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Retail packaging photos of the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Creator Combo have surfaced showing the full spec sheet printed on the box, as The New Camera first reported. The image, shared by OsitaLV, reveals a 1-inch sensor with 14 stops of dynamic range, 107GB of built-in storage, 2x lossless zoom, and 4-channel audio output. These…
Good day folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. So DJI has just launched the Avata 360 and I’ve already done a full review of it. But in this video I want to talk a little bit more about what I think is the most important feature of it and that is its new tracking capabilities.…
Today, we’re comparing two of the most interesting drone releases in the past few years. On one side, we have the DJI Avata 360, DJI’s first ever panoramic drone designed to combine FPV flying with full 360-degree capture. And on the other side, we have the Antigravity A1, the first mainstream 8K 360 drone that…
When a wildfire tore through Mount Ogi in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, ground crews couldn’t reach it and helicopters stopped flying at dark. That’s when the drones went to work. Blue Innovation Co., Ltd. conducted nighttime aerial imaging flights over the burn area, filling the critical hours between sunset and the next morning’s helicopter operations, as…
Last time we covered the DJI Lito, the entire conversation rested on FCC filings and a single photo of a drone landing leg. The internet had theories. The leg had no comment. Now we have actual images of both drones, and the community has a lot more to argue about. The Images That Change the…
Rosemount, Minnesota, is the latest American community to put a drone in the hands of its police department, and the numbers surrounding its launch say more about the broader trend than any single agency announcement. The Rosemount Police Department launched its Unmanned Aerial System program under a policy adopted January 1, 2026. Nine officers have…
Amazon Prime Air brought its MK30 delivery drone to XPONENTIAL Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany last week, where I spent considerable time with a company representative discussing the aircraft’s design. I came away with more questions than answers. The MK30 stands roughly five feet tall with a wingspan of about five and a half feet, weighs…
SkyeBrowse has shipped two major updates this month that together push its drone mapping platform further into the enterprise than any previous release. On March 7, 2026, the company announced a major Flight App update expanding support to the DJI Mini 4 Pro, Matrice 400, and the full Matrice 4 series (4E, 4T, 4D, 4TD),…
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