Lucien
lvl.2
Flight distance : 35574 ft
France
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Hi Liam,
No problem, it's perfectly understandable that you have all these questions. It's an expensive drone paltform that we are talking about.
I just wanted (as you said) the best possible camera too on a drone so I bought this Matrice 600 with the Ronin MX. I don't own an X5 on my Inspire 1 so I can't tell you if it's "better" or not when using the zoom functionnality. I was ready to get one. The stills quality seemed to be fine but the users opinion on video quality made me change my mind. Do you only need stills or do you need video as well ?
I'm setting up my Matrice 600 to work with a Canon DSLR and Sony video camera as well. I didn't thought about zooming but it's a good question. My needs are wide angle pictures to take landscape pictures and use of my 4K Sony video camera I bought one or two years ago.
My others search on your inquiry have apparently confirmed that you can use the DJI Focus (http://store.dji.com/product/focus) to control your focus or your zoom on your DSLR / video camera. It is another cost to add and to take into account with this M600 platform.
If it can help you, I've chosen the Matrice 600 and the Ronin MX because I knew i'll be able to use whatever camera / DSLR I want with it and that's what I wanted. I also own an Inspire 1 that I can use when I don't want to deal with all the little things that the M600 implies (At least 6 batteries, bigger drone, more complicated to set up on field, more complex logistics ...).
Just another question, will you have to work in confined area ? The M600 is a really big drone compared to Inspire 1. Did you already think about this ?
Tell me if I can help you more !
Lucien
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