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Is a surprising bit of news today, Hasselblad and DJI announced today that the drone manufacturer has acquired a strategic minority stake in Hasselblad. The companies say that “The partnership will allow opportunities and new ways of combining the technical knowledge and inventive spirit of the two industry leaders in their respective fields.” Hasselblad and DJI will […]
Chinese Drone manufacturer DJI and the Swedish medium format and aerial camera company announced earlier today that they have formed a ‘corporate partnership’ after DJI acquired a strategic minority stake in Hasselblad. As DPReview points out, the reason for this move is to help DJI dominate the aerial photography market in the movie-making and surveying […]
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Adorama has the Aries Blackbird X10 quadcopter with built-in camera and 6-axis gyro for $299.95 (reg. $799) but only for a limited time. The X10 is an an all-inclusive, ready-to-fly drone and camera package. The built-in camera captures 1080/30p video and 16MP still images. The Blackbird X10 also has a failsafe mode that allows it […]
GoPro announced earlier this year that the action camera company would be releasing its own drone and now is teasing its coming with some pretty slick stabilized drone footage (above). The footage we see is from a developmental prototype of GoPro’s quadcopter and stabilization system. It’s so stable that GoPro felt the need to pre-empt questions […]
Today, the United States Department of Transportation put a task force in place to develop recommendations for a federal drone registry. The task force’s recommendations are due by November 20 and the government wants the registry in place by mid-December. Drones are expected to be a huge deal under Christmas trees this year as the price and […]
Not a week goes by without some kind of drone incident popping in our news feeds. Stories about drones interfering with commercial flights and even police and firefighting aircraft are becoming far too common. And now we can’t have nice things… NBC News is reporting that the US federal government is on the verge of […]
It’s no secret that photographers are often given a hard time by law enforcement officers, especially near sensitive buildings. Be it due to abuse of power or ignorance of the law, the presence of a photographer near a security-related building is bound to attract the attention of the local authorities, and aerial photography using drones […]
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Three days ago the Federal Aviation Administration proposed an industry-record fine of $1.9 million against an aerial photography company claiming their drone broke the law and posed a safety threat. What the FAA isn’t being as outspoken about is that on October 1, 2015 it missed a congressionally mandated deadline to set safety rules for […]
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Just three days after California Governor rejected several drone-related bills, the Los Angeles Times reports that Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation intended to protect the rich and famous from the prying eyes of the paparazzi. Bill AB 856 expands privacy protections by changing the definition of a “physical invasion of privacy” to include a drone […]
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B&H has the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ v2.0 for $679 (reg. $1159) in limited supply. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
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