Hey guys. I'm fairly new to the drone community. I already know how to fly small quad-copters fairly well (I own two cheap ones), and I decided to move up to better ones. I decided I'm going to buy the STORM Drone 8. Because it doesn't come with the camera/FPV equipment, I am buying the Feiyu Mini-3D Brushless Gimbal, and this FPV kit. The question I have is about the camera. I'm on a tight budget, and I'd really prefer not to go out and spend a few hundred dollars on a gopro. All I really need is a usable (obviously) and fairly good quality camera. Since the gimbal says it can accept other camera's of that size, I found this camera on ebay for fairly cheap. My question, finally, is will this camera work with everything? All I know is that it needs to be able to be able to be controlled by the drone, and have the video signal be sent to my FPV system transmitter. Also, because all you guys probably know a whole lot more then I do, if you see anything in this that you don't think will work. please let me know! Thank you for your time!
It's hard to say about the camera as it's some un-named clone. Although it says 'SJ4000' an authentic would be labelled SJCAM. That said it is too inexpensive considering all the extras and the size may preclude it's use in Gopro gimbals, without some modding. You may want to consider this one which appears to fit GoPro gimbals. Note there are various listing for plugs, this is US. http://www.gearbest.com/action-cameras/pp_230800.html On other reviews it tends to look oversharpened, but that may just be how it is adjusted. Look on Youtube for further examples.
Well today, I was going to some yard sales and managed to pick up a GoPro Hero3 silver edition for $80, perfect timing! Thanks anyways for the help!
