News · 4 Jun 2026 · MTW Editorial Team
The DJI Mavic 4 Pro costs £1,879 in the UK for the standard kit with the DJI RC 2 controller, and that is the number every prospective buyer should start with rather than the camera specs. DJI lists the drone on its UK store at £1,879, with the Fly More Combo at £2,459 and the 512GB Creator Combo with the RC Pro 2 controller at £3,209. It is in stock and shipping in Britain now, which is not something every DJI flagship can claim given the company’s tangled regulatory position in the United States.
- UK price: £1,879 (RC 2), £2,459 Fly More Combo, £3,209 Creator Combo with 512GB and RC Pro 2.
- Triple Hasselblad camera: 100MP 4/3 main, 48MP medium telephoto, 50MP telephoto.
- Infinity gimbal with 360 degree rotation, up to 51 minutes of flight, O4 Plus transmission.
- It weighs 1,063g, so UK flyers need both a CAA Operator ID and a Flyer ID before it leaves the ground.
What the £1,879 actually buys
The standard Mavic 4 Pro is the aircraft, one battery, the DJI RC 2 controller with a built in screen, and the basic accessories. At £1,879 it sits well above the sub £1,000 territory most enthusiasts shop in, and it is a clear step up from the folding camera drones we have covered for lighter budgets. If you are coming from handheld kit such as the DJI Osmo Mobile 8P phone gimbal or a pocket camera, the jump in both capability and cost is significant, and the Mavic is a different class of purchase entirely.
The Fly More Combo at £2,459 adds two further batteries, a charging hub and a shoulder bag, which is the configuration most serious users settle on because a single battery rarely survives a real shoot. The Creator Combo at £3,209 swaps in the RC Pro 2 controller with a brighter seven inch display, bumps internal storage from 64GB to 512GB, and unlocks H.264 ALL-I recording for editors who want lighter grading workloads. The gap between the entry kit and the Creator Combo is £1,330, so the decision is really about whether you bill for this work or fly for pleasure.
For context on where this sits in DJI’s wider lineup, the company has been busy at the lower end too. Our look at the DJI Lito X1 at £369 shows how aggressively DJI now segments the market, and the Mavic 4 Pro is unambiguously the top of that pyramid.
The Hasselblad triple camera, explained without the marketing
The headline is a 100MP main camera built on a 4/3 CMOS sensor with Hasselblad colour science, an equivalent 28mm focal length, capable of 6K video at up to 60fps and DCI 4K at up to 120fps. Sitting alongside it are two telephoto cameras: a 48MP medium telephoto on a 1/1.3 inch sensor at an equivalent 70mm, and a 50MP telephoto on a 1/1.5 inch sensor reaching an equivalent 168mm. DJI’s specification sheet confirms each of those figures.
In practice the three focal lengths matter more than the megapixel count. The 28mm wide is your establishing shot, the 70mm flatters subjects and compresses backgrounds, and the 168mm telephoto lets you stand off from wildlife, buildings or people without the drone becoming a noisy intrusion. That last point has a genuine UK angle: keeping distance from uninvolved people is part of staying inside the Open category rules, and a real 168mm reach makes lawful framing far easier than digital cropping ever did. The 100MP main sensor also gives stills shooters room to crop, which is where the resolution earns its keep rather than in everyday 6K footage.
If you want a sense of how DJI’s imaging pipeline behaves on the ground rather than in the air, our coverage of the best DJI vlogging cameras in the UK walks through the same colour and codec choices on the handheld side, and the Mavic inherits much of that thinking.
The 360 degree Infinity gimbal and why it changes framing
The structural novelty here is the gimbal. DJI has moved to a ball shaped Infinity gimbal that rotates a full 360 degrees, tilts from minus 90 to 70 degrees and pans from minus 22 to 22 degrees. The 70 degree upward tilt is the part most people will notice first, because it lets the Mavic look up at bridges, cliffs and tall buildings rather than only down or level, and the full rotation makes true vertical video a native capability instead of a crop.
For creators who post to both YouTube and vertical platforms, that single change removes a real workflow headache. You no longer shoot wide and crop to portrait in the edit, losing resolution in the process. The gimbal hardware also stabilises the heavier triple camera assembly, which is no small ask at this sensor size. Anyone who has used DJI’s dedicated stabilisers, such as the DJI RS 4 Mini for mirrorless cameras, will recognise the same obsession with keeping a horizon level while the operator moves.
Flight endurance backs the camera up. DJI quotes up to 51 minutes of flight and around 45 minutes of hover per battery, and the O4 Plus transmission system reaches up to 30km under FCC test conditions. UK and European spectrum rules cap usable range well below that figure, so treat 30km as a laboratory number rather than a British operating distance. What matters in the field is that the link stays solid at the legal visual line of sight ranges you will actually fly.
Specs and price at a glance
The table below pulls the figures that decide whether the Mavic 4 Pro suits your work, with the UK pricing for each kit alongside.
| Specification | DJI Mavic 4 Pro | MTW read |
|---|---|---|
| Main camera | 100MP 4/3 CMOS Hasselblad, 28mm equiv | Resolution for cropping, not just bragging |
| Telephoto cameras | 48MP 70mm, 50MP 168mm | The 168mm reach is the standout |
| Video | 6K up to 60fps, DCI 4K up to 120fps | Plenty for broadcast and slow motion |
| Gimbal | Infinity gimbal, 360 rotation, 70 up tilt | Native vertical, looks upward |
| Flight time | Up to 51 minutes | Real world closer to 35 to 40 |
| Weight | 1,063g | Needs Operator ID and Flyer ID |
| UK price | £1,879 / £2,459 / £3,209 | Fly More Combo is the value pick |
Drone law is the part of this purchase UK buyers most often get wrong, so it deserves its own section before any in flight footage.
UK drone law: what the 1,063g weight forces you to do
The Mavic 4 Pro weighs 1,063g, which places it firmly in the 250g and over bracket of the UK Open category. That weight has two immediate legal consequences. First, you need an Operator ID, which the Civil Aviation Authority charges at £12.34 per year and which must be displayed on the aircraft. Second, the person flying needs a Flyer ID, which is free, valid for five years, and requires passing a short online theory test. The two are separate: the Operator ID is for whoever is responsible for the drone, the Flyer ID is for whoever holds the controller.
The sub 250g versus 250g distinction is the line that separates the Mavic 4 Pro from DJI’s featherweight Mini drones. A Mini that comes in under 250g without a registration trigger sidesteps the heaviest rules, which is exactly why those models sell so well to casual flyers. At over a kilogram, the Mavic 4 Pro gets none of that leniency. It cannot be flown over uninvolved people, and in built up areas you must keep a horizontal distance from crowds and stay within the transitional and A3 limits unless you hold further qualifications.
This is where the A2 Certificate of Competency matters. The A2 CofC is an additional qualification that lets you fly certain drones closer to uninvolved people than the default rules allow. For a legacy aircraft of this weight class without a C marking, the practical effect is that the A2 CofC does not unlock close flight over people the way it does for lighter certified drones, so most Mavic 4 Pro owners will operate under the A3 subcategory, flying well away from people and built up areas. If you intend to fly commercially or near people, read the CAA guidance carefully before you buy, because the aircraft’s weight constrains where it is legal to fly more than its price does. Anyone new to all this should start with our guide to the best beginner drones in the UK to understand the rules on a cheaper aircraft first.
The official launch film below shows the kind of footage the camera system produces, and it doubles as a useful reminder of the wide open spaces this drone is happiest in.
The UK and EU versus US availability story
One of the stronger reasons to take the Mavic 4 Pro seriously in Britain is simply that you can buy it. DJI launched the aircraft on 13 May 2025 and it reached UK and European shelves promptly, while the picture in the United States has been muddier thanks to ongoing import and regulatory pressure on DJI. We have tracked that saga closely, from the FCC firmware waiver extending DJI updates to 2029 to the wider DJI FCC ban debate, and the upshot is that UK buyers currently enjoy clearer access than their American counterparts.
That said, the UK is not a regulatory free pass. The CAA framework above applies in full, and the long term question for any DJI buyer is firmware and support continuity if cross border tensions worsen. For now, a UK purchase from DJI or an established UK dealer comes with normal consumer protections and warranty cover, which is more certainty than the US market offers. If you are weighing DJI against rivals partly on this availability question, our piece on the Insta360 Luna Ultra against the DJI Osmo Pocket 4 shows how the competition is positioning itself.
Where to buy in the UK
The cleanest route is the DJI UK store itself, which lists the standard kit at £1,879, the Fly More Combo at £2,459 and the Creator Combo at £3,209, with pickup available at DJI’s London and Birmingham locations and standard UK delivery. Buying direct keeps warranty and DJI Care Refresh straightforward, and it is the path we would point most first time Mavic owners towards.
Specialist UK drone dealers are the other strong option and sometimes undercut DJI on the base aircraft. Drones Direct, Heliguy and Coptrz all stock the Mavic 4 Pro, with the standard kit appearing around the £1,819 mark at Drones Direct at the time of writing, and these retailers add value through training, A2 CofC courses and commercial advice that DJI’s own store does not. Amazon UK also carries the Fly More Combo, which suits buyers who want Prime delivery and the familiar returns process, though you should check the seller is DJI or an authorised reseller rather than a grey importer. Whichever route you take, confirm the box contents and the controller variant before paying, because the RC 2 and RC Pro 2 are not interchangeable across the kits.
Accessory budget matters too. Spare batteries, ND filters and a hard case add up quickly on a drone this size, and the Fly More Combo absorbs most of that cost more cheaply than buying piecemeal. If you are kitting out a wider creator setup, our roundup on action cameras such as the GoPro Mission 1 Pro in the UK covers the ground based companions many Mavic owners pair with the drone.
What we like and what we would watch
| What we like | What we would watch |
|---|---|
| Genuine 168mm telephoto reach for lawful framing | At 1,063g it triggers the full Operator ID and Flyer ID regime |
| 360 degree Infinity gimbal makes native vertical video real | £1,879 entry price climbs fast once you add batteries |
| UK stock and warranty while the US market stays uncertain | Long term DJI firmware and support risk if cross border tension grows |
For buyers comparing DJI’s action and drone tiers in one go, our head to head on the GoPro Mission 1 versus Mission 1 Pro is a useful sanity check on how much camera you actually need before spending Mavic money.
Our verdict
Buy the Mavic 4 Pro if you are a working creator or serious enthusiast who needs the triple Hasselblad camera, the real 168mm telephoto and the 360 degree gimbal, and the Fly More Combo at £2,459 is the configuration we would choose because a single battery is not enough for paid work. The Creator Combo only earns its £3,209 if you bill for footage and value the 512GB storage and RC Pro 2 screen. We would wait, or step down to a sub 250g Mini, if your flying is occasional and recreational, because the 1,063g weight pulls you into the full CAA Operator ID and Flyer ID regime and restricts where you can legally fly. The clearest reason to act now is UK availability and warranty cover while the US market stays uncertain. The risk that would flip our recommendation is a deterioration in DJI’s cross border position that threatens firmware and support, so factor support continuity into a purchase you expect to keep for years.
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