DJI Mavic 4 Pro Review, Three Cameras and a 100MP Hasselblad Sensor in the Air

The DJI Mavic 4 Pro is the best folding drone you can buy for photography and video, and it’s priced like it. Three cameras, a 100MP Four Thirds main sensor and a gimbal that spins the frame a full 360 degrees. DJI launched it on May 13, 2025, at £1,879 or €2,099 with the RC 2 controller.

There’s a catch for American buyers. DJI didn’t sell it in the US at launch and never gave a date. Grey-market sellers filled the gap at a premium, with no DJI warranty. Everywhere else it’s DJI’s flagship for people who don’t need a cinema drone like the Inspire.

Video review: Philip Bloom

The cameras

The main camera is a Hasselblad-branded 100MP 4/3-inch sensor behind a 28mm-equivalent lens with a variable aperture from f/2.0 to f/11. Real aperture control matters more than it sounds. You can stop down for long exposures of waterfalls or keep shutter speeds right for video without stacking a strong ND.

It shoots 6K up to 60fps and 4K up to 120fps, though 4K/120 crops the frame by 1.5x. Beside it sit a 70mm f/2.8 camera with a 48MP 1/1.3-inch sensor and a 168mm f/2.8 tele with a 50MP 1/1.5-inch sensor. All three record 10-bit D-Log, D-Log M and HLG. That’s new. On the Mavic 3 Pro, the tele cameras felt like second-class citizens in a graded edit.

The gimbal now rotates 90 degrees for true vertical video, 4K up to 60fps on the main camera, and it can roll the horizon through a full circle for those spinning shots that used to need an FPV drone.

Flying it

Six fisheye cameras give omnidirectional sensing that DJI says works down to 0.1 lux, plus a forward LiDAR. Reviewers found the avoidance and subject tracking better than the Mavic 3 Pro’s, even near darkness. The 95Wh battery is rated at 51 minutes, and O4+ transmission reaches 30 km under FCC rules, 15 km under CE, with a 10-bit HDR live feed.

It weighs about 1,063 grams and carries a C2 label in the EU, which means more paperwork than an Air or a Mini.

The downsides

The main lens moved from 24mm to 28mm, so you lose some width for sweeping landscapes. The 70mm camera is unchanged and looks more phone-like than the other two. No ProRes, and the 512GB storage on the Creator Combo is built in. Default metering tends to underexpose D-Log, so set exposure by hand.

Price is the big one. The Fly More combo was £2,459 or €2,699, and the Creator Combo with the RC Pro 2 controller reached £3,209 or €3,539.

Is it worth it

For pros, yes. It’s the closest thing to a flying medium-sized camera kit, and the 168mm lens alone changes how you shoot from the air. Most hobbyists will be happier with the DJI Air 3S at half the price, and US buyers should think hard about buying without a warranty. Spare batteries go fast at 95Wh each, so price them in.

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