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3D Robotics Teases a New Easy-to-Use ‘SOLO’ Drone Coming April 13

April 9, 2015 By Eric Reagan

3D Robotics NAB 2015 Teaser

DJI just announced its big news with its fresh Phantom 3 Professional and Phantom 3 Advanced offerings, both of which feature a gimbal-mounted camera with 4K and 1080HD resolutions, respectively.

Quadcopter maker 3D Robotics has a teaser of its own for the opening day of NAB 2015. The teaser, which you can see below, features a black quadcopter with a camera mounted on a gimbal, which is rumored to be called the SOLO. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Drones Tagged With: 3D Robotics, 3DR, drones, NAB 2015, quadcopter

 

DJI Phantom 3 Unveiled with 4K Camera

April 8, 2015 By Eric Reagan

DJI Phantom 3 Professional

DJI has unveiled its new Phantom 3 quadcopter, offering two models. The Phantom 3 Professional (at $1260) comes with an attached 4K camera, while the Phantom 3 Advanced (at $1000) features a 1080/60p camera. So far, there is no Phantom 3 option available without a camera. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Drones Tagged With: 4k, DJI, drone, Phantom 3, quadcopter

Think Tank Photo Introduces Airport Helipak for Drones

December 18, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Think Tank Photo Airport Helipak

Think Tank Photo has released the Airport Helipak, which is designed to carry a DJI Phantom or similar-sized quadcopter, along with the radio transmitter, GoPro cameras and other quadcopter accessories. Additionally, the bag has a dedicated compartment for a 15″ laptop. [Read more…]

Filed Under: camera bags, Drones Tagged With: camera bag, drone, Phantom, quadcopter, think tank photo

Aries Blackbird X10 Camera Quadcopter Unveiled by Adorama

December 12, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Aries Blackbird X10

Adorama has announced its own line of quadcopters under the Aries brand. The first of the new line is the Blackbird X10, which retails for $799 as an all-inclusive, ready-to-fly drone and camera package. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Drones Tagged With: Aries, Blackbird X10, drone, quadcopter

Ghost Drone Let’s You Pilot a Phantom-sized Drone with a Smartphone

November 26, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Ghost Drone

The Ghost Drone is an upcoming quadcopter that is built around smartphone operation and control and is the subject of a fully funded IndieGoGo campaign.

It looks a lot like the DJI Phantom in size, shape and load capacity. Instead of a complicated dual stick controller, however, the Ghost Drone is controlled completely by a smartphone app. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Drones Tagged With: drones, Ghost Drone, quadcopter

Think Tank Photo Releases Airport Accelerator Phantom 2 Quadcopter Divider Kit

October 9, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Think Tank Photo Airport Accelerator Phantom 2 Quadcopter Divider Kit

Think Tank Photo’s new Airport Accelerator Phantom 2 Quadcopter Divider Kit converts their Airport Accelerator backpack into a customize quadcopter transport case.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: camera bags, Drones Tagged With: camera bag, DJI Phantom, drone, Phantom, quadcopter, think tank photo

How to Prevent Flyaways with DJI Phantom Quadcopters

July 15, 2014 By Eric Reagan

DJI Phantom

A couple of the more popular posts in recent months here on Photography Bay deal with reports and concerns about DJI Phantom users and their experience with flyaways. By “flyaway”, we are talking about when the user loses control of the DJI Phantom quadcopter and it is most often lost or heavily damaged as it heads off into an unanticipated direction. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: DJI, drone, fly away, flyaway, Phantom, quadcopter

DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Unveiled with Built-in 3-Axis Gimbal

April 7, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Phantom Vision 2 Plus

The DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ was announced at NAB this week and upgrades the previous Phantom 2 Vision with the complete package of quadcopter, camera and gimbal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: DJI, Phantom 2 Vision, quadcopter

DJI Responds to Phantom Flyaway Concerns and Safeguards in Phantom 2

January 14, 2014 By Eric Reagan

DJI Phantom

In July 2013, I posted an article detailing the numerous flyaway reports for the Phantom quadcopter that many users had experienced. It proved to be a very popular topic and users are still reporting issues and addressing possible solutions in this forum thread.

When I asked DJI about the issue via email last year, I received what seemed to be a basic troubleshooting response. Later in 2013, DJI released the Phantom 2 Vision and Phantom 2 quadcopter with additional features; however, the documentation for the Phantom 2 did not allude to any flyaway concerns relating to the original Phantom.

I attended DJI’s press conference at CES 2014, which highlighted the Phantom 2. After the press conference, DJI opened the floor for questions, at which time I presented the question from Photography Bay forum member and reader concerns regarding the original Phantom flyaways and whether the Phantom 2 takes into account any of these concerns with new safeguard to prevent flyaways. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: DJI, flyaway, Phantom, Phantom 2, quadcopter

DJI Phantom 2 Vision Adds DNG RAW Support

December 5, 2013 By Eric Reagan

DJI Phantom 2 Vision

DJI’s new Phantom 2 Vision quadcopter is getting Adobe DNG RAW file support for its built-in 14MP camera. The update should be available later in December. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: DJI, drone, Phantom, Phantom 2 Vision, quadcopter

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