New DJI Drone???

ianwood · Aug 28, 2015

Rumor has it DJI has partnered with Black Magic to build a new camera for a new DJI drone. Which is great news. DJI sticks to making drones and the imaging companies do the imaging.

cheebs · Aug 28, 2015

ianwood said:
Rumor has it DJI has partnered with Black Magic to build a new camera for a new DJI drone. Which is great news. DJI sticks to making drones and the imaging companies do the imaging.

I pre-ordered the Z-cam to fly on my F550, if DJI and Black Magic come out with an advanced AP/AV system I'm probably going to bite. Love the MFT format.

Meta4 · Aug 28, 2015

ViperNuke said:
A lot of people just spent a lot of money on a P3 and if DJI releases something better or more advance for a similar price... That might upset some people....

To follow that train of thought ... should DHI have stopped at the P1 to avoid offending anyone?

That looks like a cute Inspire kitten .. no Lightbridge so it won't be taking market share from the P3.

ViperNuke · Aug 28, 2015

More rumors going around guys... I do not understand or speak any German but a quick google translation from a quote on post made by an alleged RC dealer... Something big is coming next month.... and it consist with a post made by a DJI rep on RCgroup... I really hope is not the Inspire 2 as we don't even have the long promised waypoints for the I1 yet.....

rodbuilder · Aug 28, 2015

What they should do is take the money and hire some more tech help, so we don't have to wait 1 1/2 months to make a $100 repair.

Like I told DJI yesterday - DJI needs to set up a system, like Segway, so they can tell the consumer to simply plug his drone into his computer and allow DJI to do whatever is required, REMOTELY, to calibrate, download new firmware, or slap the thing with a 2x4 if necessary, to get it up and running.

That sending emails back and forth telling us to do something we've never done before, to somethign that's never been right, just doesn't get it.

I've about had it with all the abbreviated instructions!!!

Anyone wanna a buy a nice Phantom 2 vision+ package????

Deleted member 29014 · Aug 28, 2015

vgt said:

nice pic and??

Meta4 · Aug 29, 2015

No-one is giving any details so I had to do some detective work myself.
It's not from DJI although it has borrowed a lot from their designs.
This one is only half the size of the Phantom.
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Mako79 · Aug 29, 2015

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Looks promising. 3 axis gimbal.
Folderable

Positioning system.

If half the size of P3,
If less than $400 including gimbal
If Flight time of 10-15min
If 1080p@60fps @ 30mbs
If range is about 200-500m
Might consider it practical for carry around all-dayer quad..

robinb · Aug 29, 2015

claims waypoints and POI etc.

richparry · Aug 29, 2015

vgt said:
Yeah, if they release a P3P that can accept the Zenmuse gimbal, I'll buy it in a heartbeat.

Forgive me, I must be missing something. Why on earth would you want a Zenmuse so you can put a GoPro on that you can't control, you can't switch from video to still images, you get bad lens distortion and many other disadvantages.

I don't get it, help me, why do you want a camera you can't control?

robsquad · Aug 29, 2015

and a new really expensive looking battery sitting in its back that wont be available until 2 months after the birds release

sergekouper · Aug 29, 2015

It seems to have options for 1 or 2 operators, foldable for easy transport. RC looks a bit regressive unless it is the camera RC only. Seems to me that it is the look to come for light UAV's. Could very much be the Inspire 2 IMO, unless it's a fusion between P3 and Inspire to be the next unique model to come?
I like it!

Quadcopter102 · Aug 29, 2015

ViperNuke said:
Rumor going around a few german forums is that DJI is going to release yet another drone next month.... Alot of people are going to be pissed....

Including me!

Zerone · Aug 29, 2015

The DJI/Apple project looks interesting. A 4 x 4K camera flying phone, with interactive "Angry Birds" app.

Meta4 · Aug 29, 2015

Zerone said:
The DJI/Apple project looks interesting. A 4 x 4K camera flying phone, with interactive "Angry Birds" app

DJI had nothing to do with that .. and neither did Apple.
It was a bit of Photoshop doodling by a graphic designer.
Would You Buy This Apple Drone Concept?

Meta4 · Aug 29, 2015

sergekouper said:
It seems to have options for 1 or 2 operators, ... Could very much be the Inspire 2 IMO, unless it's a fusion between P3 and Inspire to be the next unique model to come?

Hardly ... it's a toy.
Read post #29 above

Zerone · Aug 29, 2015

Meta4 said:
DJI had nothing to do with that .. and neither did Apple.
It was a bit of Photoshop doodling by a graphic designer.
Would You Buy This Apple Drone Concept?

Exactly. He is from the Netherlands and known for his practical jokes. I'm surprised you thought it was a serious post. Oh well.

sergekouper · Aug 29, 2015

Meta4 said:
Hardly ... it's a toy.
Read post #29 above

OMG! got 100% screwed on this one... Better to have a laugh and move on. Shame, it was a nice idea.

vgt · Aug 29, 2015

richparry said:
Forgive me, I must be missing something. Why on earth would you want a Zenmuse so you can put a GoPro on that you can't control, you can't switch from video to still images, you get bad lens distortion and many other disadvantages.

I don't get it, help me, why do you want a camera you can't control?

Personal preference, really. I know it's blasphemy around here, but the GoPro Hero 4 is a better camera than the P3P. The only advantage that the P3P has is the rectilinear lens, which is nice. It's quite easy to use the GoPro in a manner that doesn't produce the fisheye. Medium FOV is one, quality post-processing is another. There are literally no other disadvantages. I don't need to switch from film to photos in flight. I can either shoot in 4K, and grab full-frame stills out of Premiere, or I can just shoot on time-lapse.

So, all that being said - I like my current imaging setup, but I would like to be able to use it on the P3 with lightbridge and the DJI Go App, which is awesome.