Taken on 8/29 with a Mini Pro 4

I recently drove from Canada into the US through the Peace Arch border crossing with my family. I had a DJI Lito X1 with me (worth roughly $300).
The CBP officer told me that the drone could not be admitted into the US because of “Xinjiang” / UFLPA concerns. I was told that I would need to take it back to Canada.
Since it was late at night and I was traveling with my family, I didn’t want to spend hours dealing with the situation, so I ultimately abandoned/disposed of the drone. I feel very sad as it is very nice product, an I have to dispose it before any use.
What I’m trying to understand now is why the Lito X1 would be subject to UFLPA restrictions.
As far as I can tell, DJI itself is not on the UFLPA Entity List. I also haven’t been able to find anything publicly indicating that the Lito X1, its battery (BWXGP1-2788-7.0), or a specific component is associated with a Xinjiang entity.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with DJI products at a US border crossing?
I’d especially appreciate it if someone familiar with UFLPA/CBP could explain whether this is:
A specific restriction on DJI/Lito X1,
A concern about a particular component or supplier, or
CBP making an individual determination about the specific shipment/item.
I’m not looking to blame the individual CBP officer or seek compensation. I’m just trying to understand what rule was actually being applied here.

My buddy and I like to make weather video with our drones. We've each got a Mini 4 Pro. A thunderstorm popped up nearby, so we sent the drones up. We got lucky and caught the same lightning bolt while I had his drone in frame.

Yeah no warranty for us I know but I have one on its way! Gonna make filming so much more fun. And an upgrade from the pocket 3. My buddy who I make films with is getting mg Pocket 3. So itl be good to have 3 dji cameras. One pocket 3, one pocket 4p and a mini 4 drone. Ahhh color grading ect and continuity when it comes to footage will be great.

Sucks the us decided no but eh it is what it is. Im getting one :)

Any other items besides ND Filters I should look into investing into thia camera?

Hey guys, I've been in Taiwan visiting family for the past 4 months since the beginning of May and I brought my DJI flip with me. Since I've left the whole issue with the government banning DJI drones sales in the US and potentially even previously sold models as well. I'm flying back to the states on Saturday and I am wondering if it will be safe for me to bring my Flip back with me or are they going to force me to throw it away at customs?

Hi everyone…. Which DJI Drone for running content? And show me some footage if you have. Thanks

I bought a Flywoo Nano baby BNF-DJI. I thought it was elrs, but couldn’t get it to bind either via WiFi or the usual. So then I noticed that maybe I mistakenly bought the DJI platform and got a DJI RC 3. I got the screen with the RC info, but can’t get the controller to work. How do I do this? Help!

I found an old thread on here about DJI doing a firmware upgrade and that causing the 5g modules on the mini 2 se drones to overheat?

Just wondering if DJI have acknowledged this happened?
To cut a long story short, my eldest son bought the drone and stopped using it for many months, he passed it onto his younger brother and after doing the firmware updates, it started dropping connections on dual band. Switching to 2.4g signal each time resolves it. His brother never had this issue before the firmware.
I am wondering if it worth logging it with DJI, it’s out of warranty.

Hi. I just bought a DJI mobile receiver to accompany a Mic Mini 2 and, even though I didn't buy it for this reason, I figured I could also use it with my Insta360 X3. I do use the Mic Mini 2 with the X3 via Bluetooth to cut down on wind noise while I'm skating, but wondered about plugging the mobile receiver into the X3 to get full quality audio. Does anyone know how obviously it appears in videos with X3 cameras? And if the jump in audio quality is worth it?

Cheers.

Just got the mini 3 and trying to charge the RC controller. I plug it into the wall and nothing happens and it doesnt charge. With the red light I can’t move the joysticks. Why isn’t the controller charging?

I’m recording some video materials. I need to record one person speaking, and my budget is fairly limited.

I’m considering using an iPhone 16 + DJI Mic Mini 2. The recording will be done in a relatively quiet room, although it faces a street and there can occasionally be some wind/traffic noise.

I did a first test using only the iPhone’s built-in microphone, with the phone about 0.5 m from the speaker. The result wasn’t great — the background noise was quite noticeable and the speaker’s voice was relatively quiet. I tried to fix it in Premiere Pro, but the voice started to sound unnatural, especially after changing the speech speed.

So I’d like to ask:

• Is iPhone 16 + DJI Mic Mini 2 a reasonable setup for this?
• Should I place the microphone much closer to the speaker?
• Would you recommend any other budget-friendly setup?

The video quality doesn’t need to be professional — I mainly need clear, natural-sounding speech, including after changing the playback speed.

I’ve heard that the iPhone 16 Camera app doesn’t work with the DJI Mic Mini 2. Is this true? If you’re using this setup, how do you get it to record the mic audio?

Thanks!

We are doing a shoot where we want to follow a car driving at high speed on a road with a lot of turns and bumps through the fields. We are filming this using the Tilta Hydra Alien Pro Car Mounting System, with a DJI RS3 Pro mounted on it and a Blackmagic PYXIS attached to the gimbal.

After doing a lot of testing, we found that the camera works best when mounted in the position shown in the photo. However, when taking some of the tighter corners, the gimbal has a very hard time keeping up and rotating with the turn through our remote-control system.

We assume that the wind resistance during the sharper turns is causing the gimbal to struggle to rotate back into the turn. We were wondering if anyone has any tips or experience with this kind of setup.

We were also thinking that it might be better to try filming with a Ronin 2 instead, but we are not sure whether that would work with the adapter/mounting piece shown in the second photo.

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

I'm looking to order a Mavic 4 Pro fly more combo. I know there is a rule in this subreddit against buying and selling. Those of you that have ordered on eBay, can you recommend if it's better off to order one that's in the US or one that needs to be imported?

TIA

Went to a local pawn shop and they had listed to $200, somehow I managed to get him down to $100. Was this a good deal? Any of you guys that have/had one any tips and tricks? I’ve been on YouTube and watching plenty of videos but want more of user input. Sometimes I feel like the YouTube guys aren’t too honest about it. I’ve bought a handle and portrait mount (I know lens sag but mainly shoot portrait.) came with a tons of extras like the raven eye, quick release, cables galore, focus ring. I feel like I gotta pretty deal😅😅

It’s definitely overkill on my camera since I do have a canon r50v with a sigma 30mm 1.4 art lens on it. Mainly wanting to shoot primes for the moment, looking at getting a 16mm here soon.

Any input would be great, thank you!

Is this worth buying used or is less risky buying brand new?

I’m looking for a DJI camera for vlogging/documenting growing a business. I want to post longer videos on YouTube (landscape), but also use the same footage for TikTok, Reels and Shorts (portrait).

Ideally I want to film everything once and be able to crop/reframe it for both formats without losing too much quality or having to reshoot.

Which DJI camera would be best for this — Pocket 3, Action 5/6, or something else?

Mini 5 Pro