Parrot Bebop camera drone

[Bamboopictures]

Anyone dare try?
Only $499
http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/skycontroller/
[video=youtube;6ZdSMAG90Rs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdSMAG90Rs[/video]

 

[Bamboopictures]

Never say never...
[video=youtube;VKd5f-lxmdg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKd5f-lxmdg[/video]

 

[JacePhoto]

The video looks good. wonder how it is being stabilised.

 

[Bamboopictures]

From what I gather from the literature, the Bebop uses only electronic stabilisation. The lens element is actually a very wide fisheye, but the footage is cropped almost 40% to eliimate any curvature. Any pan or tilt command is totally digital, so you just see more of the same image the fixed lens is capturing (propellors are in frame)
The 1080p upscaling does reveal some stair-stepping but I think for quick-cuts it's quite unnoticeable.
The battery-life is reported to be 12 minutes. The selling point of this drone is that it's so small, you probably don't need to think twice about bringing it for outdoor shoots!

 

[JacePhoto]

looks good leh. haha

 

[kohanson]

Do you know where we can pre order this? Or it will release in apple online store?

 

[Bamboopictures]

Do you know where we can pre order this? Or it will release in apple online store?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...Na9ymkhMiqt_gvA4xJiW1ldZjTl4zNtrEAaAsPh8P8HAQ

 

[JacePhoto]

With the flight extender, it becomes USD 899.

Anyway under the extra accessories, there is no mention of extra battery. Looks like it's rushing for Xmas order. Haha

 

[kohbro]

According to this seller, it ships Dec1.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.27.4mTR9i&id=42551224461&ns=1&abbucket=2#detail

Also mentioned that standard package comes with 2 batts. Extended has 3.

Looks like the drone market is getting pretty crowded.