 The popularity of drones has gone up a fair amount in the last year, with one of the most sought after being the DJI Phantom 2. So let's see how the newly announced Phantom 3 compares. Linus Tech Tips coverage of NAB 2015 is powered by Sennheiser, Kingston SD cards, and lenda.com. The new Phantom 3 comes in two flavors, a professional and advanced version. Starting with the professional, DJI has chosen to go with their own 4K camera for this drone. The lens on the camera is a 20mm prime with an f-stop of 2.8. DJI also mentioned to me that the lens on the Phantom 3 is rectilinear, which essentially means it will no longer have a fisheye-like distortion in the image. In video mode on the camera, the ISO ranges from 100 to 3200, and in stills mode it's 100 to 1600. The camera has the ability to shoot single shot stills, burst mode, in 3, 5, and 7 shots, auto exposure bracketing, and time lapse. On the bottom of the unit, DJI has added what they are calling vision positioning technology. This allows the Phantom 3 to fly indoors and load the ground more accurately. This lowers the chance of the Phantom 3 crashing if say the controller ran out of battery mid-flight by giving the drone the ability to land itself with the context of how high up it is. Both versions of the Phantom 3 are using a new 3-axis gimbal that is perfectly suited for the included camera. The Phantom 3 will also now be utilizing DJI's Pilot mobile app, which is the same app used with their more professional drone, the Inspire 1. Flying the Phantom 3 is still a relatively easy process using the new dedicated controller which also borrows from the Inspire 1 design. With the new controller, an operator could use a phone or tablet to monitor and control the drone from a distance of up to 2 kilometers. The Phantom 3 is very nimble in operation with the ability to suddenly drop very quickly while landing in the spot you want. The advanced is sporting a 1080p HD camera for those who do not want to deal with the workflow of 4K footage. DJI is entering the drone market aggressively with the Phantom 3. The professional version is priced at $1259 and the advanced version is priced at $999, which given the feature set is fairly competitive to the current market. One interesting thing I found with the release of the Phantom 3 is DJI's move away from actively supporting GoPro cameras. There does not seem to be a version of the Phantom 3 coming that will have GoPro support. That may change in the future, but for now DJI is pushing forward with the cameras that they have chosen to include with their drones. Thank you guys for watching and in the comments down below or on the forum, please let me know what you guys think of the DJI Phantom 3. Thank you to Sennheiser for sending us here this year, check out bit.ly slash SennheiserNAB for all their new releases. Also Kingston SD cards for all your personal and professional needs, check out bit.ly slash KingstonNAB. And lynda.com slash NAB is where you can learn to become a content creator yourself with all their great video editing and camera tutorials. Thanks again for watching and for all of our NAB 2015 content, please stay subscribed to Linus Tech Tips.