Photoshoot and Beyond
Mitch over at Planet 5D sent me this video of a drone turned blender and shot in super slow motion at 1500fps on the Phantom Miro camera. With CES 2016 kicking off this week, it is the perfect intro to the onslaught of drone tech we are going to see the rest of the week. Aside […]
This crazy video from the World Cup in Italy shows a rather large drone crashing just behind a skier as he raced down the course. The drone is said to have been shooting video for the TV program and lost connection with the operator. What an incredible close miss on this crash! Copyright/DMCA Notice: The […]
Registration of drones-unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs is now the law of the land starting today, Monday December 21, 2015. The process couldn’t be simpler. Go to https://registermyuas.faa.gov. If you are flying a micro-drone (they usually cost less than $100.00) that weighs less than half a pound, no registration is needed. If it weighs between […]
B&H has a solid deal on the DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter 2.0 with the Zenmuse H4-3D Gimbal Kit for GoPro cameras for $489 (reg. $699) for today only. There are 6 hours left at the time of this post. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo. Copyright/DMCA Notice: The RSS entry was […]
Today, the FAA formally announced plans for the registration of small unmanned aircraft (UAS), better known as “drones”. The new laws apply to any UAS weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms) including payloads such as on-board cameras. Effective December 21st, all owners of qualifying drones are […]
December is just not a month to be a drone owner. After the US decision to register all drones above half a pound, and now Tokyo Police are initiating a task force that will be able to net drones mid-air. How? Using a bigger drone, of course. The task force was initiated after a drone carrying […]
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The time has come. Drones owners will soon have to register and mark their unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Today, months after designating a task force to address the problem of rogue drones, the FAA has announced that drone owners 13 years or older will need to register any UAVs weighing […]
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GoPro has been teasing a drone for several months. Now, we have a name – GoPro Karma. In a video released yesterday, GoPro teased the name with some of the prototype drone footage we’ve seen before and asks “what if you could fly?” The answer – “That would be magic.” GoPro is trying hard to […]
DJI just unveiled its new Zenmuse XT thermal imaging camera for your DJI Inspire 1 or Matrice 100 drones. The Zenmuse XT uses a FLIR thermal camera to generate aerial images up to 640 x 512 resolution at 30fps or 336 x 256 at 60fps with real-time video transmission over DJI’s Lightbridge technology. DJI sees […]
DJI recently released this Phantom X Concept video, which casts a bright vision on the not-so-distant future of drones. From hands-free operation to an almost voyeuristic concept of social followers. It is equal parts inspiring and scary. As we know, drones are going to be huge in the coming months and years. It’s a massive […]