Drone photography just took a step forward with ProDrone's Ultimate Flying Platform line of mounts, which are reportedly the first ones capable of carrying a DSLR on a consumer drone. They're designed to work exclusively with the Byrd line of quadcopters.
By letting people use their own cameras, ProDrone anticipates recruiting new customers and opening up new frontiers in high-quality drone photography. The mounts will work on all Byrd models and are expected to start at under US$100 for the static mount, with pricing for the gimbaled mount yet to be announced.
The number of cameras that are presently compatible with the mount is relatively small, however ProDrone is actively seeking partnerships with major camera manufacturers, so it's probably just a matter of time before more cameras are fully integrated into the platform.
As of this time, Sony cameras (DSC-RX100M4, ILCE6000, a7RII) and the Ricoh GR2 are fully operational with the Ultimate Flying Platform. The system is also available with limited operations for the Panasonic GH4, Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera BMD and the Canon 5DIII.
ProDrone says that full integration will be available for all these cameras (and hopefully others) by Q2 2016.
Source: ProDrone
Do you own the air aircraft fly in? I am a private pilot do you have the right to take me down if I fly over your land? Not that I ever heard of or it might be open season with people living around airports!!
What about things like Google Earth that get quite detailed as to what is on your land? Does your supposed air space ownership go all the way to space?
Bob you bring down some else's expensive drone and camera I believe that would be called Grand Theft and you would be looking at a jail sentence.
Bob if you are sun bathing nude we probably do not want to see that anyway! What else are you so paranoid about?