Camera-Equipped Copter Beams FPV to Goggles for Beautiful Aerial Imagery

We’re getting to the point at which photographers can buy fancy aerial drones without having to sell a kidney. You’ve probably already seen photos and videos shot from camera-equipped radio-controlled helicopters before, but did you know that the camera’s view can be beamed to a pair of goggles, allowing the photographer to be immersed in a first-person-view of what he or she is shooting? Read more at http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/10/camera-equipped-copter-beams-fpv-to-goggles-for-beautiful-aerial-imagery/#fhshDf6UBPWd8Zg9.99 Here’s a beautiful video in which Esben Nielsen shows off this kind of rig through various shoots this past summer in Bornholm, Denmark: Read more at http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/10/camera-equipped-copter-beams-fpv-to-goggles-for-beautiful-aerial-imagery/#fhshDf6UBPWd8Zg9.99

   

If you have semi-deep pockets and would like to use one of this copters for your own FPV aerial photography, check out Quadrocopter‘s Cinestar multi-rotor helicopters (used by NASA, Google, National Geographic, and the BBC). The cheapest DIY kit costs around $3,200. Read more at http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/10/camera-equipped-copter-beams-fpv-to-goggles-for-beautiful-aerial-imagery/#fhshDf6UBPWd8Zg9.99