Los Angeles, CA—Yes! As most
of my visitors know I’m pumped up and over the top about camera drones as a
photographer and filmmaker. I already
own two of them. My current flagship is
the DJI Phantom 2, which uses a GoPro camera.
Today, worldwide there are
more than a million multi-rotor camera drones in civilian hands. They well outnumber conventional helicopters. They have a perfect safety record of no
reported deaths or remarkable injuries.
To date there are still no known collisions between a camera drone and
any conventional aircraft.
Like all of the DJI drones
the new Inspire 1 model they unveiled yesterday is relatively easy to fly.
If you have or acquire photography and video editing skills you have the
time of your life capturing images. I find
flying these multi-rotor copters incredibly exciting, addicting and empowering!
Now there is a new must have
camera drone in the skies as I speak.
It’s the DJI Inspire that has taken the industry by storm.
The sleek looking Inspire can
go easily travel at 45 mph and has already been clocked by one user at 60
mph. Because of special built in
navigation cameras it can fly safely indoors like in convention halls and
churches where GPS signals are interrupted.
The fail-safe, return home
feature now sends the drone to the radio controller radio instead of take off
point. That so you can operate this from
a moving vehicle or boat.
Previously the DJI drones would only land at the spot where it took off. This means operating the Inspire from boats and motor vehicles can be accomplished with out fear of losing the drone in the drink!
Previously the DJI drones would only land at the spot where it took off. This means operating the Inspire from boats and motor vehicles can be accomplished with out fear of losing the drone in the drink!
The Inspire boasts a better
camera that shoots in 4K. The Inspire
uses the DJI Lightbridge technology sending back startling real time HD video
for nearly a mile. The Inspire works with common TV screens, IPads and
monitors.
The telemetry display gives
distance, altitude along with precise battery usage information.
It has a better camera 4k and
you can use two controllers and pilots.
One pilot operating the drone while the other operates the camera for
much better control of the shots. This is made by the same company as my
Phantom 2 and was released yesterday.
I must have an Inspire for my
own camera drone air force and I hope to somehow get one to use from DJI for
demonstration purposes soon.
The cost is just under $3K
with a second controller at an additional $600.00.
There can only one word for
the new Inspire, WOW!
Sit back and watch the three
videos. Most of the aerial shots were
done in and near beautiful Frankfurt, Germany.
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