Hi Folks,
I count myself very fortunate that I was one of the chosen few that DJI chose for the Mavic Air trial program.  I will be using this thread to post video, images and my findings about the Mavic Air. I will be posting my unbiased views here and I look forward to sharing my content with you all.
**UPDATE** I am delighted that DJI have choosen to allow me to keep the Mavic Air based on my contributions to the trial programme. I want to say a BIG thank you to DJI for this!!

Please keep checking in as I will be posting much more images and video, as well as my thoughts and comments. Please note that the images are heaviy compressed due to the upload limit being 2mb. At present I only have one flight battery for the Mavic which will limit the amount I can capture. I hop eto get hold of another couple of batteries pretty soon which will help!

I wanted to get the ball rolling by posting an unboxing video.  I hope everybody can understand my accent



Unboxing Video:



Video at Sunset in my Neighbourhood:



Video - Coastal - Daylight:



Some images to accompany the above videos.

Some further images taken with the Mavic Air, both by day and at night. Considering the size of the sensor in this camera I think it performed admirably in difficult conditions.

Video capabilities at night.








More shots from tonight, some long exposure shots.

Beautiful work!

Montfrooij Posted at 2018-3-5 07:33
Beautiful work!

Thank you Lot's more coming soon !

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-5 07:35
Thank you  Lot's more coming soon !

You're welcome.
I'll be waiting

Thanks for sharing, lovely shots!

GoldenSun Posted at 2018-3-5 08:30
Thanks for sharing, lovely shots!

Many thanks

like your pics and vid!

DJI Grace Posted at 2018-3-5 19:40
like your pics and vid!

Thank you Grace

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-5 16:36
Many thanks

My pleasure!

Very nice...

kfloke Posted at 2018-3-6 01:12
Very nice...

Thank you, much appreciated

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-6 01:20
Thank you, much appreciated

I think some of the shot is not easy to capture.. you must waiting for long for the right moment. If the moment miss you miss everything

kfloke Posted at 2018-3-6 01:44
I think some of the shot is not easy to capture.. you must waiting for long for the right moment. If the moment miss you miss everything

Yes for sure! I spend a lot of time waiting for the right time, but all worth it in the end

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-6 02:09
Yes for sure! I spend a lot of time waiting for the right time, but all worth it in the end

Kudos!!!

Hi folks, just added some further images to my second post.  

More images and footage coming over the weekend folks.

Thanks for sharing, beautiful videos and pictures !
Can you tell us about your camera settings?

Stunning work - especially the low light stills - very impressive.

RobertW Posted at 2018-3-8 11:18
Thanks for sharing, beautiful videos and pictures !
Can you tell us about your camera settings?

Many thanks for the kind comments. I will detail my camera settings when I get back home later today.

A CW Posted at 2018-3-8 12:20
Stunning work - especially the low light stills - very impressive.

Thanks mate, much appreciated and glad you like them.

RobertW Posted at 2018-3-8 11:18
Thanks for sharing, beautiful videos and pictures !
Can you tell us about your camera settings?

Hi Robert, apologies I could not answer you properly earlier. I was out doing a commercial job today so had my hands full.

The night time photos were taken in manual mode, and my settings were as follows:

ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3" - this is vaired depending on the shot but images shows were with these settings.
EV: +1.0
White Balance: Custom - adjusted based on lighting conditions. This needs adjusting on the fly.

I would recommend for any video footage you select Cinelike, choose your white balance manually based on the conditions, rather than auto which tends to tends to over compensate and the footage can be blown out - exposure wise. This is not just tied to the Mavic Air, but pretty much any digital camera these days.
All images were post-processed using Adobe Lightroom.

Any questions, plase feel free to ask.

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-9 07:33
Hi Robert, apologies I could not answer you properly earlier. I was out doing a commercial job today so had my hands full.

The night time photos were taken in manual mode, and my settings were as follows:

Thank you very much for your reply and the info about your settings.
Your work is one of the best I have ever seen so far.
Do you have an YouTube channel I could subscribe to?
Thank you again

RobertW Posted at 2018-3-9 07:57
Thank you very much for your reply and the info about your settings.
Your work is one of the best I have ever seen so far.
Do you have an YouTube channel I could subscribe to?

Thank you Robert, glad you enjoy my work

I do have a YouTube Channel but have only really started putting some stuff up recently : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL75WeMGkhJuolEa5HjWbJQ?view_as=subscriber

My Instagram account is  my most updated for images and my main social media account  : https://www.instagram.com/intrepiddrone/?hl=en

My website is as follows - this has a couple of extra videos up there I have not published yet - like the Shark Bay showreel etc.
https://www.intrepiddroneservices.com/video-portfolio

Beautiful works, love each one, thanks for sharing.

DJI Mindy Posted at 2018-3-9 23:53
Beautiful works, love each one, thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much Mindy

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-9 23:42
Thank you Robert, glad you enjoy my work

I do have a YouTube Channel but have only really started putting some stuff up recently : https://www.youtube.com/channel/ ... ?view_as=subscriber

Thank you, I did subscribe to your channel.
I've been to Australia years ago,  on the east coast from  Townsville  all the way to Adelaide.
I loved it and was almost ready to relocate.

RobertW Posted at 2018-3-10 08:26
Thank you, I did subscribe to your channel.
I've been to Australia years ago,  on the east coast from  Townsville  all the way to Adelaide.
I loved it and was almost ready to relocate.

Thanks Robert. I can understand those sentiments myself. We came here in 2010 for a visit and moved here from Ireland in 2012. You should visit Western Australia if you ever get the opportunity. An extremely diverse coastline. Some of the colours are crazy over here. Some of the images on my Instagram or Facebook (@intrepiddrone) will give you an idea of what I mean

Just added some new images from tonight folks. You'll find them on teh 3rd post.

Thanks again for taking an interest in my thread.

Long exposure shots added to post 3 in thread.

Another video added to post 3 showing some footage at night. Enjoy.

IntrepidDrone Posted at 2018-3-5 06:52
Video capabilities at night.

Very nice photo again!!!

DJI Grace Posted at 2018-3-15 19:54
Very nice photo again!!!

Thanks again Grace, really glad you are enjoying the content.

Very nice work fella, thanks for sharing the capabilities of the MA, it's a great little tool.

M2Wair Posted at 2018-3-16 10:41
Very nice work fella, thanks for sharing the capabilities of the MA, it's a great little tool.

Thank you, yeah it's a great little tool indeed.

Here is some new still taken with The Mavic Air. Hope you enjoy.

More new shots.

Lovely pictures, awesome work!

GoldenSun Posted at 2018-3-21 08:45
Lovely pictures, awesome work!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed them