Monday, 6 June 2016

Aerial Cinematography on the cheap! XK Detect X380!



This is my first short film using a drone.  It's harder than you think as there are so many factors which come in to play.

This short film was shot on an XK Detect X380 drone using a GoPro Hero 3 Black camera.  I have mounted the camera on a Storm32 3 axis gimbal.

Links to the kit can be found below.

This is an EBay link for the model of XK Detect X380 i am using in this video

This is an EBay link for the model of Storm32 Gimbal i am using in thie video

Saturday, 4 June 2016

Project XK - Aerial Filming with a drone (XK Detect X380 - Storm32 gimbal)


Project XK

As the title suggests this is a project i have undertaken to see if i really need to upgrade to a better Drone.  I'd love a phantom 4 or Typhoon H! but is it really going to improve me video?

With that in mind I have attempted to get the best from the XK Dectect X380 to answer the question for myself.

The XK Detect is a great little quad and really stable so it's an ideal platform to record good video.  The trouble is very few video's actually show what is possible, just because it's high up doesn't mean it's actually good footage and what's with the feet in the picture all the time!

Looking into it the problem seems to be they are aimed at different markets, so someone with a DJI is more likely to be a film-maker or photographer so is willing to perfect the imagery than someone who just wants to hammer a quad around for a bit of fun.

So i thought I'd give it a go put a real GoPro on see what i could produce.  

This is just sample footage from the project, not the smoothest and a little noisy due to a number of factors which will be covered in my final project.

The project will cover whats worked for me and what's not!  

The outcome and conclusion may surprise you.

Enjoy and keep flying.  :)

This is an Ebay link to the XK Detect X380 model i am using

This is an Ebay link to the model of Storm32 Gimbal i am using in the video