Last spring, a group of United States congresspeople introduced the "Countering CCP Drones Act," which argued DJI drones posed "an unacceptable national security risk." This week, DJI published line-by-line counterpoints rejecting that stance.
DJI, the world's leading drone manufacturer and majority stakeholder in the famous Swedish photography brand Hasselblad, has unveiled its first concept retail store in North America. The store, located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, is built as a welcoming space for visual creators and storytellers.
DJI, primarily known for its drones, action cameras, and gimbals, has launched DJI Mic 2. DJI promises that the Mic 2 sets a new benchmark in audio recording solutions.
The last year was huge for the camera industry and saw a swath of new products from just about every manufacturer in support of basically every mount. But narrowing the focus, The PetaPixel Podcast team grades the 2023 performance of every camera maker.
I’ve been in the camera review game for a decade and a half and while the pleasure of checking out new gear hasn’t diminished, it’s very rare for me to be truly excited about a new camera. Well, that happened two years ago with the DJI Ronin 4D release, and now we have an impressive new 8K version to check out.
DJI announced the Ronin 4D-8K, a new model in the Ronin 4D professional cinema camera platform. The all-in-one cine camera incorporates DJI's latest and most advanced technologies, including a next-generation 8K camera.
Now in its third year, PetaPixel has gathered its team together to guess the things they just know are going to take place over the next calendar year. All of us are, as usual, ready to be very, very wrong.
The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 skips the smartphone as a capture device and uses an integrated camera, essentially taking the front of a DJI drone and mounting it to a control stick. It is also one of the few creator gimbals I like and love using.
The DJI Mini 4 Pro is a drone I’ve been looking forward to flying for a while. Weighing in at under 250g, while still featuring a powerful and capable camera, the Mini 4 Pro packs a lot of features into a tiny body. But can a drone that only weighs a few ounces really deliver quality photos and videos?
It’s been over two years since DJI released the DJI Mavic 3, an upgrade to their incredibly popular Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom series. In this new form factor, they redesigned the battery to offer a whopping 45-minute flight time, added Occusync 3.0 for better flight distance and stability, added 5.1K video resolution, added an onboard SSD (to the Cine version), and experimented with adding a Zoom lens to capture images and video at different focal lengths.
DJI has announced the Osmo Pocket 3, a new pocket-sized gimbal camera driven by a Type 1-inch CMOS image sensor.
DJI commands more than 70% of the global drone market, and even though its technology has regularly been far and away better than the competition, its ties to China have put it in hot water with United States government agencies.
DJI has announced the DJI Zenmuse L2, a "highly-integrated LiDAR system which builds on DJI's successful Zenmuse L1."
Without skipping a beat, DJI has released its newest Osmo Action camera. This year’s big advancement is its larger-sized sensor which is 25% bigger than last year’s model. Is it enough reason to go with the new Osmo Action 4? I think yes.
DJI has announced the DJI Mini 4 Pro, what the prominent drone-maker calls its "ultimate mini camera drone." Designed to be the perfect companion for adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts, the Mini 4 Pro incorporates sophisticated omnidirectional obstacle sensing and DJI's O4 video transmission technology.
We don’t often extensively cover video gear here at PetaPixel, but we thought it might be helpful to cover some of the best hybrid cameras out there -- those cameras geared toward both photographers and videographers.
A drone pilot from the U.K. has been fined $1,900 (£1,500) after he illegally flew his DJI Mavic 2 over a music festival and close to an airport.
Panasonic has revealed that it is deepening the compatibility of its Lumix cameras with DJI's LiDAR focusing unit that pairs with the RS 3 Pro gimbal along with expanding its direct integration with features in the RS2, RSC 2, and RS 3.
DJI has warned that all DJI-branded apps that are cycling through the Google Play Store are fraudulent and should not be downloaded, as they can pose significant risk to users.
DJI is following up its Osmo Action 3 from last year with the new Osmo Action 4. It promises similar performance but uses a larger sensor to deliver improved image quality.
Drones are not nearly as exciting nor popular as they were just a few short years ago as a combination of laws and incremental updates has made the flying them feel like too much effort for not enough payoff.
DJI's new Air 3 drone sports both a wide-angle and 3x telephoto camera to capture 48-megapixel photos and up to 4K at 100p video. It also can stay in the air for up to 46 minutes in a body that weighs just 720 grams.
The L Mount Alliance has acquired two new members: Samyang and Astrodesign. While the latter is likely less known to photography enthusiasts, Samyang is quite a well-known brand that has become relatively respected over the last few years.
New York state park authorities have deployed a "squadron" of DJI Mavic drones across the coastline of Long Island to scan the waters for potential danger amid a rise in shark encounters.
The DJI Inspire 3 is a drone that I had actually given up hope on ever seeing. The Inspire 2 was released way back in 2016 (the hot camera that year was the Nikon D500, to give you some perspective), and progress with UAVs has been incredibly rapid since then.
Just after discontinuing the Matrice 200 series, DJI has replaced it with the new Matrice 350 RTK drone, a commercial aerial system with multiple camera options and up to 55-minute flight times.
The Camera Store (TCS), one of the most popular camera, lens, and photography equipment retailers in western Canada, suffered a break-in this morning, May 3, and over $30,000 worth of Sony, Nikon, and DJI equipment was stolen.
Following DJI's announcement of the professional Inspire 3 drone, the leader in civilian drones has announced the DJI Mavic 3 Pro, a flagship drone with the world's first triple camera system.
DJI has announced the Inspire 3, a high-end, all-in-one cinema drone that features a 161-degree ultra-wide night-vision first-person-view (FPV) camera and a main camera equipped with a full-frame sensor that can shoot 8K at 75 frames per second in Apple ProRes RAW.
DJI recently released updated firmware for its DJI Mini 3 Pro drone. The new firmware, v01.00.0500, adds two new features, one offering more than meets the eye, including additional control over flight speed.
A Florida state bill filed in 2020 and passed in 2021 goes into effect this week and has banned government agencies from using any drones that were manufactured in China. Some agencies aren't happy and say it unnecessarily increases costs.
DJI appears to be gearing up to announce the third iteration of the Inspire drone platform. One of the most popular professional drones on the market, DJI hasn't refreshed the line in nearly seven years.
DJI is introducing two new ways to pilot the DJI Avata drone: the DJI Goggles Integra and DJI RC Motion 2.
If there is one thing that can be said about DJI's cinema camera endeavors, it's that they are unique. The Ronin 4D was already a major shift from traditional systems, and now the Ronin 4D Flex is yet another play on the design.
DJI has ceased production and availability of its AeroScope drone detection system which is used to help keep drones away from airports and government facilities. However, Ukrainians claimed Russia used the tech to track their drone movements in the war.
Scientists in the Maldives are fighting a particularly devastating species of caterpillar by using targeted pesticide drone strikes, evolving a previously extremely manual and imprecise method of dealing with the problem.
SkyPixel, one of the most popular aerial imagery online communities in the world, has announced the winners of the eighth annual Photo and Video Contest.
DJI’s RS 3 Mini is a scaled-down version of the popular RS line of gimbals that supports a lighter payload and has scaled-down motors and a more petite frame to accommodate today’s lighter mirrorless cameras -- but doesn't skimp on features.
Waterproof cameras are the perfect companion for a sunny beachside vacation, an exciting undersea scuba dive, or even shredding snowy slopes. Waterproof cameras allow photographers to capture unique underwater perspectives and photograph beautiful sea life. They also allow for amazing action shots of watersports.
DJI has announced its third installment in the Mini series of drones in the Mini 2 SE, which goes pretty much unchanged from the last version other than dropping support for 4K video, but it gets much cheaper in exchange.