Neo 2 - Not Quite What we expected.... but...

Well, welcome back everyone. And as you

probably know, the DJI Neo2 has now been

released in China, which is great

because that means that we now know the

exact specifications of this new drone.

Now, unfortunately, because I'm in the

UK, like anyone else in the UK and

Europe, I have to wait patiently until

the 13th of November to get my hands on

this. So, I won't be able to fly it, but

there are a few things we can deduce

from those exact confirmed

specifications. And there are some

disappointments in there. So, let's get

straight into it and discuss what we now

know about the Neo2. In line with it

getting dark and gloomy, the first

disappointment, it's only a half inch

sensor. There's no increase in sensor

size, which is a real shame because we

were all hoping for a one over one and

a3 in sensor. That didn't happen. We're

stuck with a halfin sensor, but that's

not the end of the world because if used

right, even a half inch sensor can

produce great results. And let's also

remember that the Mini3 Pro and Mini 4

Pro both have the same sensor and slight

improvements from one to the next. And

the Mavic 3 and Mavic 4 Pro also have

the same sensor and again small

improvements. So sizes and everything,

but yeah, a larger sensor would have

been nice. Then there's no DLO M at this

stage. Would be nice if they add that in

at a later stage, but at the moment

we're stuck with standard color

profiles. The maximum shutter speed for

still imagery is 1/10enth of a second.

Same as the Neo1. Shame they didn't up

that, but there we go. The Neo is

probably not the best drone for long

exposure photography. Anyway, flight

times around about 19 minutes, but I can

guarantee you that's going to be in

optimal conditions and probably without

the transceiver module attached, which

is going to add weight to it. It is a

heavier drone. It's about 20% heavier.

So, I'm going to pretty much guess that

you're not going to see any improvement

in flight time. That's my speculation,

but I can't see it happening because the

drone's 20% heavier. The battery is also

a little bit bigger, but it's also a

more powerful drone, which I'll go into

in a minute. And at the time of filming

this, no manual mode yet. So hopefully

that's going to be added by DJI but not

at this stage at the moment. Okay, then

we have a lot of positives. So starting

off with the twoaxis gimbal Neo1 one

axis stabilization, the Neo2 has

mechanical twoaxis stabilization. That's

great because that means that you're not

going to have to digitally crop into

your image as much. I'll try and

explain. If you have an image and

there we go, you get some tilt, some

roll tilt in it, you're then going to

have to digitally crop into that image.

So you to roll stabilize it, which means

you're going to have black bars or black

triangles. Then you need to crop into

that in order to give you a level image.

That's what the Neo1 had to do. And that

means that you're going to lose quality.

You're going to have noise is going to

be amplified. The image is going to be

less sharp. It's just going to look

mushy and horrible. So with the Neo2,

we've done away with that. And we've got

full mechanical stabilization on the

Rolex. So that's what I was alluding to

earlier in that because you don't have

to crop into the image as much as the

Neo1. Even though the sensor size hasn't

been increased, you should get more

quality out of that same sensor size

with the Neo2. Apparently, the Neo2 can

now fly over water. That's great news

because that's something that a lot of

you have asked about for the Neo1. We

have an increase in storage space from

previously 22 on the Neo1. I really

filled up the 22 on the Neo1, but it's

great to have more storage available.

Higher frame rates are now available

with 60 frames per second up from 30

frames per second on the Neo1. And

you've also got a slow-mo mode of 100

frames per second. So, nice to have

those new frame rates available. The bit

rate is slightly improved now at 80 up

from 75 previously. You're not going to

really notice that difference, but nice

to have that increased a little bit. And

then a big difference. So, this really

indicates that the Neo2 is going to be

more powerful. The maximum vertical

speeds gone up from 3 m/s to 5 m/s in

sports mode and the maximum horizontal

speeds gone up to 12 m/s from 8 m/s. So,

horizontally and vertically, the Neo2

does appear to be faster. does sound

like it's going to be more powerful and

I can't wait to get my hands on it to

see what it's capable of, especially in

manual mode if they enable it. It's also

heavier, which means that that combined

with the fact that it's also more

powerful means it's more capable in

windy conditions. So, going up to a wind

speed rating of five from four on the

Mini 1, which is great. The low light

abilities of the downward vision

positioning sensors is now been improved

from 15 lux down to 5 lux. And that's a

big difference. you will notice that

that's going to make a difference if

you're flying under trees in the shade

and you lose that contrast of the

ground. Five lux really allows you to

fly in slightly darker conditions and

hopefully leads to less flyaways with

this drone. Then we've got a quite

unbelievable one and that is that the

Wi-Fi transmission signal range is 500 m

up from 50 m on the Neo1. So Wi-Fi we're

talking about the control you have when

you control this drone by mobile phone

device on its own. no controller, 500

meters apparently from 50. Now, I can

tell you now that you'd rarely get 50

meters out of the Neo1 with Wi-Fi, but

they claim that you're going to get 500

with this one. So, I can't wait to put

that to the test and see if that's

actually possible. The Hover Air drones

do have a stated Wi-Fi range of about

250 to 500 m. Again, those don't quite

reach that range, but they were a lot

better in terms of Wi-Fi range than the

Neo, so I guess it is possible to

improve the Wi-Fi range. Then we've got

the new gesture control which bit of a

gimmick in my position but be fun to

play with. So if you want to look like a

teamu version of the guy from the

Matrix. What's his name again? Oh yeah.

And then also you've got omniirectional

obstacle detection which is great. And

it just started raining. So I'm going to

wrap this up really quickly. I don't

think that's the secret of what made the

Neo so good. The Neo is great because it

just flies through things and can bash

off things. So, it'd be interesting to

see if that obstacle detection is

actually going to make it better at

flying through woods and things like

that. Anyway, that is the end of the

video and pretty much improvements on

the Neo2. Basically, DJI trying to put

on par with the Hover Air Pro and Pro

Max. It's basically got the same sensor

size as the Hover Air Pro. It's got

added obscure detection. It's got more

internal storage. It's got more flight

modes, etc., etc. Really, it's DJI

trying to live up to the competition in

terms of the AI tracking drone world.

So, unanswered questions. Manual mode.

Will they add it? I really, really hope

so. I think they probably will. Manual

camera settings in the app control.

Still no sign of that. I really want to

see that added. I mean, this is way

overdue. Java have already done it.

That, in my opinion, makes Java drones

better to be controlled by mobile phone

apps. DJI drones are great, but on the

mobile phone app side of control, I

really want to be able to control my

shutter speed and ISO. So, please,

please, please, DJI, add those features.

Shouldn't be that difficult. Surely,

company of your size, you can do it.

Come on. Anyway, that's the end of this

quick video. So, sorry I don't have the

drone at hand at the moment, but I

guarantee you that next time I do one on

the Neo 2, I will have this in my hand.

Until next time, happy flying, stay

safe, and I'll see you very soon.

Bye-bye.