The next day after the fall of Panasonic GM1, I was depressed at home with a code word. A friend of the cameraman gave me a message. I asked if I would like to experience the Dajiang Elves4. This kind of thing would not hesitate. I immediately picked up my hand. On the matter, take a taxi directly to the destination.
It is not a day or two to buy a drone, and the price of Dajiang Wizard 3A is still OK, but taking into account the risk of bombing and the frequency of a year's flight, it is estimated that it is also to eat ash. It has been a long delay. Can be shot, some time ago millet launched a drone, the price is very attractive, but the first flight on the day of the bombing, and the idea of ​​another fall.
Dajiang Elf 4 is a new generation of consumer-class drones developed by Dajiang with obstacle avoidance capabilities. It theoretically reduces the risk of bombing. Why should we say theoretically? This is the same as mobile phones in theory. There are too many uncertainties in actual use. Some time ago, in the circle of friends, I saw a sprite 4 and friends around to find friends.
The manuscript was abandoned for a month. Once again, Dajiang launched the “Quan†and the circle of friends was immediately swiped. Numerous photographers and senior aficionados said they wanted to buy and buy. Some of the group couldn’t wait to be handed over. The deposit was ready for delivery to Dajiang.
That happens to be just a chat.
This is the rhythm of hanging out the go-pro, which is accompanied by the rhythm of internal bleeding that drove consumer-level drone makers around the world. In terms of technology, the second-ranked consumer-grade drones are unable to catch up with Dajiang, not to mention those Emerging drones based on crowdfunding.
Which features have you seen above and beyond Elf 4, some less than Elf 4, lightweight tri-axis anti-shake pan/tilt folding drone?
DJI brings its elven series to a storm. In front of the portable, what are the clouds; for example, the tripod, Admiralty UT series price can buy Manfrotto 190 series, but you have seen several carrying 190 tourism of? Another example is the micro-card and the big-end card machine. Are you black card or 5D3 for short trips?
Although the professional market "royal" is not the best choice, but the huge base of the consumer market, it can push it to a pinnacle, as the iPhone 4 and 4s that year, as to the follow-up spoilers, it is estimated at least for a long time.
The appearance of Elven 4 has been greatly improved compared to Elf 3. The main streamlined body is more aerodynamic, more obese, and feels more adorable. The direct look of Elf 3 and Elf 4 is from the traditional American muscle car gorgeous. Turn to the Italian sports car.
The Elves 4's motor optimized the operating efficiency. As to how much it improved, I didn't know. I was also the second person to contact the Elves series drones. This report is even a guide experience for new players.
Elves 4 motor exploded view.
The use of a new press-type installation of the propeller, the installation is more efficient, the four propellers get settled in a few minutes, but also to avoid the Dajiang Wizard 3 series convection paddle tragedy occurred again.
The note on the arm reminded again that this is not a toy, but it really hurts people's consumer-class drones.
With the newly designed battery, the battery capacity is increased from 4480 mAh of Genie 3 to 5350 mAh of Genie 4, and the battery life is also increased by 5 minutes. During start-up, the LED indicator will display the current battery level for easy visual inspection.
The high-end battery can be easily withdrawn by pressing a button.
The main volume of the elf 4 fuselage is to supply this battery, in fact Elf 4 battery weight accounts for 1/3 of the takeoff weight, can be described as the bulk.
To play with happiness, at least two batteries are prepared. If you want to continue flying, you must prepare at least three batteries. The Elf 4 battery has a very fast charge time. It can be filled with more than one hour, and two batteries can support more than 50 minutes. The third piece is charged. If you have a car outside, you can use it with a car charger. You don't have to worry about not playing.
The integrated embedded PTZ is also one of the core technologies of Dajiang. Compared with the Wizard 3, the appearance of the PTZ is slightly complicated. The PTZ of the Elf 4 is more pleasing and practical. If UAV aerials do not have mechanical PTZs and rely solely on electronic anti-shake, then they are basically not capable of aerial missions. 
This newly designed lens with a 94° viewing angle (equivalent to 35 focal lengths of 20mm) and a f/2.8 aperture has significantly improved the lens of the Elves 3, and the specific image quality can be seen in later videos. There are two obstacle avoidance detectors above the bracket, and Elven 4 is relying on it to achieve the function of avoiding the obstacles ahead.
The same bottom also has two visual positioning systems, which are indispensable for indoor flight. In the later light experience, Elf 4 performed well in the reflective marble floor room. It can also be seen here that there is a very dense distribution of cooling holes in Elf 4.
Adjust the interface and SD card slot, shoot 4K video must use high-speed TF card.
Remote Control
The Elf 4's remote control, just based on the Wizard 3, added a few buttons, the overall appearance of the difference is not. The front two buttons are boot and one-button return. The two operating levers control the drone's up, down, left, and up and down flight attitudes.
The two buttons on the upper right side of the remote control are the pause (air hover) and the camera button, respectively, and the pulsator is set for the camera.
On the upper left side are the video button, PTZ control pulsator and flight mode switch. Here there is a S-sport file, which means the same as the car S-file. Switching to the S-file Elves 4 will trigger high-speed flight mode and close obstacle avoidance. .
This is probably the case with work, with the IPAD MINI series just right.
Turn on, the body led light and power indicator light will light up, determine the GPS signal is normal, the battery power is enough to take off under the premise, the consequences of blind take-off is bombing.
Players who have not touched the drone may be fantasizing about using the drone to do some bizarre things. The actual situation is that the drone will fly like a king-size bee and can not tolerate it at close range and hover. Near the height of less than 2 meters, the wind is enough to blow out a bunch of candles. After all, it is not a toy.
The four lights are on, and the flying speed is very fast. In order to take care of these shots, several shots are hovered.
From another perspective, Dajiang’s hovering is still very stable.
The frontal view is still sprouting. In fact, when shooting, it is still a little scared. After all, the elves have lost control and landed on the propeller.
Let's say operating feelings, four words: sensitive and secure, without opening the sport mode, fly out of the line of sight more than ten seconds. And security is based on the perspective of flying photography.
Nudge the joystick, the Elf 4 will respond to the intention, there is no lag, but due to the first attempt to fly, do not dare to fly too far, in the line of sight outside the range of tension, most of the time or to return to friends control, I look around the air perspective.
The indoor flight also gave full control to friends. After all, the flight time was too short to handle flight experience.
The Elves 4 have certain requirements for the ground to meet the requirements for safe flight in the room. The official description emphasizes that solid colors and reflective ground are not applicable. Transparent and too dark and shiny surfaces are also not suitable.
Why can this drone fly?
Pure dark marble floor, lack of indoor brightness, seems to be satisfied ... ... friends are bold, the propellers did not fly on the protective cover, the crowd was evacuated to our sides.
However, the height of the room is high enough that the Elves 4 are very stable and there is no drift. However, this specification clearly describes the non-flyable environment. Do not try.
It is recommended that friends who want to play indoors should wear a protective cover, not to protect the propellers, but people.
Dajiang Wizard 4 pictures default is DNG format, this should be ADOBE for different RAW launched a common format, early ACR version does not recognize the Pentax RAW when I used to shoot DNG.
Due to the weather, the imagery is gray, but this kind of air-looking look and feel is totally different from that of climbing high-rise buildings. If the Elven series made me grow grass, then the Dajiang “royal†is completely captured. I, to see when to move enough bricks to pick up a double electric suit back.
The video comes in: 4k when shooting, 4K clip output, and h264 encoding.
The final destination of each UAV is a bombing machine. This one is no exception. When the last shot was taken, the photographer’s friend made a mistake and the elf fell 4 times during the downturn, and the gimbal broke down. After more than a month, these days have only been repaired. According to the latest news from friends, the Elves 4 who once again feel that there are some discords.