When DJI introduced the Mavic last year, the compact, foldable drone gave consumers a truly portable option. For 2017, DJI has decided to take things further with their latest drone, the DJI Spark. With the help of this little piece of equipment, you can soar to new heights from wherever you’re at, pushing boundaries and exploring new areas.
Take flight instantly with Spark’s FaceAware mechanism. Within seconds of powering on, the drone recognizes your face signaling it to take off and hover. Further intuitive capabilities are encompassed in Spark’s deep learning gesture recognition to take selfies and control movements with simple hand gestures, eliminating the need for a remote control or phone to operate it. Spark also tracks your hand movements to take off and land in your palm.
Videos are a cinch with tap technology and Spark’s QuickShots footage which gather cinematic quality video allowing you to fly backward and upwards, circle, and spiral around your subject for special effects shooting. Its TapFly mode also enables you to utilize the drones vision technology to fly in the direction of your tap, avoiding obstacles to capture impeccable shot after shot. TapFly’s coordinate function allows for a flight to the exact spot you tapped while maintaining altitude, while the direction function enables for straight flight according to the direction you tap on the screen.
When it comes to tracking capabilities, Spark outperforms with its ActiveTrack system. The drone instantly recognizes differing objects and shapes and can track them according to their speed of movement. You can track your target from all angles and even circle around it, or you can follow it from a fixed perspective.
When these elements combine with Spark’s high-performance camera, high definition video transmission, and hefty flying capabilities you have an unbeatable drone at its economical price, under $500.