I've flown it with my 3 white and compared with my 4 black you do see the difference. Honestly if it wasn't for lack of go pro control with gimbal on the standard 3 would I have upgraded, yes but probably would have waited a bit, since so far I'm just doing this as a hobby making vids for fun. Since I had time before solo and now there's time before the gimbal I was able to find a brand new 4 black for cheap on rcg so I ended up with both for the same as the hero4 black would have been with tax anyway.