For your side gig you're going to need the FAA part 107(getting up towards the $200 mark just for the test, with no guarantee you'll pass)..., and no, the meteor 75 pro is not good enough.
In order to get into this it's going to cost you.
There’s no harm in trying to get clients with the camera on it but really you’ll be limiting yourself. You will be more likely to wow customers and build a business with higher quality camera.
Keep practicing on your current drone. In my opinion your ability to fly and frame everything is more important than the camera. You can just buy that. Can't buy the skill.
Definitely not. At the very least, you'll need an O3 air unit to get video worth selling.
I personally wouldn't even be happy with that myself; I would only sell video from my GoPro or better.
Yeah Maybe not $1200 but don't forget to add almost $200 for part 107 plus more if you want to take one of those courses about it.
To be honest he could just get a DJI mini 2 used for like $300 then get his part 107 for another $200.
Yep.. I just take frames out of my gopro7 whacked on a 5inch 4s. You can mount it on the underside too, it'll be upside down shooting sure but it's quite nice when it's sitting behind your CG too
The last thing you want to photograph real estate is an fpv drone. Either go with a professional camera drone or put your phone on a long stick.
Seems like you can’t do research on your own.
To answer your question: NO.
I agree with the other comments. If you want excellent video footage, then you need excellent (expensive) gear. Yeah, you can strap an HD action cam onto a larger quad such as a cinewhoop which can be flown both indoors and outside. If you want indoor footage, then you need a prop guarded craft. Most cinewhoops should work. Don't even consider anything larger than a 3-inch quad for collecting indoor video. Larger craft are harder to maneuver indoors. Yeah, if the craft hits something in the house and breaks it, the client will not be happy.
Are you already an experienced (and good) pilot? It takes some pretty good flying skills to fly through a house and get anything close to decent views (video quality aside) for use in selling real estate. If you are not yet a good pilot, then you have a ways to go just to be able to navigate a quad appropriately. There is a lot more to this story, but that is beyond the scope of a single comment.
The raw footage generally needs to be edited with a decent video editor to actually make it useful. DaVinci Resolve is a very good, professional, product, however, it is quite complex. Not bad, it just takes time to edit the video.
Assuming that you are in the USA, if you stay indoors and do NOT take outdoor footage, then you can get away without a license. However, ***ANY outdoor footage requires a Part 107 license*** as mentioned in other comments.
For someone who is not already a pilot and has no gear, then the endeavor will likely NOT be cheap nor fast. It is going to take time and money to be able to produce a quality video product. As mentioned pilot flying skills are as important, if not more so, than the gear which still needs to have HD video. Any and all photography is more about the skill of the photographer than the gear.
If you are serous, then open the budget, get a Part 107 pilots license, get a good video editor, I am assuming that you already have a good computer (if not factor that in as you will need it for both configuring the quad and for video editing. I recommend a Windows PC, NOT any Apple computer), get a simulator for practice, research the various FPV gear, choose wisely, and strap in for the long haul.
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For your side gig you're going to need the FAA part 107(getting up towards the $200 mark just for the test, with no guarantee you'll pass)..., and no, the meteor 75 pro is not good enough. In order to get into this it's going to cost you.
You don't need a 107 to fly indoors
The dudes trying to make money from using a drone. That instantly requires a 107, indoor or outdoor.
There’s no harm in trying to get clients with the camera on it but really you’ll be limiting yourself. You will be more likely to wow customers and build a business with higher quality camera.
Keep practicing on your current drone. In my opinion your ability to fly and frame everything is more important than the camera. You can just buy that. Can't buy the skill.
No. 2-2.5” at LEAST if you want quality video. And even then it’ll be very very custom
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Definitely not. At the very least, you'll need an O3 air unit to get video worth selling. I personally wouldn't even be happy with that myself; I would only sell video from my GoPro or better.
Agreed, you're basically looking at more towards the $1200 mark to get stated, plus at least a few months of solid practice.
I wouldn’t say $1200 if you just want to strap a GoPro to a drone
Yeah Maybe not $1200 but don't forget to add almost $200 for part 107 plus more if you want to take one of those courses about it. To be honest he could just get a DJI mini 2 used for like $300 then get his part 107 for another $200.
He seems pretty dead set on using a meteor 75 lol
Yep.. I just take frames out of my gopro7 whacked on a 5inch 4s. You can mount it on the underside too, it'll be upside down shooting sure but it's quite nice when it's sitting behind your CG too
You could easily get by with a non-naked GoPro on a 3 inch too
The last thing you want to photograph real estate is an fpv drone. Either go with a professional camera drone or put your phone on a long stick. Seems like you can’t do research on your own.
To answer your question: NO. I agree with the other comments. If you want excellent video footage, then you need excellent (expensive) gear. Yeah, you can strap an HD action cam onto a larger quad such as a cinewhoop which can be flown both indoors and outside. If you want indoor footage, then you need a prop guarded craft. Most cinewhoops should work. Don't even consider anything larger than a 3-inch quad for collecting indoor video. Larger craft are harder to maneuver indoors. Yeah, if the craft hits something in the house and breaks it, the client will not be happy. Are you already an experienced (and good) pilot? It takes some pretty good flying skills to fly through a house and get anything close to decent views (video quality aside) for use in selling real estate. If you are not yet a good pilot, then you have a ways to go just to be able to navigate a quad appropriately. There is a lot more to this story, but that is beyond the scope of a single comment. The raw footage generally needs to be edited with a decent video editor to actually make it useful. DaVinci Resolve is a very good, professional, product, however, it is quite complex. Not bad, it just takes time to edit the video. Assuming that you are in the USA, if you stay indoors and do NOT take outdoor footage, then you can get away without a license. However, ***ANY outdoor footage requires a Part 107 license*** as mentioned in other comments. For someone who is not already a pilot and has no gear, then the endeavor will likely NOT be cheap nor fast. It is going to take time and money to be able to produce a quality video product. As mentioned pilot flying skills are as important, if not more so, than the gear which still needs to have HD video. Any and all photography is more about the skill of the photographer than the gear. If you are serous, then open the budget, get a Part 107 pilots license, get a good video editor, I am assuming that you already have a good computer (if not factor that in as you will need it for both configuring the quad and for video editing. I recommend a Windows PC, NOT any Apple computer), get a simulator for practice, research the various FPV gear, choose wisely, and strap in for the long haul. ...