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My First Month with the Mini 5 Pro: Life Lessons from a 252-Gram Teacher
Maybe this was just the perfect time for this drone to come to me. Maybe life, my evolution, my current "leave everything behind, you are not defined
Rafael Suárez
Rafael Suárez is a drone journalist and content creator with more than 20 years behind the lens. He began in film photography in 1998, moved to digital in 2005, and has been flying and filming with drones since 2016. As a commercial videographer he has produced work for premium brands including BMW, Porsche, and MINI, and his documentary work champions a #flysafe mentality across the industry. Based in Quito, Ecuador, he covers drone news, hardware, and the policy and business shaping the industry for DroneXL, and shares reviews and cinematic flight on his YouTube channel. A dad and a lifelong aviation nerd, he's happiest when something is in the air.
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DJI Mini 5 Pro: A Beginner’s Guide to Not Crashing
Hello fellow pilot! I bet you are happy and proud of your brand new Mini 5 Pro. Now, I’m going to guide you through the first, crucial steps of optimizing your purchase so you can squeeze every penny out of it… and hopefully not crash it on your first gig. I don’t know if this…
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DJI Mini 5 Pro Battery Life Test: How Long Does It Really Last?
DJI Mini 5 Pro advertised battery time is to drones what ISO performance is to cameras: the manufacturer will do everything it can to convince you its product
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DJI Mini 5 Pro vs DJI Air 3S: Which Drone Should You Buy in 2025?
How important is camera performance to you? Because—trust me—it’s the same camera on both drones, with the slight difference that the Air 3S has a 70mm zoom physical lens… mounted on what is essentially a Mini 4 Pro camera. You can verify this yourself by checking the spec sheets, or you can trust Philip Bloom,…
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DJI Mini 5 Pro: Can It Replace Your Professional Drone?
Since I ditched my Air 2S and went all-in on the DJI Mini 5 Pro series, a lot of customers have started asking me, "What happened to your drone?"
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The DJI Mini 5 Pro’s Battery is an Absolute Game-Changer
After so many lost opportunities for great footage, DJI is now pampering us with their latest advantage in the DJI Mini 5 Pro: the 52-minute battery.
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DJI Mini 5 Pro New Lidar Sensors: Do’s and Dont’s
DJI Mini 5 Pro, and I'd love to discuss some very important aspects of its new LiDAR sensors. This groundbreaking technology represents
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DJI’s Mini 5 Pro Stole the Mavic 4’s Best Trick
Hello fellow pilots! It’s been a little while. I’ve been heads-down, completely obsessed with my brand-new DJI Mini 5 Pro, and I’ve surfaced to talk about its best-kept secret: the amazing, mind-bending, rotating gimbal. When the Mini 5 Pro was released, we all thought we knew everything, thanks to the endless leaks. But DJI, in…
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