Top 5 Best Quadcopters for Aerial Filming

Using Quadcopters for filming

Even if you own the best video camera ever made, creating a stable good quality aerial clip is always going to be a challenge. This is especially true if you shoot from a helicopter or microlight plane. For one thing its very expensive to do and other thing you will need some very good equipment to steady the camera during flights.

Thanks to quadcopters, aerial filming is now easier and safer than ever.  At the moment DJI lead the way in quadcopters and we have the best ones here. We have tested all of these and each is good in its own way.

DJI Phantom Vision 3 Plus – 4K Footage An A Budget

The Phantom Vision 3 is one of the best drones to come out recently for many reasons.Take a look at the review to see some of these reasons. If you don’t want to spend much over $1000 then this is the drone to look at. We have successfully used this on set to produce broadcast quality footage.

3DR SOLO Quadcopter – Add Your Own 4k Action Camera

3DR have created a quadcopter With Dual 1GHZ linux companion CPU’s and by being the only drone that can automatically control both the copter and the position of the camera at the same time. You will provide you own camera for this drone. Great bit of tech, grab it quick.

DJI Inspire  4K – The first 4K filming drone

The Inspire from DJI is the most popular 4K quadcopter available today. The difference between this and many of the other drones out is the fact that this can film in professional 4K resolution and has a long battery life. This is the pro’s drone.

DJI Phantom 2 HD Vision+ Best Hd quadcopter ?

Among the best quadcopters on the market, the  Phantom 2 Vision+ is still considered one of the best, what with its ability to record super-smooth video because of its 3-axis gimbal. With a built-in FPV link and redesigned HD camera, you can stream live video and stills from the quadcopter to your smartphone. When it comes to convenience, the Vision 2 + trumps the rest because the gimbal and a camera are already attached to the device, eliminating setup headaches.

DJI Phantom Vision 2 – Great Value Quadcopter

The next best quadcopter is the Vision 2. This is quite a bit cheaper than the Plus and may be good enough for many users. It still films in 1080p but doesnt come with the gimbal camera mount. The footage taken from the vision 2 can, however be smoothed out easily to match that of the Vision 2 Plus. Take a look at the Vision 2 test to see more.