Who has a Drone they take Camping?
I know drones are a bit of a two way street, some people love them and others hate them. Admittedly they can be noisy and a nuisance if flown in the wrong place. In many places they are often restrict...
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pnichols wrote:
I can't figure out why drones seem "so cool" to some. :h
Model aircraft buffs have been flying joystick radio controlled airplanes and helicopters for decades - many with cameras in them too. Why didn't this turn into a "craze"?
I guess there's nothing like creative marketing to create a market - for anything ... or was it the availability of small lithium battery packs that created the drone hobbyist frenzy?
The ease of flying a modern drone (with GPS lock) has changed the dynamics of this hobby. My 11 year daughter took about 5 minutes to learn how to fly it competently enough as compared to a model airplane or helicopter which are significantly more difficult to learn.
Additionally, more people are into "casual" photography. Not everyone owns an DSLR (myself included) but with the rise of always present cell phones that take surprisingly good pictures almost anyone can become a budding photographer. Sure, you won't get the quality a true professional camera will achieve but I have some 30"x40" canvas prints hanging on my walls taken with my cell phone (LG V20) that look very good.
The convergence of easy to fly drones and easy of digital photography is what I believe is driving the interest in drones. I had no interest in flying anything until I saw that I could use a drone to take pictures I would otherwise never be able to take.
