The Inspire 2: DJI's Latest Aerial Videography Drone

When DJI first released the Inspire 1 back in 2014, it was an instant hit for filmmakers who finally had a professional cinematography drone that was ready to fly straight out of the box. The company is now back with a new and improved version of the drone, which sets itself apart from other drones released previously due to its unique feature set.

One of the key differences between the Inspire 2 and previous DJI drones is that it has two of everything, including two batteries, two cameras, and two IMU sensors. This dual setup provides several benefits, including more time for flight, increased processing power, and smarter drone behavior. The benefit of having two batteries means not only can you fly longer without interruptions but also power more processors and sensors, making the drone smarter overall.

DJI has built in a few more smart intelligent flying modes with the Inspire 2, allowing users to focus less on flying the drone itself and more on what they're shooting. This is fantastic for capturing high-quality drone footage, as it allows photographers to step back from worrying about controlling the drone and focus on the camera or take a different approach where the drone takes care of the camera work while you worry about where it's flying.

The Inspire 2 has an active track system that can lock the camera onto a subject like a car, allowing the user to fly freely around it without worrying about keeping it in frame or adjusting light levels. This feature was showcased during a car review at Digital Trends, where the reviewer sat in the passenger seat and used the drone's tracking system to keep the car perfectly in frame while flying 360 degrees.

Another great feature of the Inspire 2 is its ability to split the screen on your tablet, showing you both the live footage from the camera and the FPV feed from the front-facing camera. This allows users to multitask while flying, keeping an eye on what the drone is doing while also monitoring the camera's output.

The Inspire 2 is also quick enough to keep up with fast-moving subjects, such as cars going at highway speeds. While other drones would usually slow down at high speeds, the Inspire 2 was able to maintain its speed and capture smooth footage despite the reviewer flooring it in a car review.

One of the things that's great about the Inspire 2 is how well it feels compared to other DJI drones. It's slightly heavier than others due to the dual setup, but this doesn't affect its responsiveness or performance. In fact, users will find that it feels just like flying any other DJI drone they've used before.

The base model of the Inspire 2 without a camera or any accessories starts at $3,000, while adding a high-end ZenMuse camera can bring the price up to around $5,000. While this may not be within reach for hobbyists, the Inspire 2 is definitely worth considering for professional aerial videography needs that require a reliable and capable drone.

Overall, the Inspire 2 is an excellent addition to DJI's lineup of drones, offering users a powerful tool for capturing high-quality aerial footage. With its smart features, advanced camera capabilities, and impressive performance, it's sure to be a hit among professionals and enthusiasts alike.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhen DJI first released the Inspire one back in 2014 it was an instant hit for the first time ever filmmakers finally had a professional cinematography drone that was ready to fly straight out of the box but that was almost 3 years ago so now the company is back with a new and improved version the Inspire 2 what sets this apart from other drones that DJI has released previously is the fact that it really just has two of everything so it's got two batteries it has two cameras it has the the camera that you shoot with and also an fpv camera it also has two IMU sensors inertial motion units uh it has two barometers it has two processors or multiple processors the benefit of having two batteries is that not only does it give you more time to fly around and get great footage but also it can power more processors and power more sensors which makes the Drone is smarter overall so because it has all of these great um processing abilities DJI actually built in a few more smart intelligent flying modes and what that allows you to do is focus Less on flying the Drone itself and where you're heading and focus more on what you're shooting which is fantastic it used to be that if you wanted to capture really goodlook Drone footage you usually had to use use two pilots you'd have one person control the Drone and the other person worry about what was on the camera but when you get all of these extra smarts on the Drone itself um that allows you to step back from worrying about controlling the Drone and focus on the camera or do it in the opposite fashion you can let the the Drone take care of the camera work whereas you worry about where it's flying and that opens up a bunch of different possibilities for what you can do with it so a good example of this is after we got this drone we took it out for one of the car reviews that we do here at Digital Trends and it was just me and a driver and I was sitting in the passenger seat and what I could do was use dji's active track system to basically lock the camera onto the car and then just fly the Drone Dodge trees and it would keep the car perfectly in frame and I could fly wherever I wanted 360° and not have to worry about keeping it in frame or keeping the light levels correct or anything like that the Drone can take care of all of that for me the other great thing is that if you do want to worry about the camera and have the Drone fly itself it has this really great system where there are actually two cameras that you can look at you can split your screen on your tablet so the main picture is what you're shooting and then there's also an fpv camera on the front that allows you to see where the Drone is going and you can kind of have this picture and picture screen on your tablet and monitor both of those things at once this makes it possible to multitask while you fly uh so you can not only keep an eye on what the drone's flying into but also keep an eye on what the camera is shooting and whether or not the shot looks good it's also quick enough for the first time ever to keep up with a car going at like highway speeds other drones would usually slow down a little bit they can only hit like 45 mph but we were flooring it in this car we were reviewing and the Drone was keeping up which was pretty cool the thing I really liked about it was the fact that right out of the box it feels exactly like every other DJI drone I've ever flown feels a little bit heavier in the air because it is heavier so it's not going to slow down as quickly it's not going to turn on a dime like some of the others are but um in terms of responsiveness it's exactly the same as every other DJI drone and that's pretty great that's a cool thing that even if you've never flown this particular drone before and maybe you've flown a phantom 3 or something even before that or a mavic you can pick up this bigger nicer drone and feel right at home so the base model of this drone without a camera or anything is three grand and if you put one of the nice Zen Muse cameras on it it can go up to around 5 grand this isn't necessarily something that hobbyists are just going to pick up but if you're looking for a professional aerial videography drone that works right out of the box the inspir 2 is definitely something that should be on your radar\n"