best camera to put on a F550 with stock motors
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Burntpixel
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Have a look at the Sony RX-100. Weighs in at around 280 grams. Its a 20 mega pixel camera with a Ziess lens. Also shoots 1080p 60FPS.
gtranquilla
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The GoPro3 Black does 1920 x 1080 resolution stills I believe and only weighs about 73 grams..... hard to beat really.... Also with the new firmware, you can select a Narrow field of view for stills and videos that does not compromise the pixel count and resolution. As an example.... when set up for 1920 x 1080 narrow field of view, it actually reaches in to the higher 4.7k and cinema or broadcasting HD resolutions so that you still get the same number of pixels as you would without the narrow field of view. What are you expecting to get for image resolution and quality? .
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I am not convinced by the still's quality of the gopro (haven't seen real reviews of that part of the gopro). I will shoot stills for real estates and need good photo quality in terms of sharpness, distortion, dynamic range, not so much amount of pixels. Could you post some pics done with your gopro?
I am not convinced by the still's quality of the gopro (haven't seen real reviews of that part of the gopro). I will shoot stills for real estates and need good photo quality in terms of sharpness, distortion, dynamic range, not so much amount of pixels. Could you post some pics done with your gopro?
gtranquilla
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Just learning the photo side of GoPro..... still flying without remote shutter release. The combo vid + still mode forces the resolution below optimum such that stills are only 670k..... not good enough for large 16 x 24 color printing IMHO. Will try slow burst mode next to see what can result.... specs indicate 1920 x 1080 if I remember correctly..... not sure if Protune also works for stills or just videos.... but in the meantime here is a low res image shot from above........ see attached.... View attachment 12662
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Burntpixel
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Put your gopro in time lapse still mode. This allows you to shoot say 1 frame per second at full resolution.
gtranquilla
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That is a raw photo..... no cropping etc.
ProPilotWannaBe
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I use the GoPro on an F450, and a Sony NEX on an S800. You are correct; the quality of the GoPro does not compare to the quality of the other light weight mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (Sony NEXs, Panasonic GHs, Sony RXs, or the new Canon). I have friends that use a F550 with stock motors and 1038 props and the Sony NEX-7, which is the rig I am currently working on as a midway between my F450 and S800.
As far as the GoPro, it is a nifty camera that seems to do the trick for basic aerial photography and video, and I have friends using that for their business just as Tranquilla is. They can't charge the rates compared to my friends that use the Sony, but none the less they get plenty of business.
I use the GoPro on an F450, and a Sony NEX on an S800. You are correct; the quality of the GoPro does not compare to the quality of the other light weight mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (Sony NEXs, Panasonic GHs, Sony RXs, or the new Canon). I have friends that use a F550 with stock motors and 1038 props and the Sony NEX-7, which is the rig I am currently working on as a midway between my F450 and S800.
As far as the GoPro, it is a nifty camera that seems to do the trick for basic aerial photography and video, and I have friends using that for their business just as Tranquilla is. They can't charge the rates compared to my friends that use the Sony, but none the less they get plenty of business.
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Oh, and if the point is photography, then do as BurntPixel says. The GoPro and the Sony NEX-5R both have time-lapse photo capability and allow you to take photos at their highest resolution at basically whatever interval you wish. On the GoPro you have the added advantage of 2.7K or 4K video which allows you to extract photos at that resolution, and/or make 1080p videos after scaling or cropping as you wish with no loss of resolution (i.e. 1 pixel captured = 1 pixel on final output video).