Hi all. I'll be short and sweet
I am an amateur photographer who takes photos for fun (Photos By Jeff on fb, or jeffwizniak.smugmug.com if you want to see my style)
I own a Nikon D810 with various lenses. I bought a Phantom 3 advanced to see if I would enjoy drone photography.
I LOVE the photo ops available to me with a drone, and I realized when I flew the Phantom 3 a few times that I really enjoyed it. But coming from a guy who owns a Nikon D810 full frame, needless to say the P3A camera is not overly awesome. I love playing with RAW files and tweaking images, and I thought that the Inspire might give me a better shot at things.
So anyhow, I also realize something. The X5 isnt an amazing camera either. It's only 16mp, and with 12.8 stops of DR, its no full frame, or even as solid as a decent crop unit (recent sony sensors come to mind)
BUT, aside from building a full bore rig that will not have the sweet DJI integration and huge price tag and liability, this is the best I can do.
- As a photographer, would I regret spending the money?! Did you?!
- Could we see a larger sensor camera come out from DJI within a year or two?!
- Is the Inspire 1 V2.0 capable possibly of a larger sensor housing or is this the max payload as is?!
- Do you see something within a year or two changing the game?!
I can get an Inspire Pro shipped to me new in box for a FANTASTIC deal (3600 usd shipped) or 5200$ Cdn. Thats a LOT of money for a 16mp camera with wings....
Any thoughts?! Anyone regret spending the $$?!? Anyone holding out for something better?!?
The next step up is an S1000 with an A7 camera, and to get a unit like that up in the sky with a good video downlink is likely a 5 figure approach, and would require a long set up and tear down every flight....
Any advice is appreciated!
Below is a shot from my P3A
I am an amateur photographer who takes photos for fun (Photos By Jeff on fb, or jeffwizniak.smugmug.com if you want to see my style)
I own a Nikon D810 with various lenses. I bought a Phantom 3 advanced to see if I would enjoy drone photography.
I LOVE the photo ops available to me with a drone, and I realized when I flew the Phantom 3 a few times that I really enjoyed it. But coming from a guy who owns a Nikon D810 full frame, needless to say the P3A camera is not overly awesome. I love playing with RAW files and tweaking images, and I thought that the Inspire might give me a better shot at things.
So anyhow, I also realize something. The X5 isnt an amazing camera either. It's only 16mp, and with 12.8 stops of DR, its no full frame, or even as solid as a decent crop unit (recent sony sensors come to mind)
BUT, aside from building a full bore rig that will not have the sweet DJI integration and huge price tag and liability, this is the best I can do.
- As a photographer, would I regret spending the money?! Did you?!
- Could we see a larger sensor camera come out from DJI within a year or two?!
- Is the Inspire 1 V2.0 capable possibly of a larger sensor housing or is this the max payload as is?!
- Do you see something within a year or two changing the game?!
I can get an Inspire Pro shipped to me new in box for a FANTASTIC deal (3600 usd shipped) or 5200$ Cdn. Thats a LOT of money for a 16mp camera with wings....
Any thoughts?! Anyone regret spending the $$?!? Anyone holding out for something better?!?
The next step up is an S1000 with an A7 camera, and to get a unit like that up in the sky with a good video downlink is likely a 5 figure approach, and would require a long set up and tear down every flight....
Any advice is appreciated!
Below is a shot from my P3A