Why is drone footage always wide angle?

8 years 7 months ago #449271 by Francis
I've been spending time reviewing other photographers drone video's and getting to point of considering buying one of these and was noticing that all the footage shot by these are always wide angle.  Another thing I have noticed is that many of these video's (seems most) are even slightly over exposed.  Can't the pilots control the exposure and use different aperture?


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8 years 7 months ago #449310 by Ontherocks
Gopro is wide angle


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8 years 7 months ago #449320 by Jessy Page
I thought GoPro had different versions, some that are wide angle and others that have normal lens on them?


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8 years 7 months ago #449322 by garyrhook
I think most of the drones have very short focal lengths. Apparently there are software products that can undo some of the fisheye-ness of some of them.


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8 years 7 months ago #449375 by Roblane

garyrhook wrote: I think most of the drones have very short focal lengths. Apparently there are software products that can undo some of the fisheye-ness of some of them.



:agree:


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8 years 7 months ago #449398 by Prago
Not to mention 4k too

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8 years 7 months ago #449570 by H Rocky
So can drones be used for commercial work yet?  

OR shall I toss in the word "legally" be used for commercial work yet?  :dry:


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8 years 7 months ago #449640 by garyrhook
"legally", "commercial" and "work" are still irrelevant. It's still going to come down to local ordinances and whether permits are required.


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