Quadcopter photography anyone?

[extremeinstability]

Dang ad on here got me to purchase a quadcopter. Wondering if anyone else on here has used one for photography much. Could be rather fun obviously.

Wondering what the best camera option even is, least for the stills side. Gopro seems best video option but for stills not so much with just JPGs. I gather the phantom copters can lift an eos M but not sure with what lens beyond a pancake in weight. Sort of sucks looking into all the small camera options, knowing next to nothing about all of them.

 

[Don Haines]

I've used quadricopters and GoPro's.... works quite well, but I keep thinking about trying a better still camera on it. The GoPro is too wide angle for pictures....

The GoPro weighs in at 75 grams and my quadricopter (Blade) seems to have lots of lifting power with it attached... A powershot110 weighs 200 grams, a powershot120 is 220 grams, a coolpix5100 is 150 grams... so attaching a wifi enabled p/s seems possible....

 

[extremeinstability]

Yeah it is all about the weight. This video gives some idea, evidently that weighs 600g and it does it kind of ok. Would work down the batteries. I'd likely use it on a storm(yeah wind issues) so wide is best. And that seems to be a problem when it comes to lens weight. So many options not helping figure it out. DJI Phantom heavy Weight lift up (600g)


Tempting to try the Fuji X-A1 route. Put in 70d as no eos m option but 70d should be a little better.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr18=daylight&attr13_0=samsung_nx2000&attr13_1=sony_nex6&attr13_2=canon_eos70d&attr13_3=fujifilm_xa1&attr15_0=raw&attr15_1=raw&attr15_2=raw&attr15_3=raw&attr16_0=6400&attr16_1=6400&attr16_2=6400&attr16_3=6400&normalization=full&widget=1&x=-0.023274831729257144&y=1.0719917401914774

 

[extremeinstability]

Guess the Fuji's weight is probably too much at 330 g no lens yet. Guess eos m isn't that far behind at 260 g.