Thanks for your friendly advice John. And I appreciate it with no disrespect intended too. But come on, at some point you have to be a little bold to get some great stuff! Everyone flies right over towns and cities eventually if they are wanting to get good stuff. Trees and farms get boring after a while. LOL. Totally agree that this was absolutely my fault for sure though. Def a lesson learned. I am just a hobbyist as of now btw. And money is an object for sure. I am a very serious photog that is always gonna push things to get a freaking rocking shot! So I was ready to get into the Inspire with bigger sensor anyway. Novice! I don't think that's very accuarate. Flying record?? Not sure about flying records, but I have never had a crash ever with over 250 flights on the P4. And a ton of flights with a Blade Chroma as well. But seriously thanks for the help again and can't wait to see what the new Inspire brings to the game.
I'm close to an Inspire purchase too, likely in Oct. The bigger sensor is compelling, however for the work I do with inspections and construction progress photos, the new Z3 camera is a nice tool to have, I'm hearing good things about it. 3X optical zoom would make things easier, and for $900, not too bad. I have an Inspire RC already, so here are my 3 options:
1. Inspire CRAFT ONLY for $1400 + zoom Z3 camera $900 + battery TB48 $200 =
$2500 ($500 more than Inspire with X3, RC, TB47)
2. Craft with RC, TB47 battery and X3 camera $2000 + zoom Z3 camera $900 =
$2900 Sell X3 camera ~$400, sell new Inspire RC ~$400 = $800 or
$2100 net for craft (or maybe keep the second RC, hmm)
3. Inspire Pro (craft, TB47 battery, X5 camera) $3500 + zoom Z3 camera $900 =
$4300 With this I have everything I need for a while, including my second RC for a cameraman.
This is what's been going through my mind for a few days. Decisions decisions, but it be a month till I pull the trigger.
Lets see what the
Inspire 2 brings into the "picture" next week, I'm sure we'll have more to consider.