On 10/4/17, Darren Addy, discombobulated, unleashed: >Is something like this available (yet) in the U.S.? >If not, what sort of work/expense would be needed to provide it? >My employers are always looking for a new "game" to get into.
Hi Darren There are plenty of UAV (drone) operators in the USA, it should be relatively simple to Google for them. The trick is finding one that will downlink Full HD (eg 1920X1080) to the controller to feed out via HD-SDI cable (broadcast industry standard cable with BNC connectors). Most drones that downlink HD video only provide 1280X720 pixels. Note this means they 'transmit' 720 video from the drone to the controller in the pilot's hands on the ground. The same drone will record 1080 HD no problem, but not actually transmit it live to the ground at the same time. For a reasonably good explainer of exactly what HD means and the favours, se here: <https://recombu.com/digital/article/what-is-hd-the- difference-720p-1080i-and-1080p_M10888.html> To buy a drone that will transmit Full HD 1080 video to the controller, you will have to either build your own drone with its own video tx/rx system, or buy one off the shelf. For the latter, you're looking at well over 10,000 US Dollars. Downlinking live video at 720 is fine - you can use it a 'live' broadcast on social media, etc, and people will love it and it will look great. For broadcasters though, it won't cut it. They will prefer, even require, Full HD at 1920X1080. In the south of the UK, there is one company based in London that will provide live 1080HD but if you want to hire them it will cost 2,500 GBP per day (plus sales tax of 20 percent). Me and my colleague charge from 999.00 GBP - because he is brainy and had the software for the drone rewritten to allow Full HD downlinking. HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
