Here’s an important question. How many of you have quietly stowed your drone in your domestic flight checked-in luggage? If you are thinking of or have done it before – DON’T do it again. You and your fellow passengers and crew’s safety is potentially at risk. NZ’s two major carriers, Air New Zealand and Jetstar, […] Read more >

via GIPHY   A complete and utter idiot shows how to fly his drone like a complete and utter idiot. This sort of stupidity is beyond any form of joke or humour. It’s just incredibly idiotic and pathetic in the extreme. A drone pilot has enraged the entire UAV community after sharing a video in […] Read more >

Had a look at the cool little DJI Spark UAV at both PB Tech and PhotoGear today. As a beginners ‘drone’ it seems quite the package, especially with the dedicated controller device (as opposed to just using a smart phone app to control it). It is referred to as a smart drone. And, it puts […] Read more >

A mash up of the pro-photographer’s ‘ultimate must-have’ medium format DSLR camera, the Hasselblad H6D, nowadays capable of both huge still image and cinema quality 4K video imagery, and a heavy lift UAV results in one hell of a toy. This is the kind of gear you purchase only if you have the work for […] Read more >

I finally got up close with a present day drone on the weekend – a DJI Mavic Pro – and boy, was I impressed. In fact, I’m that impressed, I’m going to get one for myself to ‘play with’ over the next 6 months to see how I can fit drones into my existing property […] Read more >