Need a Drone for Stock Footage - DJI Inspire One?

Videvo

Videvo

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Hi guys, we are looking for an aerial solution to shoot some stock footage. We will probably shoot in 4k and downscale to HD to give away. I've been looking at the DJI Inspire One, seen some amazing footage from Bloom's video and another one, but also some awful shaky, horrendous footage with terrible dynamic range.

Anyone got any thoughts?

Cheers,
 
DJI have put a new reel of Inspire footage up, with what looks like warp stabilization on, that doesn't bode well. GH4 on a Zenmuse as David suggests would be best.
 
Thanks for the replies! Yeah, after closer inspection the footage looks a bit questionable. I think GH4 is looking like the smartest option right now.
 
Ive been using a phantom 2 for about 6 months now, and I was considering the inspire. It isnt all that much more to step up to the s900, what am I missing here? Is it harder to use? No included monitoring solution?
 
Silenkiller said:
Ive been using a phantom 2 for about 6 months now, and I was considering the inspire. It isnt all that much more to step up to the s900, what am I missing here? Is it harder to use? No included monitoring solution?
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I think that is a yes on all your questions…..
Getting into something like this s900 requires more knowledge of all the bits…
I have hired a few guys that have s900's - they are a PITA….something always
seems to be going wrong…..
The Inspire One is more like take it out of the box and start recording…...
 
P13 said:
DJI have put a new reel of Inspire footage up, with what looks like warp stabilization on, that doesn't bode well. GH4 on a Zenmuse as David suggests would be best.
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do you have a link to this video with stabilization. I can't find anything that DJI put out from the Inspire that has any post production stabilization.
 
As a Phantom 2 owner, and having used the Inspire, aerial photography is definetly a full time job. Especially with DJI products. It seems as though they send out items that are ready into the world. You find yourself constantly tweaking things, and even after hundreds of flights, one day something goes wrong.

The Inspire is similar to a fulled decked out Phantom 2 with H3-3D gimbal, Hero4 and FPV set-up. The camera picture it pretty much similar. The main difference being is the ability to change Iris and Exposure settings on the Inspire, where as GoPro all you have is ISO, (which you tend to leave at 400 anyway).

The Inspire is also user friendly in its FPV setup, so you don't have to purchase all these third party accessories to put together an SD video signal that sucks.

GoPro announced they'll be releasing a Drone sometime next year. So it looks like Gimbals were the thing of 2014, and Drone for 2015.

If you've had experience flying a drone, and maintaining one etc, then the GH4 route is the best option of all three. You basically have full control over everything, which is what's needed from these drones.

Best of luck!
 
If your in the USA your likely breaking the law & run a good chance of nullifying your insurance should something go wrong.
 
ssvet said:
As a Phantom 2 owner, and having used the Inspire, aerial photography is definetly a full time job. Especially with DJI products. It seems as though they send out items that are ready into the world. You find yourself constantly tweaking things, and even after hundreds of flights, one day something goes wrong.
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If you think DJI products are fiddly, you haven't tried pretty much anything else...

I've found DJI stuff to be some of the most user-friendly in the market. They're still complex (I fly an S900 myself), but they're pretty well engineered. My previous was an Arris M680 and that thing needed almost constant fiddling to stay in the air. The S900 is a dream comparatively.

That said, I think you should probably know a LOT about how it works and how to fix it before you put a 14-lb. UAS into the air... so being somewhat fiddly isn't necessarily a bad thing IMO.
 
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback and opinions. We've had a think and are going to opt for the Inspire One dual operator set up for now, and move into something larger when we feel it's right. We will post loads of test and real world footage and will likely do a review video for it.
 
I really like the inspire as a no messing fly and forget drone, I still have my Gaui 300 now tahts a handful to fly, the thing tried to kill me a few times.

I like the way the Inspires was designed for stability, modifying its C of G in flight and vectoring some of its life thrust sideways (props not level) to maintain stability. I'm waiting to see 3rd party add ons apparently a company has already interfaced a GoPro and a Sony RX100 with the control electronics, just waiting to see some new gimbals for these cameras.
 
Sounds cool. I think if aerials were going to be a huge part of our business we'd get the s900 and spend time learning the ins and outs. It isn't, so the inspire is very suited to us I reckon!
 
I'd have waited for some independent reviews, the footage that has been posted by professionals using the Inspire has shown jello and vibration, the delay for shipping has been attributed to trying to fix this. Not to mention DJI do not have a good firmware record, so it could be very costly to be an early adopter.
 
David Saraceno said:
do you have a link to this video with stabilization. I can't find anything that DJI put out from the Inspire that has any post production stabilization.
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I think it was just bad vibration rather than a post stabilization having gone wrong with a second look, but look at the vibration in the foreground at approx 0:54

 
P13 said:
I'd have waited for some independent reviews, the footage that has been posted by professionals using the Inspire has shown jello and vibration, the delay for shipping has been attributed to trying to fix this. Not to mention DJI do not have a good firmware record, so it could be very costly to be an early adopter.
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The delay in shipping, I've read, is attributable to adding a camera hood to the system.

I've not read any posts at regroups or elsewhere that attributes the delay to fixing jello and vibration other than immediately after lifting when the landing gear is being retracted.

Do you have a link that indicates the delay is due to vibration and jello?
 
I'll find a link, it's rumour from a U.S. dealer if memory serves... I saw DJI themselves on RC Groups mentioned adding a lens hood like you've mentioned.
 
This was the post David from an Inspire group: http://www.inspirepilots.com/threads/inspire-1-dji-has-a-major-issue.104/ the mention here is to "camera shake" which I take to mean jello.

It's impossible to tell how credible the post is, however, a post from the DJI forums mentions problems (plural):
http://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2563

People that have flown the Inspire first blamed the rubber balls that came with the camera as being too soft, now there's people on forums saying it's only in transformation, which I don't buy as some of the shots with jello are clearly in flight, having said that DJI in holding back the Inspire are clearly doing some remedial work so the final version received by customers may well be fine.
 
The Inspire looks pretty good, but the camera and the recording format not.
I buy one, the day, they offer one with a gimbal (with video downlink) for the BM Pocket.
 
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