you like the Mavic 2 Pro, that's great but in straight comparisons and unbiased reviews the P4P seems to offer better quality imagery, more modes, better frame rates etc etc etc. The question was who's planning on switching. Some of those that have switched already are happy, others are not and that seems to be the overall conclusion. For me, it appears that switching from my P4Pro would currently be a backward step and until I see any results that prove me wrong then I will be sticking with what i have.
My question was to
@mastix with an intent to learn what comparisons/direct experience might be relied on in forming the assessment.
Do you have any direct experience with the
M2? Is there any such thing as an unbiased review? Pixel peeping and test chart evaluation certainly is a legitimate pursuit as is subjective evaluation of how graded footage and processed DNG files of real life scenes look. It seems a lot of the so called unbiased testing has employed flawed discipline in performing the tests. Go and have a look at the tests performed by
@sar104 in the mammoth thread over at mavicpilots if your interested. Still imaging of the M2P is on par with the Sony RX100IV, not a cheap little camera (very well reviewed and respected) and it doesn't fly. Yes there are more aliasing artefacts apparent with the M2P in FOV video mode- that might be a deal breaker if your intended application for the
M2 was to shoot test charts. My guess for most people that isn't the case.
I can tell you my opinion- you definitely don't need to consider switching from the P4P (based on my subjective evaluation based on actual use). If anything the stills from the M2P appear to have more natural colour and are if anything are slightly sharper. This whole carry on about the FOV 4K being really poor hasn't been my experience. Yes the HQ mode is sharper off the card and the P4P seems to be sharper (FOV) however for me the
M2 has a more film like feel to it which I actually prefer.
Will I be abandoning the P4? No. I will favour the M2P in all instances where portability is an issue without any fear of any drastic loss of imaging performance though.
Personally I think any attempt to directly compare he P4P/A & V2 to the M2P/Z is silly, at least to the extent we might expect DJI's intent is for the
M2 to provide better performance. They are different products. Lets compare the P4P to the Inspire 2 shall we?
What we do know is that the
M2 offers ridiculously good imaging performance for its size and overall feature set- something we might have only dreamed about only two years ago.