Mavic 2 Camera Swap

General Drone Discussion
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Has anybody heard anything more about the option that DJI had touted to have the Mavic 2 cameras swapped?

I went for the M2Z as my first drone. At the time, reviews were fairly evenly split as to which was better so since it was a few hundred £ cheaper I went for the zoom.

Not got any complaints (though I really don’t use the zoom nearly as much as I thought I would) but I suppose I do have just a bit of lens envy.

I’m increasingly intrigued how much they might be charging for the swap. I’ve seen a few videos showing how to swap them yourself and it looks very simple, so if you ended up with both I think there might be some temptation there for me.

Or they might say it’ll be £700 and I’d be cured of the lens envy :wink:

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I’ve read that it’s easy to do yourself - once you’ve sourced the other camera.
Chances are ebay might have some by now.

I believe it’s just 4 screws and a couple of ribbon cable connectors … and that would be far cheaper than getting DJI to do it … and they’d probably not send back the old camera.

Search YouTube - I know I’ve seen a video of someone doing it … and it was something I’d have done had I got either.

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Holy smoke! Search YT for “dji mavic 2 camera swap” and there’s loads!

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I would be really pissed if that happened, besides, surely (unless they stated that your old camera would not be returned) that’s theft?.
Besides you have already bought it !.
I certainly would not be returning mine under any circumstances!.
Rather do it myself and chance it.

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Remember - they don’t do any repairs in Europe - they go back to China and you get a new replacement.

So - camera change - old one goes back to China and they send you the other.

Edit: They’d call it an “upgrade” or something.

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Yeah, I’ve seen a couple of the cameras on eBay… around the £600 mark which made me stop and wonder if it’s really worth it. Also, I’d be worried that I’d be buying a fake and never know.

It’s a heck of a lot of money - more than 1/2 the cost of the M2Z. I wonder if we have any members who might have an insight as to how close that is to the price that authorised repair centres would be paying for the part?

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Hmmm - I bought a complete MP camera/gimbal for about £70.

(Actually - it was faulty (wouldn’t focus), got full refund but they didn’t want it back - merged the two into a fully working unit … for free! :+1:

ebay are pretty good - after the vendor wanting to pay a partial refund, they took a hold of the case and I had the refund within 15 minutes.)

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i’d rather save up an buy the new drone and be done with it.
In my case a M2Z !.
Best of both worlds then.

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I don’t think I’d ever get the go-ahead from my wife to spend £1400 on a drone that looked, to her eyes, identical to the one I already have :smiley:

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I never had the go ahead from “her indoors” for my M2P from the start.
If i want it, I buy it ! :sweat_smile:
“Just coming Dear!!”

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Mate… WTF?!

You NEVER reveal the actual price…

#WifeManagement101

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Not cheap - but if you wait a bit I’m sure there’ll be cheaper.

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That’s NEW - I’d consider second hand for what you want to do.

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That goes for everything by the way. Drones, iPhones, Apple Watches, 3D printers, cars, motorbikes, beer, fags, etc :blush:

You only reveal the price when purchasing something for her :wink:

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Who was it on here, who blagged to the wife he won his drone on here in a competition?

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I know which side my bread is buttered… well, I do just as soon as she tells me which side anyway. :smiley:

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If you buy a new one, you won’t have any bread !!

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… I also wouldn’t have anybody to tell me which side to butter my not-bread.

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I can’t find it now, but didn’t that thread start out with the guy asking about spare batteries for a drone, and ended up with him buying a completely different drone? :rofl:

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I seem to recall it was for a Phantom 3?, then bought a Mavic, maybe wrong on the models.

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Amen to that. “no more than your hairdresser has earned this year…”

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