Which copter is recommended for 5D Mark3 ?

[Soumendra Jena]

Im planing to get Phantom 2 only and use it with GoPro.

And I have seen on youtube, everyone does it alone.
isn’t it ?

[Todd Terry]

If you just have a fixed camera mount and are not using a remote pan/tilt gimble, then you don’t need a second operator. In fact there’d be nothing for them to do… (unless you wanted them to stop/start the camera via the GoPro app).

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Soumendra Jena]

I will be using Phantom 2 + Zenmus Gimbal H3-3D + GoPro 3.

So, can I do it myself ?

[Mark Suszko]

“So, can I do it myself?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqB6_y71xE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQy89ZuJ4tk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seodph-VXJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MaC-MPN30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZPWeTUB2cc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_dz5g51wQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWV1HtyC28I

Absolutely.

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[Soumendra Jena]

Ouch!
Man, im getting afraid of the purchase now!

🙁

[Mark Suszko]

Just as buying a camera doesn’t make you an instant film maker, buying a drone doesn’t make you a pilot. Like shooting well with the camera, piloting takes time to master. The difference is that a camera is less likely to jump out of your tripod in the middle of a ceremony and slice people’s flesh.

If you really want to learn aerial camerawork, don’t go buying a 6-thousand-dollar Hexacopter or whatever, right out of the gate. Go get a hobby-level version, in the hundred-dollar range, with a cheap camera in it, and go out and practice, practice, practice, first, in an open area away from people. Then with experience, you can decide if one person can handle piloting with FPV in perfect safety around a couple or a large crowd of people.

For safety, and to be sure you actually get the shot, I believe in using a 2-man system, where the camera is handled by a dedicated photog using FPV goggles, and safe positioning of the platform is handled by an un-distracted pilot.

[Soumendra Jena]

Of course, everything needs practice!

And I will be trying it for few weeks, before I keep it to test for my clients events.

I just want to make sure, its not something which really fails or kills someone or just flies out without a track.

I can’t afford to lose my GoPro or my money in the air.