What kind are you getting?

https://www.parrot.com/us/drones/parrot-bebop-2#parrot-bebop-2

can I offer you some advice?

Sure

Don't.

It was bought already. Parent's decided to get it for their trip to Alaska. Will be giving it to me when they get back.

Ah. huh.

Bebop 2 is a potato painted white, with propellers.

Yeah it looks bad but I won't complain as I'm not paying for it.

I was going to recommend the Tello. $100 drone with basically the same quality image.

Either that or a DJI Matrice 600 with a Red Digital camera.

I had asked about drones here before my parents bought anything but didn't get any answers about what was good so they just ended up getting that.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, shit, you should've pinged me.

Then again, I was innawoods about a week or two ago.

I didn't know you were the guy to go to about drones lol.

I came into this discord literally bitching about GoPro exiting the drone market.

Also, disregard my advice about the Matrice, that was me joking around.

What? When did they leave? I don't keep up with those things

DJI Matrice 600 is a $5,000 drone, the camera is $50,000

Lel

Yeah, they announced an end to the Karma drone line back in January.

Which is a shame, because the Karma is actually a really fine drone.

I would have gone with that if they weren't stopping production.

It's still generally worth it

Gopro kit costs $850, comes with a GoPro camera, and a Karma Grip

Just saw a lot of people saying not to get it as there wouldn't be tech support and they would stop making improvements.

Yeah, GoPro footage was some of the best footage on Youtube when I got "homesick" of my old haunts

Incidentally, the Karma Grip is what Tim uses in the field.

I'd love to have that.

Right now I have a shitty selfie stick/tripod combo thing.

Also no GoPro.

Just use a phone.

There are also gimbal stabilizer options for those

I'm sure there are but it's not something I'm planning on going out of my way to get. Just if we had a karma it would be nice because it would come with it.

@zero_consequences Nah, Sparta's just clued-in to the fakery. 😸

Sorry, got called for an uber run, I'm back

I'm pretty sure the aftermarket will continue to support the Karma.

for what it's worth, it's a good starting point, as long as you're not looking for tons of automation features.

it's a $300 drone with a $300 detachable camera and a $200 handheld motion stabilization system, with a more-than-decent travel case for the whole kit.

They don't make nations like Rhodesia anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhtOT7zExn4