Zoom camera

Diveuk · Oct 2, 2018

I love my H pro but the one thing I think it lacks is a zoom lens(like the x5), does anyone know if such a thing exists or if there are any plans to introduce one??

AeroJ · Oct 2, 2018

There are plans to do a version of the H+ camera that works on the H, but nothing I've heard suggests they are thinking about a zoom cam...

PatR · Oct 2, 2018

Hopefully you also like the price of an X5. The only Yuneec platform to offer a zoom lens camera is the 920 Plus with the CGO-4. There are some still available. $2499 at VertigoDrones. It’s a much, much better camera.

PatR · Oct 2, 2018

Funny thing, Yuneec had a zoom lens long before DJI did. The 920 with zoom lens features has been available since 2014. Not being affordable for the budget drone crowd kept the exposure and popularity low.

Thomas111 · Oct 3, 2018

PatR I wonder if they had made the zoom camera affordable which they can still do but I wonder if that would have got a lot more people onboard with yuneec

Diveuk · Oct 3, 2018

DJI do the z3 camera which is a zoom version of the x3 and reasonably(for a zoom cam) priced, just think maybe Yuneec missed the boat on this, it would be a great feature for the H.

Thomas111 · Oct 3, 2018

Totally agree diveuk

PatR · Oct 3, 2018

Define “affordable”.

Thomas111 · Oct 3, 2018

Well between £300 to £500

PatR · Oct 3, 2018

That fits a hand held point and shoot pretty well. A good 14-42mm lens for a CGO-4 runs a couple hundred $$.

ChadSteele · Oct 6, 2018

Yuneec have missed a massive opportunity to surpass DJI, but chose to pluck failure from the jaws of success, when they first marketed the H they hinted of a modular payload. IE: change cameras etc. But other than the incredibly over priced IR camera for the H they haven't come through on anything. Pretty sad to have such a great start and then trip and fall before the finish line.

OnTheRopes · Oct 6, 2018

AeroJ said:
There are plans to do a version of the H+ camera that works on the H, but nothing I've heard suggests they are thinking about a zoom cam...

If the C23 becomes available for the H then I will buy it but I read somewhere that due to low sales of the plus they have shelved the H version of the camera

Eagle's Eye Video · Oct 6, 2018

Thomas111 said:
Well between £300 to £500

PatR said:
That fits a hand held point and shoot pretty well. A good 14-42mm lens for a CGO-4 runs a couple hundred $$.

Which does not take into account the gimbal redesign to accommodate the tolerances at the longer focal length range of that zoom... as well as the intended purpose... photos only? video? Not going to do all that on budget of a few hundred... and not on projected units based on Yuneec's current market share.