DJI announcement: Zenmuse X5 and X5R

drewid20 · Sep 11, 2015

JayBurd said:
Only the unavailable X5R can shoot RAW. The cheaper X5 does not shoot RAW. The price for X5R is .... too high

For a hobbyist I totally agree.

gruvpix · Sep 11, 2015

Our clients will pay for it, so I'm thinking bite the bullet and get the R...
Decisions decisions...

JayBurd · Sep 11, 2015

drewid20 said:
For a hobbyist I totally agree.

Exactly what I am. I am ready to order the X5 no R, or even get the Inspire 1 Pro and have two Inspires, but paying $6500 for a camera is too much. I remember paying that much for a 1Dx body but the 1Dx body is not going to fly away on its own one day or crash down on the ground.

Homestead Aerial · Sep 11, 2015

Dallasfreak said:
Way to much!!!!!!!!!

If you are using this for business, just lease it, why buy it? This whole system will be out of date in 18 months anyways. Inspire 5????

Homestead Aerial · Sep 11, 2015

gruvpix said:
Our clients will pay for it, so I'm thinking bite the bullet and get the R...
Decisions decisions...

Exactly, just lease this stuff and in 18 months we will be flying the Inspire 3,4,5 ???????

josealb · Sep 12, 2015

Homestead Aerial said:
Exactly, just lease this stuff and in 18 months we will be flying the Inspire 3,4,5 ???????

I am a professional and always bought the drones, but I heard others speak about leasing.

My question is, where would you get a leasing for an Inspire? The dealer? The bank? Who will be taking the equipment back after 18 months when it is obsolete? What are the typical conditions if I want to give it back after a month?
Any hints will be much appreciated!

About the camera, I think the prices is quite good considering it comes with the gimbal and it is specially designed for flying, meaning you will be able to fly longer and faster.

The X5R is quite expensive but it will al depenend on whether your clients will value that and be willing to pay for it. Doing the math, the 512Gb SSD will be full after 28 mins of recording, which is short but OK i guess

Ezookiel · Sep 12, 2015

josealb said:
...The X5R is quite expensive but it will al depenend on whether your clients will value that and be willing to pay for it. Doing the math, the 512Gb SSD will be full after 28 mins of recording, which is short but OK i guess

I fly over water a lot, so switch the SD card at the same time as the battery, so if I lose the bird totally, at least I don't lose all the day's footage. Switching SSD's at each change is going to be expensive!! But then so is the whole setup in reality. I guess it's just another business expense really.

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JayBurd · Sep 12, 2015

Ezookiel said:
I fly over water a lot, so switch the SD card at the same time as the battery, so if I lose the bird totally, at least I don't lose all the day's footage. Switching SSD's at each change is going to be expensive!! But then so is the whole setup in reality. I guess it's just another business expense really.

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That's an excellent idea, switching SD card and battery at the same time. What size SD card do you use?