Given the recurring and emotionally charged accusations of video-packing drones violating personal privacy – both perceived and actual – does the seriously upgraded zoom capabilities of DJI’s Mavic 3 risk elevating the ongoing Peeping Tom debates to even higher levels?
Since the Mavic 3 won’t even be unveiled until November 5, any speculation about what responses the considerably muscled-up tech on the craft will generate – apart from the enthusiasm voiced by droning fans following product leaks – remains the stuff of fortune tellers. Still, with reported specs of the craft describing 28x hybrid zoom capacities (4x digital, times 7x optical), that ability to get even more up close and personal with people on the ground may well raise concerns among the more militant UAV Greta Garbos of the world.
Consider developments going into the Mavic 3 from their perspective. Until now, consumer drones and even enterprise UAV have had limited digital zoom…
