I am looking for a very good infrared camera for my Inspire 1. I volunteer for our emergency animal rescue and there are many times we could have used one. Can anybody point me in the right direction? I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!!
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The Zenmuse XT seems to be the preferred unit. They are very pricey, but they are Flir camers. Flir just came out with the Flir Duo Pro R. That unit is a two camera setup. It has the visible light as well as the infrared camera. I have a setup that is nowhere near the quality of that unit, but it also has the two camera setup and I find it very useful as opposed to thermal only.
I have a Zenmuse XT and have used it on scores of projects. Although FLIR has introduced the VUE and other thermal formats they are of low resolution and not nearly as
sensitive or productive as a Zenmuse XT. I have scanned cattle heds and other farm animals at dusk and also traveled over areas known to have wildlife. After seeing the results the XT provides I would not even bother with the low res units. The Inspire 1 is the primary vehicle for it and if you can overcome the pricey cost the XT would be the way to go by a long shot.
sensitive or productive as a Zenmuse XT. I have scanned cattle heds and other farm animals at dusk and also traveled over areas known to have wildlife. After seeing the results the XT provides I would not even bother with the low res units. The Inspire 1 is the primary vehicle for it and if you can overcome the pricey cost the XT would be the way to go by a long shot.
Actually, except for the Duo (which uses the low-res Lepton sensor) all of the FLIR cameras (Vue, Vue Pro, Vue Pro R, Duo Pro R) use the same Tau 2 sensor as the XT, and come in 336 or 640 resolutions. To say that they’re not as sensitive as the XT simply isn’t true — they’r’e the same camera. The advantage to the XT is that DJI does the integration work for you. Where you could run into differences is between radiometric and non-rad versions, as the R versions have extra factory calibrations done to ensue measurement accuracy, but that won’t necessarily impact image quality. Full disclosure: I work for FLIR and have been involved in development and testing of all of these.
I am glad you posted this, I had stopped my lusting for a VUE based on earlier reviews. I have seen packages where the Vue as mounts and transmitters for significantly less than the XT. I will have to review this again.
Anyone know the best place where you can find the gimbal/camera combination for the Duo/Flir cameras?
I added a vue 336 on a 2 axis stabilized gimbal on my Inspire 1 for about 2200 bucks. You get 8 to 10 min flights if you attach the z3 camera for dual screens. Without a main camera I’m getting about 12 min flight times on a tb 48.
My gimbal is somewhat heavy duty, definitely heavier than it needs to be.
Definitely inconvenient to do compared to the plug and play xt and it’s integration into the dji go app. I used the cheapest of the flir vues, so I can’t adjust thermal settings on the fly.
I’m also using this for animal rescue, the 336 camera works great at night, but it’s hard to tell a coyote from a dog! And it doesn’t work as well during the day, but it’s definitely usable.
My gimbal is somewhat heavy duty, definitely heavier than it needs to be.
Definitely inconvenient to do compared to the plug and play xt and it’s integration into the dji go app. I used the cheapest of the flir vues, so I can’t adjust thermal settings on the fly.
I’m also using this for animal rescue, the 336 camera works great at night, but it’s hard to tell a coyote from a dog! And it doesn’t work as well during the day, but it’s definitely usable.
You think you’d be able to see hot spots leaking from a house? Like if insulation was lacking? You got any pictures?
That’s a good question, I’m still testing out color palettes and gain control settings. Haven’t tested it on structures yet. I did notice cross bases, windows and doors definitely light up pretty well on a double wide. That is one of things I’d like to try. If only i could find a structure with a known insulation problem. Not sure how much temperature difference it would take for smaller leaks to show up.
I haven’t done any recording, as of tonight I’ve worked all the bugs out. So I’ll start recording stuff. Probably tomorrow night I could have something to show.
I haven’t done any recording, as of tonight I’ve worked all the bugs out. So I’ll start recording stuff. Probably tomorrow night I could have something to show.
Cool. Thanks for the info. Ya, if you think about it shoot a couple pics of houses. I’d appreciate it.
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We have a Zenmuse XT that we have used a handful of times as a dealer demo that we are going to sell. Its a 336 and we are going to keep a 640 full radiometric XT as a demo instead (better for us to show the high end version to explain all possible features). If anyone is looking for a deal on a 336 shoot us a PM and we can chat about pricing. We have not posted this for sale anywhere else yet and we only have one.
That may be the case but there are other factors involved including ease of use, the lens involved, transmission issues, as well as the increased effectiveness provided by radiometric capability. I see a lot of thermal images offered out there but you can usually easily tell the ones taken using the Zenmuse XT because the image is always better. The other models might save a few bucks but when you are providing high quality services and charging accordingly the other units just don't compare to the XT.
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I’ve really never heard of the xt sensor being better than the 640 vue pro r. Sure, it’s really convenient and headache free. Better sensing capabilities? I doubt it. Now we have the flir boson, which is supposedly better and lighter than the vue sensor (correct me if I’m wrong). So technically, the xt is obsolete 
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