{"id":7872,"date":"2022-07-27T05:51:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T05:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2023-08-02T07:07:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T07:07:59","slug":"drone-buyer-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/drone-buyer-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beginner’s Video Drone Buyer Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s no secret that buying a drone can drastically improve your videos with stunning <\/span>aerial footage<\/span><\/a>. Buying a drone with a camera offers you plenty of new perspectives to shoot from, giving you new angles and beautiful shots that you could only dream about before. The question is, if you’re a beginner, where do you start? Just 5 minutes of research on Google or YouTube will throw up an overwhelming amount of information and resources \u2013 enough to make it tricky for you to make a decision. <\/span>That’s why we’ve written this drone buyers guide for you \u2013 a way to understand drones for beginners that can help you make an easier, more informed decision. It’s time to start cutting down how much time you spend researching and start flying!<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a drone?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Before you decide on your first drone, we’re taking you right back to the basics, starting with what <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> a drone exactly? Traditionally, the term “drone” has always been associated with the military \u2013 synonymous with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Remote Controlled (RC) aerial machines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stock photos<\/a> inspiration. Man holding a drone<\/a><\/p>\n

In recent years, however, technology has advanced so much that it’s also become an affordable consumer product. These “consumer drones” are built for things such as professional aerial photography and videography (that’s us), as well as carrying, inspecting, tracking and plenty of other things. Because the space is still relatively new, new use cases are always emerging, and the industry is expanding rapidly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, a drone is an aircraft without any human pilot on board (a UAV). This drone is part of an unmanned aircraft system (a UAS) because you have a ground-based controller (that’s us) flying the drone and communicating with the UAV. In our specific case, we’re flying the UAV around to capture beautiful video footage.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t

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Different types of video drones for beginners<\/span><\/h2>\n

As we hinted at above, there are all kinds of different use cases for drones. You’ll find plenty of great examples of this over in our<\/span>\u00a0stock footage library<\/a><\/span>, where you can download unlimited professional-looking aerial footage with an unlimited license. Just click on the <\/span>Aerials category<\/span><\/a> and check out the stunning footage available.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s important that, as beginners, we understand the different types of drones on the consumer market. So we’ve broken these down into four categories:<\/span><\/p>\n

FPV<\/b><\/h3>\n

First up, <\/span>FPV drones<\/span><\/a>. FPV stands for first-person view, and the concept is very simple. The FPV drone is very small and compact \u2013 meant for high speed and maneuverability. On board, there’s a camera that wirelessly transmits a live video feed to a headset or FPV goggles. The pilot wears these as they fly, giving them a first-person view of the environment they’re passing through. These drones are designed to capture heart-racing shots with a crazy <\/span>camera angle<\/span><\/a>, getting up close and personal with landscapes and objects or, in some cases, flying right through them.<\/span><\/p>\n