Aerial Photography
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In this video, Mia McCormick reviews the latest in the Typhoon series from YUNEEC, the Q500 4K. As the name implies, this drone includes a 12MP/4K, 3D-gimbal stabilized camera. The camera also detaches, and can be mounted on the included SteadyGrip for handheld work. This flexibility makes the Q500 4K great not only for aerial footage, but shots on the ground, as well. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other
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Beginning December 21, 2015, the FAA will require all drones ("SUA" in FAA terminology) weighing between 0.55 and 55 pounds to be registered before operating outdoors. Failure to register can result in stiff penalties, which can include fines of up to $27,000 or, where criminal liability has been found, a fine of up to $250,000 and up to three years in jail. What this new requirement means for the hobbyist or consumer is that all but the smallest nano-scale quadcopters will need to be registered to be flown outdoors. A
Drones are definitely a hot-button topic and not only for photographers! Despite the controversy and legal conundrums, aerial photography is entering an incredible exciting era with the proliferation of drones. Director and photographer, Randy Slavin, founder of Yeah Drones and the New York City Drone Film Festival, provides his enthusiastic input, with product specialist Dan Campo, to a conversation about the use and misuse of drones. We talk about the legal and safety issues of flying drones, as well as the practical applications of
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The BLADE Chroma enters the market with four bundles: a basic BNF with no controller, camera, or gimbal; a 3-axis gimbal-equipped RTF model; and two with integrated, 3-axis stabilized cameras, one shooting 1080p, and the other 4K. The camera-equipped models feature the ST-10+ transmitter with built-in live video monitoring and ground station mission planning via an embedded Android device. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other
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The BLADE Chroma enters the market with four bundles: a basic BNF with no controller, camera, or gimbal; a 3-axis gimbal-equipped RTF model; and two with integrated, 3-axis stabilized cameras, one shooting 1080p, and the other 4K. The camera-equipped models feature the ST-10+ transmitter with built-in live video monitoring and ground station mission planning via an embedded Android device. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide selection of other
Initially only existing in the domain of serious hobbyists and professionals, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (or UAVs for short, also colloquially referred to as “drones”), have made a big splash in the consumer-electronics world. With a consumer base ranging from content creators to thrill-seeking individuals, UAVs now come in a strikingly wide variety of shapes, sizes, prices, and applications. While the size of the selection can almost assure that any new customer will find a UAV that will fit their needs, there is a lot that needs to be known
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What are they and who uses them? Some call them drones, some apply the label “quadcopters” as a blanket term—though they can have any number of rotors or even be planes—the FAA calls them “unmanned aerial systems” (UAS). I prefer to call them “unmanned aerial vehicles” (UAVs), a neutral term broad enough to safely include pretty much the whole gamut, from Hubsan nano drones up to commercial and military aircraft weighing hundreds of pounds and basically the size of small manned planes.
We’ve come a long way from a few years ago when nobody outside the RC model aircraft world knew what the heck a quadcopter was. Today, I think it’s fair to say most of us have some concept of a quadcopter, or drone, or UAV, or preferred nomenclature. Thanks to innovations in compact embedded computers, motion sensors, and other technologies, RC flying is no longer a niche hobby, but is available to the masses. Drones come in all shapes and sizes, of course