The Yuneec Breeze perfect for people who want a camera drone for aerial photos and video, but have almost no interest in actually piloting a drone.
Genry o Dean
Using the drone remote on your smartphone takes you less time than needed to fetch your regular camera setup with tripod. The Breeze performs five automatic flight motions that let you photograph people while it is hovering in the air before you can transfer the recorded files to edit and post. The drone application provides an interface to download files before performing editing then sharing directly from the app.
Through the screen interface you are able to handle manual flight of Mavic Pro for detailed shots but its maximum operational points include 262.5 feet (80 meters) of altitude and 328.1 feet (100 meters) of coverage distance. Keep the Mavic Pro within reach during flight because its speed operations will drain power in 12 minutes.
The Breeze does not exist as a mere casual gadget. Its price tag pretty much quells that notion: $500 in the US and AU $700 or W 450 in Australia and the United Kingdom. The Breeze functions better as a camera drone than an actual flying robot since it lacks capabilities of the DJI Phantom 3 Standard drone despite sharing similar price points.
The DJI camera requires a proper carrying method and it operates much less discreetly than the Breeze. This device functions as a shooting camera connected to a remote-flight uncrewed vehicle which serves as a photographic drone for self-taken pictures.
A mobile application exists for Android and iOS platforms with Tasks and Gallery as the main sections. Under the Tasks section of the mobile app you will find five options which include Pilot, Selfie, Orbit, Journey and Follow Me. The manual fly mode within the pilot section of the Tasks offers basic drone control identical to typical drone operation. The Breeze drone operates with its camera facing users regardless of regular camera drone configurations so its control design stands in reverse mode. The screen offers a toggle option that converts the controls to match conventional pilot specifications.
To allow users to pose for self-portraits or videos, selfie mode disables the drone’s momentum setting that allows the user to control the camera’s orientation. In Orbit, the Breeze can be scheduled to ‘orbit’ a subject, while Journey makes the copter fly away and back along a programmed course that is based on the direction that the camera is facing.
Using Follow Me is as simple as turning on the drone; the drone uses GPS and your smartphone to find you and keep track of your position. When in close proximity to the drone, the camera motions are quite jerky and abrupt. As far as how to use this, I do not strongly recommend is flying it above you or beside you with it quite far to offset that, the cam is wide angle.
The Breeze successfully completed all these tasks where they were performed. Also, every single feature provided comprehensive guidelines for how to perform it, so setting up a shooting location didn’t require any guesswork. All one would need to do is select capture mode, and after the intended video or image had been taken, switch the camera back to Tasks to browse to the Gallery to edit and share.
The Breeze enables users to record videos from the air in 4K resolution, however, if you’re used to the high-quality imagery provided by drones with powered gimbals, you might find yourself disappointed. The Breeze offers little to no stabilization and its only source comes from some rubber padding in the body which provides minimal vibration dampening. Without the ability to stabilize the videos at 2160p, 30 frames per second, you’re left with shaky and poorly-done videos.
Whichever option you choose, you will discover that DCI is included and functional and even quite good at its job. Instead, some movement is retained and in high winds the video below appeared to be reasonably stable. Drones are not gimbals, but the moment the drone starts doing one of its automatic moves or when you are controlling it, the picture looks decent. Decent enough to be posted on social media, at best to be stored and viewed on an inexpensive smartphone or tablet. It will not be five stars; that people will be nieve it is from a flying camera. And really that’s what the breeze is nutting out: stunning Drones Eye View photos in your hands so that you and your buddies can plaster it all over the web with everyone else being able to enjoy it on their hand helds.
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