New Payload Video Camera with 30x Optical Zoom

[InspiredOne]

Thought a few of you might be interested in this new camera.

Aeryon Labs Introduces the Aeryon HDZoom30 Imaging Payload, Enabling Aerial Image Capture at 30x Optical Zoom – Aeryon Labs Inc.

 

[huppe]

Mmm this one doesn't look cheap to me.
“The Aeryon HDZoom30 payload revolutionizes aerial image capture,” said Dave Kroetsch, President and CEO of Aeryon Labs. “During the last 8 years of pioneering small UAS, and thousands of flight hours on the Aeryon sUAS platform, we have witnessed a consistent need for increasingly precise, high-resolution imagery across our diverse customer base.
So they do listening to there customers

 

[ADSSER]

Nice...it'd be great if DJI made something like this.

 

[Sky High Photography]

I don't understand the attraction of a camera with a zoom feature on a drone...
Fly it closer to target? Unless, of course, you are trying to creep.
What I would like to know is the size of the sensor - has anyone found out what the spec is?

 

[InspiredOne]

Spend a little more time reading on the site for the camera and you will find the answer to your question. For example:

For commercial sUAS operators, the Aeryon HDZoom30 enables close inspection tasks on critical infrastructure such as power lines, flare stacks, and cellular towers, by delivering detailed, high-resolution images without bringing the aircraft into unnecessarily close proximity to the structure. For instance, using the Aeryon HDZoom30 it is possible to read the serial number on a power line insulator from a safe distance of 100 ft. (30 m).​

 

[m00se]

do they sell the camera seperately?
I saw this at a trade fair a couple of months ago. Funnily enough the I1 camera looks to be better built.

 

[InspiredOne]

do they sell the camera seperately?

Just got word from them stating:

Unfortunately, the new camera payload is only compatible with Aeryon SkyRanger products.
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Now, for those who incessantly moan and groan about how "over-priced" DJI products are, get a load of this. The lady who replied to my inquiry said:

... a full turnkey SkyRanger kit starts at $75,000.​

How on earth could they ever justify a $75,000 price tag? Gouge big-business (with deep pockets) and LE agencies so they can simply pass along the price to us consumers (and tax payers) with shallow pockets.

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[Gregg Smith]

Just got word from them stating:

Unfortunately, the new camera payload is only compatible with Aeryon SkyRanger products.
​

Now, for those who incessantly moan and groan about how "over-priced" DJI products are, get a load of this. The lady who replied to my inquiry said:

... a full turnkey SkyRanger kit starts at $75,000.​

How on earth could they ever justify a $75,000 price tag? Gouge big-business (with deep pockets) and LE agencies so they can simply pass along the price to us consumers (and tax payers) with shallow pockets.

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That's it. Sweet I'm going to get two. That is one crazy priced 30x zoom.

 

[sirnikolas]

That's it. Sweet I'm going to get two. That is one crazy priced 30x zoom.

Me 3

 

[Harry Nicholson]

Will this fit a syma x5c?