When we talk about cinematography of the moment, we are talking about a technology that entered the audiovisual market a few years ago and that advances day by day, the drone has become an extremely important tool in the hands of any cameraman, precisely because it leaves the freedom to take unilateral shots, regardless of the altitude and whatever the scope of the director. With aerial images in hand, it is possible to diversify the editing shots, providing dynamism, changing the images according to the rhythm of the respective songs used by the editor, or even by the movement that the drone can provide.
In this article, I will talk in particular about DJI drones, which for the first time settled on the market and managed to make drones accessible to independent professionals and not just to producers or television channels. DJI has released high-end equipment with relatively affordable cost and incredible image quality, which every year comes close to perfection and truthfulness when it comes to image recording.
- To make you understand how the Dji Phantom line works.
- They publish an annual update of their drone.
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- But in each annual version.
- The model is also released for a particular type of use.
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For example, in the Phantom line, which is the most popular line for Dji Phantom, in the Dji Phantom 3 version, it has made available to the public the Standard, Advanced and Pro versions, where what changes between them most of the time is the range of the radio, the image capture size, such as 2. 7k, 4k, etc. , and automatic controls such as tracking a selected object or passing through a default circuit.
From the first versions to the current version, the?Go Home? It is one of the greatest characteristics of the drone, because it allows when it loses the signal, whether it lacks battery or something, to return to the point of origin that took off called ”home”. ‘, thus preventing you from getting lost.
The great barrier that has not yet managed to evolve is battery life, which in extraordinary cases does not exceed 25 minutes of battery life, many times the drone has the ability to fly 2, 3, 4 km?But I wouldn’t have done it time to come and go before the battery ran out.
Dji Phantom, with the evolution of smartphones and mobile devices, has launched an application, where it communicates directly with the radio that communicates with the drone, to provide the pilot with a real-time view of the camera on board the quadcopter and thus ensuring flights beyond the visual, reaching the scale of kilometers, only with the naked eye on the smartphone.
Above you can see an impression of how the application works on the mobile device. In the lower bar it provides data such as height, distance, speed in height or in unilateral advance. Above we can identify the battery charge, the level of the Wi-Fi signal for the connectivity of the application, the level of the signal from the remote control, the mode it is in, in this case in GPS mode, where it is located. find the flight. controlled by satellite determining the correct positioning among other features. Right next to it we also see the signal level coming from the satellite. Some functions such as automatic landing, return home (where clicking begins to land in the original location) and the button to determine the house can also be seen in the left bar. In the lower left corner we see the location map, which can be changed to hybrid or maps. In the right bar you can find the capture settings, just below the capture mode if it is photo and video, the Rec button, access the gallery of captured images and finally the exposure settings, ISO, shutter speed, etc.
Among these features, there are countless others that provide increasingly incredible images, while until a while ago this was only possible if you rented a helicopter. The drone revolutionized not only the audiovisual market, but also revolutionized the history of image recording. .
Click below to watch the video tutorial, followed by the flights we make: