By Matt Swider
GoPro Karma is the action camera company’s long-awaited entry into the popular drone category, and it looks like good things come to those video-capturing adrenaline junkies who wait.
Karma is a well-priced drone that provides stabilized video while hovering as high as 3280ft (1000m) and soaring at a max speed of 35mph (15m/s). Its 3-axis camera gimbal keeps everything steady.
We didn’t crash the Karma and its GoPro Hero 5 “co-pilot” in our first three hours of flying it at the launch event in Lake Tahoe. And yes, we did put it to the ultimate test in high wind at the top of a mountain.
In fact, new and experienced pilots we saw aced the inaugural flight. This is helped by the fact that GoPro Karma comes with a gamepad-style clamshell controller. It’s familiar, with intuitive buttons.
The controller with an integrated 5-inch screen is unlike the DJI Phantom 4 drone. No iPad is required to get the GoPro Karma drone in the air and see real-time video from up above.
Karma folds up and fits into an included backpack, and that portability fits right into GoPro’s outdoorsy, go anywhere ethos. Its newest mantra involves video stabilization, so …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gadgets
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