The $200 DJI Neo can take off from your hand and shoot 4K video. It’s only held back by an incredibly limited battery life.
has many of the bells and whistles you would want from a more professional device, but it’s at a starting price range that is cheap enough thatIt’s a deafening beast for something so tiny, worse than any insect buzzing directly next to your ear, though it makes up for it with its wasp-like controls.
The drone has two physical controls: a power button and a mode button. The mode lets you select between automatic “quick shots.” These work if you only want a video with your drone circling you or rocketing upwards. There’s a “dronie” backward ascending shot, a “helix” spiraling shot, and a “boomerang” mode that flies around the subject in an oblong oval. Just make sure you have enough headroom to do any of the shots that ask the drone to fly up into the sky, like the “rocket” setting.
Then again, you shouldn’t use the Neo indoors, or at least where’s there anybody around to hear it. This device issues a piercing whine as it flies; if you’re close, it’s enough to set your teeth on edge. It also means you need to speak really close to your phone if you try to issue any voice controls. It will also annoy the crap out of anybody unlucky enough to be in the vicinity.
It’s hard to complain about the results of a $200 drone. My high-above shots of Coney Island were spectacular on a bright, clear day. The image in bright sunlight tends to be washed out without fiddling with Pro video settings. Images in low light also had some graininess to them. Again, you won’t get studio-quality footage without spending studio-levels of cash. The Neo is perfect if you all need quick pick-up shots of the city skyline.
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