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A drone operator’s attempt to capture stunning aerial shots of the Download rock festival from above has led to a substantial fine of nearly £1,500 ($1890).
Daniel Cesare, found himself in hot water after flying his drone near Donington Park, Leicestershire, where the festival took place. This location is adjacent to East Midlands Airport, within the designated “flight restriction zone.”
Zero Zero is the company that brought us the Hover Camera way back in 2016. Well, they’re now they’re back with the new HoverAir X1 (buy here). It’s a selfie drone that lets you get footage of yourself without a drone operator.
The HoverAir X1 is not like your regular drone, though. It’s designed purely for filming yourself. The flying equivalent of a smartphone camera. It will follow you, orbit around you, or do one of several other moves to spice up your holiday videos and vlogs.
DJI has posted an announcement to its forums after a number of users have reported downloading fake apps from the Google Play Store. The apps are said to present both potential security risks and scams that take your money.
According to one report, a user downloaded a fake DJI Fly app from the Google Play Store where he was to be charged $40 after a free “3-day trial”. Fortunately, Google refunded, but the risks are still out there for others.
DJI has announced the DJI Air 3 drone (buy here). The successor to the popular DJI Air 2S (buy here), the Air 3 sports dual cameras – hence all their marketing – including a wide-angle and a 3x telephoto.
The new drone also sees the addition of waypoints. This lets you plan and automate your drone flights or repeat movements. It also gets a whopping 46-minute battery life and is the first in the series to get omnidirectional obstacle sensing.
DJI has posted a teaser for an upcoming new product launch. The launch is set for July 25th, and nothing has been posted so far except for a short video, an image and the slogan “Double Up”. Could it be the DJI Air 3?
There have been a lot of rumours lately about a new drone, presumed to be the DJI Air 3. So, many are expecting this to be the announcement next week. Double up might refer to DJI adding a second camera to the new drone.
It looks like the time of the DJI Phantom is almost at its conclusion. DJI has officially ended support for the DJI Phantom 4 as of July 15th and the DJI Phantom 4 Pro Obsidian Edition from July 1st.
DJI ended support for the Phantom 2 and Phantom 3 4K drones in September 30th, 2022. With support for the two Phantom 4 models being over, this leaves only the DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2 (buy here) on DJI’s official lineup, although most retailers show it as being out of stock.
Last week, DJI introduced a new v1.10.4 update for the DJI Fly smartphone app for use with its drones. Its release brought a more realistic, human-style voice for various alerts and notifications. While it also fixed and optimised various other little things, this was the big change in the app. This is why we didn’t cover the release here on DIYP, because who cares about a voice change, right?
Well, it seems that the v1.10.4 update also brought about a big issue for drone users in the EU. DJI typically allows users to change their maximum altitude from 50m to 500m. This allows them to adjust their height limit based on elevations in terrain as they fly. The recent app update, however, limited their maximum altitude to 120 metres (~400ft) above the takeoff point.
There are times when YouTube presents us with something so insane and cool that we not only go, “Wow!” but also, “How has it taken this long for somebody to do this?”. This is one such video. The creation of Australian film photographer Jason De Freitas – whom we’ve featured here on DIYP before – this is an FPV drone with a Super 8 film camera strapped to the top of it.
Making the two things work together involved a little CAD and 3D printing to create a mount and a servo to trigger the record button. It also meant using actual movie film, developing and scanning it – which is not cheap. But the results are so worth it.
DJI recently announced the new DJI Inspire 3 drone (buy here). While we are at NAB 2023, we couldn’t pass the chance to see it in person and find out more about it. So, we spoke with Creative Director and senior product manager for DJI Europe, Ferdinand Wolf on the DJI booth to find out more about it.
Although the Inspire 3 looks a lot like its predecessors in general design, it definitely has some differences, and DJI says that a lot of things have changed under the hood. For a start, it shoots 8K video with a full-frame sensor. That’s something the Inspire series never did before. Also, it transforms its shape in the air to give you better camera clearance.
DJI has now officially announced the new DJI Inspire 3 drone (reserve here). Offering several advantages over the DJI Inspire 2 (buy here), such as full-frame 8K video recording, 4K 120fps with no crop, increased flight time and longer range, DJI’s latest professional aerial platform also comes with a significantly increased price tag, too. Priced at $16,499, this is certainly not your average drone.
The company says it “sets a new standard in cinematic-grade aerial filming systems with the new all-in-one DJI Inspire 3”. And looking at the specs on paper, it might do just that. While other drones, such as the XDynamics Evolve 2 (buy here), had mostly caught up and potentially even beaten the Inspire 2 in some areas, the Inspire 3 looks like it’s set to take back the crown.
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe
Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.
John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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