DJI has shared a brand new video (above) displaying off the sort of spectacular cinematic imagery that it’s doable to acquire with its not too long ago launched Flip drone.
“Soar over sweeping desert dunes with the DJI Flip, a foldable drone that turns each flight into cinematic magic,” the corporate says in a message accompanying the video.
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DJI provides: “Weighing underneath 249g, with a vibrant f1.7 aperture, twin native ISO, and superior LIDAR monitoring, this compact drone captures breathtaking 4K footage that’s as easy because the sands beneath.”
The footage definitely seems breathtaking, although in response to DJI, you’ll must tweak it in post-production to get equally dramatic outcomes. The quadcopter’s 10-bit D-Log M shade mode helps recording “as much as one billion colours and helps retain extra spotlight and shadow particulars for elevated flexibility when enhancing,” DJI says, including that even in high-contrast situations, like sunrises and sunsets, “it delivers pure shade gradations with delicate particulars for a full-spectrum visible expertise.”
Unveiled final week, DJI’s Flip quadcopter might show in style with vloggers and content material creators searching for one thing compact and fairly priced — it begins at $439 — to file their adventures, although its comparatively easy flight controls imply that people coming to drones for the primary time may also take a detailed look.
DJI’s newest drone is extra superior than the extra reasonably priced Neo, which launched final yr, however sits beneath the Mini 4 Professional by way of options and capabilities. The Flip has a most flight time of as much as 31 minutes on a single cost, a management vary of as much as 8.1 miles (13 kilometers), and may function at altitudes of as much as 9,840 toes (3,000 meters). Importantly, it’s capable of keep regular in wind speeds of as much as 10.7 meters per second (for comparability, the Neo can deal with speeds of as much as 8 meters per second), guaranteeing that these cinematic photographs aren’t ruined by distracting wobbles.
Contemplating that it wasn’t so way back that you just wanted a helicopter and an enormous price range to get aerial photographs as lovely as this, it actually is kind of astonishing how drone know-how has completely modified the sport in terms of filming from the sky.