so ive had the EVO II Pro (6K) for about a year and a half now and honestly love it, no real complaints other than the occasional gimbal drift thing which i mostly fixed with calibration. but my buddy just picked up the EVO II 8K and keeps talking about how much better it is and now im second guessing myself

like... is there actually a use case where the 8K sensor makes a noticeable difference or is it just a bragging rights thing at this point? most of my work is real estate and the occasional landscape for stock footage. i dont do a lot of heavy cropping in post but i do sometimes punch in to reframe stuff. wondering if anyone has actually done a proper side by side or at least used both for real work and not just backyard testing

the color science on the Pro already feels really solid to me so im not sure i want to mess with a workflow that works. maybe im just looking for someone to talk me out of spending money lol

honestly for real estate i dont think you'd notice a meaningful difference in your final deliverables. clients are watching these on their phones or a 1080p embed on some zillow page, the extra resolution just doesnt matter there. where the 8K does actually help is if you're doing big print work or delivering to clients who specifically need massive crops ? like if you're shooting an estate and they want a detail crop of the property for a billboard or something. for stock i could see it being more useful since some agencies are starting to flag 4K and above as premium but again thats not really an 8K specific thing. stick with the Pro, the image quality and especially the dynamic range is just really good for what youre doing

i went from a mavic to the evo ii 8k last spring and i'll be honest the resolution thing didnt really matter to me as much as i thought it would. what surprised me more was how well autel's app has gotten, it used to be kind of rough but its way more stable now. not sure that helps your question directly but yeah the 8k files are also just absolutely massive and my laptop hates me for it