DJI Air 3 (wide camera)
Real Sensor Data
- Brand
- DJI
- Sensor Format
- 1/1.7"
- Resolution
- 48 MP
- Pixel Pitch
- 0.93 microns
- Circle of Confusion
- 0.0062 mm
- Crop Factor
- 4.65x
- Announced
- 2023
Released in 2023, the Air 3 carries two separate cameras — a wide-angle primary camera and a genuinely useful 3x medium-telephoto camera, each with its own sensor — letting pilots switch focal lengths without the field-of-view compromise a single fixed-lens drone camera forces. This page covers the wide camera specifically.
DJI Air 3 (wide camera) sensor specs
- Sensor
- 1/1.7"
- Resolution
- 48 MP
- Pixel dimensions
- 8,000 × 6,000 px
- Aspect ratio
- 4:3
- Pixel pitch
- 0.93 µm
- Crop factor
- 4.65x
- Circle of confusion
- 0.0062 mm
1/1.7-inch sensor · DoF & Hyperfocal Calculator · Astro 500/NPF Calculator
The wide camera specifically offers a full 24mm-equivalent field of view well suited to landscape and environmental aerial shots, while the separate telephoto camera (covered on its own page) handles the tighter framing the wide lens can't reach without cropping into its resolution. A deliberate two-lens engineering solution rather than a single compromise lens covering both roles. A meaningfully more capable approach than a single compromise lens would allow.
DJI also gave the Air 3 substantially longer flight time per battery than the smaller Mini 4 Pro, a real, direct tradeoff for its larger overall size and weight.
See these numbers used live in the DoF & Hyperfocal Calculator by selecting the 1/1.7" sensor format.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the Air 3 have two separate cameras instead of one zoom lens?
Two fixed-focal-length cameras, each with its own dedicated sensor, generally produce better image quality at each specific focal length than a single small zoom lens covering the same range would on a drone's size and weight constraints — a genuine engineering tradeoff favoring image quality over the convenience of continuous zoom.