[By Derrick Threatt for Aeriographer.com] When DJI announced the DJI Inspire 1 last December here in San Francisco I was skeptical. This radical new departure on designed clouded my vision of the amazing machine that lied beneath its futuristic and Oblivion-esc appearance. I myself having contributed to a lot of DJI early software and hardware design ideas was not totally convinced until I got one of these systems in my hand.
Andrew Adams
Apparently, Andrew Adams and Patrick Wieland had the same thoughts and feelings as myself. These guys took this sub-$4000 machine and turned it into their swiss-army knife do all action shoot camera tool. Part multirotor, part Steadicam, part brushless gimbal, they made the DJI Inspire 1 do exactly what DJI designers intended it to do. Inspire. Here is their reel. I hope posting this and sharing their work with others will help push this new industry far beyond what the DJI Inspire 1 can do today.
Patrick Wieland
When Andrew sent me his reel it gave me a “kick-in-the-ass” the unleash the full potential of our go-to machine. We have been doing this for almost 9 years now and sure we have a lot of footage that we can put together to make a kick-ass reel, but, their two-month reel they made is beyond great. It’s amazing! Inspiring!
The DJI Inspire 1 for me has been a great tool as an Aerographer. It takes out all of the tinkering and hardware/software headaches I was so used to dealing with and allows you to work on what’s most important. “The money-shot!” After all, that’s what matters the most. Dual-operator control with independent controls, Remote camera adjustments, integrated HD video downlinks. What more can you ask for? Well, the only thing that the Inspire 1 has that I wished for is dual video downlink so the pilot could have an FPV camera when doing extreme range or follow shots. But nothing will ever be perfect. The DJI Inspire 1 in the hands if Andrew and Patrick come really close.
If you are in need of a crew who epitomizes the phrase “The Future of Possible” then your search is over.
