Gadgetory

Viji eyes camera drones like the Maverick Pro become easier and easier to fly but for the most part they're still seen as something for pros and enthusiasts the palm-sized spark changes that going directly after the people that like the idea of having a flying camera but don't necessarily want to be a pilot the $500 quad can take off and land from your hand and using face recognition and hand gestures you can control it without a phone or a controller within 10 feet of yourself it can be AB controlled too if you want to get more distance or for 150 dollars you can also get a controller to fly it out to more than a mile away there is a lot of automation which trickled down from DJ eyes higher-end models so you can do things like Havok tracks subjects or perform cinematic camera moves and to keep it from crashing this spark has dual GPS an obstacle avoidance sensors DJI one upped its competitors with the camera as well by using a two axis mechanical gimbal for stabilized full HD video and 12 megapixel stills while others rely on image degrading electronic image stabilization the one thing that's sort of hard for the course though is battery life with it only getting up to 16 minutes assuming you're not taking advantage of its top speed of 31 miles per hour basically DJI made a really really smart point-and-shoot camera that happens to fly