Tiffen’s original Mavic Mini ND filters work with the DJI

While I was flying with the DJI Mini 2 for the first time, I realized that I should look into a set of ND filters for it. When I got back home, I remembered that I still had a set of Tiffen ND filters I got to review for the original DJI Mavic Mini.

I got the filters out, dusted them off, and attached them to the front of the Mini 2. From first sight, they appeared to go on perfectly. The filters use the camera’s heatsink to hook the filter and pressure it to the camera lens. Thanks to DJI for making the camera basically the same on both models, or else you would’ve had to purchase a new set of filters.

To make sure the filters don’t do anything funky to the drone or the gimbal, I took them out to test. When I turned the drone on for the first time, it worked great, the gimbal seemed fine, and the camera feed looked perfect. The second time I turned it on, the gimbal came up with a motor overload message. I re-calibrated the gimbal, and it appeared to work fine after.

Now, the filters aren’t officially supported by the Mini 2, but they appear to work just fine from my testing. I have gotten in touch with Tiffen to confirm if they can be used with the new DJI Mini 2. I will update this post once I get a response. I tested both the polarizing ND and the standard ND filters, with no drone specific issues I could see.

If you are looking to get a set of high-quality filters that work fairly well, I’d recommend the Tiffen set. It comes with three standard ND filters, ND4, ND8, and ND16, along with three polarizing ND filters with the same strengths.

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