I saw references to its own forum but I don't see anything.
In any event, they seemed to have spent money on the sensing, as opposed to the camera sensor:
photofocus.com
It seems like Skydio 2 is more for people who want to film themselves while Mavic 2 uses what is presumably better imaging sensor for landscapes.
Then again, the marketing for Mvic Mini seems to be appealing to people ho want to film themselves, an extension of the selfie.
With so much more imaging data to process, one would expect the Skydio 2 has more processing power than the Mavics. If that is the case, another way Skydio could differentiate itself would be to use computational photography. Do they have the engineering resources though? If the obstacle avoidance and autonomous flying capabilities are as good as advertised, it would seem they do. But it may take imaging engineers who are up on the state of the art to try to do what Google and Apple, among other phone companies, have pulled off with the tiny sensors in mobile devices.
Skydio touts, 13 stops of dynamic range with the HDR photos and videos from their 1/2/3" 12.3 Mp Sony IMX577.
Primary thrust is the autonomous flying but of course consumers are going to want to end up with great media.
It would be good to see this company sustain competition in the market. But who knows whether they can sell and deliver enough product in volume to fund continued development.
In any event, they seemed to have spent money on the sensing, as opposed to the camera sensor:
Skydio 2: Why this drone is important | Photofocus
As most of you know, DJI pretty much dominates the drone market. Forbes stated earlier this year that “DJI has soared to take two-thirds of the drone market globally.” If the Skydio 2 is really capable of what they claim, and the videos showing those capabilities look to support that, we may...
photofocus.com
It seems like Skydio 2 is more for people who want to film themselves while Mavic 2 uses what is presumably better imaging sensor for landscapes.
Then again, the marketing for Mvic Mini seems to be appealing to people ho want to film themselves, an extension of the selfie.
With so much more imaging data to process, one would expect the Skydio 2 has more processing power than the Mavics. If that is the case, another way Skydio could differentiate itself would be to use computational photography. Do they have the engineering resources though? If the obstacle avoidance and autonomous flying capabilities are as good as advertised, it would seem they do. But it may take imaging engineers who are up on the state of the art to try to do what Google and Apple, among other phone companies, have pulled off with the tiny sensors in mobile devices.
Skydio touts, 13 stops of dynamic range with the HDR photos and videos from their 1/2/3" 12.3 Mp Sony IMX577.
Primary thrust is the autonomous flying but of course consumers are going to want to end up with great media.
It would be good to see this company sustain competition in the market. But who knows whether they can sell and deliver enough product in volume to fund continued development.
