DJI introduces new micro four thirds camera’s for Inspire drone

The new cameras will mean a huge leap forward in image quality for those using drones for professional videography and for enterprise customers who require a drone to show thermal imaging or generate 3D maps. By utilizing the standard MFT mount, one of the most popular lens systems in the camera industry, the Zenmuse X5 is well positioned to benefit from new products and innovations from major lens manufacturers.

If you are looking for more performance, the ZENMUSE X5R is able to capture the world around you in RAW with frame rates of up to 30fps and a 1.7Gbps average bitrate.

The more expensive X5R model is also capable of recording footage to both a microSD card and a removable 512GB solid state drive.

In addition, professional photographers will be pleased as punch to know that both Zenmuse cameras will also be compatible with a quartet of different wide-angle lenses from DJI itself, Panasonic and Olympus. Because with the X5s you can adjust focus and aperture from DJI’s remote controllers as well as from the company’s slick iPad app. Since this is the case, support needs to be added for each camera, and so only a handful of lenses work with the camera.

“The professional applications of the Zenmuse X5 are nearly endless”, Cheng said. With a sophisticated balance of high-resolving power, accurate gradation, and low noise, you are realizing your artistic and creative vision as never before. Now, DJI offers professionals a way to capture higher-quality video in a package that is specifically suited for drone photography and that capitalizes on a larger, micro-four-thirds sensor size.

Screenshot of DJI’s GO app, which now gives you the ability to control focus and aperture wirelessly. To further improve the resulting imagery captured by the camera, DJI has also included a new D-LOG option for extracting as much information as possible from the 4K footage. That’s the same sensor format used by Olympus and Panasonic for their excellent interchangeable-lens cameras. CineLight, which will be available when the Zenmuse X5R camera is released later this year, simplifies users’ workflows by offering offline proxy editing before converting the CinemaDNG files to ProRes. CEO and founder of DJI, Frank Wang said “Now, pilots can simply mount the Zenmuse X5 series cameras to their Inspire 1, put on their props, get up in the air and have full control of their shot while in flight”. The cameras are likely to be shipped at the end of this month. The same deal with the Zenmuse X5R goes for $7,999. They are expected to cost $4,499 on pre-order bookings for a single order of X5 Inspire 1 with a 15mm f/1.7 ASPH lens.