Dronewatch EU

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Dronewatch EUDronesGreek manufacturer unveils electric helicopter drone with 120-minute flight time Greek manufacturer Velos Rotors has introduced the V4, a new electric unmanned helicopter that promises up to two hours of flight time and a payload capacity of 11 kilograms.

11.06

Dronewatch EUDronesDJI introduces Matrice 5T with high-resolution thermal imaging, night vision and AI DJI Enterprise has introduced the Matrice 5T, a new professional drone designed for applications such as emergency response, inspections, surveying and public safety.

11.05

Dronewatch EUDronesUK aviation regulator warns of noise nuisance from drone deliveries and inspections Drones may be considerably quieter than helicopters and other conventional aircraft, but their large-scale use for applications such as parcel deliveries and infrastructure inspections could still…

11.04

Dronewatch EUDronesStop chasing BVLOS promises and focus on commercial results, urges Flyby Guys CEO Seven years ago, predictions about the future of the commercial drone industry painted an ambitious picture.

11.03

Dronewatch EUDronesRAF deploys counter-drone team to Jersey after airport closures over drone reports The Royal Air Force (RAF) has deployed specialist counter-drone personnel to Jersey after the island’s airport was forced to suspend operations on two consecutive evenings following reports of…

11.02

Dronewatch EUDrones“Inspect this building”: AI tool turns simple instructions into complete drone flight plans Planning a roof inspection, creating a 3D model of a building or mapping an area can be time-consuming. Skyplanr aims to simplify the process with AI-powered mission planning.

11.02

Dronewatch EUDronesAlleged drone sightings cause two nights of disruption at Jersey Airport Flights at Jersey Airport were disrupted on Friday and Saturday evening, October 30 and 31, following reports of drone activity in the vicinity of the airport.

11.01

Dronewatch EUDronesDutch air navigation service provider seeks UTM platform for drone operations Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (LVNL), the Dutch air navigation service provider, is looking for a supplier to develop and implement a Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solution.

10.31

Dronewatch EUDronesEurope sets new standards for drone containment and flight termination Three new European standards aim to make drone operations safer by establishing clear requirements for geo-awareness, geocaging and flight termination systems.

10.31

Dronewatch EUDronesHow much time is left? Belgian counter-drone system adds drone ETA estimates SkeyDrone has introduced several new features to its SkeyDrone Hub platform, which is used to monitor drone activity and support security operations.

10.29

The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo