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New (prototype) DJI Inspire 1 drone piloting paradigm using the beta DJI SDK for Inspire 1, Phantom 3, and M100: Nod Ring / hand control for flight, GoogleVR FPV for gimbal head tracking. Integration and demo by Spark Aerial at Nod HQ. DJI Inspire 1: dji.com/product/inspire-1Nod Ring: nod.comSpark Aerial: sparkaerial.com (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Epic new DJI Inspire 1 drone piloting paradigm: Nod Ring for flight, GoogleVR FPV for gimbal head tracking. Integration by Spark Aerial.

After 1 year, I finally updated my Getting Started in Aerial Imagery guide! Spoiler: I recommend the Phantom 3 (w/extra battery!).

It’s too late!

The Science of Drones with Eric Cheng | Inquiring Minds

A couple weeks ago, I spent a morning up on Mt. Davidson with Indre Viskontas and Kishore Hari recording a podcast about drones for Inquiring Minds. Today, Mother Jones posted an article about drones and science, and included a short video of our flights from up on the small mountain in San Francisco. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBBbG5fEYD0&w=560&h=315]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiqr8xeVClE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] The DJI Phantom 3’s position hold and camera gimbal are impressive. Here’s a Phantom 3 Professional hovering, hands off, in gusting 20-knot winds. A short video of the Phantom 3 hovering (on the same day, in the same conditions), taken with an iPhone 6, is over at Instagram. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

One of the first things I did when the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ was released was go to Golden Gate Park and photograph the California Academy of Sciences from the air. The roof of the building is incredible and really screams to be photographed from low altitude. 

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpz22VRoQw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Aerial bedlam during a Flite Test event on May 21, 2015. I’m flying a DJI Phantom 3, shooting at 4K / 30p. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I met up with a friend at a park in the Marina and shot this panorama of San Francisco using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter. The wind was blowing really hard, but it was no problem: sent the thing up, took 6 pictures in Adobe DNG raw with approximately 50% overlap in each, and ...