Foxeer Cat 2 Mini & Micro: StarLight FPV Night camera
Foxeer, one of the most popular drone accessories manufacturers, released recently two new StarLight FPV camera for night flights. According to the technical specs, the second generation Cat 2 Mini and Cat 2 Micro cameras feature 0.0001lux minimal illumination in black&white mode and 0.0005lux in color mode.
Both Foxeer Cat 2 cameras adopt 1/3 inch CMOS sensor and 1200 TVL...
Eachine DVR03 review: Camera, VTX, Antenna and DVR
Eachine DVR03 FPV camera with integrated DVR (video recorder)
At first, impression, adding video recording feature to an FPV camera sounds very good. Using the Eachine DVR03 camera you will not need any additional device to capture the journey of your flight. Yes, this is great, but think about you crash on a river and your videos are gone.
Over the last...
GoPro Hero4 best camera for quadcopters
GoPro Hero4 - the most advanced camera for quadcopters!
This new GoPro camera brings a lot of new features that professional aerial videographers have been begging for.
GoPro Hero4 Black is the flagship of the Hero series. It looks almost identical to the older Hero 3+ Black but it's what's inside that meters.
Like the older model, it has also 4K video support but with double video frame rate....
RunCam MIPI HD digital FPV camera
Today, RunCam shared a teaser about their upcoming HD digital camera without mentioning that if RunCam MIPI is compatible with DJI/Caddx VTX or with the Fatshark Sharkbyte.
The RunCam MIPI-120 measures 19*19*17mm and weighs almost 7 grams. It can be purchased in a bundle with a standard MIPI digital 26P cable for $41.99.
By default, it comes with 1280*720@60fps mode (32ms...
RunCam PZ0420M camera review
Most of the TVL security cams can also be used as first-person view cameras and few of them are even cheaper than the RunCam PZ0420M. Even so, I thought that it would be more appropriate to use a dedicated camera to build my FPV system. When you are looking for an FPV camera you should decide firstly the following:...
Foxeer Predator V2 Standard FPV camera
Foxeer, one of the most active player on the FPV camera market, just announced a new camera called Predator V2. Let's check what new features brings this second edition of Predator camera.
The Foxeer Predator V2 is available in two variants, Standard and Mini. Both versions are available in four colors (Red, Black, Blue & Purple). While the Predator Standard V2 measures 28.0mm...
Aomway 1/3 camera review: CCD, 650TVL, OSD and Mic
With the Aomway 1/3 CCD 650TVL, you get more than a simple camera. Its OSD allows you to monitor the elapsed flight time and battery voltage. Frankly, in the case of FPV flights, these two are the most important telemetry information. It is critical to know if you have enough craft to return and land.
Aomway was founded in 2011 and,...
RunCam Swift camera review
If I count correctly, this RunCam Swift camera will be the fourth model I have the luck to review from the manufacturer with the slogan "Born for RC fanatics."
From my experience with RunCam, I can say that they respect their customers, which is at least as important as the quality of the products. For example, they always try to...
Foxeer Legend 1: Lightweight camera for drones
It seems I have reached the end of my small form-factor camera road map. This Foxeer Legend 1 is the last model from the "Mobius family" which I have to review. It will definitely be hard for this Foxeer camera to fight with the features of the new RunCam 2.
In my opinion, the biggest challenge of the FPV camera manufacturers...
RunCam Link Phoenix HD Kit for DJI FPV Goggles
After Caddx, RunCam also started a cooperation with DJI in order to manufacture digital cameras and FPV transmitters. The RunCam Link Phoenix is advertised with 32ms latency at 1280*720@60fps. Many pro FPV pilots wished to have 20ms at 120fps. It looks like DJI does not let their partners use their technology at best performance.
The RunCam Link VTX module measures...
Eachine MC02 FPV camera with adjustable power
One of the biggest challenges, if you want to build a micro FPV quadcopter is to find a proper camera. There are only a few FPV cameras like this Eachine MC02, which are lightweight enough and support 1s LI-POs.
Recently, I reviewed the Eachine E010 quad, which theoretically can be converted into a Tiny Whoop by installing an FPV camera....