Best cheap drone with gimbal/stable camera?

[Gershy13]

So I would like to get into drone filmmaking... 

I have a Cx-10, and I can fly that pretty well... But I want something with a camera, but I can't afford a phantom...

What's the best budget option? (Under around £100)..

I dont mind buying a fake gopro, like a Xiaomi Yi...

 

But it needs to be fairly stable... So I'm assuming it needs a gimbal....

 

Please help?

 

 

Thanks

Gershy13

[Hackentosher]

35 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

So I would like to get into drone filmmaking... 

I have a Cx-10, and I can fly that pretty well... But I want something with a camera, but I can't afford a phantom...

What's the best budget option? (Under around £100)..

I dont mind buying a fake gopro, like a Xiaomi Yi...

 

But it needs to be fairly stable... So I'm assuming it needs a gimbal....

 

Please help?

 

 

Thanks

Gershy13

There isn't one. Filmmaking + drone does not equal less than 100 quid. The cheapest you can get is a phantom 3 standard for around 350 quid.

[Gershy13]

11 hours ago, Hackentosher said:

There isn't one. Filmmaking + drone does not equal less than 100 quid. The cheapest you can get is a phantom 3 standard for around 350 quid.

I just want to get into and start making videos with a drone... Nothing serious for now.. That's why I don't wanna spend £400+ on a phantom which isn't that great...

 

I'm looking for something around the £200 with a gimbal and a mount for a camera.. Like a fake gopro or Xiaomi Yi.

 

[Hackentosher]

3 hours ago, Gershy13 said:

I just want to get into and start making videos with a drone... Nothing serious for now.. That's why I don't wanna spend £400+ on a phantom which isn't that great...

 

I'm looking for something around the £200 with a gimbal and a mount for a camera.. Like a fake gopro or Xiaomi Yi.

 

Yeah those don't exist. The gimbal alone would be half the quad, leaving 100 pounds to build the rest of it. Multirotors are expensive, weather you build them or someone else does, the cost doesn't go away.

[Gershy13]

9 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Yeah those don't exist. The gimbal alone would be half the quad, leaving 100 pounds to build the rest of it. Multirotors are expensive, weather you build them or someone else does, the cost doesn't go away.

Ohh... Are there any prebuilts that are cheaper than a phantom? Maybe something I can get used on eBay?

[Hackentosher]

49 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

Ohh... Are there any prebuilts that are cheaper than a phantom? Maybe something I can get used on eBay?

You might be able to find a cheap used dji phantom 2 with a gopro gimbal. 

[Gershy13]

39 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

You might be able to find a cheap used dji phantom 2 with a gopro gimbal. 

Is the phantom 2 any good? And will I be able to put a Xiaomi yi on it?

I found a Phantom 3 Advanced on eBay for £575 new... Might be able to find some second hand...

[Hackentosher]

1 hour ago, Gershy13 said:

Is the phantom 2 any good? And will I be able to put a Xiaomi yi on it?

I found a Phantom 3 Advanced on eBay for £575 new... Might be able to find some second hand...

I think the best for your case would be a phantom 3 standard. If the UK market is anything like the US, it should be less than £500. 

[Gershy13]

1 minute ago, Hackentosher said:

I think the best for your case would be a phantom 3 standard. If the UK market is anything like the US, it should be less than £500. 

yh i can get one for 399 brand new... 

i can get an advanced for 575 new.... is it worth the extra?

[Hackentosher]

52 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

yh i can get one for 399 brand new... 

i can get an advanced for 575 new.... is it worth the extra?

The only difference is the camera. The standard can do 1080, the advanced has a 2.7k camera, and the pro has a 4K camera. I believe you can upgrade the cameras in the future, but I'm not sure.

[Gershy13]

Just now, Hackentosher said:

The only difference is the camera. The standard can do 1080, the advanced has a 2.7k camera, and the pro has a 4K camera. I believe you can upgrade the cameras in the future, but I'm not sure.

actually thats not true... the advanced has GPS/Glonass and Lightbridge, and a bigger battery... they have essentially the same camera... the standard does 2.7k aswell...

[Hackentosher]

52 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

yh i can get one for 399 brand new... 

i can get an advanced for 575 new.... is it worth the extra?

The only difference is the camera. The standard can do 1080, the advanced has a 2.7k camera, and the pro has a 4K camera. I believe you can upgrade the cameras in the future, but I'm not sure.

[Hackentosher]

4 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

actually thats not true... the advanced has GPS/Glonass and Lightbridge, and a bigger battery... they have essentially the same camera... the standard does 2.7k aswell...

Ah well, I spend more time looking at racing drone parts. The standard should have gps, dji started implementing gps since the phantom 2.

[Gershy13]

4 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Ah well, I spend more time looking at racing drone parts. The standard should have gps, dji started implementing gps since the phantom 2.

i think it has gps, but its not as advanced (no pun intended) as the advanced... also it doesnt have glonass and gps and lightbridge...

[Hackentosher]

27 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

i think it has gps, but its not as advanced (no pun intended) as the advanced... also it doesnt have glonass and gps and lightbridge...

If you're just doing film making, i think you should be more worried about the camera. 

[Gershy13]

Just now, Hackentosher said:

If you're just doing film making, i think you should be more worried about the camera. 

fair point... but the cameras are identical... and lightbridge gives more range.. glonass and better gps i think allow us to sit more stable in the air...

[Hackentosher]

7 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

fair point... but the cameras are identical... and lightbridge gives more range.. glonass and better gps i think allow us to sit more stable in the air...

All phantoms have gps. It should basically be a tripod in the sky.

[Gershy13]

26 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

All phantoms have gps. It should basically be a tripod in the sky.

Then what's glonass for? Also flyig indoors... The standard doesn't have VPS... Which makes it super hard to fly in doors...

 

[Hackentosher]

4 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

Then what's glonass for? Also flyig indoors... The standard doesn't have VPS... Which makes it super hard to fly in doors...

 

All the gps does is provide better position holding, position tracking, and return to home functionality. You don't need that when flying in doors.

[Gershy13]

20 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

All the gps does is provide better position holding, position tracking, and return to home functionality. You don't need that when flying in doors.

VPS.... Not GPS.... VISION POSITIONING SYSTEM... it helps fly indoors...

[Hackentosher]

Just now, Gershy13 said:

VPS.... Not GPS.... VISION POSITIONING SYSTEM... it helps fly indoors...

Lol you mean your eyes? How confident are you. With flying multirotors?

[Gershy13]

1 minute ago, Hackentosher said:

Lol you mean your eyes? How confident are you. With flying multirotors?

No I dont mean my eyes... It's a feature on the higher models of the drone...

I'm fairly confident... I can fly the cx-10 (mini drone) fairly well... 

[Hackentosher]

36 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

No I dont mean my eyes... It's a feature on the higher models of the drone...

I'm fairly confident... I can fly the cx-10 (mini drone) fairly well... 

Lol I remember what you're talking about now. But they all still have it, I remember watching a newegg review of the phantom 2 and it had it. I honestly don't think it's that big of a selling point.

[Gershy13]

7 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Lol I remember what you're talking about now. But they all still have it, I remember watching a newegg review of the phantom 2 and it had it. I honestly don't think it's that big of a selling point.

really? ohh... i didnt know that... i tht it helps a lot indoors...

[Hackentosher]

5 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

really? ohh... i didnt know that... i tht it helps a lot indoors...

It's for altitude sensing and it looks at the ground to give information as to whether or not it's drifting. If the camera senses movement on the ground, it will compensate for it. But in a film making use case, I can't think of why a filmmaker would use a drone inside.