DJI announcement on May 15

Photo-Sorko · May 9, 2019

Maybe it's a 360° camera. I have to admit, I'm a bit excited.

crlmjohnson · May 9, 2019

Smalls said:
DJI is going to have to be careful with pricing if they get into the action camera like hero 7. That cameras best model sells at $350 most of the time, and they really have gotten good with THAT camera. It has tones of features, like voice commands. There are other brands of action cams right around that price range as well. Then there are the Sony action cameras and they can start around $550 up to $700, and they are supposed to be pretty great (so I’ve read). Now DJI has the newish hasselblad brand cameras it has access to. If it is a action cam ( I think it is also), it could be some great DJI technology that finds a spot in just the right price range. Hopefully it will not be to pricey so that the everyday customer can take advantage of the new product.

I used the GO Pro Black on my 3dr Solo DRone.....(5 years)....outstanding camera.

mrwagdog · May 9, 2019

An underwater drone would be all kinds of cool.

Smalls · May 9, 2019

crlmjohnson said:
I used the GO Pro Black on my 3dr Solo DRone.....(5 years)....outstanding camera.

Those GoPro guys know how to make some pretty amazing gear. I’m really interested to see what our pals at DJI are releasing on Wednesday morning

Former Member · May 9, 2019

Smalls said:
DJI is going to have to be careful with pricing if they get into the action camera like hero 7. That cameras best model sells at $350 most of the time, and they really have gotten good with THAT camera. It has tones of features, like voice commands. There are other brands of action cams right around that price range as well. Then there are the Sony action cameras and they can start around $550 up to $700, and they are supposed to be pretty great (so I’ve read). Now DJI has the newish hasselblad brand cameras it has access to. If it is a action cam ( I think it is also), it could be some great DJI technology that finds a spot in just the right price range. Hopefully it will not be to pricey so that the everyday customer can take advantage of the new product.

Thats is a very astute comment! I never even thought about that aspect of DJIs possible new cam, that would compete head to head with Gopro.

I remember when Gopro tried to compete with DJI on DJI's home ground with the Karma... they got killed! Hope the same doesnt happen to DJI.

I agree that DJI needs to be very careful with their pricing.

Former Member · May 9, 2019

Smalls said:
Those GoPro guys know how to make some pretty amazing gear. I’m really interested to see what our pals at DJI are releasing on Wednesday morning

Wouldnt it be hysterical if it was a Gopro clone!

Smalls · May 9, 2019

If it is, it will probably end up pretty good but that market seems pretty well played already. DJI have been very successful with pretty much everything it has sold. I’m sure whatever they are releasing had more thought and planning than I would ever be able to figure out. Guess that’s what will make waiting till Wednesday kinda exciting!!

AnzacJack · May 9, 2019

I don’t think a GoPro clone would have me reaching for my pocket. However if it was a camera that would work with the Osmo mobile, it might be something that would be a nice edition to the kit.
Interesting times

Former Member · May 9, 2019

Underwater os-mobile

Moozer · May 9, 2019

Photo-Sorko said:
Maybe it's a 360° camera. I have to admit, I'm a bit excited.

That's what I was about to say.

Former Member · May 9, 2019

Photo-Sorko said:
Maybe it's a 360° camera. I have to admit, I'm a bit excited.

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Sniperfritz · May 10, 2019

A plastic bag to fly at gatwick

mavicn00b · May 10, 2019

Knowing DJI their action cam will also have NFZs - No film Zones ?

Drone Master · May 10, 2019

Just found this.

davemorts · May 10, 2019

I think it will be A drone capable of landing and taking off from water. With a camera which can look underwater. Possibly an updated air with ocusync 2 and better batteries. It could be called Mavic liquid instead of Mavic air.

gnirtS · May 10, 2019

There are some underwater drones (aka ROVs) around already. Some are pretty awful in terms of build, usefullness and all are useless for imaging.

We had a guy with one of those on our boat last week:-

CHASING | GLADIUS MINI - 4K Underwater Drone

GLADIUS MINI is a powerful Underwater Drone with 4K Ultra HD video, remote controls, depth lock, 330ft max depth, up to 2-hour runtime and 5-thrusters for exploring most bodies of water.

www.chasing-innovation.com

Utterly terrible, small, couldnt handle current or surge in a bay, awful imagery, had to stay close to the boat and kept banging into coral. Looked like a Roomba but infinately less useful.

It's be SIGNIFICANTLY harder to get a decent stable underwater platform due in no part to the pressure, currents (left, right, up and down - water is very dense..) along with surge etc.
It'd need excellent gyros because unless its tethered to a buoy on the surface GPS is not going to be possible.
It would need to be tethered to the operator console to provide the data link as RF wont work and any short range stuff that will cut through water is so low bandwidth and so low ranged as to be useless.
In addition any imagery would be useless below about 10m. Even in the clearest tropical waters you wont get anything like an acceptable image without multple very bright lights or strobes.

Im going with actioncam - its a logical step as they already do gimbals and cameras.