DJI has finally revealed their latest camera-laden drone after only just announcing the DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, that camera added the gimbal functionality as well as GPS tracking. The DJI Inspire 1 builds upon many of the innovations of the Phatom 2 Vision+ but completely abandons the overall body design of the drone and goes for a more professional look.

The new DJI Inspire 1 is the company’s first 4K drone and the first commercially available 4K drone, even though it does cost a hefty $2900, it is still fairly affordable when you think about the general price of 4K cameras (excluding the GoPro Hero4). Even if you do factor in the cost of a GoPro Hero4 you’re probably still looking at a drone + camera combination that will run you close to $1,500.

If you want to see some footage from the DJI Inspire 1, then you should watch the video below from DJI that introduced the DJI Inspire 1 and shows you all of the drone’s features and technologies.

And if you want to watch what you’re shooting in realtime, you can do so with the lightbridge feature of the DJI Inspire 1, which streams up to 720P footage to your tablet (iOS) via an application and will allow you to see what you’re shooting for up to 1 km away. In terms of storage, it supports up to 64GB (no 128GB support) SD/SDHC/SDXC Micro SD cards. It also supports the following video formats:
UHD (4K)：4096x2160p24/25，3840x2160p24/25/30
FHD：1920x1080p24/25/30/48/50/60
HD: 1280x720p24/25/30/48/50/60

For anyone looking to stream to a larger display, the remote control as a whole host of connectivity including HDMI, allowing you to possibly display to a TV rather than a small screen directly affixed to the remote. ANd yes, it does have full-size powered USB and microUSB as well.

The drone itself comes with a 4500 mAh battery at 22.8V which translates to a capacity of 99.9Wh , but there is also an optional extended life battery which is 5700 mAh at 22.8V which translates to a capacity of 129.96Wh or 30% better battery life for the drone.

The DJI Inspire 1 4K drone will be available from retailers like B&H Photo starting December 1st, and you can already pre-order them if you’ve got $2,900 burning a hole in your pocket.

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At NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, DJI, the maker of the Phantom 2 Vision announced their latest addition to their quadrocopter lineup, the creatively named Phantom 2 Vision Plus. This quadrocopter takes a lot of the features of its predecessor and improves upon them in ways that enables film makers and serious videographers to be able to capture cinema quality footage from the comfort of a quadrocopter. Enabling shots and angles that would normally require a helicopter rental and thousands of dollars to rent one. The current model, the Phantom 2 Vision can be had at Amazon for a discounted $1,179, down from the MSRP of $1,399. However, it doesn’t have nearly the features that this new $1,300 Phantom 2 Vision Plus will have.

The key features of the Phantom 2 Vision+ are the 1080P camera that also does 720P at 30FPS while still being able to do 14 megapixel still shots as well. The camera itself is also supported by a 3-axis gimbal that significantly reduces camera shake while in the air and allows for impressive camera tilt control. It also allows you to film straight down, which allows for a very unique camera angle that most quadrocopters are not capable of doing. It also supports ADOBE DNG RAW recording which allows for some really great post-processing of the video, something professionals will likely love. It also has Adobe lens profile support, which allows for lens correction since the camera itself is fairly wide angle and has some lens distortion.

There are also a whole host of smartphone features that allow you to stream video to your smartphone in realtime and synchronize your phone with the quadrocopter through Wi-Fi, up to 700m away. This allows for some very quick uploads of images and videos to social media through your smartphone. This clearly shows that DJI understands that they don’t need to make a new device to sell you to share your content or to connect to the internet and that many (or most) would prefer to use their smartphones to share content from their new DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadrocopter.

The quadrocopter itself can maintain about 25 minutes of flight per battery, however, they do provide additional batteries as optional additions so that you can get back in the air as quickly as possible. And considering that these batteries are 5200 mAh in capacity, I would expect you to want or need about 5+ batteries in a charging cycle to be sure that you always have a full battery in reserve.

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