Are they holding us back?

[NeoNewbie]

Howdy!

Let me start out by saying that I absolutely LOVE my neo. It is my very first drone, and I am enjoying the hell out of it.

However, I do have one gripe about it. The quality out of the camera.

I have the RCN3 remote, so I've already changed the noise and sharpness settings)... but I think the neo can do more.

The camera sensor size is the same one the Air 2 had (half-inch) - but the quality is not the same. And I suspect it's a software issue.

I would love to see DJI put out a firmware update that removes the digital overprocessing and gives us 24fps and Dlog-m.

I know they can do this. And hopefully they will.

Is there a way we could all come together and ask them nicely as a group?

 

[Droning on and on...]

You're forgetting the image processing SoC, which is expensive, and a key component in quality of media.

I strongly suspect the SoC in the neo is a much cheaper, less functional and capable image pipeline than what's found in the Air 2, to keep the price down at $199. Good chance the sensor, although the same size, is cheaper (and noisier) than the Air 2.

We'll have to wait (and hope) DJI decides to follow Zero Zero Robotics and come out with a competitor to the Hover H1 Pro MAX (ignore the Pro). The neo so far has exceeded DJI's expectations, so there's hope.

Dlog-m? Stuff of fevered dreams on the neo, my friend. Take a look at the Avata 2.

 

[Kilrah]

Sensor size and resolution being the same means nothing, it can be completely different with various tradeoffs and probably is, along with the processing as mentioned.

 

[ryguy80]

There’s also a crop factor with the electronic image stabilization, so there’s some upscaling of the image to fit the 4K frame.

I don’t think we’ll ever see DLog-M on this Neo, but hoping we at least get D-Cinelike, which has been offered on other DJI 8-bit color sensors.

 

[NeoNewbie]

There’s also a crop factor with the electronic image stabilization, so there’s some upscaling of the image to fit the 4K frame.

I don’t think we’ll ever see DLog-M on this Neo, but hoping we at least get D-Cinelike, which has been offered on other DJI 8-bit color sensors.

D-Cinelike would be a HUGE improvement. And 24fps, too; there's no reason they can't give us 24fps.

 

[Droning on and on...]

D-Cinelike would be a HUGE improvement. And 24fps, too; there's no reason they can't give us 24fps.

I agree, D-cinelike would be awesome. The cheap image processor might not support it, however.

As far as 24fps goes, probably not as the target customers, Kaden Cristil and Mirengue, really don't care for their TikTok channel