I love my Phantom 4 Pro+. I have only the past month begun using it regularly because the weather has has not permitted much use since my purchase several months ago. I have done aerial photography as a business for many years and I think I will be able to convert much of the previous type of work I used to do to drone, besides that fact that there are more things I can do now by drone that I couldn't do from a manned aircraft, such as take aerial photos from low altitudes of smaller facilities.
Also, I can now do "mapping" which is very interesting and an entirely new opportunity. I purchased the p4p+ not understanding I would need a different controller and an ipad for mapping, but that's ok, since I prefer using the built-in screen when doing aesthetic type photos and switching to the ipad for mapping.
Where I will still use manned aircraft is in when I need to be substantially higher than 400 feet such as when photographing very large campuses. The other advantages to a manned aircraft is that if I have multiple jobs spaced far apart, it's also my taxi to get me there and I can cover much territory that way. Also, I can use my DSLR in the manned aircraft. The image quality is of course better from the DSLR, but more importantly is that lenses can be interchanged.
But one huge advantage of using a drone is that I can take my time composing the image. I had no idea that using a drone would be like having a camera on a gigantic invisible tripod. The image in the viewfinder is so stable, even when windy.
Overall, I'm very happy with the quality of the image from the Phantom 4 Pro. What I wish is that a different lens could be affixed for a more normal field of view. The view from the P4P is acceptable and not that distorting fish eye effect I had previously seen from other drones (which prevented me from considering a drone purchase), yet I wish I could take photos that were not so wide angled. One solution would be to take the photos from a greater distance and then crop the images, but that wastes pixels and those images will not have the same detail as a full frame image, though it would probably be acceptable for internet use.
Anyway...what would be another drone or system that would provide at least the same quality of image as the P4P in both wide angle and normal views and what would be the cost?
Also, I can now do "mapping" which is very interesting and an entirely new opportunity. I purchased the p4p+ not understanding I would need a different controller and an ipad for mapping, but that's ok, since I prefer using the built-in screen when doing aesthetic type photos and switching to the ipad for mapping.
Where I will still use manned aircraft is in when I need to be substantially higher than 400 feet such as when photographing very large campuses. The other advantages to a manned aircraft is that if I have multiple jobs spaced far apart, it's also my taxi to get me there and I can cover much territory that way. Also, I can use my DSLR in the manned aircraft. The image quality is of course better from the DSLR, but more importantly is that lenses can be interchanged.
But one huge advantage of using a drone is that I can take my time composing the image. I had no idea that using a drone would be like having a camera on a gigantic invisible tripod. The image in the viewfinder is so stable, even when windy.
Overall, I'm very happy with the quality of the image from the Phantom 4 Pro. What I wish is that a different lens could be affixed for a more normal field of view. The view from the P4P is acceptable and not that distorting fish eye effect I had previously seen from other drones (which prevented me from considering a drone purchase), yet I wish I could take photos that were not so wide angled. One solution would be to take the photos from a greater distance and then crop the images, but that wastes pixels and those images will not have the same detail as a full frame image, though it would probably be acceptable for internet use.
Anyway...what would be another drone or system that would provide at least the same quality of image as the P4P in both wide angle and normal views and what would be the cost?
