Recent content by swtc

I'd heard there's to be a "OSMO Sport" detachable GoPro type setup, but haven't seen any info on specs. Then again, it's in the same rumor mill as the Late April Phantom 5 release. Interesting though, as the GoPro market is so crowded with clones and cheap competition for DJI to get into it...

BeachCamera.com - DJI Phantom 4 Advanced Quadcopter Drone w/ Hardshell Backpack + Spare Battery Bundle Has a P4A listed. Says it's 4K @ 30, 1080 @ 120.

How much do you want for your P4P? Also, I might suggest that you carry around a signed piece of paper, worded very simply, giving permission from the "targeted" person you're filming. Show that to anyone that has a problem: It's against the law to target a person for surveillance without their...

Whoever approved this week's GoPro release should be hanging their head for lack of awareness. Geez. :)

I can't deny that the value is there with the Git and the Xi, and for the majority of people just taking videos of the cat, kids BMXing, or whatever, it's money well spent/saved over the GoPro. However, every single head to head independent video I've seen on Youtube trying to say Brand X is...

The demographic thing again: if I wanted to be a skateboard / surfing / whatever videographer in a box, Karma is a detachable, waterproof camera, drone, and Osmo-like handheld gimbal all in one buy. Mavic is the better drone, but does 1/3 of what the GoPro SYSTEM offers. I was thinking about...

Funny, I was just going to post a separate but similar theme - using drones when scouting hunting areas. (And of course, I'm armed when hunting.) I need to look into different states legalities of using drones when hunting - and if not hunting but scouting / pre hunting... If I have a gun on...

Cool idea! Personally, I think newbies are the ones looking at these types of video the most, and - as one - I'd want to see "worst case scenario" FAQ training. Like "what to do when you're out of range and can't see your drone? / how to use RTH" and some handholding to reassure new pilots...

saw this on a firearms board.

A clarification question for Mal, and others that know: Are we talking about a firmware change to the P3A that will allow 2.7k? Or are we talking about a whole new update to the hardware (a new incremental upgrade to the next gen of aircraft to ship?) The reason I ask, I just received an email...

Went to DJI's trade show booth today, asked specifically if the P3A would get a firmware update to 2.7, now that the less expensive P3S has that. I wouldn't quote anyone at a trade show on a product that's barely released, but the consensus was pretty much: yes, the A model could and probably...

I'm at a trade show today where DJI is exhibiting (I'm a journalist at Outdoor Retailer). Walked right through their booth today didn't notice any literature on the S... I'll have to swing back by tonight and talk to them about it!

Probably far from farming, per se, but hog eradication is a very real need on large west Texas ranches - I've been playing with the idea of box-grid aerial searching for damaged root/plant areas to find pig-patterns so we can more effectively hunt them later (using thermal scopes and i2 optics)...

***I'm in the same boat - I am I leaning towards P2 (Non Vision) not only because I already have a GoPro Black, but because the GoPro 4 is bound to be coming end of year, which should (naturally) be better resolution/framerate, smaller, lighter, etc. Vision will not be upgradable as easily as...

https://screen.yahoo.com/dji-phanton-2- ... 3-cbs.html CNET has a review of it in action, shows new camera, gimbal. $1300 MSRP.