Looking for a RTF drone (that may not exist)

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Radium_Angel

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Good afternoon,

I am a photographer (I mentioned this briefly in the Intro section) looking to add a drone to my studio. It will be 90% indoor shoots with occasional location work. I do fetish/fashion/art nude work (aka working with the female model figure)

This is what I am looking for, which may, or may not, exist:

Quad with prop guards/ducts/shrouds (sorry, not certain of the proper terminology here) so I don't hurt anyone if I get too close.
Gimballed mount for the camera (I assume they are all remotely controlled, if not, that's obviously a requirement)
High quality camera (720p min, 5MP min, ideally the more the better) with 30fps or very close to it.


Here is what I'd like to see in the drone:
some kind of follow me/object avoidance programming
removable storage (sd card or something)
15 min (or better) flight time.

Yeah, probably asking for a lot. I know there are 2,000$+ drones out there that do this, but since I'm not certain I want to spend that kind of money on a device that may not work in my workflow, I'd just assume keep it under 500$, again, if possible. None of my rules are set in stone.

I'm planning on buying a "toy" drone (something in the 200$ range) to get the feel for it and see how I might best incorporate it into my work, but that's for another thread. Currently I am simply gathering information.

Thank you for your time.
Cheers!
RA
 
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Radium_Angel

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Radium_Angel

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Gotcha. Well, there goes that idea (I liked what the mavick pro was offering)
Back to the original suggestion, the spark, can I get shrouds/bumpers/etc for it to protect the spinning blades from the models?
 
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RENOV8R

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Yes, you can. Actually there are lots of accessories available. I'd definitely go with the fly-more combo which comes with the controller, spare props and extra battery, charging station and nice carrying case
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Radium_Angel

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Thank you, that is a nice combo set.
Price isn't bad either (at least on eBay, unless you have a preferred seller for these sort of things?)
So, now, a quad that is easy to fly indoors that is an "inexpensive" toy to practice on. Any preferences? Something that wont' break the bank while I learn to fly it and invariably break it?
 
Spork

Spork

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Radium_Angel said:
Thank you, that is a nice combo set.
Price isn't bad either (at least on eBay, unless you have a preferred seller for these sort of things?)
So, now, a quad that is easy to fly indoors that is an "inexpensive" toy to practice on. Any preferences? Something that wont' break the bank while I learn to fly it and invariably break it?
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Have a look through the many other threads where people are looking for similar. Jackson and others have made a lot of suggestions and posted review/shopping links for a lot of great quads at different price points.
 
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Radium_Angel

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Spork said:
Have a look through the many other threads where people are looking for similar. Jackson and others have made a lot of suggestions and posted review/shopping links for a lot of great quads at different price points.
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Thank you kindly, I shall do so.
Cheers!
RA
 
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