Considering how many other drone makers are pushing the limits of their cameras, it’s likely that GoPro’s will eventually shoot in UHD resolution, too. What the drone looks like, nobody knows.
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GoPro caveats the footage, saying that it was “captured using a developmental prototype of GoPro’s quadcopter and stabilization system”, but it looks pretty great regardless.
The video claims that no post-production stabilization was used to achieve these shots, which points towards a very effective stabilization rig being used on the drone.
The footage can be viewed at the highest 1440p resolution and appears to be exceptionally steady and smooth, flying through a field and into and above a forest. The emphasis is on stabilization: it’s shot with a GoPro Hero 4, so the image quality is what we’ve come to know and love.
“The [quadcopter] boom exists because of GoPro and now it’s growing much bigger than GoPro”, Woodman said.
Earlier in the year, GoPro announced that it was working on a quadcopter for aerial photos and videos that would be available sometime in the first half of 2016.
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To many it was a no-brainer – the company already makes the camera gear seen on so many remotely-controlled flying machines these days, so a drone of its own made ideal sense.
