Hey guys, today we are going to be talking about something a little bit
different out of the ordinary than a traditional vlog so if you guys know a
little bit about what I do I do a lot of commercial drone work and with that
being said my primary drone has always been a Mavic pro but about a year ago I
did buy another drone and that was this monster right here a lot of you guys
might be laughing because this is the GoPro Karma
I have never flown it and the sheer size alone looking at it out it's ridiculous
this is the size of the Maverick Pro naviga Pro is significantly smaller so
small in fact literally almost the size of the battery from the GoPro karma so
the portability of the Karma has always kind of been a deterrent for me to bring
it or take it or do anything with it so you guys also might know the GoPro Karma
has its own clamshell so you no longer need access to a fully charged phone
where we're on the Mavic pro you just have this dual analog where your phone
flips in and you're good to go this is kind of cool I kind of like this but
again the portability of having a controller where any phone will do
versus a charged clamshell that's up to that drone is obvious pros and cons
along with the Karma I also purchased this guy this is the GoPro karma gimbal
so the cool thing about the GoPro Karma is that the camera comes right out from
it so I'm assuming that a lot of people are gonna be thinking like oh the 7 just
came out I wonder how much better this camera will be in the GoPro Karma again
I tell you look at the sheer size of this monster and this hasn't even fully
extended
still a very large drone legs come down so right now I'm using a GoPro Hero 5
and the cool thing about this is the camera gimbal can actually come right
out of the karma and then slide right into the Karma grip kind of nice you
have a portable little gimbal for gopro camera which is kind of cool this is a
it's not that bad they give you a couple of attachments
one where you can put it on like a backpack there's power bookmark mode
lock and record simple but without further ado is the Karma still worth the
money is the option of a drone that is that big worth even looking at at this
point especially with the GoPro 7 coming out the quote-unquote gimbal killer
let's take it up so we just did our calibration check for the drone and
we're gonna hit record mode in settings mode video capture mode video resolution
1080p we can switch it but we're not going to as of yet 60 frames a second I
kind of want to do super view right off the bat and see how it goes we're gonna
do auto low-light stuff and that's it alright guys here we go let's uh start
motors
auto take off it does look like we have a little moisture on the camera already
because it does sit solo show you guys that right off the bat let me say is it
recording I can't tell if oh there we go so now we're recording
I think there's any censors on this of me getting very close to objects is kind
of nerve-wracking actually first let's let's clear that let's clear that water
off the lens of the camera and there's no subtle stop when you lay in the karma
so I definitely just buttoned down my drone all right we're back at it lenses
cleaned off we are going to start this guy up again hold it to start and then
we're gonna auto take off and we're up in the air so let's do this so right off
the bat I'm not a fan of the color on here even though today's a little weird
it's overcast and not super bright so it does even make like me using a camera
like I am like a DSLR a little difficult to navigate navigate colors and make
things look good another super weird thing is trying to get this thing the
land it seems like you really have to bottom it out or or it doesn't land I
mean I even tried the return to home or return to you but also I'm just not a
fan yet so now we're gonna switch to a resolution of 4k 30 frames a second with
a wider field of view we're gonna get rid of superview because it kind of
distorts everything as you guys know and we're gonna keep auto white only because
it's so weird let's go gopro colors with auto white
balance and auto shutter we'll see how that looks directly out of camera so
this instantly looks a little better right off the RIP I can tell that the
quality the quality of the picture in itself looks a little better also I just
turned on sport mode so what you guys are going to see next is speed flight
pretty much flying straight and I'm curious to see how this goes too
flies like a racing drone in sport although there still are very little
sensors so flying you have to be very careful with trees and everything I'm
still not sold on this drone even for like 300 bucks
also I just came really close to crashing it I just started playing with
the gimble pitch which is this guy right here just kind of nice I'm actually a
real big fan of the clamshell and the quality of it is you know it feels
durable the battery life is still at full charge right now and we've been
flying for a little while I just I don't think I'm sold on the camera at this
point that being a GoPro 5 norm I sold on the actual drone itself so the speed
of the gimbal pitch seems a little bit more consistent than the Mavic Pro which
is kind of nice although I'm still not sold on this is a drone so the last
thing we're gonna test is the return to me which there's a return to launch
which was right over here and then I'm gonna go thinned out a little bit more
in the field and leave this recording just to see how a return to me goes if
I'm moving so just hit return to mate
so it looks like return to you is only a GPS pinpoint location feature where it
still thinks that I'm over there even though I'm right here I think it's still
trying to land too kind of funny the only cancels and on screen cancel right
now and that's it garbage so even after like a 30 minute flight with this guy
I'm gonna have to say that the gormer Pro is still not a good drone there
might be a lot of things that are going for it things that I enjoy personally
like its own clamshell controller but I mean it's it's just it's still too big
if you're a photographer on the go if you like videography but you need to be
able to squeeze this guy in your bag there's no way and I know that GoPro
tried to combat that by giving you a bag but I mean this is still ridiculously
big this is huge so all in all I would say guys stay away from the GoPro Karma
not a good drum I would say if you're just getting into flying or if you're
looking to book some professional gigs seriously still look into the Mavic Pro
it's still a quality product that's it guys I'm gonna I'm gonna continue to use
the Matic Pro so thank you guys for watching if you enjoyed this please make
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