GoPro Hero 5 and Karma Drone are a thing now.

Dylan Couper · September 23rd, 2016, 01:19 PM

Paulo... I pretty much guarantee if they could have released it a year ago, they would have. :)
Scuttlebutt is that they've been struggling to get that thing off the ground for several years...

See what I did there...

Get that thing... OFF THE GROUND?

I kill me...

Cliff Totten · October 3rd, 2016, 07:25 AM

I feel so bad for GoPro. They have tried so hard with the Karma and are desperately counting on it. They had high expectations for it only to have DJI crap all over it last week.

I imagine that morale the DJI offices today are pretty down. GoPro's camera market is shrinking without a hot selling drone for the Christmas, I'm sure the (new) forecast for them wont good.

So what can GoPro do now? They cant add DJI's obstacle avoidance to that Karma in the next year. Do they drop the price of the Karma? I'm guessing that is all they have left now. If so, how much? What do YOU think would be a new price tag that would make it successfully compete against the DJI Mavic?

Sorry GoPro,...there goes your profit margin on the Karma!

CT :-(

Jim Michael · October 3rd, 2016, 09:05 AM

It's not all tit for tat on basic functionality. Who has better customer support, DJI or GoPro? What about ease of use? Does Karma have geofencing that interferes with accomplishing your mission (given you are part 107 and in Class G airspace)?

September 23rd, 2016, 01:19 PM	#16
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Re: GoPro Hero 5 and Karma Drone are a thing now. Paulo... I pretty much guarantee if they could have released it a year ago, they would have. :) Scuttlebutt is that they've been struggling to get that thing off the ground for several years... See what I did there... Get that thing... OFF THE GROUND? I kill me... __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

October 3rd, 2016, 07:25 AM	#17
Cliff Totten Trustee Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 1,197	Re: GoPro Hero 5 and Karma Drone are a thing now. I feel so bad for GoPro. They have tried so hard with the Karma and are desperately counting on it. They had high expectations for it only to have DJI crap all over it last week. I imagine that morale the DJI offices today are pretty down. GoPro's camera market is shrinking without a hot selling drone for the Christmas, I'm sure the (new) forecast for them wont good. So what can GoPro do now? They cant add DJI's obstacle avoidance to that Karma in the next year. Do they drop the price of the Karma? I'm guessing that is all they have left now. If so, how much? What do YOU think would be a new price tag that would make it successfully compete against the DJI Mavic? Sorry GoPro,...there goes your profit margin on the Karma! CT :-(

October 3rd, 2016, 09:05 AM	#18
Jim Michael Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 895	Re: GoPro Hero 5 and Karma Drone are a thing now. It's not all tit for tat on basic functionality. Who has better customer support, DJI or GoPro? What about ease of use? Does Karma have geofencing that interferes with accomplishing your mission (given you are part 107 and in Class G airspace)?