So I titled this DJI Inspire 2; however, my question is a little more generic, but was prompted by the Inspire 2 announcement. Currently my Inspire 1 fleet does all of my DD work. With the upgraded camera on the Inspire 2 and other drones, is noticeable difference in map quality and 3-D model quality expected? Obviously this is with the understanding that everything else is equal, an the only difference is the camera and increase in megapixels and camera quality.
It does appear that the sensor will be better so that will help quite a bit with mapping. I’m not sure if there is anything else that is a big upgrade for mapping. P4 Pro will have a similar upgraded sensor.
What camera did you upgrade to?
Thanks
I would love to purchase the X4s for my Inspire 1 for better resolution mapping but unfortunately, the gimbal on the Inspire 1 will not accept the X4s. It is only for the Inspire 2. I believe DJI has again, left a lot of their loyal customers holding a lot of different camera sensors built on the Inspire 1 that can not be used on their newer bird. So those of us doing mapping work that have relied on the Inspire 1 and the X3 or X5, dreaming of a little more flight time and a 20MP camera, well . . . . . if we want it, we have to shell out for a new bird, new sets of NEW batteries, new battery chargers, new case for the NEW stuff. The $3K price of the bird is only the beginning . . . . . in fact, the 3K is without a camera and those of us with X3, X5, XT (yep, have one) can’t upgrade the bird only . . . . we have to get new cameras as well. Thanks DJI for your loyalty to your loyal Inspire 1 customers. Hope I can do the same for you some day.
Yeah the battery part kills me. I currently have 14 batteries for each of the Inspire 1 setups. Phantom 4 PRO may be an option. We currently have 4 of those, each with 14 batteries. I did not check to see if they did the switch-a-roo on the batteries from the P4 to the P4 Pro. The camera specs seem very similar on the P4 Pro vs Inspire X4.
If the Phantom 4 Pro uses it’s own screen - tablet…how will that effect the P4 Pro’s ability to use the DD app?
I think their screen is optional, so I will keep using my iPad Pro.
I don’t think the screen is meant for anything but flying with DJI Go at the moment. It seems to be an optimized android device.
What’s your line of work if I may ask? That’s a lot of gear!
Multi state/multi employee inspection work. Send most people out with redundant equipment. Not a fan of generator battery charging.
Will the Inspire 2 be able to fly a mission with the Drone Deploy app without an X4S or X5S camera attached given that it also has the fpv camera?
Sorry for the late reply. I do lots of different kinks of work. GIS mapping, land surveying, Ag, industry and utility inspections and lots of cinematic work as of late.