Thursday, June 7, 2018

Some thoughts about the new Parrot Drone!

Parrot just released new information about a new drone that is set to be released in October. This drone looks perfect, at least for the most part; let’s investigate what I have to complain about. First of all, this drone has an impressive 21 megapixel sensor, and what sounds like a great lens, and can withstand wind up to 31 mph despite it’s relatively small size. Also, it’s foldable and features 4k video at 24p. These aspects are great, but just because some things about it are great, that doesn’t mean that it’s a perfect drone. One of the things that I don’t like is that the design isn’t as aerodynamic as other drone; the way the front is designed, when the drone goes forward, the air will pool in the front of the aircraft, increasing wind resistance, and trying to push the drone back, slowing it down. I can’t help but wonder if the HDR feature will be available using DNG files; one of the issues with HDR these days is that some cameras, such as mine, can only create in-camera HDR using Jpeg files. Overall however, this is not a perfect drone, but neither is it a bad drone. On a scale of 1-10, based on the information that’s been given so far, I’d give it a 7 to 8. Some might not consider that a very high number, although let me mention that this particular drone seems better than all of the ones before it!

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