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Drone photography, should I upgrade?
Posted on 11/22/22 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 11/22/22 at 2:57 pm
I've had my Part 107 for a little over 5 years now, and have been flying a DJI Phantom 4 Pro (V1) for work that is the same age. This is primarily used for photographing and videoing our construction projects. Are there any newer model drones out there with a superior camera and features that might be worth upgrading to?
I figured in 5 years time there would probably be some nice camera/drone improvements available, but briefly looking at some of the other DJI offerings i'm not seeing anything that jumps out at me. Am I missing something or have there not been a ton of improvements in the last 5 years?
I figured in 5 years time there would probably be some nice camera/drone improvements available, but briefly looking at some of the other DJI offerings i'm not seeing anything that jumps out at me. Am I missing something or have there not been a ton of improvements in the last 5 years?
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Posted on 11/22/22 at 3:19 pm to Mark Makers
Parrot Anafi USA
I have their old Analfi and it's been solid. Like that the camera can be panned straight up and down, and it's a pretty quiet drone, at least compared to my Spark.
I'd planned on mapping a flight path around our barn build and repeating it as construction progressed to make a seamless time lapse movie, but that didn't happen.
I have their old Analfi and it's been solid. Like that the camera can be panned straight up and down, and it's a pretty quiet drone, at least compared to my Spark.
I'd planned on mapping a flight path around our barn build and repeating it as construction progressed to make a seamless time lapse movie, but that didn't happen.
This post was edited on 11/22/22 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 11/24/22 at 5:24 am to Mark Makers
I'd be interest in knowing any alternatives to the Phantom 4 for aerial photography. I find it a great unit because of the shutter system for vertical, ortho mapping of projects at work.
Posted on 11/26/22 at 8:17 am to Mark Makers
Phantom 4 is still a top notch machine. There isn't much room to upgrade (major upgrade) from there without going all in really. I do inspections and some real estate shoots and fly an Air 2S. There are some pros to the air 2S but I dont know if it would justify dropping $1k or $1300 for the fly more combo.
Air 2S has a longer flight distance, faster flight speed, higher bitrate, better video quality, bigger sensor, built in HDR, 128mb more external memory support, etc.
Not sure if the phantom 4 offers the "Mastershots" feature or not. Pretty cool intelligent flight feature on the Air 2S.
Air 2S has a longer flight distance, faster flight speed, higher bitrate, better video quality, bigger sensor, built in HDR, 128mb more external memory support, etc.
Not sure if the phantom 4 offers the "Mastershots" feature or not. Pretty cool intelligent flight feature on the Air 2S.
This post was edited on 11/26/22 at 8:18 am
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