DJI Mavic 3

Long battery life ; Superb on-board camera ; Great safety features

Digital zoom produces soft images ; Not all features available at launch

While the DJI Air 2S offers better value for money for the vast majority of users, the Mavic 3 is a more than worthy flagship model for DJI’s folding camera drone line-up. With the best camera performance in the business, a bevy of safety features to...

Four Thirds camera is excellent ; Useful adjustable aperture ; Improved safety features ; Telephoto lens a handy backup

Pricier than Mavic 2 series ; Basic controller lacks info screen ; European classification issues

Superb image quality ; Large sensor and adjustable aperture ; Long flight times ; Thoughtful and compact design ; A significant improvement on the Mavic 2 Pro

The telephoto camera is much lower quality than the main sensor ; Very expensive ; The DJI Fly app could use some tweaks

If you're looking for the best consumer drone on the market, and the price doesn't scare you, then the DJI Mavic 3 is the one to buy. Upon its initial release, it was already the best around, and now, after a number of updates, it has only further...

Superb image quality ; Excellent battery life ; Safe and easy to fly

Soft hybrid zoom images ; Some features unavailable until Jan 2022

DJI’s stunning flagship raises the bar for foldable flying cameras

Incredible image quality

Basic Fly app

Now, let’s get to the cameras. The primary camera was built by DJI in collaboration with Hasselblad and features a 24 mm f/2.8-f/11 lens and 4/3 sensor. For reference, that’s a third bigger than the one-inch sensor on the Mavic 2 Pro and the same size...

Versatile dual-camera system ; Flies incredibly smooth ; Better than average battery life ; Outstanding dynamic range

Pricey cost ; Telephoto lens not great for low light

“This is the drone for serious users that want the best of the best in a portable package.”

Four Thirds camera with Hasselblad color ; Lens offers 7x optical and 28x digital zoom ; 5.1K50 and 4K120 video ; 20MP Raw or JPG stills ; All-around obstacle avoidance ; Long flight times ; Strong safety features

Expensive ; Base model offers only 8GB of storage ; Automatic APAS navigation not as good as Skydio ; Telephoto camera underwhelms ; Falls shy of 46-minute battery estimate

The DJI Mavic 3 is a small folding drone with a Hasselblad camera that captures stunning video and stills, but you need to step up to the Cine version for ProRes recording.

Amazing camera quality ; 28X digital zoom ; Long flight time

Much pricier than the model it replaces

($449). But if you’re looking for the highest-quality video and the longest flight time in a compact drone, then the Mavic 3 is worth the investment.