had to register mine through transport Canada and even pass a test to obtain a basic drone pilot's license. Enough about that shit. This drone out of box runs spectacular. I would recommend buying the blade guards, they add a little weight but give good protection. My first run with it was at my local campsite I own and the nearest lake. You can use this to take amazing videos as well. They are so many options and modes that its impossible to use the all. My first run with this drone was brief, I used it then put it away to read up on heights in the local area. I then used it at a local creek, I was flying far and over swampy lands. Well it lost connection. I thought I just lost my drone. But it will stop where connection was lost and attempt to require signal. It will then return to home. Amazing. The whole reason I wrote this post was because I literally just ran into the side of a pine tree. I was night flying and assumed the sensors would kick in but I guess they don't work at night. The drone then fell approx 10 ft into the ground. That was it I thought. I'm an idiot for night flying in and enclosed area. I walked over to the drone. Visually inspected it. The gimbal Camera was overloaded. But the drone itself was folded up. Apparently they told up when something like this happens. The drone was still in perfect condition. A quick restart fixed the overloaded gimbal . I would highly recommend this drone to anyone.

I have always enjoyed DJI's videos/advertisements but when I tried this beautiful work of engineering majik, a spell was cast. I have zero skill and people see a clip of footage I have taken and they say "Wow", I have no skill in film making but now I want to try. The machine performs better than expected and, for me so far, in a flawless manner. The most challenging part is the Transport Canada Licensing but you can do, you just have to do a little bit of helpful reading. On the upside, once you get your RPAS certification, you are LEGALLY a PILOT😁. Wouldn't that be fun to say? With the payment plans they offer, if you have been debating if you should invest all that money into yourself? I say if you want it, you want to experience it, go for it because DJI is unlikely to disappoint.

Excelente dron para iniciar profesionalmente en este mundo de los drones, si consideras esté como tú dron de iniciación personalmente te recomendaría mejor el DJI mini 2 o mini S E que son más baratos y te ofrecen casi las mismas cualidades en cuanto a vídeo, ya que si no sabes o no usarás los perfiles de color logarítmicos (D - LOG, HLG) ni los hyeprlapses estarías desaprovechando las capacidades de este excelente dron.

Dron óptimo, con grandes imágenes y muy buena estabilidad