DJI Mavic 3 Pro launch live: all the latest from DJI’s big new drone launch

DJI Mavic 3 Pro pricing – and Mavic 3 news

We now have all of the official pricing for the DJI Mavic 3 Pro bundles, which you can see below. The cheapest option is buying the drone with the DJI RC controller ($2,199 / £1,879 / AU$3,099), and this puts DJI’s new drone in the same pricing ballpark as the Mavic 3.

And it now appears that the Mavic 3 will soon be its predecessor rather than its sibling – DJI has told us that it won’t be producing the Mavic 3 anymore, but it will remain on sale (presumably until stocks run out). Time to pour one out for the Mavic 3, then… 

Okay, the new 70mm mid-telephoto does sounds pretty promising – it has a similar 1/1.3in sensor to the one we saw on the Mini 3 Pro, and can shoot 4K/60p video and also D-Log for color graders. 

That sounds like a big improvement on using digital zoom on the Mavic 3’s main camera. The 166mm telephoto also has a brighter f/3.4 aperture than on the Mavic 3, though will still be limited by that 1/2in sensor size.

The DJI Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 3 Pro Cine are official – with DJI calling them a “bold leap forward” for its Mavic series.

As expected, they’re fronted by the same Four Thirds camera we’ve come to know and love on the Mavic 3…

Last-minute wishlist

Okay, there’s just ten minutes to go until DJI’s livestream kicks off. So despite all of the leaks, it’s time for a last-minute Mavic 3 Pro wishlist.

As it now seems likely that DJI’s new drone will just miss out on a C1 class label, my main two wishes are some greater consistency between the Mavic 3 Pro’s camera, and a larger sensor on that new 70mm mid-telephoto.

While the Mavic 3’s telephoto lens is fun, a lot of owners simply don’t use it because the quality gap between its 1/2-inch sensor and the Four Thirds main camera is too vast. So I hope the mid-telephoto does indeed have a 1/1/3in sensor, and that all the cameras support 4K/60p capture and the likes of D-Log.

But that’s enough of that, it’s nearly time to tune into the livestream…

The Mavics compared

This latest leaked image from @JasperEllens on Twitter gives us a clearer idea of why the Mavic 3 Pro is expected to be slightly heavier than the current Mavic 3, and so will likely be a ‘C2 class’ drone in Europe.

That camera module is, understandably, a lot bigger with that payload of three cameras, which is the most we’ve seen so far on a DJI drone. I just hope that extra girth doesn’t hit the battery life too much – the rumors are predicting 42 minutes of flight time, but as we know that usually translates to around half an hour of actual shooting from a charge.

Yesterday’s big DJI leaks

DJI launches are traditionally leakier than a colander and that’s proven to be the case again – yesterday we saw a massive amount of DJI Mavic 3 Pro images, specs and potential pricing appear from reliable sources on Twitter, revealing a lot about what to expect from today’s launch.

The headlines? The Mavic 3 Pro could surprisingly cost the same as the current DJI Mavic 3, despite its introduction of three cameras. That third camera will also likely effectively be the same as the DJI Mini 3 Pro‘s main camera, only with a longer 70mm focal length. 

In less good news for Europe-based, it seems the Mavic 3 Pro’s slightly increased weight – it’s rumored to weigh 958g, or 963g in its Cine version – could make it a C2 class drone, which would rule it out of flying directly over people (without special permissions). Still, those two zoom lenses could mean you don’t need to…

Where’s the DJI Mavic 3 gone?

One of the most interesting things about today’s DJI launch is the impact it could have on the rest of DJI’s Mavic series. I’ve just checked the DJI store (opens in new tab) and the DJI Mavic 3 has now effectively vanished, with a message saying it’s “no longer available” in most regions.

Does that mean the DJI Mavic 3 is going to be replaced, or simply that it’s currently unavailable while DJI changes its pricing? It seems unlikely that DJI would lose the two-camera option in its Mavic 3 lineup, but we’ll find out soon enough. 

Hello, and welcome to our DJI liveblog for what will almost certainly be the launch of the DJI Mavic 3 Pro. I’m TechRadar’s news editor (and former cameras editor), so am looking forward to guiding you through today’s launch – even if it might tempt me into an expensive upgrade from my DJI Mini 3 Pro.

To start with, here’s a reminder of how to watch the DJI Mavic 3 Pro livestream. We’ve embedded the video above, so you can watch along here or on YouTube. The time to set a reminder for is 9am ET / 2pm BST / 11pm AEST, depending on where you are in the world. But as that’s still a little way off, we’ll be warming things up here with a look at all the latest leaks and rumors.

And because it’s a DJI launch, there are a lot of those…