DJI MAVIC 3
Not only does it offer best-in-class battery life, keeping it flying for as long as 46 minutes on a single charge, but its omnidirectional obstacle detection prevents you from ploughing into the neighbours’ rhododendrons. All angles are covered by this cleverness, as long as you fly the Mavic 3 in standard daylight conditions and don’t enable Sports mode (which switches all the anti-collision tech off). It works great in our experience, guiding the drone around stuff if it’s on an automated route or stopping dead if it comes across an unexpected obstacle. It might be a joy to pilot, but the real star of the show is the Mavic 3’s camera – or cameras, to be precise. The dual-sensor setup comprises a Hasselblad-branded main
