DJI’s new Inspire 3 is a flying 8K movie-making camera under a powerful drone

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The Inspire 3 is 20% more aerodynamic and has a 28-minute runtime, compared to 25 minutes on the Inspire 2.

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The Inspire 3 combo comes with DJI's latest remote control hardware, the RC Plus, and supports dual-control mode.

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The FPV camera has a 161-degree ultrawide lens and can transmit to the RC Plus' 7-inch 1,200 nits screen with only a 90ms delay.

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The Inspire 3 uses DJI's latest proprietary Occusync tech, the O3 Pro, enabling streaming up to 15km away.

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The Inspire 3 cinema camera, the Zenmuse X9-8K Air, supports 8K CinemaDNG video recording at 25fps and can record in Apple ProRes RAW format.

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The X9-8K Air can also record 4K at 120fps in ProRes RAW and has dual native ISO: 800 / 4000 for 30fps and below, and 320 / 1600 for higher frame rates.

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The Inspire 3 camera gimbal enables the camera to have 80 degrees tilting and full 360 degrees of rotation.

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The Inspire 3 SSD cartridges cost $799 for 1TB, offering an alternative to SD cards.

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To unlock CinemaDNG and ProRes RAW recording modes, an additional $979 license key is required.

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