Interesting concept we'll see how stable and what quality the footage will be. I think this will be ok for quick cut aways and drone selfies.There are some big questions around the camera system though. "Digital Gimbal"? If that was a really good option DJI and 3DR would have done it sometime ago. The best digital image stabilisation today can be found in mobile phones (i.e. iPhone, Galaxy S6) but it can only stabilise so much and never seems to lock as good as gimbal stabilised footage... especially in windy conditions.
The bigger ones such as the DJI Phanom 2 / 3 and DJI Inspire have a motorised gimble that stabilises the video camera so you can fly it in wind. I have seen the DJI Phantom 2 being flown in 20knts
Brilliant! Much better perspective than go pro.
How much wind it can handle is critical for us of course.
I'd get one if I thought my sailing was good enough to be filmed...
It's not waterproof, it's water resistant. No way those motors are sealed against water ingress.
Also, it's a four mode device. Track, circle, loiter & land. The fifth button is the shutter.. If you want to take it down the park and just fly it around, I've got bad news for you (apart from getting fit running around to make it follow you).
I've never seen a product that has gotten so popular so fast, and nobody even has one yet.
On this site you have this thread, and on Shooting the breeze you have "New drone to drool over", and on SUP you have "Throw and shoot camera", all about the same thing.
And the same thing is going on in the U.S., at the Stand up Zone you have "Goodbye soloshot", and "Follow me drone", just for an example, but many of the other water sport sites that I go to have it also.
Amazing.
It better be good.
Oh yeah, I also saw it on the news this morning on TV.
In Belgium Lily made it to the Late Night news on national T.V. !!!!
The showed the int. video ...
And drones are not legal in Belgium ...
these guys had a crowd funder going last year..same thing just not as fancy looking.
This will make a lot of money!! Check out how much GOPro owner is worth and this Lily is much better. I would love to order it but only thing is when it comes in Feb there could be something better and cheaper as is always the case with tech.
www.smh.com.au/business/gopro-billionaire-nick-woodman-returns-us229-million-to-satisfy-10year-vow-to-college-roommate-20150514-gh1hr3.html