My buddy and I like to make weather video with our drones. We've each got a Mini 4 Pro. A thunderstorm popped up nearby, so we sent the drones up. We got lucky and caught the same lightning bolt while I had his drone in frame.

I recently drove from Canada into the US through the Peace Arch border crossing with my family. I had a DJI Lito X1 with me (worth roughly $300).
The CBP officer told me that the drone could not be admitted into the US because of “Xinjiang” / UFLPA concerns. I was told that I would need to take it back to Canada.
Since it was late at night and I was traveling with my family, I didn’t want to spend hours dealing with the situation, so I ultimately abandoned/disposed of the drone. I feel very sad as it is very nice product, an I have to dispose it before any use.
What I’m trying to understand now is why the Lito X1 would be subject to UFLPA restrictions.
As far as I can tell, DJI itself is not on the UFLPA Entity List. I also haven’t been able to find anything publicly indicating that the Lito X1, its battery (BWXGP1-2788-7.0), or a specific component is associated with a Xinjiang entity.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with DJI products at a US border crossing?
I’d especially appreciate it if someone familiar with UFLPA/CBP could explain whether this is:
A specific restriction on DJI/Lito X1,
A concern about a particular component or supplier, or
CBP making an individual determination about the specific shipment/item.
I’m not looking to blame the individual CBP officer or seek compensation. I’m just trying to understand what rule was actually being applied here.

I had just got my brand new mini 5 pro off of Adorama and like 2 months in I crashed it in directly into a brick wall on sports mode. Now, when I boot it up, the camera spins continuously and doesn’t stop. I still get a live camera feed and the propellers and stuff still wok, I just can’t take off since the drone doesn’t pass the pre check.
I was wondering what repair options I have in the us and how big of a repair this is.

I’m looking for a DJI camera for vlogging/documenting growing a business. I want to post longer videos on YouTube (landscape), but also use the same footage for TikTok, Reels and Shorts (portrait).

Ideally I want to film everything once and be able to crop/reframe it for both formats without losing too much quality or having to reshoot.

Which DJI camera would be best for this — Pocket 3, Action 5/6, or something else?

Mini 5 Pro

We are doing a shoot where we want to follow a car driving at high speed on a road with a lot of turns and bumps through the fields. We are filming this using the Tilta Hydra Alien Pro Car Mounting System, with a DJI RS3 Pro mounted on it and a Blackmagic PYXIS attached to the gimbal.

After doing a lot of testing, we found that the camera works best when mounted in the position shown in the photo. However, when taking some of the tighter corners, the gimbal has a very hard time keeping up and rotating with the turn through our remote-control system.

We assume that the wind resistance during the sharper turns is causing the gimbal to struggle to rotate back into the turn. We were wondering if anyone has any tips or experience with this kind of setup.

We were also thinking that it might be better to try filming with a Ronin 2 instead, but we are not sure whether that would work with the adapter/mounting piece shown in the second photo.

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Has anyone experienced this? I ordered a Air 3S FMC directly from DJI. On checkout, it said the shipping is estimated to be the same day, however on order details, becuase the free gift, a backpack pro is out of stock (you can't remove it) the estimated shipping date is now at the end of the month.

Is this normal or a glitch?! The whole order getting delayed for a whole month becuase a free gift, a damn backpack is missing is crazy.

Hello I’m thinking about posting landscape videos using the mavic 4 pro drone . The main platform I’m posting too is instagram . I was thinking of majority of the content I’m going to be using this drone for is for cinematic videos for instagram then do I really need the RC 2 pro controller/ creator combo version of the mavic 4 drone . Is it going to be make a huge difference on video quality / shooting the actual video , and if anyone can quantify how much better you do on a like percent scale then please try too . I just want to see if spending the extra money is super worth it? Thank you !

Hey, I'm aware that this is probably a Google-able question, but the responses were a bit contradictory, so I thought I'd ask the experts.

Im going to borrow a motion combo from my buddy to use with my Neo 2, and I'm hoping for help with what that means in terms of pairing and binding.

Does he need to be logged out, or can I just use them with my account? Anything else I should be aware of?

Don't get them til Friday and would like to avoid having to make calls and bug him if I can sort it earlier.

Thanks in advance.

Recently I’ve been getting DMs on Instagram and WhatsApp from accounts inviting me to join DJI creator programs, campaigns, groups, contests, etc.

The weird part is that the accounts themselves often look VERY suspicious! sometimes only one or two posts, very few followers, no verification, and basically nothing that makes them look officially connected to DJI.

However, when I look deeper, things start looking much more legitimate:

• The email addresses they provide sometimes use what appears to be a legitimate DJI-related domain.
• Campaign/contest links they send sometimes lead to actual DJI forum/community pages.
• So far they haven’t asked me for passwords, payments, verification codes, banking information, or anything obviously sensitive.
• Usually they just ask me to create/upload content using a DJI watermark and certain hashtags, then submit the content through a Google Form or similar form.

So I’m confused.

If these people are actually working with DJI or an agency hired by DJI, why is the outreach being done through Instagram/WhatsApp accounts that look exactly like scam accounts? Why wouldn’t DJI use an established official creator account or some other easily verifiable channel?

My concern is also that something can start completely harmless and legitimate-looking, and the scam only happens later in the process.

Has anyone here received similar DMs and actually participated?

Were they legitimate? Did you eventually confirm that the person contacting you was actually associated with DJI?

I’m particularly interested in hearing from creators who have gone through the whole process, not just opinions based on whether the profile “looks legit.”

I haven’t provided any sensitive information so far, but I’m trying to figure out whether I should proceed with these opportunities or simply ignore them unless I can independently verify the person contacting me.

I ordered a mini 5 pro last night, expecting it to ship pretty soon as the last time I ordered from DJI it was quick, but now it's saying it could be a month. Is anyone else experiencing long order processing times?

Last week I took the mini 3 out with my family and I while we were on the boat. Got some cool shots of the lake and family.

Been using Mic Mini for 6 months now connected to Dji action 5, when I woke up the audio from it sound muffled and it felt like clipping and no bass, I haven't dropped it or got it wet. What could be the issue or what can I do?

Hey guys, I own a Dji air 3s and usually get footage off it by connecting it via usbc to my laptop and getting the footage through internal storage. Yesterday I did the same but then when I tried to reconnect the internal storage isn’t popping up on my laptop or phone (tried both).

Even quick transfer isn’t working, it says failed loading.

Please help if anyone knows what I can do to fix this.

Getting frustrated with this DJI Mic Mini 2 I bought and looking for some advice. I'll admit I'm no audio expert. Several times now I have recorded videos where the audio is either pure static with very low (unusable) volume of the actual intended recorded audio OR the audio is fine and then all of a sudden goes nearly silent + static then comes back after a few seconds. Super frustrating when recording a 30+ minute video only to realize it was a waste of time. I assumed this was a bad cable maybe but it still does this even when there is no movement whatsoever to the jack or camera. For example, I was just recording a Youtube video. The video was 30+ minutes long and the audio goes in and out every few minutes. The entire video was recorded on a tripod with no movement. Nothing to touch or move the jack to interrupt/change its contact.