okay so i've had the original Avata for about a year and i genuinely love it for what i use it for, mostly slow indoor stuff, warehouses, a few abandoned buildings (legally, before anyone says anything), some forest gaps. the image is good enough for what i need and i've gotten pretty dialed in with the motion controller 2 for the smoother stuff and switching to RC motion for tighter spots.

the Avata 2 looks nice and the O4 transmission is obviously better on paper but i honestly dont fly far enough for that to matter much. the thing that keeps catching my eye is the wider FOV and the low light improvement, the original can get pretty grainy once light drops off even a little. but is it actually that much better in practice? im not trying to spend another 1100 bucks if its just marginal gains and slightly better specs on a chart. anyone gone from one to the other and actually noticed a real difference day to day?

went from OG Avata to the 2 about 3 months ago and honestly for indoor low light it IS noticeably better, not like night and day but in the kind of dim warehouse conditions you're describing the footage just looks cleaner, less smearing in the shadows. the wider FOV took me a bit to get used to actually, felt almost too wide at first for tight gaps but now i prefer it.

the O4 thing you mentioned being irrelevant ? fair point for indoors but the penetration through walls and metal structures is genuinely better too, not just range. i had so many glitchy video feeds with the original in certain buildings and that's basically gone now. that alone probably justified it for me personally but depends how much the dropouts were bothering you before.

honestly if the original is working for you i'd wait another generation. the 2 is good but it feels like a 1.5 to me more than a proper sequel. they didn't really rethink anything, just bumped the specs. if low light is your main gripe maybe just play with your color profile and ND stack first, surprised how much difference that made on mine before i even considered upgrading.