OK, two things....
Sorry I didn't word that last post very well so I apologise for the confusion.
Once it's in the air, the only control I will have over the camera is its angle of tilt and the shutter-press. When I said 'manual control', I meant that I can set the aperture, shutter speed and ISO to what I want before take off - i.e. if it's a well lit day and ETTR determines I should be at 1/1000 @ f5.6 @ 100 ISO at the take off point, then that's what I'll set the camera to, because it's going to be 1/1000 @ f5.6 @ 100 ISO 200 metres away too ;-)
As to the video, with the RX100's IS system and with careful flight and post processing, I should get some excellent video. I've seen some stunning (non-gimbal) video shot from the air with that camera. And of course you can take 17 mp 16:9 stills at the same time as you're actually shooting the video - which is nice.
I don't see myself sending it rocketing up into the stratosphere or trying to break any speed and distance records. If I want to photograph or film something more than a couple of hundred metres away, I'll zoom with my feet - just like I do when I'm shooting on the ground.
Sorry I didn't word that last post very well so I apologise for the confusion.
Once it's in the air, the only control I will have over the camera is its angle of tilt and the shutter-press. When I said 'manual control', I meant that I can set the aperture, shutter speed and ISO to what I want before take off - i.e. if it's a well lit day and ETTR determines I should be at 1/1000 @ f5.6 @ 100 ISO at the take off point, then that's what I'll set the camera to, because it's going to be 1/1000 @ f5.6 @ 100 ISO 200 metres away too ;-)
As to the video, with the RX100's IS system and with careful flight and post processing, I should get some excellent video. I've seen some stunning (non-gimbal) video shot from the air with that camera. And of course you can take 17 mp 16:9 stills at the same time as you're actually shooting the video - which is nice.
I don't see myself sending it rocketing up into the stratosphere or trying to break any speed and distance records. If I want to photograph or film something more than a couple of hundred metres away, I'll zoom with my feet - just like I do when I'm shooting on the ground.