I use it biking in a few different ways. For nature and general scenery shots, or dedicated “Drone First” outings, I’ll use the bike as a vehicle to get to an area I want to fly and get footage of, that would be difficult or impossible by car. Or for “Bike First” rides where the ride is the priority, I like to explore new areas or forests or gravel roads and just want to get a few stills and video of where the journey took me to share with friends and family.
If I’m wanting to incorporate the bike in the footage or be the subject myself (for either use case above), then I’ll use it sort of like a stationary and ultra versatile tripod, in combination with another fixed camera, or my iPhone/GoPro using a Gorillapod on a tree etc, and to get additional scenery shots of the riding location. Similar to this:
I really wanted active track and see how it would be fun for riding, but where I live and ride it’s mostly large 200+ foot (60 meter) tall trees (PNW), and it seems active track doesn’t do so well with riding down in the trees. But it would still be fun for the occasional clearings, no doubt. However, I’ve been experimenting with using the quick shots which sort of works, like this:
I have no doubt I’ll end up getting a bigger more capable drone in the future, but the portability for me right now has been astounding. I’m hesitant to buy an
Air 2 right now since it’s getting long in the tooth for DJI non-pro drones which seem to be about one year, vs the
Mini 2 being a new release. I know I’d feel remorse if an
Air 3 came out a couple months after buying the
Air 2 right now. Where as if an
Air 3 is released in the next few months I could justify keeping both the
Mini 2 and getting a bigger drone for different use cases.
