so i've had mine since late last year and wanted to give a more honest take than what you see on youtube where everyone is basically just unboxing it and saying how amazing it is for 8 minutes straight

first the good stuff ? the image quality genuinely surprised me, the omnidirectional obstacle avoidance works better than i expected for the price point and the ActiveTrack is mostly reliable as long as you're not in a super cluttered environment. battery life is fine, i usually get around 28-30 mins of actual flight in moderate wind which is decent

but heres the thing nobody really talks about ? the RC2 controller feels a bit plasticky and the connection can get a little janky if theres interference, had it cut out twice near some cell towers which was not fun. also the ND filters it comes with in the fly more combo are kinda mediocre, ended up buying a Freewell set anyway

would i buy it again? yeah probably, but if youre coming from a Mini 2 SE the jump might not feel as dramatic as the marketing suggests. if youre coming from nothing or something older then its a solid buy. just dont expect miracles in low light, it still struggles a bit there

curious if anyone else has the 4 Pro and has thoughts on the range in urban areas specifically, mine feels a bit conservative compared to what dji claims

pretty much matches my experience honestly. i picked mine up a few months back and the low light thing is real ? i tried shooting some sunset stuff that went into golden hour and the footage got pretty noisy once the light dropped. not unusable but you can tell its a small sensor doing its best

the range question is interesting though because i think a lot of the listed range assumes basically perfect open conditions with no interference which is almost never what you actually have. in my suburb i usually see the connection start getting a bit uncertain past maybe 3km or so and i dont push it further than that anyway. honestly for what most people use these for its fine, its not like youre doing long range fpv with it

the ND filter thing is 100% accurate btw, the stock ones feel like an afterthought

im actually trying to decide between the mini 4 pro and the Air 3 right now and this is really helpful. the price jump to the Air 3 is pretty significant so im trying to figure out if its actually worth it for a hobbyist who mostly does landscape and the occasional trip video. does anyone have thoughts on that comparison specifically? feels like most reviews just talk about them in isolation and dont really stack them up side by side in practical terms