I have been sitting on the fence for years deciding whether to buy a
P4P or the newer
M2P. They are more within the price I would be willing to pay. The Evolve 2 certainly does look like it will be a great photography drone and will meet the expectations for many photographers - it's very tempting as I have always wanted a drone with a larger sensor with interchangeable lenses similar to my DSLRs so that I can have more flexibility in what I want to capture and capture images with more dynamic range.
Most of my drone photography is capturing landscapes or features of landscapes in all seasons, documenting ruins of abandoned places or old settlements. I do lots of panos and because I use older low end drones at the moment, I often use HDR or AEB to get better images if I can before tweaking in post. I also hike, ski, or snowshoe to most of my flight locations so any future drone I purchase has to be relatively portable and durable as well as weather resistant as I often am out in very cold conditions. One other consideration for me, is that with DJI drones there is lots of support for third party software which I use probably more often than DJIs own software particularly Dronelink, Litchi, and Hammer
One of the reasons I have probably been delaying the purchase of a better camera drone is probably the same reason I have two DSLRs - a bigger heavier full frame DSLR with more specialized higher quality lenses I use for specific purposes like astrophotography and low light, and a zoom for bird shots. I also have a small compact crop-sensor DSLR that I have an 18-400mm lens for that I take with me everywhere. With drones, I am considering an eventual upgrade to the
Mini 2 for the take anywhere drone but still haven't determined what to upgrade to for a higher end drone. One thing I do know, is that when I do upgrade, like my cameras, I do not want to be doing the upgrade thing every time a shiny new drone comes out so I want to make the right choice for me the first time.
I will be watching this thread with interest.
@Meta4 keep us updated on the Evolve 2. I would be very interested to hear your impressions/review of it if/when you get it.
Chris