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the DGI spork is were my favorite pieces of technology of 2017 this little guy is an extremely durable and easy to fly entry-level drone and through software updates is going better but more importantly and now has some epic new picture capture modes aside from just giving you a six month later review I really want to touch on these new picture modes because it just makes the sport that much more of an awesome product one of the reasons I really like the DJI spark is because it's so small you can take it with you anywhere and since it's so small you can fly it indoors but it's still more than capable enough to fly outdoors even in windy conditions and it does all of this while looking like a toy which is clearly not and the best part is you can actually get it on sale right now for as low as $350 if you want to pick the dj's buck up I'll have a link at the description below and if you use the link it really helps out the channel and if you want to learn more about the DJI spark you can watch my full review any versus video against the DJI phantom 3 by tapping on the eye icon on the top right first let's go over the coolest new feature on the spark and - 360 degree images all you have to do is fly this part to where you want it and press it take the picture and then the spark will slowly do a 360-degree spend almost a convertible pictures for various pitch angles the process itself does take about a minute and a half and it does drain the battery pretty quickly but after the process is completed you just go into the DJI app and stitch all the images together and to be honest with you I was blown away at how good the image came out because I was worried since it was so windy and the spark can't move in from where it initially started the process that the image was going to be this incoherent mess but as you can see by the final result it's not and through the app you can adjust the image and zoom in on any particular point you'd like unfortunately you can't share this 360-degree image on social media and let your followers manipulate the photo however they like you can only show people how awesome your 360 degree pictures are directly from your phone but since drones are becoming increasingly more popular I imagine it's only a matter of time social media platforms will integrate such functionality but the DJI spark does have four other new picture modes that are definitely much more useful for social media lights and just overall great picture taking normally when you take a picture with the spark you're going to end up with an image with a 3x2 aspect ratio certain subjects in an image might not get captured cause of the narrow field of view but now you can take horizontal or vertical panoramas and either of these modes is great for capturing epic landscape shots or pictures of tall objects and just like the spherical images when you tad to take the picture the spark will fly in place and take multiple pictures from various angles and stitch them together but unlike the 360 degree pictures these modes take much less time they think about 15 seconds to complete now the spark also has a 180 degree panorama mode but I personally think this is the least useful of the new picture modes all it does is that it gets a little more of a wider shot than the horizontal panorama but with a lot more warping and you can't go in and readjust the image like you can with the 360 degree picture so I personally see no point of this picture mode now just like every other phone that's been released this year the DJI spark now also has a portrait mode and basically when you take a picture the spark will take two images from two perspectives and mesh them together and through the CGI app you can manually select what you want to be in focus and how much of a bokeh effect you want well let me tell you it's not as good as the iPhone 10 iPhone 8 + or pixel to excel so don't get your hopes up but hopefully it could get better through future software updates because right now the blur effect around the subject in focus isn't consistent on the edges either it misses the edges or goes over too much so those are the new features I want to talk about the spark because I honestly think it really helps make the spark that much of a better product and with these new picture mode I'm going to be more inclined to take more stills with the spark because up until now 99% of the time that I flew my drone it was a capture video and that's because the spark does a really good job of recording very smooth video through a combination of digital image stabilization through the use of its two axis gimbal system and the drone itself does a really good job of automatically compensating for wind that otherwise would ruin your shot and what the spark you can shoot up to 1080p 30 frames per second video but the biggest drawback of using this spark in general is its overall size even though the spark does a really good job of counteracting random gusts of wind if it's too windy then it's almost impossible to keep the drone stable and get good quality video that's the price you pay for using such a small drone another price you pay for using such a small drone is the battery life the spark will typically last 250 minutes of flight time and to fully charge this battery it's going to take about 80 minutes but even after six months of heavy usage the intelligent battery on the DJI spark still manages to perform just as well as when I first got it just as long as you take proper care of it but still if you plan on flying a lot with the spark I recommend you get a second battery now what I don't recommend you go out in India right away with the spark is the optional controller which usually retails for one hundred and fifty dollars and is sold separately in my opinion it's overkill given what the spark is really intended for and epic selfie machine by default you can control the spark through the DJI Go app on your phone and with your phone alone you can get a range of about 300 feet which is more than enough for a lot of people the controls are responsive and through practice you'll learn how to control the spark with a good amount of precision and be able to get some great shots if you want to get the controller so you can fly the spark out up to 1.2 miles then I recommend you just get two Matic pro or a phantom three because with the 15-minute flight time the spark has to offer you're not going to get four but I do want to give you an important heads up if you do plan on getting a DJI spark make sure your phone is able to smoothly run the DJI Go app without freezing or crashing because if not you do run the risk of losing control of your drone mid-flight it almost happened to me since my primary phone right now is an iPhone 6s plus and since we now know Apple deliberately slows down all the phones to protect its battery and almost cost me a drone because I wasn't having this problem early on the summer the app fro is and since the last input was a hard write the spark kept flying through the right until it reestablish a connection and stopped even though the spark does have a 3d sensing system on the front and a vision positioning system on its belly which admittedly have saved me from multiple crashes you're still prone to crashing into stuff from the side or if the spark is flying backwards but even if the spark does suffer from the harsh crash it does not care as long as the propellers are intact you can fly I've even flown my spark with cracked propellers multiple times when a lot of people get their first drone they're worried they're going to crash it and destroy it but that's not the case with this point it's built like a tank and that's why it's a great for a strong for anybody is bad price point it's so easy to fly it can even fly on its own through active tracking you can tap to fly or he can even just use gesture controls to fly it although gesture controls aren't always perfect I have found that it's a great way to take a quick selfie with a group of friends on the fly and then call it back and get back to whatever you were doing but still gesture controls aren't always perfect so you usually better off just flying your drone manually and plus you can probably position your shot but it's still a cool option nonetheless hands down the DJI spark is still the best entry-level drama market right now especially if you can get it on sale it's easy to fly you can take it anywhere it's super durable and it takes some great pictures and video the new panoramic picture modes on the spark allow you to capture some breathtaking images that otherwise aren't possible unless you buy some specific equipment that cost more than the spark itself if you've been thinking about getting the spark get it it's a great zone to learn how to fly with and once you've mastered it you'll be able to get some cinematic shots with it but once you've outgrown it you can upgrade to a more capable drone and rock out right out of the box but obviously for the DCI spark - I would like to see improved battery life a 3-axis gimbal system and maybe obstacle avoidance sensors to the size and to the way of the drone hey if you enjoyed the video please like and subscribe it helps out more than you realize for more product reviews and deal alerts check out Jim Carrey that net if you want us to port the channel pick up a shirt and I'll catch you next time