Being able to put a camera in the sky is part of the job for many people these days, from cinematographers to real estate photographers to wedding photographers.

And now, DJI's new Mavic 3 lets you put not one camera in the sky, but two.

Yes, two.

What follows is a first look at the DJI Mavic 3. (It arrived too late to put it in the air, but there's plenty to do unboxing and setting up this package.)

The Mavic 3 is the follow-up to DJI's Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom drones, released in August 2018. A lot has happened since then, and an update to the flagship line has been widely anticipated for some time.

The Mavic 3 comes in two models: the Mavic 3 and the Mavic 3 Cine. The only difference is that the Cine model offers support for the Apple ProRes 422 HQ codec (where you'll be burning through a gigabyte of storage for every 10 seconds of 5.1K video) and 1TB built-in SSD. The base Mavic 3 is limited to H.264/H.265 codecs with a max bitrate of 200Mbps.

If you find H.264/H.265 video not offering you the flexibility you need, then you need the Cine version. For most people, however, the Cine version will be overkill.

Let's take a visual tour of the Mavic 3.

DJI Mavic 3: Unboxing and first look

DJI Mavic 3: Tech specs

Aircraft specs

Takeoff Weight

• Mavic 3: 895 g
• Mavic 3 Cine: 899 g

Dimensions (Folded/Unfolded)

• Folded (without propellers) 221