DJI has introduced its latest drone, the DJI Mini 5 Pro, which has a 50MP one-inch sensor, Intelligent Flight Battery providing up to 36 minutes of flight time, and upgraded ActiveTrack 360°.
The palm-sized, lightweight drone can capture details in even low-light conditions, such as sunsets and nightscapes. A new 48mm Med-Tele mode with higher digital zoom resolution than previous models helps make subjects stand out with greater texture and adds depth. DJI’s portrait optimization technology enhances portraits’ brightness, contrast, and skin tones.
With 4K/60fps HDR video, up to 14 stops of dynamic range are achievable to capture cinematic footage in high-contrast scenes, like detailed views of cloud textures and other elements during sunrise and sunset. It also supports slow-motion video recording at 4K/120fps.
The Mini 5 Pro can record 10-bit video using H.265 encoding, delivering refined colour performance, with the maximum ISO raised to 12800. In D-Log M and HLG colour modes, the maximum ISO is raised to 3200, allowing for greater brightness and more details in urban night scenes.
The drone supports wide-angle 225° roll rotation and true vertical shooting. With 225° roll rotation, the gimbal enables flexible and dynamic camera movement. This can be paired with intelligent modes like QuickShot Rotate, Timelapse, Spotlight, and Waypoint Flight. Shoot skyscrapers, waterfalls, and vibrant city scenes without the need for cropping to post on social media.
Mini 5 Pro features a forward-facing LiDAR and multiple vision sensors for nightscape omnidirectional obstacle sensing, making return-to-home safer. In city nightscapes, it actively detects and avoids obstacles along flight and return paths for worry-free night flying. With sufficient light, it can memorize flight routes, enabling safe takeoff and return even without a satellite signal. The Omnidirectional Vision Sensing System includes the forward-facing LiDAR along with fisheye lenses on the front and rear, binocular lenses, and a 3D infrared sensor on the bottom. Nightscape Omnidirectional Obstacle Sensing provides safety for night photography. Additionally, with the forward-facing LiDAR, Mini 5 Pro detects obstacles like tall buildings even in low-light conditions and intelligently maneuvers upward, ensuring safer returns during nighttime flights.
Powered by real-time vision positioning and map construction technologies, Mini 5 Pro memorizes flight paths when adequate lighting is available. This ensures a safe return even when taking off from locations without satellite signals, such as balconies. It also boasts dual-band GNSS to connect to more satellites for improved signal stability and precise positioning.
The upgraded ActiveTrack 360° offers customizable tracking for various scenarios, and features more stable and safer tracking performance than previous models. It can detect sports scenarios, for example, and will select the right mode for optimal framing and tracking. Tracking performance has been enhanced to balance speed, agility, and safety.
The Mini 5 Pro offers DJI’s intelligent features as well. MasterShots provides high-level camera movement templates according to portrait, close-up, and long-distance shooting needs. QuickShots supports various modes like QuickShot Rotate, Dronie, Circle, Helix, Rocket, Boomerang, and Asteroid. Free Panorama enables you to create seamless panoramic shots by stitching together multiple images with a manually selected subject or area.
Mini 5 Pro supports remote wake-up via the DJI Fly app within Bluetooth range. Without taking out the drone or remote controller, files can be transferred at up to 100 MB/s via Wi-Fi 61. Even when switching to other apps, the DJI Fly app continues downloading in the background.
With the DJI Intelligent Flight Battery Plus, flight time is increased by up to 16 minutes from the up to 36 minutes of the standard Intelligent Flight Battery to up to 52 minutes.