david evans wrote:Hi guys
I wanted to get a drone for some indie filmmaking, but not really impressed with some of the prosumer drones footage I've seen on YouTube.
Anyone knows of a good drone for filmmaking that doesn't break the bank? Maybe a drone that could fly a micro cinema camera...
Thanks
I own 2 of the typhoon H pro drones. The CGO3 camera is actually quite good. It is all in how you use it and not falling prey to being satisfied with the camera being in the air.
The Mavic pro2 has a good quality shot but I don’t think it is as good as the CGO3 camera and the newer cameras that Yuneec is using are better than what I have. There are pros and cons with both platforms but the Yuneec would have been a much more popular drone if the owner had not messed around and got caught leaving the business to his ex wife and the attorney.
Mavic is a huge company but from what I understand, it cannot be used on military projects and or many government projects due to the way you get tracked through an insecure ap. If you do any sort of government contracting you better look into to that to see if it is still an issue. You’ll lose work if it is and you go Mavic.
Back to the typhoon... the versions I have has real sense and that sucks big time. The newer models preform much better I all ways.
I hope that helps a bit.
The reason I stayed with those two is because unless you want to put out 6,000 or more and take a chance with a very expensive camera, those are your choices. Even then, I have a guy I work with from time to time, lose his 70,000 dollar bird, with a thermal camera on it, due to a faulty software update. There was not a lot of profit for him that day! They all crash and I’d rather loose a lot less money when they do.