DJI Mini 4 Pro | 10 Things You NEED to Know

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DJI’s latest Mini, the Mini 4 Pro, is an absolute powerhouse! In this video I go over many of the killer features, compatibly of accessories and all sorts of bits and pieces you need to know before considering an upgrade.
As always, thanks for watching!
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:21:00 - 360º Obstacle Avoidance
01:03:00 - Waypoints
02:14:00 - ActiveTrack 360º
02:45:00 - O4 Transmission
03:26:00 - Camera Sensor
04:24:00 - Better Processor
05:11:00 - Camera Lens
06:01:00 - Batteries
07:07:00 - Propellers
07:42:00 - Design
08:40:00 - Internal Storage
08:59:00 - Price
09:24:00 - Upgrade?
10:04:00 - Outro
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@IdahoQuadcopter 10 ай бұрын

You made some excellent points Steve! My solution is to keep my Mini 3 Pro and buy the Mini 4 Pro too! 😄

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Marcus, I appreciate you stopping by! I have been using my Mini 2 as a backup for my paid work but I think your combination makes even more sense. Happy, safe flying!

@LouisLuzuka 10 ай бұрын

Steve this is the one for me 😅❤ finally upgraded from the spark I deserve this 😢😊🎉😂I waited so long

@K9CareObedienceTraining 10 ай бұрын

Spark was my 1st ever Drone, just loved it, but such short flight times.. had a mini 3 pro for a while now,, you have waited ages.. Hope you like your new drone..

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

THAT IS AMAZING!!!! Good for you!!! Your patience has definitely been rewarded! Cheers Louis, thanks for stopping by!

@LouisLuzuka 10 ай бұрын

@@K9CareObedienceTraining Thank you so very much

@LouisLuzuka 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCoutts thank you 🥰🤞🙏❤️

@LouisLuzuka 10 ай бұрын

@@K9CareObedienceTraining I love the spark ⚡️

@SwellerVanDweller 10 ай бұрын

Great to see this new video! Hope it's a 1-million-viewer for you! And maybe I should upgrade from my MIni SE... I crashed it into some grass last week, but it's ok... I've had a few close calls, but I've been lucky. 🤞

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Mr. VanDweller. I hope so too - haha! Mini SE, yes, you probably should upgrade however I suspect you'll get a bit more mileage from your current one. Yeah, they are horrifically easy to crash and destroy. My Mini has a broken arm that I super glued back together. It got damaged rescuing my Mini 2, which got stuck about 100 feet up in a tree on Christmas Eve no less. Never told that story. Still too soon. My glued Mini still flies just fine but I don't stray too far away if and when I fly it. Thanks for stopping by! 😀

@DonJoyce 10 ай бұрын

Great summary, Steve! Interesting about the battery compatibility and weight issue.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Don! Yeah, I thought the battery thing was quite interesting while at the same time being a bit annoyed they weren't 100% compatible between models. I think I may have figured out why DJI changed the lens housing too but that will be in another video. Cheers!

@DanJ6 10 ай бұрын

Another fine video Steve! Looking forward to your review of the Mini 4 Pro after your order arrives. I have the Mini 2 and have been waiting for this improved Mini version for a long time.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan! My official review is at least a month away but there will be some first impression type videos before then. Good for you for hanging in with the Mini 2. Smart. 😀

@JoseVazquez-op6wz 5 ай бұрын

Steve great review. Just ordered my Mini 4 Pro looking forward to checking out the omnidirectional obstacle avoidance features. Keep up the great reviews.

@SteveCoutts 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Good choice! The Mini 4 Pro is an UNREAL drone! Best of luck with it, cheers!

@7777russ 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. My mini 4 arrives today, excited to use it.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Congrats! Best of luck with your Mini 4 Pro!

@wlacalle 10 ай бұрын

As always, great video 👏👏👏 thanks !

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks so much! I really do appreciate the kind words. Cheers!

@Al-Kwadrone 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Steve, for your research and profound presentation!!! Top notch 💪🏼👊🏻👍🏼

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Well THANK YOU for watching and the kind words, I really appreciate it. Cheers!

@RonaldBrown59 10 ай бұрын

You bring up some really good points, but I think I’m sticking with my Mini 3 Pro for now. Great video, and thanks for sharing Steve.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Ron! You have enough drones anyhow - haha! 😀 I try hard to avoid all the leaks and rumours but eventually they creep in to my timeline. When I first heard about the Mini 4 Pro, it just annoyed me. Too little, too soon I thought. As I was researching and putting together stuff for this video, I completely flip flopped. The Mini 4 Pro is going to be a banger! Cheers Ron!

@gunnsteinnjonsson9166 10 ай бұрын

Grest review, thanks. There are a few new features there that would cone in handy when l am filming my motorcycle rides, so l wouldn't mind upgrading from a Mini 3 to a Mini 4 😊

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Oh definitely, I could see ActiveTrack 360º being a VERY good feature for that. The only caveat would be the drone speed limit. Cheers!

@BlairAir 10 ай бұрын

Hey Steve! Forgive the long comment, on a subject I feel strongly about. Mini 3 Pro showed the competition, busy trying to upscale the Mini 2 Platform (unsuccessfully) that, like the front engine Corvette - the platform was maxed out. The conundrum of processing & required COOLING to deliver things everyone wanted needed creative solutions. Mini 3 Pro's clean sheet design was DJI's solution - the nose up stance and rear props that PUSH air into the body via INTAKES above the rear arm hinges they're not "vents" as many assume. This created OA sensor issues with the props so close to the body - and so, we got the front mounted, rear facing sensors. These were separate teams, working to solve issues (I love these narratives) For me, Mini 3 Pro comes off as proof of concept, like an engineering mule. Not pretty, a "solution focused" build. Like a French Bulldog it's ugli-cute. Then we get this one year refresh - the watchword is REFINEMENT. Not "revision" not revolutionary, but evolutionary. While they were making it as PRO as PRO gets, they gave it something unique. Air 3 got to roll out O4, Mini 4 Pro delivered Active Track 360. The body smoothing and angles match DJI's current style trends, fitting nicely with Air3/Mavic 3 series. Fully in the here and NOW. Mini 4 Pro looks ready for the bright lights up on the podium. It has a "finished" presence, I am sure you would agree. But what about function? That DJI gave it the works, even beyond the newsworthy things like Active Track 360, there are many small but really useful items, such as Night Mode, Cruise Control, D-log-M, a landing light, a kitchen sink list I won't put here. NEWS FLASH: Positional accuracy is up, minimally. Mini 3 Pro was unable to return to starting point very accurately - with wind only partly to blame. Happy to report that the M4P has ONE better spec in terms of positional accuracy parameters. ±0.1 m (with vision positioning) - improvement from ±0.3 m (with vision positioning) on Mini 3 Pro. While not earth shattering, it's an important improvement. Thanks for bearing with me as I rattle on about DJI's latest. Hey: Who wants to see AT 360 on Air 3, possibly Mavic 3 Pro? Answer: EVERYONE, if you go by the dozen threads in DJI Forum. Petitions. Begging, lol. I agree.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Hey Blair (I'm assuming your name is Blair - please correct me if I'm wrong). Thanks for the insight, I do appreciate it. There is so much to digest in your comment I have read it several times and I am still pulling out nuggets. I'm not a rumours guy and I try to avoid leaks like the plague but eventually the spoilers find me. When I first started reading rumours about the Mini 4 pro it was probably a month out. Honestly at first I was just annoyed. Too soon, too little I thought. However, all that changed when I started researching for this video. I flipped flopped from annoyed to impressed. I couldn't believe how much extra DJI packed in the latest iteration. Your insight has me even more impressed. Despite the Mini 3 Pro's "ugly-cute" design, I could appreciate the propeller driven air flow to keep it cool, even if I didn't understand some of the other design choices. I never even stopped to think about the engineering aspects of propellers interfering with OA but I certainly appreciate it more now. When the Mini line first appeared I thought new features would start on the bigger, heavier drones and then trickle down to the Mini line as DJI found ways to shrink size and weight. Maybe I had that backwards. The Mini line is the engineering "playground" and the innovations trickle up.

@BlairAir 10 ай бұрын

Thanks - inspiring discussion about design choices, engeneering solutions and innovation is my MO, also I'm really guilty of pulling factoids as I get going. I literally pull up "DjI specs many times a day as I get into discussions- be it battery voltages or other tidbits. Did you know they have a "compare" tool right on the specs page that let's you select up to 3 models, and show all, or just differences? It's priceless for fact checking yourself before making a statement, we know everyone's a critic these days so I try to be accurate as possible. Anyway I enjoy your approach, low key but informative without a lot of hyperbole. PS Blair is my last name, First is John, but I'm easy about it. Here is where Drone DJ asked DJI about Mini 3 Pro and I learned how disparate teams worked together to solve Cooling, OA and propulsion on Mini 3 Pro and proved a sub-250gram drone could do it all (without flipping systems on and off as Hubsan did with their effort 2 years ago) dronedj.com/2022/05/30/when-every-gram-matters-how-dji-made-the-mini-3-pro/

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

@@BlairAir Well, cheers John! Oh, yeah, I'm always looking at the specs and yes, I use the compare tool often. I try very hard to get my facts straight but sometimes after reading over a script a dozen times, the obvious gets missed. Drives me crazy. Appreciate the kind words.

@CoasttoCoastDrones 10 ай бұрын

What's Up Steve !! Mine will be here today my friend !!

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Today!!!?!?! What the hell? Enjoy!

@CoasttoCoastDrones 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCoutts well ...now it's stuck in traffic ..so I'll have to get my same day money back

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

@@CoasttoCoastDrones LOL. Can't win hey?

@CoasttoCoastDrones 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCoutts as long as they refund the same day fee ...I won't raise to much cain ...wait ..who are we kidding ..it's me ..I'll go NUTS !!

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

@@CoasttoCoastDrones LOL!!

@K9CareObedienceTraining 10 ай бұрын

GOOFY Bit of FOAM :) Love it :) Has been so useful :) :) Some great benefits with this new Mini. 360' Obstacle avoidance, Way points, Better tracking.. Amazing Range.. How have you found the new gimbal cover ??. Nice overview,, All the best from West Aus.. Cheers Nikhil

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Haha! I still use that same, goofy bit of foam I fashion for the gimbal cover video. I thought for sure I would either tire of it or lose it. Didn't happen. I don't actually have one.... yet. Honestly, I wasn't even interested in an upgrade from the Mini 3 Pro until I went over all the details. This is the Goldilocks drone for the Mini line! Thanks for stopping by, cheers!

@ronyswayza 10 ай бұрын

Hey Steve nice video, too bad there is no zoom on the camera, I thought I heard that, but not so. Gr Ron

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

It has digital zoom, which honestly is not that horrible. Cheers!

@douglaskeim4292 9 ай бұрын

I decided to upgrade from my Mini 3 Pro probably for just a couple of reasons. I am a little later to the stage of drones and a little older, however as a photographer, I have appreciated the HDR feature a lot that I have available with outside apps, but nice to have them while cameras and the Mini 4 Pro provide. The second thing and in a way even more helpful is the cruise control. Being a little older, I find that fingers do not move as fast as they used when in the middle of a flight, I desire to make a small change to say exposure. Either way, I am anxious to get it out and try the new features that you are talking about. Got it yesterday and the batteries charged and ready to go.

@SteveCoutts 9 ай бұрын

Awesome! You make some great points here, especially regarding cruise control and making exposure changes on the fly. Best of luck with your Mini 4 Pro!

@FotomanCalgary 10 ай бұрын

When I lost my mini2 (I'm an idiot) I got the mini3 pro that I'm really happy with. I won't be upgrading to the mini4 pro because my MS is not letting me move around like I used to. Great review Steve!

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Hey Neil! Geez, I probably owe you half a dozen emails. I am so terrible when it comes to communication now. I used to live and die by my email and now I mostly ignore it. I think it's a touch of PTSD from working stupid long hours back in the day. Anyhow, so sorry to hear about your MS. That's a tough break. Just keep moving and do what you can. Drones are ridiculously easy to crash and/or lose. One moment of inattention, distraction or a simple mistake can end in disaster. Thankfully I got most of my stupidity on earlier drones and have mostly stayed out of trouble since (knock on wood). Take care buddy!

@Delectable_Medley 10 ай бұрын

Will definitely upgrade from my mini 2. 360° obstacle avoidance is massive for those extra camera angles!!!

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

You were very patient and your patience has been rewarded. That is going to be an AWESOME upgrade! 👍

@603POV 10 ай бұрын

Yeah watch out using the 360° it doesn't work that well my drone crashed itself using active track on my first two flights

@GetUrOwnHandle 10 ай бұрын

@@603POVwas it the thin tree branches? lol I'm waiting til DJI irons out those early kinks

@603POV 10 ай бұрын

@@GetUrOwnHandle yop sideways flight

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

@@603POV Yikes! It's never been foolproof though, especially with smaller obstacles. It needs LiDAR. 😀

@bobwhitewo3b 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Steve. I am searching the web gathering all the info I can about the Mini 4 Pro. Best Buy claims that they will have one in my hands tomorrow. They said the same thing last year with the Mini 3 Pro but that didn't work too well. Only time will tell. Fly safe and regards to the family. Bob

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Bob! I think DJI nailed it with this one. I never trust shipping estimates, been disappointed too many times. All the best to you and yours, cheers!

@bobwhitewo3b 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCoutts I got lucky Mini 4 Pro just arrived!! Cheers Steve.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

@@bobwhitewo3b Hahaha!! Happy new drone day!

@kosnis 10 ай бұрын

Are you sure that it uses tha same stacked sensor of the new Air 3? Its the first time i hear it after viewing a lot of reviews. Thanks Steve

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

I am as sure as I can be without having physical confirmation. I was really curious when the Air 3 came about this "new" stacked sensor. I looked on DJI's website to see if I could get more information but found nothing. I found an article from DP Review about the Mini 3 Pro and they indicated that drone was using the OV48C sensor from OmniVision (www.ovt.com/press-releases/new-omnivision-48mp-image-sensor-provides-unparalleled-high-dynamic-range-and-4k-video-performance-for-flagship-mobile-phones/). You go read about that sensor and it matched the specs perfectly and YES, it is a stacked sensor. The thing I think folks miss is that sensors do not evolve as quickly as the products that use them do. Sensors are extraordinarily complicated, expensive to manufacture and take years to develop. Once a sensor is in production for a while, the prices fall, which makes sense when you think about how the Air 3 has two of them. How could they make the drone so cheap with two, "new" sensors? Same goes for the Mini 4 Pro. DJI packed in a lot of new tech but the price stayed almost the same year over year. The $10 difference in the Mini 4 Pro/RC2 kit doesn't even account for inflation. The Air 3 and Mini 4 Pro's image quality advantage over the Mini 3/3Pro comes from better capabilities in the image processing pipeline, which is great! Better quality is better quality. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! Cheers!

@kosnis 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCoutts Thank you so much Steve. Its clear to me now..

@ctbsh33p81 10 ай бұрын

Not me crying because I bought the mini 3 pro last week

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

I've been in that spot before and it certainly stings. The Mini 4 Pro doesn't make the Mini 3 Pro any less awesome - it really is a great drone! And you just know there will be something even better next year so...

@LouisLuzuka 10 ай бұрын

If you sell it you have to pay extra $200 I’d do it for the better dynamic range

@GetUrOwnHandle 10 ай бұрын

I returned mine with the 30days refund policy. Even after using it

@freshmanfloater9395 10 ай бұрын

I did too but dji let me exchange they give you 14 days and the price is the same

@destinationdezz1588 10 ай бұрын

@@freshmanfloater9395they let you exchange your mini 3

@typxxilps 10 ай бұрын

There is nothing to add - if you even mention guards are no longer compatible. I might upgrade from Mini 2 and mavic 2 pro but not yet. I guess the next one will become cheaper cause China and DJI are in need for sales after they faced a -5% deflation and even expect lower costs and lower prices. Or I will go then for the Mini 4 when Mini 5 might be out cause the price should drop a lot and this Mini is without all the previous limits you could only find out if you followed all * and footnotes cause that had made me feel it has everything until you start flying or using features cause then the features seemed to downgrade. I am not in a hurry or in need, so I have time for an occasion to buy - or get an amazon warehouse one.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

The patient folks are rewarded with fatter wallets. 😀

@mjordan812 10 ай бұрын

Screw on props - one word: weight. Putting Mavic style bayonet type mounts would put it well above the magic number.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

Yeah for sure. I was just hoping that DJI would put some engineering muscle in to it and find a way to shave a few grams to make it work. I probably change props more than most folks for testing, etc and they drive me CRAZY - haha! Cheers!

@peterlucy1519 10 ай бұрын

It looks like in Europe the flying hight limit is restricted to 120m above your flight location.

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

That's the same here in Canada but typically you can override it, although that would be breaking the law unless you have been granted an exception.

@aearly841 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCouttsBut if the slider maxes out at 120m, is it still theoretically possible to override this? Not that I would of course or encourage anyone else to😊

@SteveCoutts 10 ай бұрын

@@aearly841 In Canada, 120m is the legal ceiling limit for drones. Technically that doesn't apply to sub-250g but if you're being negligent you can still be charged. My Mini 3 Pro will warn me if I exceed that limit but won't stop me. If the DJI Fly has a hard limit based on your geographic location and stops your drone from exceeding it, you won't be able to override it. You would have to use other software that doesn't impose such limits. Cheers!

@aearly841 10 ай бұрын

@@SteveCoutts Canada adopting a common sense approach, rather than the arbitrary nonsense we’re stuck with here in the EU. What I don’t understand is why DJI isn’t limiting the height the mini 3 pro can soar to…Even with future updates, analysts are saying the limit will not be lower from the current 500m. Anyway Steve, many thanks for that clear and concise explanation.