Comments on: Skydio 2 takes 116mp fully spherical aerial 360 photos automatically (see sample)

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 01:05:32 +0000

In reply to Brian Ahrens. Yes but you can still buy used or enterprise versions.

By: Brian Ahrens

Brian Ahrens — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 04:53:40 +0000

Skydio is dead for consumers.

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:40:23 +0000

In reply to Michael Clark. Hi Michael. As mentioned in the article, many DJI and other drones can take aerial 360. What's novel here is that the photos by Skydio are fully spherical, meaning the zenith (facing up) is not just a patched area but an actual photo of the sky or ceiling. Mini 3 can do that too and again the article also talks about that.

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 01:13:29 +0000

My DJI Mini 2 does the same shot. This is not new.

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 16:33:34 +0000

In reply to Philip Chong. Hi Philip. It takes 26 shots. 3 rows of 8 + 1 zenith + 1 nadir. I don't have a sample available for download but the files are easy to edit. Vignetting is moderate and not heavy as with DJI DNG files.

By: Philip Chong

Philip Chong — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 12:23:14 +0000

Mic, do you have the sample DNGs to download and try? How many DNGs does it take? Thanks.

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:17:48 +0000

In reply to Brian. Yes I can relate. I prefer shooting with my Mavic 3 when I want the best image quality.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:29:49 +0000

In reply to Mic Ty. Thanks for the reply and Good points, but I wouldn’t do in commercial work in windy conditions as I don’t want any issues of movement. The Air 3 is probably more stable due to size and power. Overall I want the manual control over exposure.

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:06:06 +0000

In reply to Brian. Mini 3 is excellent for aerial 360. But if you try taking a 360 with Mini 3 in somewhat windy conditions then you know that it will stop in the middle. Skydio 2 can tilt its camera full 90 degrees vertically (actually it can even point backward a bit) so it is more tolerant of windy conditions.

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:02:58 +0000

In reply to Brian Richards. Hi Brian. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not taking it down. It's still available to purchase used or the enterprise version.