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I imagine some people even film their jetskis with them.

I plan to use mine for off-road quad riding 🙂

As mentioned don’t underestimate the No farf features of the x1 (and the new pricey ones)and neo, the ability to get some quick footage and back away with no farth allows you to shoot and go and actually enjoy your ride.

Getting good footage is hard work but these quick modes are a good way to get something that gives a good view of where you are and also use less battery than a newbie would.

I saw some good footage of a motorcyclist using a neo to get good entering and leaving footage from places, he had other more pro drones for other tasks but said a neo was just so handy.

Had a DJI spark early on and go through phases of wanting a DJI mini 4 pro. I live somewhere where I could use it but……..videography can properly ruin a day out unless your idea of a good day out is being a videographer rather than filming what you are doing……or your standards are dog rough. The hours needed to film a enough from from enough interesting angles at enough locations to be able to edit together something worth watching is pretty substantial. If you are trying to make a film of you biking or kayaking you are basically just taking it as a prop.

Using a drone as a camera for stills from angles you could not otherwise not access is imo more achievable as a thing do whilst you are doing a thing is more realistic imo.

Using a drone as a camera for stills from angles you could not otherwise not access is imo more achievable as a thing do whilst you are doing a thing is more realistic imo.

This is one of my primary uses – think of it as a tripod with very, very long legs.

This is one of my primary uses – think of it as a tripod with very, very long legs.

Buggers to control though, I lost this one in a bit of water, could I find it? Nah.

Using a drone as a camera for stills from angles you could not otherwise not access is imo more achievable as a thing do whilst you are doing a thing is more realistic imo.

yeah I figured this out very early on lol!

TBH I cannot stand the bloody things. They are SO intrusive. I consider any users who are flying them anywhere in such a way that they impinge on the general public to be incredibly selfish and entitled, whatever the Law says.

I’d suggest that for many people a drone is a bit of a fad, much like action cams. People buy them thinking that they’re going to get some great footage but it seldom comes to fruition. At least GoPros etc are nice and quiet.

If I was a Freeman of the Land would I be entitled to shoot down a drone? AFAF, obvs.