Pre-orders for Sony’s professional drone product, the Sony Airpeak S1, commenced in late 2021. The drone and Gremsy Gimbal T3 package are now available in 2022. The Sony Airpeak S1 will cost you $11,200, and you still have to bring your own Sony A7 Series camera!
Sony announced the Airpeak S1 last summer, a high-end drone for film production. It is the smallest drone capable of carrying a full-frame Alpha camera like the a7S Series and has sophisticated obstacle recognition, according to Sony. The first copies will be distributed on December 24th. Gremsy, a camera gimbal maker, will release the ‘T3 for Airpeak’ at the same time.
Today, Sony officially announces the Sony Airpeak S1. This $9k drone can be used with the Sony Alpha full-frame line of cameras and a range of interchangeable lenses. With the Airpeak S1, Sony is making its official entry into the drone market that is dominated by DJI and the Airpeak S1 competes head-on with DJI’s Inspire 2 and Matrice drones.
Electronics manufacturer Sony is working hard on the release of the new Airpeak drone, which is aimed at professional filmmakers and aerial photographers. In a new demo, Sony shows a number of images taken with the new drone, in combination with an Alpha 7S III full-frame camera. For the occasion, it was fitted with the recently presented FE 14mm f / 1.8 GM lens.
This video was posted on YouTube a few days ago, showing Sony’s Airpeak drone undergoing tests in a wind tunnel at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Yesterday, Sony introduced the Airpeak drone during the online-only CES 2021 event. By the looks of it, the Airpeak is a large commercial drone capable of carrying the Sony A7 line of cameras aimed at the professional aerial photographer and filmmaker. See photos and videos below for more details about this exciting and undoubtedly expensive drone from Sony.
Japanese tech giant, Sony is about to enter the drone market in 2021 with the announcement of the somewhat mysterious Airpeak project. Considering Sony’s expertise and experience in photography, and consumer electronics in general, does this mean that DJI will finally get some real competition?