If DJI were to release a Phantom 5 in a couple of months, with a larger lens that yields a true 20mp image, without the need for upscaling, and that results in higher dynamic range with around 1 stop, would you not feel lied to? Mislead? You had been sold a camera with a lens that is not 100% fit for its purpose, for one reason, to yield more profits to DJI.
It's a glass half full situation.
Some users are happy that DJI have made a camera that gives them photographic abilities far beyond what was possible and packages it together with a very capable drone for a very reasonable price.
To do this some compromises had to be made.
Some users can't get over the fine points of how DJI managed to fit so much camera into such a small package.
If it's really important enough to someone they have options - it's just that you'll need to spend about 5x more to get something you'll think is "better".
The lens is not fit for purpose? !!
The lens is very good and with the camera, it delivers very good images.
Every week, I'm knocked out with the quality it produces and so are my clients.
Does it make the
P4P bad? No! But is it misleading, and very irritating? Yes! I would gladly have paid $60 more, maybe even $100, for a lens that utilises 98%+ of the sensor, like in every other professional camera. Instead they gave me a good-enough one, and no choice or info about it!
Did you ever think that there might be perfectly good reasons why DJI made the camera and lens the way they did?
Do you have any idea what technical problems they had to deal with to get the camera small enough to fly with a Phantom?
Do you really think it's just a matter of $100 more to produce what you are wanting?
No other manufacturer has managed to produce anything in the same league at the P4 pro.
Outside it, your choices are crummy 12MP cameras with tiny sensors and no aperture or spend 5x as much (or a lot more) to fly a better camera.
Anyone buying a US$1500 drone for photography which is many times better than what was previously available and costs a fraction of what the next best thing does, is pretty cheeky to complain that it's not good enough.
Particularly when it is very good anyway.
I'd suggest putting a little more effort into your photography rather than finding trivial things to complain about.
Or if you really can't get what you need out of a $1500 flying camera, drop some serious cash on an M200 and hang an SLR underneath that.