Autel X-Star Premium - Flight Modes, Review, Phantom 4 Comparison

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Gear used in this video:
Drone:
Autel X Star Premium
Camera:
Canon C100MKii:
Lens:
Canon 18-135MM USM
Audio:
Rode Wireless Video Kit (expensive, WORTH EVERY PENNY):
Hi Everyone - This is a long, comprehensive video! Sorry for the delay in posts - getting caught up and digging myself out! Almost there.
I worked for awhile on this video and wanted to get it out. Today I am covering the Autel X-Star premium. Previously I did an unboxing and I really wanted to get familiar with it, give it a thorough running through and not just do this in a couple of hours. I spent some time really going deep with it and finding little nuances and things that I like and what I thought could be improved.
Overall impression -
This is a solid quadcopter, it borrows HEAVILY from the DJI Phantom 3 but also has some of it’s own concepts built in (improvement to the controller). This is a solid choice for someone not wanting to spend $1300-$1400 on a Typhoon H or the Phantom 4 and compares almost directly against the Phantom 3 Pro.
In this video I cover:
Basic Flying
Orbit (POI in DJI land)
Waypoint
Follow Me
I also put up a comparison between the Phantom 4 and the Autel X-Star premium. Not a lot of difference in video quality.
The automated flight modes are laid out well and very easy to use. I would like to see improvements in the waypoint mode that gave you an option to have a course lock type concept through the entire waypoint route so you can freely pan and rotate without it taking over at each waypoint. This would give you the opportunity to get more uninterrupted cinematic type shots in way point mode.
On video quality, I would like to see a D-Log type option available (*correction, D-Log is available if you scroll down, I didn't notice this). For my feel, the video by default has a bit too much sharpening applied, but you can adjust that and contrast and saturation to your liking.
There are a lot of video modes available:
Max Video resolution and frame rates:
4K30
2.7K60
1080p120
Still Photo Modes:
12 mp Single shot
Bursts
AEB
Bracketed frames
Time-lapse
The package comes in a nice case, a single 4900mah battery good for a little under 20 minutes of flight time and a 64GB brand name microSD card.
This is a great package overall and I would say stacks up pretty equal against the DJI Phantom 3 Pro
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