Compare the DJI Air 2S to the DJI Mavic Air 2

With the DJI Air 2S, you can record videos in the high 5.4K resolution at 30 fps. In 4K, you can record in at most 60 fps. The drone has a relatively large 1-inch sensor and an image angle of 88 degrees. This way, you can record very detailed images. The camera has a 10-bit color space. This means it sees more different colors. You make the colors of dark and light areas in your image more intense when you edit it afterwards.

The DJI Mavic Air 2 has a 0.5-inch sensor, which is smaller than that of the Air 2S. This way, you can record 4K videos at 60 fps. You'll use 8-bit colors, so the camera sees fewer colors than the Air 2S. You mainly notice that when you edit the images. You'll have less control over the colors. As a result, the Air 2S is less suitable for professional users than the Air 2. For hobbyists, the image quality is sufficient.

With a fully charged battery, you can fly for 31 minutes under ideal flight circumstances. While you fly, you can choose from different modes, so you can record videos easily and quickly. With the Air 2S, these different modes are combined in the MasterShots function. The drone performs the motions of all flight modes after each other while it records. Next, combine the shots into a compete video. In addition, the drone had improved ActiveTrack version 4.0, so the drone sees and follows you more accurately.

With the Air 2, you can fly for 34 minutes at most under ideal circumstances. This is a bit longer than with the Air 2S. The Air 2 also has different flight modes to easily record videos. You won't have access to the MasterShots function in which it performs flight modes after each other. This means you have to set them up 1 by 1. The function like ActiveTrack, Focus Track, and QuickShot are similar to the Air 2S. With these functions, the drone can follow a subject, for example.

To guarantee more safety, DJI added Air Sense to the Air 2S. This function warns you when there's air traffic close. At that moment, you can let your drone fly lower or land it completely. This way, you can be sure you don't fly in the way of a helicopter or airplane. The Air 2S has obstacle detection at the front, back, bottom, and top. It's new that the drone has obstacle detection at the top.

If you fly with the Mavic Air 2, you won't get a warning if air traffic is approaching. It's important that you watch out for that yourself. The drone does have obstacle detection to make sure you don't fly into objects. The sensors are at the front, back, and bottom of the drone. It doesn't have detection on top. Both drones don't have obstacle detection on the side.