DJI has been making some of the best drones available in the market, and most of its products are aimed at a general audience. But the company has now launched a new drone, dubbed DJI Inspire 3, with a whopping price of $16,499.

The newly announced DJI Inspire 3 drone is a commercial-grade product with support for 8K recording and comes as a successor to the Inspire 2, which was launched a few years ago in 2016.

DJI Inspire 3

According to the company, the new drone is 20 percent more aerodynamic compared to its predecessor. The major upgrade comes in the form of a cinema camera known as Zenmuse X9-8K Air. It is claimed to be the lightest ever full-frame camera system and sues CineCore 3.0, a new image processing system from the company.

The camera can record 4K at 120fps in ProRes RAW and can deliver dual native ISO: 800 / 4000 for 30fps and below and 320 / 1600 for higher frame rates. There are more than 14 stops of dynamic range to fine-tune shots. The gimbal supports 80-degree tilting and full 360-degree rotation.

It can also record Apple ProRes RAW format in 8K at 75fps, a first for a DJI product. But the feature isn’t enabled by default, and to use ProRes RAW and CinemaDNG, the user will need to purchase a license key worth $979 to unlock them. It also supports interchangeable lenses from a lineup of its DL-mount lenses.

The drone comes with a new remote control, RC Plus, supporting dual-control mode where one user can control just the cinema camera, and the other can pilot the drone using a front first-person view (FPV) camera. The FVP camera has an ultrawide lens (161-degree) sitting in front of a night vision sensor.

Going through the list of features offered in DJI Inspire 3 and the starting price of $16,499, it is clear that the product is aimed at cinema production. The combo package will be available for purchase by the end of June, as per the company.

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