Hello everyone I appreciate anyone taking the time to help me. I have flown quadcopters in the past and I'm looking to buy something past a toy drone. The main job of this new drone will be to shoot pictures of me hunting and I would also like to take it to the beach or the river and do fpv and just take general pictures and videos. I have researched a couple and I don't want to really break the bank because I won't use it on a regular basis. I did research the hs720e and the ruko f11 4K Pro. I am seeking opinions on which would do the best job as far as shooting pictures and video I think one of them has a gimbal if I'm correct. I really am not looking to spend more than $350. Thank you in advance.
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wafflejock
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Both of these look like decent products IMO and fair for the price just figured throw another thing out there the DJI Mavic Mini they just came out with the mini 2 so can get the original one on ebay for a bit of a deal if you shop around and are willing to spend the time bidding etc. (also maybe worth checking craigslist for locals looking to upgrade their gear and get rid of some used but still good stuff for someone who doesn't use it on the regular). Based on amazon reviews of the two you're looking at I wouldn't be all too worried about them being lemons or anything and appears both use brushless motors which is a huge plus. Cheaper ones will use brushed motors and gears to get things to the correct speed instead of having brushless motors with the correct kv for the volts to get the RPM desired... long story short brushless==no gears in motors==more reliable. Only reason I'd still lean DJI based on what you said is the ease of use, larger community of users, and company behind it has money to throw at better support.
wafflejock
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Honestly coin toss on these two 
they both seem good enough and will likely almost deliver on the specs they claim. I would probably go holystone if were my cash but only because I've bought a couple of holystone toy grade ones in the past and helped get me into the hobby so sort of nostalgia there, also they worked pretty well for $20-$40 things. Both have a plastic frame which is going to be the weak point if they fall from any considerably height onto anything but a bed of feathers they are likely to break one of those plastic arms. Nothing some duct tape can't fix for a while at least but just a thing to be aware of be semi-cautious with flying it over hard surfaces. For your uses in woods or on beach probably fine regarding the crashes since will be most likely into a tree or on the sand but something to keep in mind.
A couple things to note. For 4k recording to work you need a UHD or UHS-3 class SD card or else the write speed isn't there for it to keep dumping those frames of data onto the card at speed. Another thing to note if you are flying these in the woods be prepared to get it out of a tree somehow, a slingshot with some fishing line and a sinker can work well and is pretty portable (I have a painters extension pole that has come in handy a few times). Flying on the beach you'll want to take off and land ideally somewhere without a bunch of sand or lay down a towel as a landing/take off pad, have heard the sand often has iron bits in it that will get sucked into your motor magnets and destroy things over time.
they both seem good enough and will likely almost deliver on the specs they claim. I would probably go holystone if were my cash but only because I've bought a couple of holystone toy grade ones in the past and helped get me into the hobby so sort of nostalgia there, also they worked pretty well for $20-$40 things. Both have a plastic frame which is going to be the weak point if they fall from any considerably height onto anything but a bed of feathers they are likely to break one of those plastic arms. Nothing some duct tape can't fix for a while at least but just a thing to be aware of be semi-cautious with flying it over hard surfaces. For your uses in woods or on beach probably fine regarding the crashes since will be most likely into a tree or on the sand but something to keep in mind.A couple things to note. For 4k recording to work you need a UHD or UHS-3 class SD card or else the write speed isn't there for it to keep dumping those frames of data onto the card at speed. Another thing to note if you are flying these in the woods be prepared to get it out of a tree somehow, a slingshot with some fishing line and a sinker can work well and is pretty portable (I have a painters extension pole that has come in handy a few times). Flying on the beach you'll want to take off and land ideally somewhere without a bunch of sand or lay down a towel as a landing/take off pad, have heard the sand often has iron bits in it that will get sucked into your motor magnets and destroy things over time.
wafflejock
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Regarding the SD card for 4k I've just ordered them on Amazon but not sure if there are better places locally or online. Racedayquads.com or getfpv.com are my two gotos for parts already in the US and had good support from rdq when some small mostly user created issues came up. Between the two I was trying to see if anything major standing out as much better or worse regarding the frame design but they both seem a bit fragile the thinness of arms on the holybro one is worrying but so is the "fancier" looking molded plastic parts on the other so again kind of a toss up, both good on reviews so hopefully neither is super fragile but just a common thing to break an arm even happens with carbon fiber frames but they are just more likely to survive regular falls more likely to be broken in head on collisions with concrete or other immovable objects.