so I'm not in my studio obviously down at the coast and I've got this to show you which is
the Power Vision power Ray so it's a 4K underwater drone with a camera that has a 95 degree field of
view now it does have two LED lights either side of it and it can go down to dips this drone of 30
meters it does come with 70 meters of cable now with the footage you're able to record it's 4K 24
frames per second the highest resolution quality unfortunately not 30 frames per second we've got
1440p 30 frames per second and 1080p at 60 with its 12 megapixel sensor now the top speed of this
drone and the high mode or the sport mode is up to four knots the power Raiders come in its ohm
suitcase it's quite a decent quality one and it has wheels as you can see with everything nicely
packed away and in its own little compartment here where there's a lot of padding around it
too to protect everything this is our base station here so that connects up wirelessly
to a phone running the application this plugs into one end of the cable the other goes into
the Drone and then we've got a mobile phone mount here for the controller does come with a
quick start guide which is in various different languages fish finder our controller we've got
some VR goggles you do need to insert a phone into them power supply and then the cable which is 70
meters long just a few quick steps now about this particular drone so charge time will take around
about two and a half hours to fully charge the 94 watt hour battery and the run time is four hours
of light use so that's on the low motor mode in still water and around an hour and a half
with the medium speed and then just half an hour on the full high speed seating and if you have
for example you're fighting tides and things it's really going to fit the battery run time with it
up the front here is where you find the camera so this is a 12 12.4 megapixel camera that can shoot
4K and we have two powerful LED flashes either side that you can turn on Via the application
just to illuminate things your surroundings a little bit better the fish the sea life that's
down there so the props there's one in the middle of it for controlling our depth this here is made
out of metal and there are another two either side here so mostly all plastic apart from these props
being metal there's a little bit of rubber here on the bottom and there is a built-in LED which is
blue along the top here to help identify where the Drone is imagine if you lost it in the water you
couldn't really see where it was while this led is going to help because it will be flashing away now
this is going to be my spot where I'm recording so this is one of the requirements really is you
want to find somewhere that you've got very clear water otherwise the results won't be so satisfying
when you see just milk in the water or it's quite muddy water now you do also need a lot of patience
this is now my third attempt to get good footage because other days there just wasn't any direct
sunlight out it's been overcast that's going to affect the footage quality and if it's really
rough or the water's murky it won't look so good so I can already see quite a few fish just down
in this area hopefully I'm going to be able to get some good 4K footage of them and do remember
to bring along some fresh water because I'm in the salt water here I'm going to need to wash
the Drone down afterwards you don't want to have it sitting around sitting back in the case here
if it's got salt all over it it could damage it so that's why you need to just rinse it out
controlling the Drone with the joysticks not too bad so the left joystick is for all depth
control and then the right one for the movement so pushing your head don't want to get tangled
up in the cord here I can power ahead just on the surface here I can turn around and then if
I pull down and forward it then does start to dive right down there hopefully not hitting those rocks
biggest issue here is the water's a little murky I'm up against current here and there are a few
fish floating around but they do not want to get close oh finally I've got a view of some fish here
school of fish and still looking a little murky there doesn't help but it's a bit overcast today
foreign
very hit and miss when it comes to where you're going to be recording us what are the important
things that you find a spot where you've got still water but very clear water as well to get the
maximum quality out of the footage so it is pretty much an easy kind of drone to control especially
when you put it into the low mode to maneuver it around it's not too difficult depths down to 30
meters I was nowhere near that here it's quite shallow and as you saw from some of that sample
footage you are able to get some interesting looking shots of marine life down there some of
the fish swimming around but it does move and rock about a little bit with the currents so that's why
you probably want somewhere like a freshwater lake if possible that is very clear to get some of that
decent footage now speaking about the footage I've had a look at some of it and I find it to be all
right but it's a shame that it's only 24 frames per second at the top resolution it really needs
to be a smoother 30 frames per second with this drone now the battery run time is up to four hours
if you're only just using it very lightly but if you're fighting and combating a bit of a current
you've got some waves and things and you use the medium or the high or sport mode that battery
life really does start to plummet quite quickly with this drone it's only about half an hour on
the top for not setting which is quite a bit short there apart from that for what it is in the market
of other drones around there the price they are all quite expensive around a thousand Euros here
you do have a decent drone it's just I wish that quality is the big one for me at least if it could
do 30 frames per second or somehow they can update the firmware with it it would be really good so
thank you so much for watching my review here of the power Vision power Ray underwater drone