DJI Zenmuse P1 | Full-Frame Photogrammetry Payload

45MP Full-Frame Sensor

A 45-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor captures imagery with exceptional detail and dynamic range — producing orthomosaics and 3D models at resolutions that meet the deliverable standards required by US surveyors, engineers, and government clients. Interchangeable lenses (24 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm) let you dial in the ideal GSD for your project.

3 km² Coverage Per Flight

Cover up to 3 km² in a single flight — roughly 740 acres — making large-area topographic surveys, site assessments, and corridor mapping significantly more efficient than smaller-sensor payloads. More area per battery means fewer flights, less field time, and lower project costs.

Smart Oblique Capture

Smart Oblique Capture automatically rotates the gimbal to capture nadir and oblique imagery in a single pass, generating complete, highly textured 3D models of buildings, infrastructure, and complex terrain features. What previously required multiple flight passes is now handled autonomously in one mission.

Global Mechanical Shutter — 1/2000s

A global mechanical shutter with speeds up to 1/2000 second eliminates rolling shutter distortion — the motion blur artefact that degrades imagery quality from faster-flying drones. Every frame is crisp and geometrically accurate, even at high aircraft speeds over large survey areas.

TimeSync 2.0 Precision Timing

DJI's TimeSync 2.0 system synchronises camera and IMU timestamps at the microsecond level, ensuring every image is tagged with highly precise position and attitude data from the aircraft's RTK and IMU. This is what enables 3 cm horizontal accuracy without GCPs on RTK-equipped Matrice platforms.

3-Axis Stabilised Gimbal

A 3-axis stabilised gimbal isolates the camera from aircraft vibration and attitude changes throughout the flight, ensuring consistent overlap geometry and sharp imagery across the entire dataset. Combined with IP45 weather resistance, the P1 keeps performing in the variable conditions common on US survey sites.

Generate centimetre-accurate DEMs and contour data across large sites. With 3 km² per flight coverage and no-GCP RTK accuracy, the P1 dramatically reduces field time on topographic surveys for subdivision design, grading, and earthworks projects across the US.

Smart Oblique Capture produces photo-realistic 3D models of buildings, structures, and infrastructure in a single automated flight. These models feed directly into BIM workflows, as-built documentation, and heritage recording projects — at a level of detail and accuracy previously requiring manned aerial surveys.

Agricultural land, natural resource areas, and large infrastructure corridors that would take days with smaller-sensor payloads can be covered in hours with the P1's 3 km² single-flight footprint. For GIS teams and environmental consultants covering extensive US land areas, this is a game-changer.

Regular site overflights with the P1 produce high-resolution orthomosaics and 3D progress models that construction managers use to track earthworks, verify grading, and manage site logistics. Accurate volumetric data means better cut-fill reporting and less disputes on payment applications.