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A new pocket-sized consumer camera drone has launched on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, where the team behind it seeks $125k in funding. Called Selfly, this drone is dubbed a ‘smart flying phone case camera' due to its unique storage design. dpreview.com »
Over the last year, consumer drone miniaturisation has come forward in leaps and bounds. Portable options like the DJI Mavic, AirSelfie and the Hover Camera Passport allow quick and easy ways to take selfies from a distance or high angles. digitalrev.com »
Check out this creative “2D” video of an urban parkour-style runner, shot top-down using a drone. It’s like old video game views, recreated in real life. The 3.5-minute project was created over in Bulgaria by athlete and stunt artist Ilko Iliev and photographer Marin Kafedjiiski. petapixel.com »
Seattle drone operators are in the news again, and that's not a good thing. A man whose drone struck a parade-goer in 2015 has been convicted of a gross misdemeanor – which may signal what's to come for another drone operator who recently flew his drone into the Space Needle. dpreview.com »
Drone sweaters exist. We’ll give you a second to glance at your calendar and remember that it’s January, not April, before moving on … okay, welcome back to our strange reality where drone sweaters are an odd and oddly stylish reality. petapixel.com »
In case you were wondering, the answer is “Yes,” the FAA means business when it comes to drone operators violating airspace regulations. This unfortunate lesson comes at the hefty cost of $200,000 for one Chicago-based company. petapixel.com »
Seattle seems to be the epicenter of drone-related mishaps this week. Just a few days after we shared the story of a man who ran his drone into the city’s iconic space needle, another man has been convicted of reckless endangerment for knocking a woman unconscious when his drone fell out of the sky at […] petapixel.com »
A small crew setting up for a fireworks display on top of Seattle's famed Space Needle received an unexpected visitor on New Year's Eve: a drone. The vehicle came crashing onto the Needle's top platform in the afternoon of Saturday, December 31st and luckily, nobody was hurt. dpreview.com »
A drone pilot crashed his camera drone into Seattle’s iconic Space Needle on New Years Eve, and they may now be facing charges. Footage of the accident captured by the drone itself was made public this week and quickly went viral. petapixel.com »
Yesterday Lily Robotics, the company behind the waterproof subject-tracking Lily Drone, announced that it was ceasing operation after failing to secure necessary funding, despite $34m worth of pre-orders. dpreview.com »
Yesterday morning, the company behind the ‘throw-and-shoot’ Lily Drone announced that they would be shutting down despite raising $34 million in pre-sales and $15 million in private funding. petapixel.com »
The ferocious dogfights that have long threatened to crowd out the skies and the personal drone market have been temporarily quelled as another competitor drops out of the market. Unlike GoPro's Karma drone (which actually managed to get off the ground, despite having problems staying afloat), Lily Robotics never managed to get their product off the factory lines. digitalrev.com »
In the past decade, one tech company has come to dominate its field in a way that no other company has - drone maker DJI. The company isn’t headquartered in Silicon Valley, but in China, and is estimated to account for up to 60% of the global consumer drone market. digitalrev.com »
A few months back the Lily drone made waves and was touted as what could be the next wave in drone technology. A drone that you could just throw into the air, would track you and follow your movements among other things. thephoblographer.com »
When the Lily camera drone was announced in May 2015 it garnered a lot of attention for being one of the first drones capable of flying itself and tracking a user while capturing video footage for up to 20 minutes. dpreview.com »
When the Lily camera drone was announced back in May 2015, the world was so excited by the idea of an easy-to-use throw-and-shoot drone that the company raised $15 million in private funding and saw over $34 million in pre-orders. petapixel.com »
It’s only four days into 2017, and already we have a contender for the most cinematic drone footage of the year. This short clip, shot by FPV drone user Gab707, would be right at home at the beginning of a Lord of the Rings movie. petapixel.com »
Seagate is making some moves to better services the creative sector, first with their announcement earlier providing the drives in LaCie's latest rugged drives, and now with DJI working on specialized data solutions to tackle the quickly growing demands of drone pilots. thephoblographer.com »
Chinese company YI Technology, maker of the Yi Action Camera, and the YI M1, which we reviewed earlier this year, has announced the YI 4K+, an update to the company's previous YI 4K model. dpreview.com »
YI Technolgy has announced plans to unveil the YI 4K+ at CES 2017, the first action camera to capture 4K photos and videos at 60fps. The company also plans to fly the YI Erida drone, the world’s fastest tricopter, for the first time live in the US. Read more and comment » photographyblog.com »
The Mavic Pro inspired me creatively and challenged me as a photographer more than any other product this year. Even if I still stink at flying it. Photo by Dan Bracaglia I first flew the original DJI Phantom in 2013 as part of an article for Popular Science and have had drones on my mind ever since. dpreview.com »
Casey Neistat has once again captured the internet’s attention in an epic holiday trip to Lapland that sees him literally being flung around by a giant custom drone! The shoot lasted four days and required multiple cameras and crew to capture Neistat’s flightpath during the few hours of daylight they had available. digitalrev.com »
Image sharing site Dronestagram is no Instagram, with its 600 Million users, but the drone-specific social network does contain some of the best aerial photography on the Internet. And today, they revealed their 20 best drone photos of 2016. petapixel.com »
YI Technolgy has announced plans to unveil the YI 4K+ at CES 2017, the first action camera to capture 4K photos and videos at 60 frames per second.
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A groom is in hot water with his new bride, a couple of former friends, and the law after his drone smacked his friends in the face during the reception. One friend claims the drone broke her nose and orbital bone, the other says she needed 20 stitches in a gash on her head, both […] petapixel.com »
GoPro hasn’t had an easy few months; since the release of the Karma system and Hero5 cameras, the company has taken hit after hit in the media and the stock market. But today they announced something a bit more upbeat: they are now officially selling the Karma Grip stabilizer by itself. You still can’t pick […] petapixel.com »
DJI is selling refurbished Phantom 3 4K drones for $599 (Reg $999) via ebay. This is a great deal for a first time drone buyer or for anyone that wants to upgrade from the entry level drones out there. DJI Phantom 3 4K Drone $599 (Reg $999) canonrumors.com »
DroneShield has developed a safe countermeasure to those using UAVs for privacy invasion and industrial espionage. The DroneGun effectively blocks GPS and disables video recording coming from the drone by emitting a jamming signal from up to 1. digitalrev.com »
Drone defense vary greatly—we’ve seen everything from drone-specific shotgun shells to trained police eagles. But none of those have anything on DroneShield’s new DroneGun, a massive drone jamming system that would look totally at home on the set of Star Trek. petapixel.com »
In the wake of the Karma debacle, action cam experts turned drone experimenters, GoPro, are offering customers a free GoPro HERO5 Black as part of the ongoing massive recall process. Currently all customers who bought the potentially defective Karma are being urged to return their purchase as soon as possible. digitalrev.com »
Sometimes you need to get your lighting into some difficult places, but when was the last time you felt the need to mount your lights onto a drone? Well, that is exactly what photographer David Robinson did for this incredible mountain bike shoot out in Austria, when he paired an Elinchrom ELB400 with a drone. thephoblographer.com »
At the beginning of November action-cam maker GoPro announced a recall of its new Karma drone after a small number of the approximately 2500 units sold lost power during operation. GoPro stressed that even those users whose drones appeared to be operating normally should stop using them immediately. dpreview.com »
Domino’s Pizza recently partnered up with delivery startup Flirtey to fly a fresh serving of pizza to a hungry couple in New Zealand via drone shipment. The flying pizzas were carried roughly 20 miles from Auckland to Whangaparaoa by drone and reached its destination in less than 5 minutes. digitalrev.com »
GoPro today announced the recall of the approximately 2500 Karma drones purchased by consumers since 23rd October.
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I hold a private pilot certificate, as well as a remote pilot certificate; I am also a photographer. I just wanted to share with you some advice from a budding pilot who comes from the much larger world of flying that is general aviation. petapixel.com »
Drone lighting is a technique that’s taking off in the world photography. After seeing photographer Reuben Wu photos of landscapes at night that were lit using an LED-equipped drone, photographers Ryland West and Paul Heran were inspired to take the technique to a new level with a project titled Highlight. Like Wu, West and Heran […] petapixel.com »
Polish photographer Miron Bogacki mounted a Canon EOS 5D Mark III to a custom-built octocopter and flew the drone over Northern Poland in the Valley of Drw his website.
dpreview.com »Forget those dinky HD “cameras” attached to tiny quadcopter “drones,” if you want to capture really amazing aerial shots, you have to do what Polish photographer Miron Bogacki did: build your own heavy-duty octocopter and slap a high-end full-frame DSLR on that bad boy. petapixel.com »
The DJI Phantom 4 camera drone may be functional, but it’s not luxurious. Filling that void is DronesDirect. co. uk, a drone retailer offering a 24-carat gold plated Phantom 4 model — something it has dubbed the 'Rolls Royce of the drone world. dpreview.com »
DJI just released a powerful new drone camera, but it’s not meant for you or me. No, the Zenmuse Z30—which Sweden probably won’t like one bit—is meant for industrial purposes, because it boasts a crazy 30x optical zoom lens that can deliver up to 180x zoom if you add digital zoom. The camera was developed […] petapixel.com »
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has issued a ruling that classifies drone photography as surveillance, thus requiring operators of drones with cameras to obtain the appropriate license. dpreview.com »
In the wake of various privacy and security issues the devices have presented, Sweden has stepped up drone regulation in a big way, effectively banning all consumer filming with UAV’s. The only exception to the newly instated blanket ban from Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court are drone camera operators with a surveillance permit. digitalrev.com »
Drone photography has become hugely popular in the past few years and people are finding new, creative ways to utilize drones. Photographer Daniel Riley attached a 1000 LED light panel to his Freefly Alta-8 Drone and filmed the entire process. dpreview.com »
Update: This article previously stated that an Sony A7RII was mounted to a DJI Phantom 4 drone. That has been corrected. Cinematographer Bjarke Hvorslev and Kristian Kettner embarked on a 6 day trip to Iceland to film a stunning short film dedicated to the majesty of nature’s wonders. digitalrev.com »
Cinematographer Bjarke Hvorslev and Kristian Kettner embarked on a 6 day trip to Iceland to film a stunning short film dedicated to the majesty of nature’s wonders. The film was shot using a Sony A7R II mirrorless camera mounted to a Phantom DJI Phantom 4 drone. digitalrev.com »
If you’ve ever wonder how bright a 1,000W LED light bar can shine, drone pilot and filmmaker Daniel Riley can illuminate you. Ridley created the modified light bar, capable of churning out 90,000 lumens of light, by swapping out eBay LEDs with higher quality Yuji CRI LED chips instead. digitalrev.com »
Zero Zero Robotics has quietly launched the Hover Camera Passport, a portable self-flying drone designed to follow its subject and capture candid moments at arm’s length. Designed with casual consumers in mind, the tiny drone trades some functionality for ease of use so that you can grab it mid-flight without fear of losing a finger. digitalrev.com »
Reuters and Le Monde have just reported that ISIS allies in Iraq have killed two Peshmerga fighters and critically wounded two French special forces soldiers by using a commercial drone loaded with explosives. digitalrev.com »
GoPro’s founder and CEO, Nick Woodman has been on something of a press tour, talking up the new line of products the company has recently announced. These include the Hero5 Black (US$399) and the smaller Hero5 Session (US$299), both of which were released on Sunday. digitalrev.com »
PowerVision has announced the launch of global pre-orders for its PowerEye professional-grade cinematography drone. This drone features Dual Viewing for both subject matter view (SMV) and first person view (FPV) streaming at the same time, something made possible via a gimbal-mounted camera and another camera housed on the drone’s nose. dpreview.com »
