The DJI Air 3S is a cutting-edge dual-camera drone crafted specifically for travel photography, packed with advanced features to elevate your aerial shots. Equipped with a 1-inch CMOS primary camera and a 70mm medium telephoto lens, both offering up to 14 stops of dynamic range, the Air 3S delivers exceptional detail in landscapes, portraits, and more. Both cameras also come with the new Free Panorama mode, allowing for flexible, wide-angle shooting. Key upgrades include nightscape obstacle sensing for safe flying in low-light conditions and next-gen Smart RTH for safer returns during nighttime flights. The DJI Air 3S is designed to ensure you capture every aerial moment with precision.
The DJI Air 3S is equipped with a sophisticated dual-camera system, featuring a 1-inch CMOS primary camera and a 1/1.3-inch CMOS medium tele camera. The primary camera, with its larger sensor and 24mm lens, is perfect for capturing vast landscapes with stunning clarity and a broad field of view. Meanwhile, the 70mm medium tele camera shines when shooting portraits or vehicles, offering a beautifully compressed depth of field for a more dramatic, cinematic effect that makes subjects stand out.
1″ CMOS Primary Camera: Exceptional Detail for Travel Photography
The DJI Air 3S’s primary camera boasts a 50MP 1-inch CMOS sensor, capable of recording in 4K/60fps HDR and 4K/120fps for ultra-smooth slow-motion footage. It also supports 10-bit D-Log M color mode for professional-grade color grading. This large sensor, enhanced with advanced image-processing technology and smart algorithms, captures even the smallest details in challenging low-light settings like sunsets and nightscapes, delivering effortlessly stunning shots.
Enhanced Imagery, Captivating Scenery
4K/60fps HDR Video | 4K/120fps Video | 10-bit D-Log M & HLG Video
The Air 3S's latest HDR video mode offers up to 14 stops of dynamic range, capturing cinematic scenes with remarkable clarity, such as the intricate details of clouds at sunrise or sunset. The enhanced resolution and frame rates provide a vibrant perspective for cultural and sporting events while opening new creative possibilities in post-production. Even in standard color mode, the Air 3S records 10-bit video using H.265 encoding for refined color accuracy and flexibility in editing. The maximum ISO reaches 12,800 in normal mode and 3,200 in D-Log M and HLG modes, ensuring bright, detailed captures in urban night settings.
Medium Tele Camera: Captivating Portraits
The medium tele camera, equipped with a 48MP 1/1.3-inch CMOS sensor, mirrors the video specs and color modes of the primary camera, ensuring consistent footage that simplifies post-production. With a 70mm lens offering 3x optical zoom, you can capture distinctive shots from a distance while keeping your subject sharply in focus. Using the Air 3S’s orbit mode, you can create stunning close-up portraits in 4K, highlighting every detail with cinematic precision.
Focus on Details, Amplify Your Reach
4K/60fps HDR Video | 4K/120fps HDR Video | 10-bit D-Log M & HLG Video
When shooting close-ups of vehicles against a sunset, the medium tele camera’s 14 stops of dynamic range vividly bring out the vibrant hues of the scene. For action shots, like skiing, the 4K/120fps slow-motion capabilities ensure smooth, high-resolution footage, capturing every subtle movement. The medium tele camera also supports 10-bit video in normal color mode with H.265 encoding for enhanced color accuracy and post-production flexibility. When using 10-bit D-Log M mode, the camera captures richer color details, beautifully showcasing city lights and urban scenes as night falls.
Free Panorama Mode
The DJI Air 3S’s primary and medium tele cameras both feature Free Panorama mode, allowing you to create seamless panoramic shots by stitching together multiple images focused on your selected subject or area. The wide-angle camera enhances panorama efficiency with its broader field of view, making it ideal for capturing sweeping, expansive scenes. The medium tele camera minimizes image distortion, enabling wide-perspective shots with rich detail and a more dramatic effect thanks to its focal length advantages.
In addition to Free Panorama, the DJI Air 3S includes popular creative features like 2.7K vertical shooting, MasterShots, QuickShots, and Hyperlapse—offering a complete creative toolkit in a compact and versatile drone.
The DJI Air 3S is equipped with Advanced Pilot Assistance Systems (APAS) and is the first DJI drone to include forward-facing LiDAR technology. In addition, it features downward infrared time-of-flight (ToF) sensors and six vision sensors (two on the front, rear, and bottom) for comprehensive nightscape omnidirectional obstacle sensing. These advanced sensors allow the drone to automatically detect and avoid obstacles, such as buildings, during both flight and return paths, ensuring a high level of safety for nighttime photography.
Nightscape Omnidirectional Obstacle Sensing & Next-Gen Smart RTH
The DJI Air 3S offers advanced safety features, including Nightscape Omnidirectional Obstacle Sensing and Next-Gen Smart RTH. In non-GPS environments, such as balconies, the Air 3S utilizes real-time vision positioning and map construction technology to memorize flight paths when there is sufficient lighting, ensuring a safe return.
With forward-facing LiDAR, the drone can detect obstacles like high-rise buildings and automatically navigate around them, even in low-light conditions, providing safer returns during nighttime flights.
Enhanced Vision Assist
The DJI Air 3S is equipped with cutting-edge safety features like Nightscape Omnidirectional Obstacle Sensing and Next-Gen Smart RTH. In non-GPS environments, such as balconies, the drone uses real-time vision positioning and map-building technology to memorize flight paths when lighting conditions allow, ensuring a secure return.
Thanks to its forward-facing LiDAR, the Air 3S can detect obstacles like high-rise buildings and autonomously navigate around them, even in low-light settings, ensuring safer returns during nighttime operations.
The DJI Air 3S is equipped with ActiveTrack 360°, ensuring that your subject stays perfectly framed throughout the flight. The system intelligently analyzes the surrounding environment, automatically planning a flight path and adjusting the framing for optimal shots, keeping your subject as the focal point.
ActiveTrack 360° also enhances tracking performance by avoiding cluttered backgrounds. Once tracking begins, the DJI Air 3S maintains focus on the subject, even if parts of their body are obscured by objects like bushes or if they’re positioned on a bridge.
The DJI Air 3S includes an innovative Subject Focusing feature that ensures your subject remains in sharp focus, even during manual flight or when the subject shifts off-center. This functionality enables you to concentrate on the creative elements of your shots, such as composition and camera movement.
Extended Flight Time: Up to 45 Minutes
With a maximum flight time of up to 45 minutes, the Air 3S provides ample opportunity to scout locations, set up your shots, and capture them repeatedly without the need for frequent recharges.
10-bit O4 Video Transmission
Equipped with DJI O4 FHD video transmission technology, the Air 3S offers 10-bit video transmission at 1080p/60fps over distances of up to 20 kilometers. Live feeds remain smooth and vibrant, ensuring ultra-responsive control for an enhanced flying experience.
DJI Cellular Dongle 2 Compatibility
The DJI Cellular Dongle 2 can be easily integrated into the DJI Air 3S without any additional accessories. In situations where O4 signal interference occurs, this dongle provides 4G connectivity for stable video transmission and drone control, improving flight safety and minimizing disconnection risks.
Always Ready: 42GB of Built-in Storage
The DJI Air 3S features 42GB of built-in storage, allowing you to start recording immediately without the hassle of carrying microSD cards.
Off-State QuickTransfer
You can transfer files from your Air 3S to a smartphone even when the drone is turned off. Additionally, you can connect the drone to a computer via a compatible USB cable for file transfers while it is powered off.
Battery Charging Hub with Power Accumulation
The Battery Charging Hub supports PD fast charging and includes a power accumulation feature, enabling you to transfer remaining power from multiple low-capacity batteries to the battery with the highest charge.
The DJI Air 3S offers a range of bundles and accessories to suit your specific requirements.
DJI Air 3S Intelligent Flight Battery
This battery provides up to 45 minutes of flight time, ensuring you can capture all the shots you need in one flight.
DJI Air 3S ND Filter Set (ND8/32/128)
This set includes ND8, ND32, and ND128 filters that allow for lower shutter speeds, resulting in smoother footage.
DJI Air 3 Series Battery Charging Hub
This hub supports sequential fast charging for up to three batteries and can quickly charge devices like remote controllers and smartphones. It also has the capability to transfer remaining power from multiple batteries to the one with the highest charge.
DJI Air 3S Wide-Angle Lens
This lens features a precise optical design that expands the field of view of the wide-angle camera to 114°, providing a broader filming perspective.
This package includes the standard DJI RC-N3 remote controller, which you can use with your smartphone to monitor the live feed and flight status.
This bundle features the DJI RC-N3 remote controller, an ND filter set, two extra batteries, a battery charging hub, a shoulder bag, and more.
This option includes the DJI RC 2 remote controller, along with an ND filter set, two additional batteries, a battery charging hub, a shoulder bag, and more.
Learn more about the DJI Air 3S as well as how it stacks up against other comparable DJI drones at the links below to our blog articles.
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