DJI Phantom 3 Advanced and Professional Differences?

As Mick says, the camera is the only difference. The body is identical, and the radio. In fact you can buy the camera separately, so you can always get the 4K camera later if you need it, assuming you don't now.

However, there are a few advantages to having a 4K camera aside from watching your videos in beautiful 4K on a 4K TV or computer monitor. If you're into editing videos, or intending to film professionally, you have a lot more leeway with what you can do with 4K video. As well has being able to get quite nice stills from the video, you can cut into the video and get a close-up, for example, that's still 1080p in size. You can also move the video frame to get a particular object where you want it within a 1080p frame, which is 4x smaller than the 4K you shot the video in.

Also, you may want to edit out to 1080p now, but use the exact same shot later in 4K for whatever reason - you get a 4K monitor, a client wants the same thing in 4K, you want to sell your 4K clip for more money than you'd get for 1080p on a stock video site.

Finally, not much of a big deal, the Pro Phantom 3 has a more powerful battery charger so your batteries will charge a bit quicker. However, you can buy those separately anyway and may even end up buying a second or even a third one to speed up battery charging in future, or have one in your car and one at home?

 

I'll make a video explaining, using some 4K footage I took a few weeks ago.

 

Ok, you've convinced me. I will definitely do this have a go at doing this tomorrow!

 

Re: DJI Phantom 3 4K Video Editing Tricks

Okay, I made the video today, hope it all makes sense.

 

Glad you got a Phantom 3, I really like it. Weather not so good here either.

 

Thanks. I think it could have been better, but I just want to quickly show some possibilities with 4k rendered to 1080p.